Amazon has let me down again with pre-orders, my Mario Kart 8 still hasn't been dispatched. It has been "dispatching now" since 9:30 this morning... I do have One Day Delivery on it, but now it'll probably arrive tomorrow evening at the very earliest, which is still too late for me and my firend to play it for most of the day.
With this and my Pokemon X arriving two days later than relase day, I'm never using online pre-orders again, they're simply too unreliable...
Amazon are awful with pre-orders, that's why I went with ShopTo, and am playing it now
I've had a bad experience with ShopTo, I ordered something several years ago from them when I lived at a different address and everything was fine. Then a few months ago after not using them for several years they were one of the first places to sell the Journey Collector’s Edition. So I order from them, putting in my newer address. When I check the order details, they sent it to my old address without telling me of some stupid policy where you need to use an address twice before changing it for "security reasons". Luckily I still knew the people there, but anyone else could have easily lost their order and could have done nothing about it. Who knows how many more stupid things that make no sense are hidden in the small print...
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Amazon has let me down again with pre-orders, my Mario Kart 8 still hasn't been dispatched. It has been "dispatching now" since 9:30 this morning... I do have One Day Delivery on it, but now it'll probably arrive tomorrow evening at the very earliest, which is still too late for me and my firend to play it for most of the day.
With this and my Pokemon X arriving two days later than relase day, I'm never using online pre-orders again, they're simply too unreliable...
Amazon are awful with pre-orders, that's why I went with ShopTo, and am playing it now
I've had a bad experience with ShopTo, I ordered something several years ago from them when I lived at a different address and everything was fine. Then a few months ago after not using them for several years they were one of the first places to sell the Journey Collector’s Edition. So I order from them, putting in my newer address. When I check the order details, they sent it to my old address without telling me of some stupid policy where you need to use an address twice before changing it for "security reasons". Luckily I still knew the people there, but anyone else could have easily lost their order and could have done nothing about it. Who knows how many more stupid things that make no sense are hidden in the small print...
I had that issue before, but it was because it was a new card, it had to be sent to the billing address twice before a new address could be used, ended up going to my parents.
That's a terrible policy. How are you supposed to get it to your new address, if they never send it there?
On a side note, does anyone else read the first few pages of these threads and get a chuckle out of how far off the mark all of our predictions and speculations were?
Amazon has let me down again with pre-orders, my Mario Kart 8 still hasn't been dispatched. It has been "dispatching now" since 9:30 this morning... I do have One Day Delivery on it, but now it'll probably arrive tomorrow evening at the very earliest, which is still too late for me and my firend to play it for most of the day.
With this and my Pokemon X arriving two days later than relase day, I'm never using online pre-orders again, they're simply too unreliable...
Amazon are awful with pre-orders, that's why I went with ShopTo, and am playing it now
I've had a bad experience with ShopTo, I ordered something several years ago from them when I lived at a different address and everything was fine. Then a few months ago after not using them for several years they were one of the first places to sell the Journey Collector’s Edition. So I order from them, putting in my newer address. When I check the order details, they sent it to my old address without telling me of some stupid policy where you need to use an address twice before changing it for "security reasons". Luckily I still knew the people there, but anyone else could have easily lost their order and could have done nothing about it. Who knows how many more stupid things that make no sense are hidden in the small print...
I had that issue before, but it was because it was a new card, it had to be sent to the billing address twice before a new address could be used, ended up going to my parents.
To me at least, that’s unacceptable business practice. What if you have no contact with the people who live at the old address? Your order is lost forever. At the very least with Amazon you're sure that your order will (eventually) get to the address you wanted...
Anyway, it has finally been dispatched now. Delivery estimate is still tomorrow, but that probably means 9pm tomorrow...
I still feel a little unsure about the baby characters. One or two doesn't hurt, but the four from Mario Kart Wii took up quite a bit of space when there could be other small characters that would be nice additions. What's next; Baby Rosalina?
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Amazon has let me down again with pre-orders, my Mario Kart 8 still hasn't been dispatched. It has been "dispatching now" since 9:30 this morning... I do have One Day Delivery on it, but now it'll probably arrive tomorrow evening at the very earliest, which is still too late for me and my firend to play it for most of the day.
With this and my Pokemon X arriving two days later than relase day, I'm never using online pre-orders again, they're simply too unreliable...
Amazon are awful with pre-orders, that's why I went with ShopTo, and am playing it now
I've had a bad experience with ShopTo, I ordered something several years ago from them when I lived at a different address and everything was fine. Then a few months ago after not using them for several years they were one of the first places to sell the Journey Collector’s Edition. So I order from them, putting in my newer address. When I check the order details, they sent it to my old address without telling me of some stupid policy where you need to use an address twice before changing it for "security reasons". Luckily I still knew the people there, but anyone else could have easily lost their order and could have done nothing about it. Who knows how many more stupid things that make no sense are hidden in the small print...
I had that issue before, but it was because it was a new card, it had to be sent to the billing address twice before a new address could be used, ended up going to my parents.
To me at least, that’s unacceptable business practice. What if you have no contact with the people who live at the old address? Your order is lost forever. At the very least with Amazon you're sure that your order will (eventually) get to the address you wanted...
Anyway, it has finally been dispatched now. Delivery estimate is still tomorrow, but that probably means 9pm tomorrow...
If you have no contact with the people at the old address, you should probably change your address with your bank!
It annoyed me when it happened, but not to the point where I never used them again, their delivery is too damn good.
As for the visuals question, personally I prefer DKC:TF, Wario is too fat for his car and the steering wheel goes into his belly, really annoyed me.
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I still feel a little unsure about the baby characters. One or two doesn't hurt, but the four from Mario Kart Wii took up quite a bit of space when there could be other small characters that would be nice additions. What's next; Baby Rosalina?
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I just played the demo at a Gamestop when spending time with a friend, a bit puzzling; yet (possibly) amusing is that my friend doesn't own a wii or wii u, but he won 1st place while I, a more experienced mario kart player in recent memory came in 7th. Also the graphics BLEW ME AWAY!! CAN'T WAIT FOR TONIGHT.
My impressions:
Tracks are amazing. Best tracks in the series.
Kart customisation is excellent, combining parts to find the stats that suit your play style is great.
Item system is odd. Item drops are based on distance I think rather than place. Seems nice and balanced to me. Never really spammed or unfairly dealt.
Looks and runs amazing. Anti-aliazing is disappointing but doesn't take away its beauty.
150cc seems harder than normal.
Yeah about sums it my kinda of initial impressions. Probably played for 3ish hours
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WARNING!!!
If you happen to get your copy of the game early, DO NOT REGISTER UNTIL TOMORROW!!!, there have been reports of people who registered their copy with Club Nintendo early who DO NOT GET THEIR FREE GAME because it is not within the May 30 - July 31 time period required for the free game.
So is midnight fine? 12:00 AM on May 30th?
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Xenoblade Chronicles X
Splatoon
Super Smash Bros. Wii U & 3DS + All DLC
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Mario Kart 7
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Wii U & 3DS Game Wish List:...
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My gamestop has to be the good one huh. They wouldn't break street date for me and they told me just to come back tomorrow and buy it. When i said i'll just download it, the guy said he'd see what he could do and set me up with a reserved copy, 40% more for the games i was trading in (im not a pro member btw) and now i have $4 dollars back that i wasn't expecting to get.
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