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[RPGCrazied]

Looks under Texas, doesn't find Lubbock.

Of course not.

 

[NihonTiger90]

Apparently it isn't all of them.


Source: http://nintendoeverything.com/123269/nintendo-shares-more-details-on-e3-program-with-best-buy/

Ohio
Fairborn
North Olmsted
Reynoldsburg
Toledo

 

[cafemomo]

Illinois

Schaumburg

yessssss

 

[Gun Animal]

Nothing on Oahu? Thanks, Nintendobama.

 

[hwy_61]

Sweet, one of them is 5 minutes away. I'll be playing that 3D Mario goodness soon.

You think Mario will be playable? I think its probably going be Pikmin, and W101.

 

[dancrane212]

Need Canada locations.

Yeah, hoping at least one of Nova Scotia's BestBuys will be part of this.

 

[Malvingt2]

wait!!! No Yonkers or White Plains?[NY] boooooooooo

 

[Effect]

Whitehall in Pennsylvania is doable for me. About just over 20 miles from home. The Best Buy there is pretty big. The whole area is made up of several malls and shopping centers. The place is always filled with people as well so the demos should get plenty of attention.

 

[KarmaCow]

They’ll be playable between 4 PM and 8 PM local time on June 12 and between 1 PM and 5 PM local time on June 15.

This makes even less sense than it did before. I thought this was going to be going on for all of E3.

 

[redmetal86]

Hmm, nearest one to me is 30 to 40 minutes. Eh, I'll think about it.

 

[Negator]

Looks under Texas, doesn't find Lubbock.

Of course not.

Not even San Antonio.

Some serious bullshit. I'm not driving to Austin to play some Nintendo demos.

 

[Valnen]

Something in the Sacramento area? Holy shit. Was not expecting that. A very pleasant surprise.

...Now watch them not demo anything good.

 

[KojiKnight]

Shitty locations... at least the closest is only an hour away if anything amazing gets revealed.

 

[daveo42]

Well hot damn! I'm happy that I actually have store near me that will have the E3 demos available.

 

[ZealousD]

Only 110 locations? Laaaaame. The closest one to me is like a two hour drive.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Ft Myers...nice!

 

[hwy_61]

yessssss

See you there!

 

[Schnozberry]

Wait, really? One Best Buy in Minnesota and they're doing the one in Eden Prairie? Not the one in the Mall of America?

Eden Prairie is the corporate store. It's their home base. I'm guessing best buy negotiated to have this stuff at their busiest locations in any given region.

 

[LiberaTeExInferis]

So, only for two days and 4 hour each??

Anyways, props to you people!!
I wish we could have sth similar in Europe...

 

[Yes Boss!]

Wow,

Those california locations are SHIT!

Really, Visalia?

But, my small town in MD, Frederick, is one of the loacation. Will take a stroll down E3 time. Hopefully there is some 3D Mario Love.

 

[jmdajr]

Not even San Antonio.

Some serious bullshit. I'm not driving to Austin to play some Nintendo demos.

That's wack for being such a large city.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Forget the locations for a moment, I don't get the play time restrictions. Playable for 4 hours on two days? Why not the full store opening hours on the four days rather one day, fours hours followed by two days of nothing.

Plus both of those times are after schools are out so long lines...oh I get it now, they're trying to make the the E3 experience authentic.

Unless its like Best Buy really didn't want people in their stores not buying anything yet agreed to this anyway so compromised...

 

[GDGF]

Wichita! Oh yeah!

 

[DJ Lushious]

how aobut the e-shop instead , nintendo bring e3 to us

Yeah, I agree with this. Microsoft has, for years, done this. This is just another example of how behind Nintendo is from their competitors.

 

[RyuKanSan]

"Michigan
Flint
Rochester Hills"

Sweet Jesus..awesome news to wake up to

 

[Valnen]

how aobut the e-shop instead , nintendo bring e3 to us

The intent of this probably isn't just to get existing Wii U owners to try games, but to get people to buy consoles. If you're already in best buy and having fun on their shiny E3 demo, you're more likely to want the console afterall.

Wow,

Those california locations are SHIT!

Fuck no! Something interesting in my area, finally!

 

[Duxxy3]

Oh sweet - the best buy in worcester is getting it. I'll probably check out that one.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

This is weird I see Wisconsin on the list here, yet when I go to bestbuy page Its not even there to choose.

Also it says check back June 11 to see the list of games.

 

[IrishNinja]

awww yiss, gotta see which ones in Miami then & hopefully get some streetpasseses

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Well at least one location is within 30 minutes of me. Look at Kentucky landing 3 locations, go Cats.

 

[specialguy]

a winner is me

 

[batbeg]

No Tulsa :-/ Will drive to OKC but still

 

[Drago]

Houston. Aww yiss

.

 

[OnPoint]

Amherst it is.

 

[ido]

No love for Mississippi.

Well, shit.

 

[casmith07]

Hah. They ignore of all Northern Virginia, the most populous and gamer-centric region in the state?

 

[JohnTinker]

Brandon FL here I come. Only 20 minutes on I-75.

Please have good demos

 

[izakq]

Nothing in New Mexico? Really?

 

[MikeE21286]

Awesome. A store 15 minutes from me is on there.

Spoiler

should be on the god damn eShop Nintendo!!!!

 

[NFreak]

Fuck yeah Cary NC? Didn't expect that. Will be interesting to see what games they have out for a demo.

 

[Ondore]

21 stores in Canada. Here I was thinking there'd be Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver and that's it. On behalf of Nova Scotia...

soyouresayingtheresachance.gif

 

[Effect]

I do hope they announce more locations and offer different times. However if these demos that will be in the store are good enough to showcase outside of a control environment then they should just offer them up on the eShop with play limits. Only the best of the best will likely be demoed anyway.

 

[Kacho]

Hah. They ignore of all Northern Virginia, the most populous and gamer-centric region in the state?

Yeah, it's weird. I was hoping they would do it at the Sterling Best Buy.

 

[FloatOn]

Living in Orlando makes the Kissimmee one possible for me. The question is will the games be good enough to warrant a trip to that awful place.

(no offense to those that might live there)

 

[Wiz]

No locations in Atlanta.

Oooooookaaaaaaay...

I know right? Next closest is Smyrna though. Not too bad.

 

[SmokeMaxX]

This just in: meh
It's like they had people list locations in Arkansas and they were like "hmmm let me pick the number 3 and number 4 best options."

Locations don't make sense population wise or income wise. I have no idea who they're targeting.

 

[BigEvilTurtle]

I'm also going to the Toledo one. I live extremely close!

 

[Valnen]

I do hope they announce more locations and offer different times. However if these demos that will be in the store are good enough to showcase outside of a control environment then they should just offer them up on the eShop with play limits. Only the best of the best will likely be demoed anyway.

Like I said, so people without the console will buy it.

 

[Bog]

It's not the eShop because Nintendo is trying to make nice with a huge US retailer.

 

[metsallica]

So there's no NYC location because we'll be able to go to Nintendo World, right?

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