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[Wilsongt]

So. What? Two more weeks until MM? :lol

 

[cw_sasuke]

So. What? Two more weeks until MM? :lol

more like 4 Weeks - mm will be their big e3 virtual console release "we still care about the hardcores"....lol

 

[evilromero]

This is some bullfuck Nintendo.

 

[zigg]

My laptop broke this morning, and Nintendo, sensing my woe, comes to my rescue bearing Animal Crossing clocks and calendars for $2 each!

...

*sob*

 

[Barrett2]

My laptop broke this morning, and Nintendo, sensing my woe, comes to my rescue bearing Animal Crossing clocks and calendars for $2 each!

...

*sob*

Just when you thought you were no longer beholden to Tom Nook's usurious rates and bullshit extortion!


Nooooooook!!!

 

[Somnid]

I bet Moving Memo will be there to highlight the E3 conference. It's really something worth talking up. For those hoping for it I'd probably think of it like that.

 

[Fuu]

AC calculator and clock? Like, the sort of themed apps you would usually download for free from an official website to put on your blog/desktop?

I don't even have a DSi but just from reading about these it's the first time I feel something close to the outrage you guys usually have in these threads. Just wow.

 

[crowphoenix]

Just when you thought you were no longer beholden to Tom Nook's usurious rates and bullshit extortion!


Nooooooook!!!

That bastard is extending his reach to reality. It's only a matter of time, before we're all farming fruit so that we can acquire the bells to pay our house payments once renders all other currency obsolete.

 

[Tiktaalik]

haha jesus christ

 

[VOOK]

I bet Moving Memo will be there to highlight the E3 conference. It's really something worth talking up. For those hoping for it I'd probably think of it like that.

It better not be all they have :/

 

[sikkinixx]

I want something decent to play on my DSi... not some fucking clock :-(

 

[Barrett2]

That bastard is extending his reach to reality. It's only a matter of time, before we're all farming fruit so that we can acquire the bells to pay our house payments once renders all other currency obsolete.

There's only one solution..... we have to kill Tom Nook


>_>

 

[Tiktaalik]

I heard Miyamoto really upended the table on the Clock team. Made them start over from scratch.

 

[Tiktaalik]

Can't wait to see what those wizards at EAD have in store for us with DSiware Clock 2.

 

[Barrett2]

I heard Miyamoto really upended the table on the Clock team. Made them start over from scratch.

 

[Shiggie]

I believe Nintendo is hoarding games to reveal at E3.

 

[aparisi2274]

I believe Nintendo is hoarding games to reveal at E3.

I hope you are correct sir!!!

 

[Tiktaalik]

I believe Nintendo is hoarding games to reveal at E3.

ahhh it's cute when they still have faith.

 

[Ranger X]

zzz...


oh wait, there's an update? ...


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zzz

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Man these are just getting more pathetic by the week.

 

[DustoMan]

Come on Nintendo... give us some good C64 games. Where's my California Games? Bruce Lee?? JumpMan??? 4x4 Off Road!? Racing Construction SET!?!?!

I had hundreds of C64 games, and I've never heard of Tower Toppler.

 

[Barrett2]

Nintendo really, really must think its customers are complete suckers. I can understand cheap and simple 200 point downloads.... but a clock? A calculator?

 

[Cheesemeister]

Nintendo really, really must think its customers are complete suckers. I can understand cheap and simple 200 point downloads.... but a clock? A calculator?

The people who might consider downloading such simple apps probably aren't savvy enough to even get their systems online.

 

[B-Rad Lascelle]

Nintendo really, really must think its customers are complete suckers. I can understand cheap and simple 200 point downloads.... but a clock? A calculator?

Until consumers prove NOA otherwise in that assessment that's EXACTLY what they are.

 

[Kobun Heat]

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[JSnake]

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Please grill Reggie on the dire state of VC.

 

[Lee N]

I had hundreds of C64 games, and I've never heard of Tower Toppler.

Maybe you've heard of Nebulus.

Tower Toppler is the american name for that.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Please grill Reggie on the dire state of VC.

I've asked Nintendo a million times why Virtual Console sucks, and every time I ask them I get up the next Monday and it's even worse. If I mention anything at E3, we're all going to wake up and they'll have handed over complete control of the service to Mythicon.

 

[JSnake]

I've asked Nintendo a million times why Virtual Console sucks, and every time I ask them I get up the next Monday and it's even worse. If I mention anything at E3, we're all going to wake up and they'll have handed over complete control of the service to Mythicon.

I said grill. Devote like 10 minutes of an interview to the damn subject if you have to.

 

[crowphoenix]

I said grill. Devote like 10 minutes of an interview to the damn subject if you have to.

Well, if asking lowers the quality, grilling them would probably have them setting fire to the service and taking our games with them.

 

[JSnake]

Well, if asking lowers the quality, grilling them would probably have them setting fire to the service and taking our games with them.

Spiteful bastards.

 

[evilromero]

Seriously, a fucking clock? Does it come with a calendar? And does the calendar keep track of how long you played the games? If not then what's the point?

 

[mrkgoo]

As far as DSi ware goes - the whole point, I figured, was to replicate the success of the Apple appstore. Can you imagine what that would be like if Apple only released two apps a week?

 

[Cheesemeister]

As far as DSi ware goes - the whole point, I figured, was to replicate the success of the Apple appstore. Can you imagine what that would be like if Apple only released two apps a week?

It certainly wouldn't be very successful.

 

[Mockingbird]

This update is a joke -- yet why am I not laughing?

 

[Hobbun]

Nintendo, you are charging for a clock and calculator? WTF? Doesn't the DSi already have a built in clock and calendar that can be viewed?

 

[billy.sea]

Those clocks and calculators should be free as advertisement/marketing tool for their game.

Guess they 'finally learn' something from Microsoft when it comes to online - charging people for themes and gamer picture.

 

[Barrett2]

What I don't understand is why would Nintendo want to condition its DSi users into avoiding the store? By releasing complete and utter shit early in the system's cycle, all you are doing is telling your customers the app store is worthless and not worth your time. In a few months when they randomly do decide to put something good up, I imagine a fair amount of users will have long since stopped checking the app store. This seems like such a brain-dead easy way for them to make money with impulse-buy small games. But even the most self-hating casual knows not to waste money on a clock / calculator. The type of person who would actually buy this kind of shit is the type of person who doesn't even know DSiWare exists. -_-

 

[Tiktaalik]

So have we hit rock bottom or next week do you think we'll see the move to only one DSiware game? :lol

 

[Gamecocks625]

So have we hit rock bottom or next week do you think we'll see the move to only one DSiware game? :lol

No, I'm still waiting for the "Health and Safety Warning" themed calculator

 

[Ranger X]

I almost feel like throwing molotov cocktails at NOA's building just in case it could fucking burn down.

.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Next week's DSiWare Update:

A Little Bit Of... Power Switch (Nintendo, 1 player 200 DSi points™): This DSiWare adds a power switch to your DSi! Now you can turn it on, or even off! What's that, you say? Your DSi already had a power switch before you downloaded this? No it didn't. It never had one. Also, Virtual Console never got more than one mediocre game per week, beers were always served in liter glasses, and Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

 

[Cheesemeister]

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Protip: Be careful what you say.

 

[Mockingbird]

So have we hit rock bottom or next week do you think we'll see the move to only one DSiware game? :lol

We didn't even get a DSiware game this week. This is probably the worst week in Nintendo download history.

 

[Affeinvasion]

Nintendo's just waiting for everyone to use up their free 1000 points by accident.

This is one game of chicken I am not going to lose.

 

[crowphoenix]

Next week's DSiWare Update:

:lol :lol

 

[Gamecocks625]

Nintendo's just waiting for everyone to use up their free 1000 points by accident.

This is one game of chicken I am not going to lose.

I think you're on to something

 

[mrkgoo]

Nintendo's just waiting for everyone to use up their free 1000 points by accident.

This is one game of chicken I am not going to lose.

I haven't bought anything with my 1000 points yet.

There's nothing wrong with a clock and calculator. There's not even really anything particularly wrong with having a clock and calculator as your only downloads for the week (assuming you don't care about DSiware being successful). But charging $2 for it? I get that it's probably coming from a free pool of points, but it still represents money.

For $2, I can buy something pretty decent on the Appstore (and I think Appstore apps are often criminally underpriced).

 

[Tiktaalik]

So can we actually finally say that Nintendo is making non-games now without being snarky? :lol

 

[Tiktaalik]

MEANWHILE ON THE APP STORE....


99 fucking cents gets you Uniwar, a hex based strategy game with:

3 races, each with varied units
50+ maps to choose from with up to 8 players
Play up to 20 games at once
Team play allows 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4
Campaign mode with 21 missions
Play modes: Multiplayer online, VS the phone A.I., VS friend on same device (hot seat) and campaign mode
Worldwide Global Ladder
Email notifications when it is your turn
In game chat