



Overview:



Welcome to Starmen.Net's EarthBound 64 / Mother 3 Petition Shrine. This was a petition run and operated completely by the staff of Starmen.Net. Read on for more information.



The Results:



On September 13, 2000, the EarthBound64 Petition was mailed to both NOA and NOJ. Though neither organization has contacted us about them, the Starmen.Net staff feels confident that more than a few eyes were opened to the demand for the continuation of the Mother series. Some evidence has been shown to reverse the probability that Itoi may dismantle the remains of EB64 to use in another game. There are now rumors that a GameCube sequel is possible, which we all look forward to. Below are available for download the petition in text and HTML formats, both in zipped and unzipped forms, as well as reidman's letter to Nintendo explaining the petition, as well as the cover graphic he created for it. We think you'll enjoy reading over the petition, there are many comments which embody the spirit and personality of the EarthBound community. Petition in HTML, Unzipped

Petition in Text, Unzipped

Letter to Nintendo

Petition in HTML, Zipped

Petition in Text, Zipped

Petition Cover





Mission:



You might be wondering what this petition was for and why. For those who haven't heard, EarthBound 64 was anticipated to be the English translation of Mother 3. Mother 3 is/was an upcoming Japanese RPG for the N64. EarthBound 64 (EB64)/ Mother 3 (M3) was slated to be the sequel to EarthBound, an SNES game released in 1995. Fans of this highly addictive SNES game were told that they could possibly have a sequel by 1997. However, in August of 2000, three years after the original release date and after endless delays, Nintendo "officially" cancelled the Mother 3 project. EarthBound fans all over the world had been expecting some kind of bad news concerning the Mother 3 project. Starmen.Net, anticipating delays or possibly a cancellation, started a petition early in the second quarter of 2000. The petition was meant as a safeguard against the possibility of further delays or the dreaded cancellation. The cancellation happened near the time that the petition reached its goal of 10,000 signatures.



Goals:



The EarthBound 64 Petition had many goals. Some called them lofty goals; we called them challenges to be accepted. As the fans of EarthBound and consumers of Nintendo products, we held ourselves responsible for persuading Nintendo that Mother 3/EB64 would/will have quite a large market in America. These were our goals: Spread word across the internet (and the US) of the petition

Accept signatures until the flow slows down (we expect to accept signatures for 1-2 months).

Reach ~10,000 unique signatures

Send copies of the printed petition to Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Japan

Get EarthBound 64 released in the states!



Operations:



We went about sorting and preparing the petition with painstaking detail. A CGI program was written to accept petition signatures. The staff of Starmen.Net went through and read each petition signature. If the signature was decent (no offensive/vulgar/inappropriate content) and was not a duplicate or another signature from a single person, then it was added to the final list. After all of the signatures have been gathered, the petition was taken to a print shop and printed. 3 copies were made. One copy we've kept for reference. One copy was mailed to Nintendo of America, and another to Nintendo of Japan. Presentation is everything, which is why we printed, bound, and priority-mailed the petitions.



Thanks:



The petition was a combined effort of many different individuals. Very special thanks to the following: Starmen.Net staff for faithfully reviewing/adding every one of the 10,013 signatures, even during the high times when we were getting 10-30 a minute :)

The visitors of Starmen.Net for supporting and signing the petition

Mikey Veroni and John Benyamine of Tendo Box (www.tendobox.com) for being the strongest supporters of the petition via Tendo Box

Matt Casamassina for the support and mention on IGN64 (www.ign64.com)

Xodnizel for the CGI script and tech. support

Meeellla and Jeb2 for graphics help

Svbman for writing in to Tips and Tricks concerning the petition

Tips and Tricks gaming magazine for printing Svbman's letter

rpgamer.com, kinox.org, dailyradar.com, n64shooters.com, nintendoexpress.com, nintendojo.com, and dozens of other websites for mentioning/supporting the petition

icEFusioN for doing lots of updates to the petition and being the mover of the golden 10,000th signature :)

