<a href="http://starmen.net/reidman/np-poll-scan-shinobi.jpg"><img class="picright" src="http://starmen.net/reidman/np-poll-sm.jpg" alt="Nintendo Power Poll Results Scan: EarthBound first place, MOTHER fourth place!" title="Nintendo Power Poll Results: EarthBound first place, MOTHER fourth place! Thanks, ShinobiLunchbox!" /></a><p>It's official - the results of <a href="http://starmen.net/forum/?t=msg&th=45320">Nintendo Power's VC Poll</a> are in, and EarthBound is #1. The coolest part - MOTHER came in fourth place, ahead of Majora's Mask!
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<blockquote><b>1. Earthbound</b><br />
2. Super Mario RPG<br />
3. Chrono Trigger<br />
<b>4. Mother</b><br />
5. Majoras Mask</blockquote>
<p><a href="http://starmen.net/forum/?t=msg&th=46014">Read on for some good old fashioned pessimism from your buddy reidman!</a></p>
<p>Before I go any further: MOTHER at 4th place, beating Majora's Mask? Amazing. The fans have spoken once again, but will it do anything? I'm not optimistic.</p>
<p>Nintendo has ignored much more impressive/visible displays of popularity in the past, including <a href="http://starmen.net/stonehenge/">33,000+ petition signatures</a>, <a href="http://starmen.net/siteinfo/media.php">at least half a dozen magazine appearances</a> (that list is missing 2 or 3), M1+2 being the #1 import back in 2003, the 213,000 unique visitors to the <a href="http://mother3.fobby.net/">MOTHER 3 Fan Translation blog</a> over the past 7 months, and of course all of the calls and letters they've been bombarded with since the <a href="http://starmen.net/ebsiege/">EB Siege</a> began 10 months ago.</p>
<p>What's a devoted fan to do? <a href="http://starmen.net/ebsiege/pktuben/">Keep spreading the word.</a> Anyone who has been a fan for even a short while is well-acquainted with disappointment, but the cool thing about EarthBound fans is that these things only make us stronger and more determined</p>
Thanks to ShinobiLunchbox for the scan!