Please continue the project. I know there are not many people who are following this project but you should try to complete it at least. then after finishing it if there are still not enough people who want to download it, start creating a twitter, instagram page etc. to sponsor the project. don’t stay there, your project could revolutionize the world of projects created by fans of the Mother series in many ways that I’m not here to tell you ...
In conclusion, I recommend you recruit people for your project to make it easier to complete.
I hope that one day you will complete EarthBound Essential, because it is a nice project and you really deserve a lot for what you have done.