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Check out the trailer for EarthBound USA, an independent documentary on EarthBound, and featuring interviews with MOTHER series creator Shigesato Itoi, former Nintendo employees, and more. American teenagers connect on the early internet to crusade for their favorite videogame of all time, pitting their fan site against a corporate goliath and their own looming adulthoods.  EarthBound USA is a movie about discovering the power of online community set in the burgeoning Wild West of Web 1.0, butting heads with corporate goliaths and your own looming adulthood, and your fan site becoming the cult behind one of the most infamous cult classic videogames of all time.  EarthBound USA began life in 2013 as a passion project started by writer & director Jazzy Benson. Inspired by the internet folklore surrounding EarthBound’s U.S. fanbase, and from hearing the insider stories behind Starmen.Net’s legendary petitions and letter-writing campaigns, Jazzy aimed to create a documentary that evokes the atmosphere and environments of a passionate fan community growing up online from one decade to the next.  EarthBound USA is written & directed by Jazzy Benson. It is produced by Brittney Olsen, Aaron Cargile, and Sara Luu. Music is by Robbie Benson. Visual Effects by Steve Campos, Everdraed, and it is edited by Daniel Maggio & Jazzy Benson.  EarthBound USA is available today, November 27, 2023.

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00:00 [MUSIC]

00:05 When people talk about Earthbound,

00:07 it always seems to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

00:11 People were just starting to be able to

00:14 communicate about these things over the Internet.

00:18 The fans form a true friend group.

00:25 And once you have something that doesn't come out, it gets canceled.

00:32 Some things just take on a life of their own.

00:36 >> Greetings fellow Earthbounders.

00:38 >> We just decided to make a petition.

00:40 >> Sorry, I'm an American.

00:41 I'm drawn in by deals like freedom.

00:43 >> It just blew my mind.

00:45 >> We love Earthbound.

00:46 >> Five games of Earthbound.

00:48 >> We want more.

00:48 We want a sequel.

00:49 We want more of Mother.

00:51 [MUSIC]

00:53 >> Let's read some of these.

00:54 >> Bring Earthbound out now before I unleash the evil hordes upon thee.

00:58 >> Yeah.

00:59 [MUSIC]

01:02 >> Earthbound is an example of a company frustrating its fan base to

01:07 the point of taking action.

01:09 >> Taking apart Earthbound's programming,

01:11 I don't pretend to know the legality of that.

01:14 >> It just kind of spiraled out of control.

01:16 And it's not even yours anymore.

01:17 It's ours.

01:19 >> None of us knew how long the site would last.

01:20 >> We're gonna sue you.

01:23 >> Time to go shouting, we're falling down, it's no more.

01:27 >> What would the fandom be if the game did come out?

01:30 [MUSIC]

01:32 >> [FOREIGN]

01:48 [MUSIC]

01:58 [BLANK_AUDIO]

EarthBound USA | Official Teaser Trailer - Shigesato Itoi Documentary

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