Art changes, daughter cameos, and big tanks
Marcus Lindblomis a heck of a guy. Every time you think he’s let loose everything there is to tell about taking Shigesato Itoi’sMother 2and transforming it intoEarthBound, he pulls out some new stories to shares. Right now he’s running a Kickstarter for a RTS calledThe RobotApocalypse, but the subject ofEarthBoundfollows him wherever he goes.
He’s got some interesting insights on giving the game’s religious cult a less KKK-style, more Santa-influenced look, how the “just say no” anti-drug campaign of the time influenced how stores were named, and a lot more. His daughter Nico also jumps in with some words about her experience with both being inEarthBound, and playing it herself.
It’s clear that Marcus is trying to get the Earthbound community to take notice of the Kickstarter campaign, which isn’t doing half as well as I figured it would. Sadly, I think that a lot of Lindblom’s fans aren’t as quick to take notice of him unless he’s doing somethingEarthboundrelated. I wonder how much betterThe Robot Apocalypsewould be doing if it featured psychic youths talking to quirky NPCs as they journey across the world?
