EarthBound director Shigesato Itoi shares message for Switch Online launch

EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings finally dropped on Nintendo Switch Online today. Shigesato Itoi, the original director, shared a message to celebrate the news.

Below are his words:

Shigesato Itoi here. EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings are finally coming to Nintendo Switch Online. Honestly, I’ve been waiting for this day as eagerly as you. I’m thrilled. Any time I meet someone who tells me they played these games when they were young, or even still do, it’s like meeting a friend. I love it. Then when I meet people who haven’t, because they don’t know where they could, I casually say, ‘Ah, yeah, it’s too bad.’ But inside, I’m thinking: ‘It is too bad!’ So now everyone will be able to play them. And, you know, now I can make friends young enough to be my great-grandchildren. It makes me very happy. … So that’s my message, ‘directly’ to you.

You can watch Itoi’s message in video form below, which includes a bit more of him jumping.

EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings are both out now on Nintendo Switch Online.