And no, im not gonna say, Because Reggie doesn't love us... Now I know about about the whole new age retro hippie theme= johnny B goode and that melted clock ememy (copyrighted) But, johnny b. goode has also been parodied on all 3 animal crossing games as K.K. Rockin' so nintendo can't use that lame excuse...but if it was really just a melted clock enemy that kept it from coming out...couldn't they just edit it out of the game (Like they edited Piston Hondas between round quote in Punch out) Or is there some other reason...more coprighted music or enemies or something? If you know about some other reason Earthbound can't be on the VC post them here
Sega changed the Spiderman boss in Shinobi to get around licensing. I don't see why Nintendo couldn't replace some music tracks and an enemy, if that's all it is. Stupid Nintendo of Japan not letting them make changes. They should just release it as is to spite Nintendo of Japan when they get sued...
How wasn't this a problem when it was first released? Wouldn't the artists/record labels/whomever have sued then? It's not like the tracks in the game are exact copies of songs where they got the artists' permission and payed royalties the first time around; I don't think.
People tend to pay more attention to games nowadays than they did when Earthbound was released; the musical infringements are pretty risky now, and Iwata (who worked on the game) doesn't want to change anything. Ergo, no Earthbound.
So Nitendo won't release this game on the VC for legal reasons regarding the Beatles; when Square got away with using Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" song as Robo's Theme through all three versions of Chrono Trigger? @_@ I don't get it........I'm CONFUSED!!!
So Nitendo won't release this game on the VC for legal reasons regarding the Beatles; when Square got away with using Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" song as Robo's Theme through all three versions of Chrono Trigger? @_@ I don't get it........I'm CONFUSED!!!
Did you really just compare the Beatles reference and legal copyrights to Rick Astley? Here it is...when you want the Beatles, you pay and you pay a lot to get those rights. When you want the rights to a 1, just 1 not many, Rick Astley songs, you pay a sandwich and a glass of water aka not much.
Plus, lets get this out of the way, The Beatles bought into Rockband (according the McCartney) is because they believed and liked the product and they still got their payday. Show them Earthbound and ask them for the music rights and see what reaction you get. I guarantee it's a big, "WTF? Ummm...no". And if they did say yes, my guess is that the cost for the rights to the music grossly out ways the amount Nintendo would get back on the game since it's a game almost no one bought in the first place, and the it's only expensive in the used game because of it's rarity.
Yeah, sorry about that, it's just been bothering me for some time.
np, plus, to look at it in a different perspective. iTunes is a bigger presence in the media world than either the VC or Earthbound. They can't even get a deal in place to carry the Beatles due to compensation where as Rick Astley probably jumped at the chance to get even a little money off of iTunes sales...or at least release the digital rights to the music, that is if he even owns it and not a recording studio.
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