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EarthBound is regarded by critics as one of the greatest RPGs on the SNES, as well as one of the best of the 1990s.

The game has also become a cult classic and possesses substantial fanbases in both Japan and North America.

As a result, the game regularly appears on readers ' choice polls in both countries.

In a 2005 readers ' choice poll of the top 99 best games of all time conducted by IGN, EarthBound was voted 46th on the list.

A year later, IGN conducted a similar readers ' choice poll where EarthBound moved up to be 33rd on the list.

A 2005 GameFAQs poll of the 100 best games ever had EarthBound at the 37th spot.

The game has also appeared on lists conducted by the Japanese.

In a 2006 readers ' poll conducted by Famitsu magazine, the game was voted the 37th best game of all time on a list of 100 titles.

In a retrospective of the 20 essential Japanese RPGs, Gamasutra featured EarthBound on the list.

In the January 2010 issue of Nintendo Power, editors named the game " The Ultimate Cult Hit ".