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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:There's Gardening Mama and Camping Mama and all sorts of crap. Activision even had their own knockoff series called Science Papa at one point. Man, that's bullshit. The best science is taught by weird old ex-hippie uncles who don't even pretend to assume responsibility for your safety.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:
Actually it came out on Tuesday, 9/16.
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That reminds me, I can't remember if it was explicitly mentioned earlier in the thread, but a lot of eShop stuff has a price premium in Canada now. Generally, games in the $30-$60 range are $5 more (so $35-$65), and even some of the lower-end stuff has price differences, like Shovel Knight is I think $16 instead of $15. So if you're in Canada and the prices don't look right, that's why.
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univbee posted:That reminds me, I can't remember if it was explicitly mentioned earlier in the thread, but a lot of eShop stuff has a price premium in Canada now. Generally, games in the $30-$60 range are $5 more (so $35-$65), and even some of the lower-end stuff has price differences, like Shovel Knight is I think $16 instead of $15. So if you're in Canada and the prices don't look right, that's why.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:29
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Well I've been thinking of buying Unepic. Would anyone recommend it? If that Nintendo sale includes Zero Mission and the Wii Sports Club games they may be getting a lot of my money today. Fun fact about Zero Mission: it was outsold by the NES Classics Metroid port for GBA. Zero Mission straight up includes the original Metroid anyway. greatn fucked around with this message at 15:44 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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Sep 18, 2014 15:41
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univbee posted:That reminds me, I can't remember if it was explicitly mentioned earlier in the thread, but a lot of eShop stuff has a price premium in Canada now. Generally, games in the $30-$60 range are $5 more (so $35-$65), and even some of the lower-end stuff has price differences, like Shovel Knight is I think $16 instead of $15. So if you're in Canada and the prices don't look right, that's why. Yeah I was checking out Curtain Call on the eShop earlier this week before it released and saw it was $45. Then everyone here was saying it was $40 so I was hoping I was just imagining things. 
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Sep 18, 2014 16:07
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Does the Smash demo drop at midnight, est?
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Sep 18, 2014 16:24
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Will they be releasing the Smash demo at 12, same as Curtain Call? Typical Nintendo, I bet the downloads will be slow as hell if they work at all like it was over christmas. Why not just release the Smash Demo today as part of the regular Thursday update?
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Sep 18, 2014 16:27
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greatn posted:Well I've been thinking of buying Unepic. Would anyone recommend it? If that Nintendo sale includes Zero Mission and the Wii Sports Club games they may be getting a lot of my money today.  ehhhhh
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Sep 18, 2014 16:27
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Haha jeez. The eShop description looked like whoever wrote it had English as a second language so I figured it was some quirky foreign hobbyist adventure game like a low rent Cave Story. That makes it look more like some dumb college freshman made it.
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Sep 18, 2014 16:42
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greatn posted:Well I've been thinking of buying Unepic. Would anyone recommend it? If that Nintendo sale includes Zero Mission and the Wii Sports Club games they may be getting a lot of my money today. Is Zero Mission even on the eShop? I thought it was just Metroid, Super Metroid, and Fusion.
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Sep 18, 2014 16:44
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greatn posted:Haha jeez. The eShop description looked like whoever wrote it had English as a second language so I figured it was some quirky foreign hobbyist adventure game like a low rent Cave Story. That makes it look more like some dumb college freshman made it. Believe it or not, there are dumb college freshman all around the world, who speak a variety of languages! But yes, after watching the Giant Bomb Quick Look, I also believed the whole way through it was not written in English originally.
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Sep 18, 2014 16:56
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Rirse posted:Is Zero Mission even on the eShop? I thought it was just Metroid, Super Metroid, and Fusion. If you live in Japan, it's been there since June. If you live anywhere else, no. I wish it was out here and on sale this week. edit: This week's Smash sale is really weak. Spacebump fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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Sep 18, 2014 16:58
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Spacebump posted:If you live in Japan, it's been there since June. If you live anywhere else, no. I wish it was out here and on sale this week. Yeah, I figured it would have stuff like Fusion or X/Y, not garbage like Mystery Dungeon or the NES Metroid only.
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Sep 18, 2014 17:01
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Welp, that's a garbage sale. A bunch of pokemon spin offs, NES metroid on both VCs and Wii Fit U.
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Sep 18, 2014 17:02
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Ugh you guys weren't kidding, what a garbage selection. I would really be interested in finding out who comes up with these promotions and why they pick the games they do. It's so maddening to see them sit on a giant library of stuff and not use it for some unknown reason. Anyway, considering I bought FE:A and KI:U last round a week without spending any money is a good thing.
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Sep 18, 2014 17:05
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I really hope Tropic Freeze gets a discount next round but it'll probably just be the 3DS version of DKCR. 
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Suspicious Cook posted:I really hope Tropic Freeze gets a discount next round but it'll probably just be the 3DS version of DKCR. For some reason I see it being NES Donkey Kong games and maybe Trop Freeze. Yeah, they've dropped the ball with these sales.
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Sep 18, 2014 17:11
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Suspicious Cook posted:I really hope Tropic Freeze gets a discount next round but it'll probably just be the 3DS version of DKCR. Probably won't be that, they probably put Donkey Kong Junior Math on sale now.
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Sep 18, 2014 17:11
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Suspicious Cook posted:I really hope Tropic Freeze gets a discount next round but it'll probably just be the 3DS version of DKCR. This Nintendo Canada website page has previewed the entire sale and mentions Tropical Freeze. http://www.nintendo.com/en_CA/whatsnew/detail/MIleW7XhJNJBQ6Z0mwM-h8Pw-VyoNQm5
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Sep 18, 2014 17:12
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Here's the next batch of sales (cross-posting): Wii U:
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Sep 18, 2014 17:13
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Ugh. What garbage. I really wish I'd gone for the sales last week, but... eh, I'll be plenty entertained between Hyrule Warriors and Smash.
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Sep 18, 2014 17:16
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Pokemon Battle Trozei is actually a cool puzzler, worth the $5.
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Sep 18, 2014 17:18
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Oh huh. Wow. I was at least expecting Super Metroid and Pokemon X/Y.
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Sep 18, 2014 17:21
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Is Pokemon Rumble U good at all? I don't really know much about those games other than they're like Final Fight with Pokemon.
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elf help book posted:This Nintendo Canada website page has previewed the entire sale and mentions Tropical Freeze. Oh, this is excellent news. I love spending money unexpectedly. 
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Crossposting from the 3DS thread since this one seems more appropriate: Does anyone know if eShop codes can be bought online? My only options right now are shady sites that buy physical cards and send a photo of the codes for a premium.
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gmq posted:Crossposting from the 3DS thread since this one seems more appropriate: Where are you? If it's for a specific game you can buy download codes from game.co.uk that get sent straight to your e-mail.
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Shelf Adventure posted:Where are you? If it's for a specific game you can buy download codes from game.co.uk that get sent straight to your e-mail. Chile but I'm using the NA shop (since the Latin-American shop has nothing). It works mostly fine but I can't use my chilean credit card in the eShop.
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gmq posted:Does anyone know if eShop codes can be bought online? My only options right now are shady sites that buy physical cards and send a photo of the codes for a premium. Game.co.uk has some for sale. Dunno if they work outside of PAL region, tho'. EDIT: Foiled again. Healbot posted:So how is The Keep, for the US goons here? Haven't played it, but reviews range from mediocre to 9/10. So it could go both way.
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homeless snail posted:Is Pokemon Rumble U good at all? I don't really know much about those games other than they're like Final Fight with Pokemon. I don't know that I would call it good, but it's not terrible. The fighting is really basic, if you want to zone out and button mash for a few hours I guess someone might find it enjoyable. There are some challenges that are really annoying like "Beat this level after 6pm on the weekend", I might be exaggerating a bit but some of the challenges were really stupid. While you play you get a ton of pokemon to use and I also remember there being pretty poor sorting between all your pokemon and maybe you need a level 5 pokemon to beat a mission but you got so many pokemon that your lowest level is 10 and now you need to replay missions trying to get low level pokemon. Ok maybe it is kind of terrible.
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At least the earlier Rumble games had some semblance of exploration, even if it was horribly linear. Rumble U levels just all take place in the same type of hexagonal dull arenas. While not really a good game, the original Rumble was good for zoning out while playing co-op, Rumble U is just a huge disappointment.
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Bottom Liner posted:Pokemon Battle Trozei is actually a cool puzzler, worth the $5. Definitely, I enjoyed Battle Trozei more than I thought I would. The rest of the sale is pretty lackluster though.
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Bottom Liner posted:Pokemon Battle Trozei is actually a cool puzzler, worth the $5. Yeah PBT is loving awesome, most addictive game of the year and so much content (like 718 catchable Pokemon and dozens of worlds and levels) it could have easily been a full retail release.
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gmq posted:Chile but I'm using the NA shop (since the Latin-American shop has nothing). It works mostly fine but I can't use my chilean credit card in the eShop. Use the Canadian eShop instead. Stuff is slightly more expensive than the US shop but they will take non-Canadian cards, unlike the US eShop which only takes US cards. Set your province to Alberta and you only pay 5% tax. e: It might not be possible to change shop regions after linking your NNID. Ojetor fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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I wish Donkey Kong '94 would go on sale.
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Ojetor posted:e: It might not be possible to change shop regions after linking your NNID. Yeah, I can't change regions since the whole NNID thing.
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Wildtortilla posted:I wish Donkey Kong '94 would go on sale. It is really good; I got it for the 3DS as a Club Nintendo reward thingy and then dug out my SNES and the old cart so I could play it with the Super Game Boy effects/custom palettes. Probably one of the more "worth it" GB VC titles available right now.
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Just chiming in here to agree with Battle Torezi being a pretty good pick up and play puzzle game and worth the price. The rest of it is pretty bad but I had a sneaking suspicion that they were never going to drop the price of a mainline pokemon game, especially this early. Also kind of hilarious how Mii Fighters are listed on the Eshop smashing sale site for Week 3, but have no games related to them on sale. They couldn't even discount the Mii Plaza games or Tomodachi Life!
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planetarial posted:Just chiming in here to agree with Battle Torezi being a pretty good pick up and play puzzle game and worth the price. The rest of it is pretty bad but I had a sneaking suspicion that they were never going to drop the price of a mainline pokemon game, especially this early. It just feels like they forgot to add 3 games to the sale.
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