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[EmCeeGramr]

 

[HoJu]

yay

 

[Ultimadrago]

Wow, completely unexpected.

Now all Nintendo needs to do is stop doing this dumb shit in the first place.

lol. That'd be the day.

 

[TreIII]

Good shit. I was hoping that Melee's appearance would open some people's eyes that this is another valid way to play this game.

Now, let's keep pressing for dat region free, too!

 

[Kouichi]

It's been reversed?!

YES!!!! My day has been restored!

 

[Kokonoe]

Well, that's settled!

 

[RagnarokX]

Not true. TP ran on fan wishes. No other recent one has.

Twilight Princess was a response to fan reaction that they wanted another OoT. Skyward Sword was a response to fans saying that the overworlds didn't have enough to do. For Wii U Zelda they said they want to address fan wishes for non-linearity.

 

[IntelliHeath]

Alright, that's good news. Now we should do same thing for Mii Plaza updates and Region Lock.

 

[KAOS]

Power to the people!

 

[Clawww]

Yes. I cringed when I read it.

Just taking a page out of the book of capcpcom.

you cringed at a typo in what was surely an excited, hastily written blurb?

 

[Mr. X]

There aren't after the 100k hardcore market, they are after the 5 million casual market.

The sooner people start to realise this, the easier it is to understand all this.

The "5 million" has to be segmented and each need to have a market campaign targeted towards their sensibilities. That "100K hardcore" are one of those target markets within that 5 million, and they aren't all hardcore Smash players, let alone hardcore fighting game players. It's like assuming only people watching football or buying football jerseys are hardcore football fans.

And that 100K is wrong. EVO had 1 million unique viewers one year and in like 50+ countries or something IIRC. It is incredibly dumb to not want to take advantage of a chance to market your product in some way with that kind of audience. You get that massive international audience and a ton of buzz generated. Why else do you think MS/Double Helix is there and got a Sunday demo on the mainstage? That 100K won't make KI break even lol.

 

[slightconfuse]

lol shouild ahve done this to begin with

 

[DICKS AHOY]

It's good this had such a quick turnaround, but it's pretty frightening just how completely clueless NoA (NoJ?) had to be for this thing to happen in the ifrst place. Complete PR disaster if it happened (rather than just the current embarrassment), even ignoring the breast cancer angle.

 

[HoJu]

lol all that for nothing

lol good one

 

[ultron87]

We did it!

 

[GuardianE]

you cringed at a typo in what was surely an excited, hastily written blurb?

Of course. I had a huge smile on my face otherwise, though. It's just a pet peeve of mine.

 

[Roubjon]

Neat, I'm glad they changed their mind.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Great News, I was going to be pissed as fuck if this had actually happened.

 

[bon]

Well that was fast.

 

[SolarPowered]

Wow, completely unexpected.

Now all Nintendo needs to do is stop doing this dumb shit in the first place.

Yep, it just rustles our jimmies for no good reason.

 

[Jotamide]

Alright, that's good news. Now we should do same thing for Mii Plaza updates and Region Lock.

Came here to post this. Good for Smash Players, can't wait to see them this weekend.

 

[Kadey]

EVO is saved!

Thanks to everybody in the gaming industry, IGN, GAF, and even Kotaku for blowing up Nintendo and making them realize how much of an idiot they are.

 

[chrono01]

Yes, decision reversed!

Nice work, everyone!

 

[DICKS AHOY]

now if only I remotely enjoyed watching competitive Smash

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Now we wait for some 83-year-old lawyer in Kyoto to wake up and shut it back down again.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

I still feel like I can't trust Nintendo. Ill never buy SSB.

 

[VARIA]

Aww yiss.

 

[Mistle]

well that was fast

 

[Anteo]

So smash at EVO now?

Is this the new "Nintendo at e3"?

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Good! Hoped this would be the case.

 

[Ecliptor]

They just wanted to get Smash trending.

 

[Cheesemeister]

If Nintendo is actually listening, it's time to get them to end region-locking.

 

[Gunstarheroes]

LordKnight's reign in PA4 is locked now. Also, thanks Nintendo.

 

[bon]

now if only I remotely enjoyed watching competitive Smash

I was kind of looking forward to more KoF XIII in its place. That game is way more fun to watch.

 

[Zoramon089]

It's good this had such a quick turnaround, but it's pretty frightening just how completely clueless NoA (NoJ?) had to be for this thing to happen in the ifrst place. Complete PR disaster if it happened (rather than just the current embarrassment), even ignoring the breast cancer angle.

I think you're massively blowing this out of proportion

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I cant wait to read this thread from the start when I get home now the decision was reversed lol

 

[Cutebrute]

And I was just about to write NoA on the issue. Thanks for the update.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCF1QdyxhM

 

[EatinOlives]

Good on NoA in reverting this decision! It was just mind-boggling that they were actively blocking people from hyping SSB up.

 

[Effect]

http://shoryuken.com/2013/07/09/changes-to-evo-2013-smash-schedule/



Don't they mean relief?

Is the site down? I can't get it to load.

 

[-COOLIO-]

go internet!

go internet!

powah to the player!

 

[kpjolee]

That was pretty quick.

 

[Tan]

Woo! So happy right now!

 

[Raist]

Good Nintendo, good. Now just keep on giving people what they want.

 

[Wiz]

YES!

 

[Dolphin_Butter]

Good on them, but this shouldn't have happened in the first place.

 

[Akala]

would honestly have rathered the replacements. gj smash fans, I guess.

 

[Cbajd5]

Is the site down? I can't get it to load.

Apparently.

ANOTHER REVERSAL INCOMING BECAUSE OF THE MINOR MISSPELLING

 

[Kinhow]

I'm so proud of smash community right now! Good job, everyone!

 

[-COOLIO-]

Thank goodness. The damage will linger though, it shouldn't have needed this.

perhaps somewhat, but they get a lot of points for the very quick reversal.

go nintendo!