EarthBound Localization
by: Kody on 2/9/2020
Below are interviews you can find with the localizer of EarthBound, Marcus Lindblom, and two analyses by Clyde “Mato” Mandelin about the localization. These interviews are the best place to learn about how MOTHER 2 became EarthBound.
Octopi! Spinal Tap! How Cult RPG EarthBound Came to America – July 23, 2013
Marcus Lindblom Fangamer Livestream Log – 2013
The Man Who Wrote EarthBound – August 23, 2013
Legends of Localization Book 2: EarthBound
With a script by a famous Japanese writer and a game overflowing with Western pop-culture influences, EarthBound stands out as one of Nintendo’s most fascinating localization projects ever. Get ready for hundreds of pages filled with surprising revelations, inside information, obscure trivia, and universal cosmic destruction. This legend of localization doesn’t stink!
