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Nintendo E3 demo Best Buy locations revealed [Update: Canada]
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Krappadizzle
Member
I was hoping Hawaii would be on there. It's not.
Nah, it is a parody account like the KazCEO one.
Brilliant Disaster
Member
Now to figure out which BB in Austin will have it. Not many within city limits so not hard.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Awesome! Yeah I'm about an hour and 30 minutes away from the Cumberland Best Buy.
Atlanta-area GAF seems to be much larger then I thought. If anyone is interested, we could have a GAF Meetup before or after one of the events. It's been suggested a few times within this thread and I think it is a good idea.
dakkumauji
Member
Not gonna be crossing the Bay Bridge just to try out some E3 demos especially when I go by two Best Buys on the way from work.
superpickleman
Member
... the closest one is about a 30 minute drive from me. The place where the E3 is actually taking place is closer.
Not worth it.
Not worth it.
spyhunterzero
Member
Ahh man, was hoping for a Dallas location. I guess I'll try out the Arlington place since it's about 30 minutes away.
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
I'm driving all the way to LA for E3, and you don't wanna cross the Bay Bridge? Also, there's San Jose if the scenic 280 drive is more your style.
PhoenixDawn
Member
I'm already in line.
But on a more serious note, I'll probably just swing on by a couple hours early just to scope out the situation. If there's no line, I can entertain myself with wandering around doing some other shopping, and if there's a *reasonable* line, I'll get in it and chat with others until it's time for the bomb to be dropped. Hopefully, I get some of that Luigi swag as well.
Iced_Eagle
Member
One location for Washington? And it's not even near the NoA campus? I'm not sure if driving 30-45 mins away is worth it because that location is bound to be swamped...
Two hours? Dang, I was gonna swing by an hour before but that sounds fine. I love that the Best Buy they're probably hosting it at is 2 MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE.
From the first page, but for the countless NYC folks that despaired for a second, remember that Nintendo World will probably do something too.
Also, Long Island City is in Queens, not in Long Island. The closest for them is Valley Stream. Strange, I know.
PhoenixDawn
Member
Well if it turns out no one is there I figure I can screw around in the area, there's stuff to do. Just wanna make sure I get a chance to try out the games seeing as it's a short time frame and there's literally only one Best Buy participating in the entire state.
Oxnard Montalvo
Member
Too bad I will be at Bonnaroo. Stupid Bonnaroo you ruin everything!
Post like this make me sad for living 30 minutes from anything in either direction ):
Crimsonlink
Member
MisterHero
Super Member
Wait someone said Duluth?
*searches* Duluth ...Georgia?!
GEOOOORGIIIAAAA
*searches* Duluth ...Georgia?!
GEOOOORGIIIAAAA
Yeah not even one in Orlando.
yeah, two major areas you'd think they have but NO they have one in Brandon
Whiskeymatt
Member
Hooray for Portland!
Ghostofst4rm4n
Neo Member
Still better than my choices. I can drive 2 Hours to Wilmington and hope that it's not a mad house. Or take the extra 30 minutes to get to KOP and not have any chance of playing the demos.
vagabondarts
Member
Probably also has a lot to do with the locations. IE- relative to the reps stores of choice (near where they live maybe)
OctoWara289
Neo Member
I'm in Miami, too! I'm also hoping that it's at the Dadeland location. I believe that was the only location that held a midnight release for the 3DS; it was a lot of fun, that night.
copelandmaster
Member
The Arlington Best Buy?
...Cool, I guess
The very same one that doesn't let you even PLAY with the Wii U?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, it's probably the Jantzen Beach location? I never ever ever go over there, but I guess I will next month.
PotionBleue
Member
Why do some Americans here even complain about locations? Do they realize there are more than a hundred countries that won't get this at all? This is a nice initiative from Nintendo (though I don't get why they don't release the demos on eShop as well), and you're probably not gonna die if you don't have the opportunity to play these demos because the closest Best Buy is too far away.
It is obviously smarter to do such events in lesser populated areas; I doubt people enjoy 10-hour queues.
It is obviously smarter to do such events in lesser populated areas; I doubt people enjoy 10-hour queues.
Yeah, they generally have two reps for a particular market that hits up all Nintendo-selling stores, including ones that don't actually have any hardware kiosks to maintain.
FallingSputnik
Member
Sweet, McAllen Texas! Ah crap, I might be switching jobs before E3 happens. Even then, there's a bunch of stores here, and I'm not sure if every single one of them will get it. Here's hoping store 1473 gets it.
If they have a less populated location, I would be interesting in meeting fellow CanadiaGAFfers.
Educated guesstimate that's one of the main locations they'll select. I mean, one store for each capital city in the provinces, so Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal (populous in Quebec's case), Halifax, Fredericton, Charlottetown and Saint John's. So, 11 left for other towns/locations. Quebec City might get one, and Toronto I would be surprised if it didn't have two locations. Vancouver to get a second BB is likely. And the rest would be sprinkled further North so the rest of Canada isn't left out entirely.
At least we have a time frame of when to expect them.
Barrel Cannon
Member
Chittagong
Gold Member
This is interesting, kind of confirms how the logistics of this whole thing are handled. What I wondered when I heard this news was that how would Nintendo allow shaky builds of their upcoming games to an uncontrolled environment - not to speak of risking them floating around after the event or worse, leaking to the inter webs. Also I wondered that how would they get the BB employees download the games from a location where others can't, or keep the discs safe.
The reason for the low number of stores is clear to me - Nintendo is sending their own sales force to man these presentations. They will get locked and sealed Wii U boxes from Redmond, come with them for the day and pack up in the end. Same demos, no risk.
The reason for the low number of stores is clear to me - Nintendo is sending their own sales force to man these presentations. They will get locked and sealed Wii U boxes from Redmond, come with them for the day and pack up in the end. Same demos, no risk.