26th January 2013, 1:40 PM
http://earthboundcentral.com/2013/01/ito...ival-site/
Itoi has a very sincere way of speaking. Very interesting person, that one. At any rate, while this is great for Japan, I'm interested in Earthbound (the translated name of the game) getting the same treatment here.
From reading about, it seems that there are a number of sound samples in the game which, while perfectly fine back then, are now legally troublesome. That is, unlikely to result in Nintendo losing big, but Nintendo's lawyers are there to prevent the lawsuits in the first place, unfortunately.
The "solution" would be replacing a small handful of those song references with new music, but to me that would remove a lot of the charm of the game. I hope Nintendo is willing to stick by their art and chance it with a release here anyway.
What I really hope for is a future Wii U update to bring back gift giving. I used to send some of my younger siblings old SNES games I purchased on the Wii shop so they could experience Super Mario RPG, Secret of Mana, and others themselves. The lack of such a feature is really disappointing on the 3DS and Wii U, and it needs to be brought back. As it stands, it's money Nintendo is leaving on the table. I'm not buying Earthbound for myself, as I already own it, but you better believe I would snatch it up and send it as gifts to people I know don't own it in a heart beat.
Itoi has a very sincere way of speaking. Very interesting person, that one. At any rate, while this is great for Japan, I'm interested in Earthbound (the translated name of the game) getting the same treatment here.
From reading about, it seems that there are a number of sound samples in the game which, while perfectly fine back then, are now legally troublesome. That is, unlikely to result in Nintendo losing big, but Nintendo's lawyers are there to prevent the lawsuits in the first place, unfortunately.
The "solution" would be replacing a small handful of those song references with new music, but to me that would remove a lot of the charm of the game. I hope Nintendo is willing to stick by their art and chance it with a release here anyway.
What I really hope for is a future Wii U update to bring back gift giving. I used to send some of my younger siblings old SNES games I purchased on the Wii shop so they could experience Super Mario RPG, Secret of Mana, and others themselves. The lack of such a feature is really disappointing on the 3DS and Wii U, and it needs to be brought back. As it stands, it's money Nintendo is leaving on the table. I'm not buying Earthbound for myself, as I already own it, but you better believe I would snatch it up and send it as gifts to people I know don't own it in a heart beat.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)