What went right in the east? What went wrong in the west?
>>337060657
>What went wrong in the west?
Having your marketing slogan be "This game stinks" was probably not a good idea.
marketing and copyright laws
also the game looked too ugly for the average gamer
>>337060657
The idea that it needed to be heavily adjusted in it's marketing and presentation hurt it more than anything here.
For some weird reason they decided that the part of the game you where visit the sewers should represent the tone of the entire marketing campaign
>>337060657
Shigesato Itoi was quite known in Japan, jrpgs are quite known in Japan, putting them together created success in Japan.
In the U.S. no one gave a shit about Shigesato Itoi or jrpgs. Couple that with an atrocious ad campaign and arguably the worst "muh graphics" period in gaming and you have a game not many people will give a shit about.
Localization. It went from a quirky japanese rpg in modern America to a literal meme game.Paula even cucks you at the end of the game.
>>337060657
Censored
>>337061103
You're trying way too hard to fit in
>>337061410
It doesn't deny that what I said is literal fact.
>tfw when there are people on this board that played the censored trash version
https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Community/PKHack/WIP-MaternalBound-Uncensoring-Other-junk-hack/page/1/
>>337061486
Forgot pic
>What went right in the east?
People already knew what Mother was.
>What went wrong in the west?
Pic related.
>>337061103
Are you 13? The localization is fantastic, if you want to shitpost about games you know nothing about go shitpost about overwatch or something.
>>337061486
Is this an actual, fully finished restoration of the stuff missing from the original game?
>what went wrong in the west
The retro gaming market.
>>337060657
Terrible marketing and bad timing.
>>337061649
I've played through this game over 7 times. And yes, I can say it with a straight face, Earthbound is literally the definition of a meme game. In fact, Earthbound is not only a meme game, it is the original meme game. Being a meme before any of these other shit games brought up in popularity by the internet came into being. You cannot deny this fact, therefore you attempt to refute my point by calling me a shitposter, when all I speak is the unequivocal truth.
>>337062143
>My opinions are fact
>>337062209
They aren't opinions anon.
>>337062143
If surrealism influenced quirky jokes are memes then, I guess?
>>337062143
Usually a meme game is enjoyed ironically, most people that like M2/EB genuinely like it. The word you want is "viral" or "cult" not "meme".
>>337062209
>>337062303
>>337062508
are you guys those retards who feel obligated to smugly reply to a shitposter or are you legitimately taking his posts seriously
>there are people who think the "This game stinks" marketing killed Earthbound
The marketing was perfectly in line with all other comedic gross-out marketing targeting kids in the 90s. It's failure is much more likely due to the fact that it's a jrpg with an odd setting and the fact that it's visuals looked primitive (FF6 came out a few months before).
>>337062673
>The marketing was perfectly in line with all other comedic gross-out marketing targeting kids in the 90s
Yeah, but this wasn't something plastered all over television like Creepy Crawlers.
>>337062143
>I'm 15 Years Old: The Post
>>337062673
No, the problem was that the gross-out marketing had very little to do with the actual game. Farting and garbage aren't the primary themes of Earthbound.
The visuals did turn off people, though, especially since it was $70 like other games.
>>337062143
>unequivocal truth
you sound more like an unequivocal cuck to me familia
>>337062143
What is a Meme Game?
![5r4dG[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/9DgvBfX.jpg "5r4dG[1].jpg")
>>337062984
>gross-out marketing had very little to do with the actual game
>>337063442
He's... not wrong. And that picture does nothing to refute his statement.
>>337063442
Look at the height of the urinal. Now look at the elevation of Rayman's waist and the position of his hand. Rayman would need to have a snake-like cock and drape it over the lip of the urinal to be able to urinate inside it.
Either that, or he has a chest cock and his hand is at his crotch to merely keep up appearances.
>>337062143
Legitimately good bait, I'm pissed reading it.
>>337060657
What's the difference between mother 2 and earthbound?
Thread is looking kinda shitty, you guys want a art dump?
>>337064537
Mother 2 is the Japanese version of earthbound, when localized they changed the name.
>>337060657
>Mother 2
Fuck off, weeaboo
EarthBound is a cooler name
>>337062651
It's impossible to have discussion on this website so you just have to respond to retarded shitposts as if they were serious and pretend you're in a better place.
