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[PassiveObserver]

As a 3DS owner who already bought Mighty Switch Force and Steamworld Dig, I can't justify paying $10 to hit get OlliOlli + Moon Chronicles. I'll just snag Woah Dave for a buck (which was what it was going for on sale). Still, happy to see Nintendo doing this.

 

[tim_pkmn89]

Gee, I wonder which continent you live on. The annoying thing is they've tied up a whole fortnight's Humble Bundle to one region when we usually all get something good. Thanks, Nintendo.

Yeah, now you're stuck with just the three other bundles running right now. Poor things.

 

[The Boat]

I could swear I see PSN sales limited to a region all the time. Strange, maybe I'm imagining things.

 

[Adam Prime]

I'm giving away my Woah Dave! 3DS code. I have no interest in it. Quote to see the code and please quote once you've redeemed it.

 

[Salsa]

I'd buy it for $10 if they gave me a Steam key for Stealth Inc 2 too

 

[ShogunDarius]

Yeah, now you're stuck with just the three other bundles running right now. Poor things.

dont be that guy

 

[vinnygambini]

Reached the 25k$ threshold OMGEEEEE

Spoiler

Duno what's the usual for Humble Bundles as it's my first lol

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

I could swear I see PSN sales limited to a region all the time. Strange, maybe I'm imagining things.

How many humble bundle regionlocked did you see?

 

[foltzie1]

Well that is quite the deal. Different codes too.

 

[cyba89]

I wonder how much it will sell compared to other bundles. The potential audience is a lot smaller compared to a regular PC bundle. This is only one region on a handheld and an unsuccessful console.

And yeah, most of this thread will be about the region lock and as a european I'm also a bit salty about this. I wish those who are able to buy this fun with it. The selection of games is definitely good.

 

[JohnTinker]

Wonder which games will be added next week?

 

[The Boat]

How many humble bundle regionlocked did you see?

How many console humble bundles did you see?

 

[Askherserenity]

This is so damn great! I am pretty tight on money right now so I couldn't get all the games, but I just wanted to try and support this as much as I could.

 

[OmegaX]

Why do they mention South America? AFAIK no South American country has access to the eShop.

 

[Kouriozan]

Holy shit a console bundle.
Goddamnit region lock, mrgrgrgr

 

[exfatal]

spent 10$ decided to support this not often Nintendo is involved with stuff like this hope it happens more often, and world wide.

Spoiler

Knowing Nintendo they probably have like 15 games for 10$ deal planned up for only Europe.. don't pretend u guys forgotten the awesome game selection u got for Mario Kart compared to NA

 

[Kama_1082]

Hey, NA =! US. I don't get why Americans seem to think they are the only country in North America.

We're the only country that matters

Spoiler

/s

 

[Man God]

Why do they mention South America? AFAIK no South American country has access to the eShop.

They pretty much all use the Canadian shop for ease of foreign credit cards, though the new exchange rate might lower the savings a bit.

 

[woopWOOP]

Dang, that's a good deal. I'd pick it up. You know, if I could.

 

[cyba89]

Wonder which games will be added next week?

Smash and Mario Kart.

 

[Salsa]

Why do they mention South America? AFAIK no South American country has access to the eShop.

no one in their right mind registers their 3DS for their own south american country

I gather 2 things, either:

1) Nintendo knows everyone puts Florida (no taxes) or Canada (international CCs work)

2) If you do in fact register it to your own south american country you do get access to the eShop; there's just nothing in it. Means you can still go to the "redeem code" menu.

They pretty much all use the Canadian shop for ease of foreign credit cards, though the new exchange rate might lower the savings a bit.

still kickin myself about going with FL, but my debit card wouldnt work on the canadian store either for some reason, so..

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

How many console humble bundles do you see!

But this is a humble bundle first and foremost, being on a console is irrelevant.

If MS and Sony does another and is regionlocked, that will be a different deal. Until then, the fact that none other Humble Bundle have been region locked takes priority here.

 

[ameridion]

I'd buy it for $10 if they gave me a Steam key for Stealth Inc 2 too

And with that steam begging has reached a new low.

Edit: Will wait for the average to drop or go for the $10 tier at the last minute

 

[Mpl90]

Some questions

1)This HB will last two weeks. How many hours/days/weeks a random HB last, normally?
2)Do we have any idea about the best selling Humble Bundles in the recent past?

 

[Salsa]

And with that steam begging has reached a new low.

really? bundle does do that for android games, alls im saying

I don't have a WiiU and the game just came out, so it'd be cool

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Hey, NA =! US. I don't get why Americans seem to think they are the only country in North America.

Lol I mention that all the time, but unfortunately Canada doesn't exist when it comes to North America as far as the rest of the world is concerned.

 

[Platy]

Actually, Brazil does not have a Wii U eShop, but has a 3DS one (idk why, probably has to do with banks blocking international purchases in Reais in 2012 – which had some conversion tax, thus not really as a national purchase... or something. Since the 3DS eShop opened before the block, Nintendo probably left it open, but decided not to open the Wii U one... or do what Sony and Microsoft did to prevent such issue). IIRC, I can activate codes bought on nintendo.com on my 3DS (which has a Brazilian NNID), so I wonder if 3DS Humble Bundle codes can't really be activated in a Brazilian 3DS NNID... I'll test it later.

And about Brazilians with Wii U, since you can have multiple users, just create a Canadian NNID and buy/activate there, hue

That is actualy pretty interesting ....

 

[Kama_1082]

But this is a humble bundle first and foremost, being on a console is irrelevant.

If MS and Sony does another and is regionlocked, that will be a different deal. Until then, the fact that none other Humble Bundle have been region locked takes priority here.

You should write them an angry email.

 

[atbigelow]

I love the "just hit a switch and turn off region locking" posts. No, region locking isn't cool. But these systems are pretty well cured by now. It's gonna take time to undo them, if they are.

Having said this, this is a pretty awesome bundle for those that can get it.

 

[Keasar]

You know what, I hope we in Europe get Xenoblade Chronicles X a year before America gets it.

As a revenge for all the shit America keeps getting before us or get at all when we don't.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Some questions

1)This HB will last two weeks. How many hours/days/weeks a random HB last, normally?
2)Do we have any idea about the best selling Humble Bundles in the recent past?

1) Featured ones last 2 weeks
2) Not sure, but maybe the origin one or the THQ one, if I don't misremember the THQ one did 5 million or so.

 

[cyba89]

Some questions

1)This HB will last two weeks. How many hours/days/weeks a random HB last, normally?

A regular Humble Bundle is always two weeks.

2)Do we have any idea about the best selling Humble Bundles in the recent past?

Should be the first Humble Origin Bundle with 2,136,893 sold and US$10.54+ M
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Humble_Bundles.

 

[Arkhanor]

Actually, Brazil does not have a Wii U eShop, but has a 3DS one (idk why, probably has to do with banks blocking international purchases in Reais in 2012 – which had some conversion tax, thus not really as a national purchase... or something. Since the 3DS eShop opened before the block, Nintendo probably left it open, but decided not to open the Wii U one... or do what Sony and Microsoft did to prevent such issue). IIRC, I can activate codes bought on nintendo.com on my 3DS (which has a Brazilian NNID), so I wonder if 3DS Humble Bundle codes can't really be activated in a Brazilian 3DS NNID... I'll test it later.

And about Brazilians with Wii U, since you can have multiple users, just create a Canadian NNID and buy/activate there, hue

Interesting indeed! Gonna tell this to my cousin that has a Brazilian NNID.

(Hey Berna, it's Arkhanor from STS! Hahaha!)

 

[Lexxism]

It's really nice living in North America.

 

[Princess Viola]

I'm giving away my Woah Dave! 3DS code. I have no interest in it. Quote to see the code and please quote once you've redeemed it.

i took this

 

[Storm360]

It's not first region locked bundle thought. I believe SEGA bundle wasn't available in Asia.

But definitely biggest region lock thought.

At least there were methods to bypass

All of the consoles have region locked digital marketplaces, mainly due to different regulatory boards.

That's not true, Xbox One is region free

I could swear I see PSN sales limited to a region all the time. Strange, maybe I'm imagining things.

This isn't a sale, its a humble bundle

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

You should write them an angry email.

I have plenty of unfinished games just on my 3DS.

I'm more mad at the "lets defend anything from Nintendo" people.

But enough of this, we derailed the thread enough.

 

[RM8]

It's really nice living in North America.

It's not and it won't be until I can buy a regular N3DS :[

 

[alr1ght]

Some questions

1)This HB will last two weeks. How many hours/days/weeks a random HB last, normally?
2)Do we have any idea about the best selling Humble Bundles in the recent past?

1) 2 weeks. Weekly bundles last for a ...week,
2) The last few bundles haven't been very good, so the numbers are dropping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Humble_Bundles

HIB5 earned $5.09 M
HIB14 earned $1.01 M

 

[The Boat]

But this is a humble bundle first and foremost, being on a console is irrelevant.

If MS and Sony does another and is regionlocked, that will be a different deal. Until then, the fact that none other Humble Bundle have been region locked takes priority here.

Of course it's not irrelevant. A humble bundle is a digital store sale, console digital stores are region locked, ergo making a humble bundle for all regions implies getting different codes for different regions from the publishers and it's also riskier for said publishers due to currency issues.

The fact that a site like humble bundle offers these sales in a pack doesn't change the fact that they're sales tied to a digital store and all console digital stores are locked, which is why Sony, Nintendo and MS (I think) have separate sales for each region. It's a console digital store sale, plain and simple, the fact that it's wrapped as a bundle doesn't change that.

 

[phanphare]

It's really nice living in North America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z8SpgmF0sA

 

[AdanVC]

So if I'm in Mexico I would be able to support this??? Nicee

 

[orthodoxy1095]

All of the consoles have region locked digital marketplaces, mainly due to different regulatory boards.

Uh what? How so? I have one each of a USA, EU and JPN PSN account that I use to get things depending on their release date.

You know what, I hope we in Europe get Xenoblade Chronicles X a year before America gets it.

As a revenge for all the shit America keeps getting before us or get at all when we don't.

I abhor region locking, but hush you. You get the fancy N3DS with faceplates

 

[spons]

Credit where credit is due, this is probably the biggest piece of anti-marketing I've ever seen. I'll buy a Wii U when hell freezes over, and even then I'd have to think twice.

 

[Effect]

That $500 donation is from Damon Baker at Nintendo. https://twitter.com/dwbakes Is he the one that took over for Dan Adelman?

 

[Man God]

Uh what? How so? I have one each of a USA, EU and JPN PSN account that I use to get things depending on their release date.

...you have three accounts to get around said region lock, friendio.

 

[cyba89]

It's really nice living in North America.

I will quote this in the next "Where is regular N3DS?"- or "Why is NoA so incompetent about the Amiibo-situation"-thread.

 

[TheSeks]

Nintendo owners be thirsty. Nearly 45K sales in under an hour.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Nice, console games don't usually get bundles like this.

 

[C.Olimar788]

Woah, that's super neat! It's really cool that they got this to be a thing, even if the region-exclusivity is unfortunate. I can only imagine it's a pretty inevitable thing for a console-based Humble Bundle, though.