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Along with its [[EarthBound Beginnings|prequel]], ''EarthBound'' was added to the [[Nintendo Switch]] Online service on February 9th, 2022. | Along with its [[EarthBound Beginnings|prequel]], ''EarthBound'' was added to the [[Nintendo Switch]] Online service on February 9th, 2022. | ||
== | ==Copyright issues rumors== | ||
''EarthBound'' has been noted to feature a number of samples/homages to | ''EarthBound'' has been noted to feature a number of samples/homages to copyrighted elements. For example, the Onett trumpet player plays Symphony No.9 Movement 2, the music that plays while fighting [[Frank]] or a [[New Age Retro Hippie]] bears some resemblance to the beginning of ''[[wikipedia:Johnny B. Goode|Johnny B. Goode]]'', and the Megaton Walk sounds remarkably like a segment from [[wikipedia:The Beatles|The Beatles]]' ''[[wikipedia:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''. Music composer Hirokazu Tanaka stated in an interview, "The sampling issue is a little sensitive because, well, I don't know for sure, but it sounds like that is one of the reasons ''EarthBound'' is not able to come out in America."{{fact}}. As a result, it was widely believed these samples of music caused copyright issues for Nintendo of America when the company tried to approve the game for digital distribution on the Wii's Virtual Console. A similar rumor spread during this time reguarding the [[Dali's Clock]], an enemy based off of the famous painting {{wp|The Persistence of Memory}} by {{wp|Salvador Dali}}, which many believed the enemy would need to be redesigned or removed entirely for the game to be approved for a re-release. | ||
Contrary to these claims, the music was not changed in the game's various re-releases. Marcus Lindblom clarified in an interview that the sampled music was likely not the reason why ''EarthBound'' was excluded from the Wii's Virtual Console as it wasn't an issue during development, instead believing Nintendo of America simply didn't realize the popularity of the series and a re-release was not considered a priority at the time.<ref>[https://kotaku.com/the-man-who-wrote-earthbound-1188669175]</ref> Similarly, the Dali's Clock remained intact in all further releases. | |||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
