Undertale is an anomaly. It went from 0 recognition, to one of the biggest games in the world overnight. After researching the games history, I think the reason Undertale succeeded is the same reason it almost failed.

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Research Links
Toby Fox on Twitter
https://twitter.com/tobyfox?lang=en
Toby's EarthBound Halloween hack
https://tobyfox.fandom.com/wiki/Earth...
Early sketches
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...
Undertale Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
5 years of Undertale NPR
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/17/924581...
What if your enemy doesn't want to fight you?
https://boingboing.net/2015/09/24/und...
ThatGuyGlenn Undertale documentary
   • How Undertale Was Made and Why its Su...