 The game was originally scheduled for localization into the English language for a North American release as "Earth Bound", but despite the localization work being fully completed and scheduled for release, the project was abruptly cancelled in 1991 due to the game's size and scope making a cartridge release too impractical, as well as due to the impending release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in North America.The game's localization was a significant undertaking for Nintendo of America, not only for the sheer amount of text that needed to be translated but also necessitating the censorship and adjustment of a large amount of imagery and dialogue to conform with Nintendo of America's policies against gore, drug use, and religious or sexual content.In addition, Nintendo of America's team took the liberties of revising the layout of certain areas to reduce their difficulty, adding a run button (which in actuality simply doubles the game's speed on the overworld), several new features to the in-game menus (i.e.