I think this is a good subject to start: Why do you think an awesome game didnt sell well or is forgotten now?
Ill get this started by pointing out a big one EARTHBOUND! I think this game didnt sell well because it was too expensive and it was targeted to kids. Japanese game developers more or less thought Americans were too dense to play games like Japanese could. Well, I think the real reason was because up until Final Fantasy came out on the PS1 game consoles were primarily played by children, 90's kids did not have the patience to just sit down and level grind for characters they werent super into, until Pokemon came out on the Gameboy. Yes, Im saying kids didnt have the attention skills to play an RPG unless they were super into the game already, which Pokemon had its success because of. I didnt even know what an RPG was, all I knew was I was playing a game that was EXACTLY like Pokemon the tv show. Now I look back and see its a cross between Shin Megami Tensei and Final Fantasy 1. Thats really why I think Console RPG's in general didnt become really successful here till the PS1 came out and targeted older teens to market to.
What other games do you have thoughts like this on? Or do you have other ideas why Earthbound didnt have success?