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satoshi_matrix:
This was brought up in the NES Cover Project thread, but I figured it would probably be better to start a formal request. I'm looking for a custom cover for Earthbound for the NES. For those who don't know, The Earthbound that appeared for the SNES is actually Earthbound 2 (Mother 2 in Japan). The reason why it lost its number is because while Earthbound for the NES was completely finished, it was unreleased due to the fact that RPGs were unpopular at the time and the SNES was just about to come out.
In 1999, someone put up a prototype copy on ebay. It was sold, and then dumped into the ROM. Since then, it has become probably the #1 most popular game to have reproductions made of. Considering the game was not released and thus no profits are being lost over it (and its not even on the vertual console either) I don't see why a cover for it can't be hosted. But before that, someone needs to make a cover. Something real simple would work - The boxart for the Japanese version Mother is simply the name MOTHER (with an earth for the o) and a red background. If someone could produce this with EARTHBOUND (again the o being the earth) that's all I need. The back should be simple enough and I'll even do that myself, as long as someone can produce a fairly decent looking cover. Thanks!
PS Since the release of the rom, some people have got the game confused. I mean afterall, there's also the famous SNES game called Earthbound. To tell them apart, demiforce romhacking added a "Zero" to the title along with some bugfixes. This is the unofficial name and I would actually prerer it wasn't used. If anyone, one should change the SNES cover to say "Earthbound 2", but I'm not going there :P)
marioxb:
How is this? I tried to copy the Japanese Mother Famicom cover shown on GameFaqs. Not sure what to put on the back, so I'll leave that to you.
What do you think?
You can find the file here.
Just realized I named the file Mother instead of EarthBound. Oh well.
satoshi_matrix:
One word: brilliant
marioxb:
And just for fun:
shenske:
Really old topic but i felt like making one too ;) I wanted to keep it simple but still add a little more than just the red. I tried to keep the gold and red theme going as much as i could. I'll probably change the font on the text for the back but i have to run to work. Have fun! ;D
(I made a label too)
Earthbound
Label
Tell me what you think
EDIT: I changed the picture above to show the minor changes. I also made a label for the cover. Both are available for download on my box.net profile in my signature.