EarthBound (English Wikipedia)

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gamesradar.com (Global: 378^th place; English: 265^th place)

Roberts, David (April 15, 2015). "The totally radical history of game marketing in the '90s". GamesRadar+. p. 7. Archived from the original on July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024. But some ad exec must have seen a single picture of Master Belch and decided that EarthBound was nothing but gross-out humor, and decided to revolve the entire ad campaign around it. [...] There are a lot of reasons EarthBound tanked in the West, but a large part of it was due to this ad (and its accompanying Scratch-n-Sniff cards).
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gamezone.com (Global: 1,813^th place; English: 960^th place)

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ghostarchive.org (Global: 64^th place; English: 28^th place)

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ign.com (Global: 48^th place; English: 38^th place)

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kotaku.com (Global: 460^th place; English: 318^th place)

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nindori.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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速報スマブラ拳!! : ネス [Breaking Fist Smash Bros.:! Ness]. Nintendo (in Japanese). July 17, 2001. Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014. 実は当初、MOTHER3の主人公に変更する予定でしたが、いろいろあって遠回りしながら、元のさやに収まりました。

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polygon.com (Global: 215^th place; English: 150^th place)

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theverge.com (Global: 208^th place; English: 158^th place)

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usgamer.net (Global: 2,795^th place; English: 1,761^st place)

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vg247.com (Global: 1,238^th place; English: 898^th place)

Oxford, Nadia (August 31, 2017). "Super NES Retro Review: EarthBound". VG247. Retrieved July 6, 2024. Though Nintendo spent a lot of money on a great localization for EarthBound, it literally blew the game's advertising campaign with ads about farts and poops. That was an immediate turn-off for newly-minted RPG enthusiasts (myself included) [...]

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