As I mentioned in an earlier post I am a diehard fan of the SNES RPG EarthBound. Ness the hero of EB was a hidden character in Super Smash Bros. for the N64 and he was a prominent fighter in Super Smash Bros. Melee on the GameCube which also had two EarthBound themed stages and a few items like Mr. Saturn. Now Super Smash Bros. Brawl is quickly getting closer to it's December 3rd launch date but still no word on EarthBound content until now.
On August 10th at the Smash Bros. Dojo they announced the Franklin Badge. In EarthBound it was used by Ness to reflect a lightning bolt back at the Boss of Happy Happy Village it also appeared in both Mother 1 & 3. In Brawl it is worn by the fighters to reflect projectile weapons. While the Franklin Badge item itself is not very significant it does offer hope that we may see more EarthBound content in SSB Brawl which also indicates that Nintendo has not forgotten this series. So I strongly encourage you to join the legions of EarthBound fans in the siege against Nintendo's doors to get new EarthBound and Mother related content such as Mother 3 released in the US at this humongous fan site http://starmen.net/ebsiege/.
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