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Nothing special this time - Pokémon Box for you collectors - includes free Memory Card 59. (I've now got 5 mem cards I haven't spent money on)
4000 stars.
Was worth it for me as I still enjoy Pokémon, despite the "kiddie" image.
4000 stars.
Was worth it for me as I still enjoy Pokémon, despite the "kiddie" image.
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Whatever I mean we still had to wait a year to be able to buy it.
ah - furry 'nuff
I don't mean cancelled really, I mean permanently unreleased in Europe.
gerrid, how can you cancel something you have no plan to release?
In which case, Animal Crossing has never been delayed.
In which case, Animal Crossing has never been delayed.
I may get this as I have over 4500 stars, and it's not like they ever have stock of the better stuff.... and my brother and I (brother mostly) will still use this.
At least it's not some godawful t-shirt ior summat, and I could use the memory card...
At least it's not some godawful t-shirt ior summat, and I could use the memory card...
Dringo wrote:
> The longest delay of a Zelda game was from May to December... but
> that was because they don't release games during Summer and it'd be a
> Christmas title. To make up for it Nintendo REALLY localised the game
> with local sayings for each country.
Pokemon then. 1994 - 1996, I believe. Probably longer.
> higher prices (Turok £60 on release)
>
> That was the price worldwide at the time.
Explain to me how this makes a difference.
> lower framerates (Wave Race)
>
> That's because of the PAL system, not Nintendo.
Then howcome no other games suffer from this? Lazy plocalisation is what I call it.
> cancelled releases (Animal Crossing),
>
> Not cancelled, released in September.
It was effectively cancelled, as they said they had no plans to release it. It was only after a huge demand (which should have been unecessary), and almost a year, that they decided to release it, after many people spent various amounts of extra money to import it.
> and bans on imports.
>
> True, the best way to counteract importing is to release Games over
> here faster.
Except it means you can't get Japan and America only games such as Giftpia or NCAA College Football (Which I want very much). Even though there would be little demand for them over here, we don't even get the chance to buy them. That is hardly fair is it?
> The longest delay of a Zelda game was from May to December... but
> that was because they don't release games during Summer and it'd be a
> Christmas title. To make up for it Nintendo REALLY localised the game
> with local sayings for each country.
Pokemon then. 1994 - 1996, I believe. Probably longer.
> higher prices (Turok £60 on release)
>
> That was the price worldwide at the time.
Explain to me how this makes a difference.
> lower framerates (Wave Race)
>
> That's because of the PAL system, not Nintendo.
Then howcome no other games suffer from this? Lazy plocalisation is what I call it.
> cancelled releases (Animal Crossing),
>
> Not cancelled, released in September.
It was effectively cancelled, as they said they had no plans to release it. It was only after a huge demand (which should have been unecessary), and almost a year, that they decided to release it, after many people spent various amounts of extra money to import it.
> and bans on imports.
>
> True, the best way to counteract importing is to release Games over
> here faster.
Except it means you can't get Japan and America only games such as Giftpia or NCAA College Football (Which I want very much). Even though there would be little demand for them over here, we don't even get the chance to buy them. That is hardly fair is it?
gerrid wrote:
> No no no it's not like you don't have a use for it. I was just saying
> that Pokemon Box sounds extremely boring and like a rubbish giveaway,
> but if you can use it it's better than buying it, I suppose.
>
> Stars Catalogue is difficult to complain about though, because it's
> not like we really deserve anything. Actually scratch that we do,
> after decades of maltreatment by Nintendo (Zelda, one whole YEAR
> after Japan? Excuse me?),
The longest delay of a Zelda game was from May to December... but that was because they don't release games during Summer and it'd be a Christmas title. To make up for it Nintendo REALLY localised the game with local sayings for each country.
higher prices (Turok £60 on release)
That was the price worldwide at the time.
> lower framerates (Wave Race)
That's because of the PAL system, not Nintendo.
cancelled releases (Animal Crossing),
Not cancelled, released in September.
> and bans on imports.
True, the best way to counteract importing is to release Games over here faster.
> No no no it's not like you don't have a use for it. I was just saying
> that Pokemon Box sounds extremely boring and like a rubbish giveaway,
> but if you can use it it's better than buying it, I suppose.
>
> Stars Catalogue is difficult to complain about though, because it's
> not like we really deserve anything. Actually scratch that we do,
> after decades of maltreatment by Nintendo (Zelda, one whole YEAR
> after Japan? Excuse me?),
The longest delay of a Zelda game was from May to December... but that was because they don't release games during Summer and it'd be a Christmas title. To make up for it Nintendo REALLY localised the game with local sayings for each country.
higher prices (Turok £60 on release)
That was the price worldwide at the time.
> lower framerates (Wave Race)
That's because of the PAL system, not Nintendo.
cancelled releases (Animal Crossing),
Not cancelled, released in September.
> and bans on imports.
True, the best way to counteract importing is to release Games over here faster.
I,too, thought Pokemon Box was a bit of a let down as a stars update...until I read that it will let me play the Pokemon games on my cube. Ok, so you can do that with the GBA Player thing, but I was too slow to catch one of those in the stars catalogue, and I'm not spending money on one with the DS out next year.
So, yes, I used up 4000 stars and got one.
So, yes, I used up 4000 stars and got one.
No no no it's not like you don't have a use for it. I was just saying that Pokemon Box sounds extremely boring and like a rubbish giveaway, but if you can use it it's better than buying it, I suppose.
Stars Catalogue is difficult to complain about though, because it's not like we really deserve anything. Actually scratch that we do, after decades of maltreatment by Nintendo (Zelda, one whole YEAR after Japan? Excuse me?), higher prices (Turok £60 on release), lower framerates (Wave Race), cancelled releases (Animal Crossing), and bans on imports.
We deserve as many free games as they can afford to give away, and more.
Stars Catalogue is difficult to complain about though, because it's not like we really deserve anything. Actually scratch that we do, after decades of maltreatment by Nintendo (Zelda, one whole YEAR after Japan? Excuse me?), higher prices (Turok £60 on release), lower framerates (Wave Race), cancelled releases (Animal Crossing), and bans on imports.
We deserve as many free games as they can afford to give away, and more.
Fair enough - I thought that was a comment on my reasoning for getting it...
Yes, unfortunately, they're only giving that away.
I'd like some proper stuff like collectable crap. Figurines - good ones, keyrings, that kind of thing.
Third parties seem to do more of that on the Stars Catalogue than Nintendo.
Yes, unfortunately, they're only giving that away.
I'd like some proper stuff like collectable crap. Figurines - good ones, keyrings, that kind of thing.
Third parties seem to do more of that on the Stars Catalogue than Nintendo.
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