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C-Euro posted:With the WiiU and its download service getting underway, has Nintendo announced any plans to pull the plug on the regular Wii Shop? There's a few VC games I've been meaning to download but haven't bothered to yet, and I'm not getting a WiiU anytime soon. Considering they just started selling the mini Wii, I would hope not!
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C-Euro posted:With the WiiU and its download service getting underway, has Nintendo announced any plans to pull the plug on the regular Wii Shop? There's a few VC games I've been meaning to download but haven't bothered to yet, and I'm not getting a WiiU anytime soon. No idea if they are planning on killing it, but it's looking that way, with the lack of new Wii content in the last two weeks and the sudden disappearance of Donkey Kong Country 1 - 3 on the Wii Shop.
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Nov 30, 2012 04:34
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C-Euro posted:With the WiiU and its download service getting underway, has Nintendo announced any plans to pull the plug on the regular Wii Shop? There's a few VC games I've been meaning to download but haven't bothered to yet, and I'm not getting a WiiU anytime soon. I don't think so, they may on VC games once they get them ported over to WiiU but I don't see them shutting off wiiware downloads for a couple more years.
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Nov 30, 2012 04:35
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thexerox123 posted:Considering they just started selling the mini Wii, I would hope not! You do know that the mini Wii has no internet capability, right?
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Nov 30, 2012 04:43
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Zaa Boogie posted:You do know that the mini Wii has no internet capability, right? Oh, seriously? Well then. I really can't wrap my head around why they'd release a stunted version of a Wii right after releasing their new system. It seems like it's going to double the already-inevitable confusion this holiday season.
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Nov 30, 2012 04:49
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They ripped the wi-fi crap out because the online connection rate for the Wii is absurdly low. I have no idea why they didn't just do that a year ago when they released that other revision, but whatever.Zuph posted:Fair enough. Initial reports paint the Wii U as more indie friendly than the Wii, and arguably other consoles. Sure, but the certification process is just as arcane and Nintendo still just announces release dates out of nowhere with no warning (and then doesn't stick to them!), so from a scheduling point of view it's just as unpredictable as ever.
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Nov 30, 2012 05:02
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Rirse posted:the sudden disappearance of Donkey Kong Country 1 - 3 on the Wii Shop. Woah, they're removing titles from the Wii Shop? Or was this just an isolated instance?
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Nov 30, 2012 05:08
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They're not systematically pulling down old titles, no, they just announced they were pulling DKC 1-3 out of nowhere, with no explanation as to why.
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Nov 30, 2012 05:11
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I don't think anything like this has already been discussed, so hopefully this is a legit question: I'm using a Japanese 3ds and I really want to pick up some titles from the e-shop. I haven't tried purchasing anything yet because I want to make sure I know how it works first. Would anybody know if I need to charge it from a Japanese account or something? Could I just pick up a Nintendo points card locally and punch that in?
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Nov 30, 2012 05:11
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If you have a Japanese 3DS you'll be locked to the Japanese eShop, with no way of changing it to another region, and you can only use prepaid currency cards/digital download codes from Japan, but I think you can just use your credit card without any issues.
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Nov 30, 2012 05:14
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:They're not systematically pulling down old titles, no, they just announced they were pulling DKC 1-3 out of nowhere, with no explanation as to why. In the US they all already gone.
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Nov 30, 2012 05:15
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They're already gone everywhere - PAL-land got a week's warning, but in NA/JP they got pulled with no warning whatsoever.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:If you have a Japanese 3DS you'll be locked to the Japanese eShop, with no way of changing it to another region, and you can only use prepaid currency cards/digital download codes from Japan, but I think you can just use your credit card without any issues. Yeah, exactly. I just use my Canadian Visa card. It's the easiest, pain-free solution. They just convert the currency to yen and charge you accordingly in your local currency with around 5% exchange surcharge tacked on.
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Nov 30, 2012 06:06
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:3DS VIRTUAL CONSOLE They do know they have the Gameboy version of Pac-Man on the VC already as well, right? For Cheaper? And that there's an arcade port of it on a rather cheap compilation cart on the 3DS that has Galaga too? Seriously Nintendo, what a loving waste of a week. Could've released anything and you released something that's already on the drat service.
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Nov 30, 2012 08:37
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Pac Man is a Namco game.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Pac Man is a Namco game. Yeah, but doesn't Nintendo control what they put on the store?
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Nov 30, 2012 08:57
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Sure, but what does Nintendo care if some other publisher wants to pay them to undercut its own releases? They'll probably end up releasing NES Xevious, too.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:^^They've already been taken down in all regions, no reason given. Anyway... Thats pretty drat sweet, I'm waiting to get the new Layton game and an XL, this might be a good enough deal for me to actually get one. If only they would announce more colours already, gah.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Sure, but what does Nintendo care if some other publisher wants to pay them to undercut its own releases? They'll probably end up releasing NES Xevious, too. I wouldn't be surprised if they did. Its a game of money, after all.
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Nov 30, 2012 20:45
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Just finished little inferno... Am I supposed to reconsider my whole life after that game? 
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Jet Set Jettison posted:Just finished little inferno... Yea I don't know, the way everyone was talking about it I felt like it was building towards some kind of insight, but at the end I felt pretty unsatisfied. I loved the games style though.
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I finished the other day, though I still have a few combos to unlock. I'm not sure why, but I found it pretty compelling. For a couple of days I was popping into it whenever I had a moment just to mess around. I do wish I had held on to the hug ticket instead of burning it instantly. Does anyone know what happens if you save it until the end?
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It just adds a short scene during the ending. I dug it up on YouTube after I beat it last week, it's pretty underwhelming.
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Dec 2, 2012 06:53
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For some reason I thought Contra: Hard Corps was on the Wii VC. That was disappointing.
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None of Konami's Sega games are on the VC - no Hard Corps, no Castlevania Bloodlines, no Rocket Knight. They never got around to releasing OG Contra for NES, either, and they've skipped it again on the 3DS VC. No idea what the deal is there.
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I hadn't read anything about it except that the game was a fireplace simulator, so the way it ended and the fact that there was even a story was pretty surprising to me.
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Here's the NN Premium payout numbers for AU/NZ:quote:Nintendo Network Premium is a special reward programme available exclusively to Wii U Premium Pack owners with a registered Nintendo Network ID, who have their country of residence set to a location where full Nintendo eShop is available. Note that the Premium redemption codes can be used on 3DS (and presumably Wii/DSi Shop Channel, too). PaletteSwappedNinja fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Dec 3, 2012 |
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Are the first puzzles in Crashmo supposed to be as hard as the late puzzles in Pushmo, or am I just really stupid and bad at puzzle games? I'm already stuck and I'm only at Challenge 1-2... I don't remember Pushmo getting hard until 40 or so puzzles in.
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Dec 3, 2012 08:03
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Crashmo is much, much harder than Pushmo. It makes sense as you're essentially working in an additional plane.
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Honestly, the puzzles in Pushmo gave me a lot of trouble, and I'm finding Crashmo easier to grasp.
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The new NA Club Nintendo digital reward is up (click) - Brain Age Express: Sudoku! (DSiWare, 150 Coins)
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Here's some Crashmo puzzles  
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Two bits of news: -Amazon Lovefilm is out on Wii now (in NA)and will be ready for Wii U "soon" -NOE has confirmed that Wario Land 3 (GBC) will be out on the 3DS VC this week.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Two bits of news: I hope NOA brings over Wario Land 3 soon!
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NOA isn't even getting Wario Land 2 until after Xmas.
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A 3DS system update just went live - no idea what it did outside of "improved system performance" (read: anti-flashcard updates). Anything on Wii U?
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Anything on Wii U? Yup! Made the mistake of trying to do something with the internet and now I'm looking at a System Update. I mean I guess that's cool but I can't download in background. At least I have P4Golden to keep me company.
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DSTWO and some of the R4i flashcarts were blocked according to GBATemp.
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Nintendo Japan announced some more NSMB2 DLC - Challenge Pack C (***) and a "Precarious Footing Pack" (****), standard price. The rest of the world will probably get 'em this week, maybe even after tomorrow's Nintendo Direct.
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Dehry posted:DSTWO and some of the R4i flashcarts were blocked according to GBATemp. DSTWO is already updated. Seems like a fairly pointless update. To be fair to Nintendo they have been fairly successful in blocking most other flash carts out there.
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