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A while back, Nintendo Power started running polls in the magazine asking for the most wanted Virtual Console games. Every time it was applicable, EarthBound was always #1, with MOTHER/EarthBound Zero usually #2.
Until now, we never had an actual listing of these polls, so I’ve gathered all that info here. I didn’t realize that EarthBound had dominated this many polls, though!
| Nintendo Power Issue | Poll Type | Rankings | |
| Volume 229 – June 2008 | Most Wanted | #1 EarthBound #4 MOTHER |
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| Volume 230 – July 2008 | Most Wanted | #1 EarthBound #2 MOTHER |
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| Volume 231 – August 2008 | Most Wanted | #1 EarthBound #2 MOTHER |
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| Volume 232 – September 2008 | Most Wanted | #1 EarthBound #2 MOTHER |
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| Volume 233 – October 2008 | Most Wanted | #1 EarthBound #2 MOTHER |
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| Volume 236 – Holiday 2008 | Most Wanted SNES | Readers: #1 EarthBound Staff: #4 EarthBound |
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| Volume 238 – February 2009 | Most Wanted NES | #1 MOTHER | Pic |
| Volume 241 – May 2009 | Most Wanted | #1 EarthBound #3 MOTHER |
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| Volume 242 – June 2009 | Most Wanted RPGs | Readers: #1 EarthBound Readers: #2 MOTHER Staff: #4 EarthBound |
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As you can see, because EarthBound and EarthBound Zero kept dominating the polls, the Nintendo Power folks decided to switch to other kinds of polls, usually console-specific. What’s most interesting about this is that Starmen.Net only really made efforts for the very first poll – EarthBound and MOTHER got so high on the other polls by themselves.
