nationality birth_date known_for residence article_title name occupation
american 23 july 2013 '' earthbound '' localization kirkland , washington marcus lindblom
 marcus lindblom video game developer
marcus lindblom

`` for the swedish ice hockey player , see marcus lindblom -lrb- ice hockey -rrb- '' marcus lindblom is an american video game developer known for his english localization of the 1995 video game `` earthbound '' .
lindblom spent his youth in the united states , and dropped out of college to move to japan with his wife .
after four years , he returned to college in the united states and began to work at nintendo of america 's call center .
he eventually worked on japanese-to-english game localization projects such as `` wario 's woods '' and `` earthbound '' .
lindblom worked with a translator and a writer to accurately translate the game for a western audience .
he sought to stay true to shigesato itoi 's script , but was given latitude to make the script as weird as he wanted , and so added in american cultural allusions .
lindblom considers the localization his highest achievement .
he worked at nintendo until 1996 , when he left to work at other developers including electronic arts , vivendi games , midway games , and thq .
he established partly cloudy games with friends around 2009 , and , runs mobile games studio carried away games .
after following the fan community from afar , he came out to fans in mid 2012 and the press began to show greater interest in his work .
he had planned to write a book about the game 's development , release , and fandom as a kickstarter project before a reply from nintendo discouraged him from pursuing the idea .
