EarthBound is often cited as one of the most influential RPGs of all-time. It was such a beloved property that fans released a translation patch for its Japan-only sequel, Mother 3, and a professional translator even offered to localise it for Nintendo pro bono. Shigesato Itoi's SNES RPG has such a fervent fanbase that the folks at fan art site Fangamer have raised over $230K on Kickstarter, well above its $100K goal, to deliver a box set full of media celebrating the adventures of Ness and company.
Fangamer already produced a wildly successful Mother 3 handbook, and it's now going to do the same with EarthBound. Entitled Travel Eagleland the EarthBound Way!, this zine will be designed to resemble a 90s travel magazine set in the EarthBound universe.
"Remember how the game loved to break the fourth wall? We thought the idea of EarthBound being released in Eagleland was fun, so we ran with it," said Fangamer on its Kickstarter. "The conceit of the Handbook is that it is a relic from the EarthBound universe, where it was produced by a company as a sightseeing guide for tourists (similar to Lord of the Rings tours of New Zealand)."
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