Whether Earthbound was to be cancelled or not I don't know, but it's a similar story in that he was the president (in the Earthbound case, of HAL laboratories)

Whether Earthbound was to be cancelled or not I don't know, but it's a similar story in that he was the president (in the Earthbound case, of HAL laboratories) but he joined the programming team. Unlike Smash, though, he rewrote Earthbound entirely in a few months: http://kamedani.tumblr.com/post/45700864819/mother-2-re-release-discussion-part-1 http://kamedani.tumblr.com/post/45700864819/mother-2-re-rele...