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[Alrus]

I have a question about (minor story spoiler)

Spoiler

Colony 6 reconstruction

, the game tells you that you can ask residents about the whereabouts of the materials needed, since the hints only give you info on a few of them... I tried to talking to every single person in the area and nobody tells me anything about mats... Did they just forget about it or am I doing it wrong?

This sounds like a tremendous game. I wish I had it in my hands.

Were the other non-localized games (Last Story, that other one?) supposed to be as good, or no?

The Last Story is apparently not as good from the few impressions I read on it, apparently it's still a good game though. I have no idea about Pandora's Tower but it's probably a much lower budget endeavor and probably not as good (it's not really the same genre though).

Pandora's Tower story is also probably a lot more angsty which is something that I hate =/ (And a thing a love about Xenoblade's character, you don't see them complaining too much about what's happening to them, no heroes brooding over deaths of innocent people and stuff like that, it feels so refreshing. I really dislike angsty jrpg :/ )

 

[SecretMoblin]

This sounds like a tremendous game. I wish I had it in my hands.

Were the other non-localized games (Last Story, that other one?) supposed to be as good, or no?

The Last Story is supposed to very good to great, Pandora's Tower is supposed to be OK to good.

Edit: Beaten.

 

[Diffense]

Mine's a launch Wii that's only recently seen a little play from NMH. No idea how dual layer will work anymore because I can't find my copy of Brawl.

Might have to hijack my friend's Wii and hack it and then rip my disk onto my hard drive if it comes to that... I'm sure he won't mind.

Mine gave out gradually.
It progessed from giving read errors that could be worked around by re-inserting the game disc to absolutely refusing to work at all.
I recently bought a drive from ebay and will attempt the repair myself because Nintendo's repair is triple the cost (out of warranty) and there's the risk they'll delete my saves.

 

[SecretMoblin]

Mine gave out gradually.
It progessed from giving read errors that could be worked around by re-inserting the game disc to absolutely refusing to work at all.
I recently bought a drive from ebay and will attempt the repair myself because Nintendo's repair is triple the cost (out of warranty) and there's the risk they'll delete my saves.

Can't you just back up saves on an SD card? Unless it's Monster Hunter Tri or other online games, that is...

 

[truly101]

WILL IT COME TODAY

PLEASE

NO! YOU JUST HAVEN'T EARNED IT YET, BABY

 

[Zafir]

Mine gave out gradually.
It progessed from giving read errors that could be worked around by re-inserting the game disc to absolutely refusing to work at all.
I recently bought a drive from ebay and will attempt the repair myself because Nintendo's repair is triple the cost (out of warranty) and there's the risk they'll delete my saves.

Was that with just dual layered games or all games? If it's dual layered then did you try that lense cleaning kit?

 

[Feep]

NO! YOU JUST HAVEN'T EARNED IT YET, BABY

; ;

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Oh my lawd

Spoiler

Frontier Village

is huge

 

[Synless]

365game still hasn't shipped mine apparently. I ordered from the wrong place, lesson learned.

 

[Dead Prince]

; ;

when i get my copy today i'll take a picture with your name on it.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I probably won't do Zavvi again either.

 

[Zafir]

I probably won't do Zavvi again either.

Why?

Honestly no matter where you order it's a toss up when it'll ship. Although that other person got his copy from Shopto. A friend of mine didn't have his copy of Xenoblade ship from them till a day before release.

 

[SecretMoblin]

I probably won't do Zavvi again either.

Eh, I don't really blame them. It's only been a week since they shipped the game (at least, that's what they told me) and unless I'm paying for expedited shipping I usually expect to wait around two weeks. I've ordered stuff from the U.K. before and it's taken maybe 10 days on average.

So if they're the cheapest, I'll probably go with them again for The Last Story -- and we'll see about Pandora's Tower.

Edit: They also say on their website to add 15 days to shipping for international shipments, so it is clear before you purchase what the estimated delivery time is. I trust other GAFfers when they say they've had issues with Zavvi's shipping before, though.

 

[TDLink]

I said it earlier but I'll say it again. My 365games copy was despatched earlier today as they promised. If yours hasn't I would send them a support ticket through their on-site support thing. I did it last week during the initial processing refund thing and they got back to me very quickly. It'll get sorted out if you do that I'm sure.

Also keep in mind almost no one in the US has gotten theirs yet.

 

[LProtag]

Nothing in the mail today from GAME.

 

[RPGCrazied]

*sigh*

nothing from Zavvi in mail today. This sucks. What import site offers rush shipping? If I have to do this for Last Story, I want to be prepared.

 

[Synless]

I said it earlier but I'll say it again. My 365games copy was despatched earlier today as they promised. If yours hasn't I would send them a support ticket through their on-site support thing. I did it last week during the initial processing refund thing and they got back to me very quickly. It'll get sorted out if you do that I'm sure.

Also keep in mind almost no one in the US has gotten theirs yet.

Yeah, I messaged them. At least yours shipped, mine is still in refund status.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Hoping for some Zavvi mail in Florida...

 

[bodine1231]

I played the game for about 13hrs on Sunday,first time I've done that in 15yrs. This is the best JRPG I've played since the SNES/PSONE era. There were moments of the story later on where I was literally holding my breath during the cut scenes. The action is filmed and cut so well as to rival any good summer blockbuster movie and I'm really interested in seeing where the game takes me. I'm also surprised at how great the game looks despite running in 480p.

 

[Sayah]

Mine gave out gradually.
It progessed from giving read errors that could be worked around by re-inserting the game disc to absolutely refusing to work at all.
I recently bought a drive from ebay and will attempt the repair myself because Nintendo's repair is triple the cost (out of warranty) and there's the risk they'll delete my saves.

Actually, you can have Nintendo fix it for free still. You just need your copy of Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl utilizes a double-layer disc which has a large memory capacity. A very small percentage of Wii consoles may have trouble consistently reading data off this large capacity disc if there is some contamination on the lens of the disc drive. Nintendo has specialized cleaning equipment that can resolve this problem.

For the United States and Canada, Nintendo is upgrading inbound and outbound shipping to expedite the total repair process. Specific repair times will be provided as you fill out the repair form. There is no cost for the repair or shipping. Please note: returning the game to the retail store will not solve the problem. So we encourage users who are experiencing issues with playing this particular game to utilize this repair order process.

 

[Sayah]

I played the game for about 13hrs on Sunday,first time I've done that in 15yrs. This is the best JRPG I've played since the SNES/PSONE era. There were moments of the story later on where I was literally holding my breath during the cut scenes. The action is filmed and cut so well as to rival any good summer blockbuster movie and I'm really interested in seeing where the game takes me. I'm also surprised at how great the game looks despite running in 480p.

MY ANTICIPATION KEEPS RISING. Waiting for mines to ship.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Finally got a copy and now I'm getting disc read errors.

Oh the humanity...

 

[Hot Coldman]

Lol, this game did great in the UK, sales wise. Surprising, I haven't seen a single ad for it.

 

[Zafir]

*sigh*

nothing from Zavvi in mail today. This sucks. What import site offers rush shipping? If I have to do this for Last Story, I want to be prepared.

It's a good job you didn't live in Europe during the previous generations, isn't it?

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Finally got a copy and now I'm getting disc read errors.

Oh the humanity...

I don't know what I'd do.

 

[Dead Prince]

I don't know what I'd do.

buy a new wii? lol.

 

[RPGCrazied]

It's a good job you didn't live in Europe during the previous generations, isn't it?

I suppose. I might as well expect this to come Friday. 2 weeks for getting a game, lame. So much for getting it in 6 days like other Texas/US Zavvi members have for other games.

 

[Sayah]

Lol, this game did great in the UK, sales wise. Surprising, I haven't seen a single ad for it.

The fans did most of the advertising. That Operation Rainfall movement helped it get a lot of attention and the game even saw a rise in sales in Japan. It's helpful that this game is getting amazing reviews and being hailed as the best JRPG this generation.

 

[SecretMoblin]

I suppose. I might as well expect this to come Friday. 2 weeks for getting a game, lame. So much for getting it in 6 days like other Texas/US Zavvi members have for other games.

Speedrun a playthrough of Chrono Trigger to take your mind off of it. You'll be happier!

 

[Toma]

Just played 6 hours straight until a bit after the end of the first chapter.

Holy fucking moly is this game addicting. Geez.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Haha

Spoiler

Ricki

is so awesome!

Now, sidequest time!

 

[Sayah]

Finally got a copy and now I'm getting disc read errors.

Oh the humanity...

Read what I posted above you. I also read this earlier. You can also see if a friend of family member can let you borrow their Wii to test it on there.

 

[Dead Prince]

I suppose. I might as well expect this to come Friday. 2 weeks for getting a game, lame. So much for getting it in 6 days like other Texas/US Zavvi members have for other games.

went from hype to depression.

 

[weeaboo]

Hang on RPGCrazied, don't do anything crazy.

 

[LProtag]

Finally got a copy and now I'm getting disc read errors.

Oh the humanity...

Man all these reports are making me nervous again!

 

[UltimaKilo]

I suppose. I might as well expect this to come Friday. 2 weeks for getting a game, lame. So much for getting it in 6 days like other Texas/US Zavvi members have for other games.

Did you express ship it? When did you place the order?

 

[Aeana]

Game came in today. Yayness.

 

[robotzombie]

For US people getting it, does it show up in regular mail or something like FedEx?

 

[Dead Prince]

Did you express ship it? When did you place the order?

zavvi doesn't have an option for express shipping or any other shipping option.

 

[LProtag]

Game came in today. Yayness.

Where from and where do you live? These questions must be answered!

 

[iAmMaximus]

Anyone import from ASDA that have received their copies yet?

 

[Dead Prince]

Anyone import from ASDA that have received their copies yet?

not yet for me. ;o

 

[kizmah]

This truly is a game that needed a photo tool. Such amazing environments and I'm only about 7 hours in. Oh well, I took some off screen myself...

 

[Aeana]

Where from and where do you live? These questions must be answered!

From ASDA, I live in north Texas.

 

[Dead Prince]

From ASDA, I live in north Texas.

RPGCrazied suicide confirmed.

 

[iAmMaximus]

RPGCrazied suicide confirmed.

LOL.

From ASDA, I live in north Texas.

Btw, when did your order ship?

 

[dark10x]

Man, the game does sound fantastic.

When people wonder why I don't want Nintendo to remain in first place, this is one of those reasons. There have been too many Wii games this generation that were denied release in the US and it's really quite irritating.

 

[LProtag]

Heh. Well, I'm going to be busy for the next few days so as long as it comes in Wednesday I'll be fine... unless I get a disk read error.

Good luck everyone.

 

[timetokill]

Man, the game does sound fantastic.

When people wonder why I don't want Nintendo to remain in first place, this is one of those reasons. There have been too many Wii games this generation that were denied release in the US and it's really quite irritating.

Maybe this game wouldn't have been made at all if Nintendo wasn't in first place. Ever think of that?

 

[RPGCrazied]

From ASDA, I live in north Texas.

Now you suck! I'm in north Texas too. Lubbock area. ;/

So if I went with ASDA, I would have it now?! AHHHHHHHHHH!