Some Grab Paper Mario: Color Splash Early in North America Due to Preload eShop Error

Makes me wonder why they can't just put it out now? I get the whole physical retail bits, but if the game's done for digital, put it out for digital. They did that with Wind Waker HD, and I remember being so excited because I thought that was going to become the norm. Oh well.

Nintendo, the gift that keeps on giving! Now Where's my NX News!! Oh and WHAT'S RETRO DOING!!!

another reason why i hate living in europe, no pre loads

Hahahaha! Okay, setting aside my surliness of the game in question, this news is funny!

@DrRandle i agree, its not a very good buisuness strategy because there arent any 3ds or wii u games coming out this month so why not

Just tried to preorder on nintendo.com and the eShop but the option to preorder digital is already gone. BTW 74.99$ in Canada. Wow it is expensive, hope its worth it. Where is the Amiibo support too!?!?

Nintendo has too many Toads.

All we need now is Digital Foundary getting an early copy of the game and telling us the frame rate and resolution.

Normally I'd be jealous if this would happen with another Mario game, but this is just Color Splash, so meh.

Somebody's gonna get fired, tho.

I almost want to try the preload just to play it early. I can wait for the physical version though.

EDIT: Aww too late.

Let's hope they make the same mistake with Sun/Moon.

somebody going to get fired for this...

What's pre load for? And when is it actually out

Nintendo, did you realize what you just did?

Who's to blame? Toad!

But which one?

@Joeynator3000 Your comment wins the best NL comment of the year award lol! xD

"Oops" was exactly what I said before I saw the tagline.

Also, I'm insanely jealous...I should've pre loaded before it got fixed...

They should be more like Target. Even though all of the new Lego Dimensions sets were out yesterday on their hooks the cashier couldn't ring it up and BA Baracus had to go back into the back.

I wonder if this means all future downloads will have to check into a sever before they are ok'd to be played. Actually, sounds like something MS or EA would do.

Darn. I wish I had the money for this game.

I wonder what the numbers are like. I mean, are we talking 20 people are playing it early or 20,000? I'd want to know that before I start throwing around the idea that someone's losing their job or videos being shut down or whatever. Are we talking about a molehill or a mountain here?

NoA Job Posting coming Monday lol

@Rukiafan7 It's not that great. -w-

Call me a paranoid nutjob or a conspiracy theorist if you want, but this is too suspicious to classify as an "error".
I'll tell you what this is: viral marketing by way of word-of-mouth.
Youtube videos (by either well-known gameplay-centric Youtubers or lucky people who will see quite the subscriber boost, enough to become part of the former category) and "way, so this doesn't suck that bad" will ensue.
If the situation was more desperate, like, Federation Force-level desperate, they'd have gone with what's considered normal routine on other consoles: a demo.

@3MonthBeef No one can resist the big shiny red button!

@Captain_Toad
That ain't Falco. Or from Smash Brother's.

Well... despite of that situation, i'm sure i can get my game right on time. I'll order the physical copy, i'm not digital download fan.

@The__Goomba I hope so, too. If that happens, then I can get ahead of all the spoilers.

@rjejr That makes sense. I remember Pokémon X and Pokémon Y using the same way of saving that Animal Crossing: New Leaf because the Gateway 3DS, a piracy flashcard, got problems with the way Animal Crossing: New Leaf saved games.

Maybe they wanted digital owners to know quickly about the mistake they made purchasing the game lol.

In all seriousness, this is sounding much like SEGA. I'd say I'd expect better from Nintendo, but this year has been absolutely rocky for them.

Apparently the first impressions from the lucky folks that got it are very good.

color splash leaked final boss >>>>CAUTION SPOILERS<<<<

Europe, your game is in another castle.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Are you secretly Peach64?

@Rocossa Brilliant. Transtoaders! Mushrooms in disguise!

@BensonUii I know that happy face makes it a joke, but it does feel like people have been looking for reasons for Nintendo NOT to reveal NX, and for me PM:CS was 1 of the last ones on the list. Mid-October seems late, just like July, Aug and Sept did, but Oct 13th is the PSVR launch date, so Oct 11th or 12th would help them get a leg up on that and maybe drown it out a bit. Though Oct 12 is Yom Kippur, and completely meaning no offense to anyone, a lot of people will be off from work that day and it's considered a major religious holiday. Monday Oct 10th is Columbus day, which would be great, lots of kids off from school and some adults off from work. Good way to start the week after PM:CS.

I still think middle of next week 27-29, w/ an announcement on Monday, but Oct 10th works for me.

@Rocossa Awesome pic!

@Rocossa
The blue Toad at the center makes me thing of a certain StarBomb song.

nintendo making a lot of bs mistakes recently 2016 is a bad year to be a nintendo fan thank god theres all these jrpgs

LOL

Probably the funniest news I've read in some time

@Rocossa Is.... Is that real?
Please don't tell me that's real. If it really is what you say, you should have linked it to Imgur instead of embedding the image.

@Lewieboy124 Yep, it's real. And Rawk Hawk is a secret optional boss in this game too.

This could be one of the greatest mistakes ever.

@Madmanonfire Oh man, now I need to get this game! Where do I pre order from?

Definitively Reggie's gonna scream again you're fired!

Good for the digital people. Being the first to get it is nothing. As long as my physical copy is still coming, I had no complaint.

Reminds me that I haven't even touched paper jam

@rjejr @BensonUii
NX might show up on retail shelves accidentally before it's revealed/announced.

And I'd welcome it! Monday is better.

Well. If the game is done and paid for, let it be played. I personally am not dropping $60 on this after experiencing Sticker Star at launch. I played my free 4 level Donkey Kong game more than what I actually bought. I made it to Bowser and never cared to beat him.

@aaronsullivan NX might show up on retail shelves accidentally before it's revealed/announced.

Well the PS4 Slim was being sold before it was announced, so it's possible.

These pictures were taken of it in somebody's house a full 3 weeks before the announcement.

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2016/08/rumour_ps4_slim_hardware_images_allegedly_leak_online

Giving it to Foxconn to produce before revealing it is really stupid, this hand drawn pic came out of Foxconn of the PS4 Pro before anybody had any idea what it looked like, and that big Mac design is too spot on to be a guess.

http://www.gamepur.com/news/24078-foxconn-employee-leaks-ps4-neo-layout-mockup-looks-identical-final-product.html

Oh, and Foxconn leaked what is probably NX back in August as well, only they thought it was a PSP or Vita. Considering Sony is mostly out of that market and into VR I'd say NX is more likely. could be a hybrid even, or a handheld. We'll never know, but I'm guessing NX handheld looks more like Vita than Gamepad.

http://www.gamepur.com/news/24032-ps4-neo-very-heavy-psp-device-production-foxconn.html

Lucky ducks

@3MonthBeef They don't let the interns near the NX info, lol. Somebody got fussed out and put on janitor duty over this one.

Someone pressed the wrong button

@DrRandle The game's been finished since E3 if not earlier. Nintendo delayed it's release so that the Wii U would have a holiday title.

Hahahaha!!! I always expected a situation like this to come from that ridiculous "preload" thing. Hahahaha nice one Nintendo! 👍

I rushed to preorder but it's too late.

Oh well, I didn't wanna buy the game twice anyways (physical locked in). And my hands are tied with Dragon Quest VII for now anyways.

I've got 3 weeks (2 weeks?) to wrap up DQVII before Color Splash drops.

Ah, just let 'em all have it early...

@MacMan
Yeah, I was wondering how they would support amiibo, unless this is the first Nintendo game since amiibo were released to not support them.
I live in Canada, so yeah $75 kinda sucks, but I'm used to those prices.

@NintyFan DAMN PREDLOADERS!

@Rocossa
Eh... Bowser again ?
Not surprised. I know from the beginning.
But if there is a new villain, controlling Bowser, that will shocking me.

If you ask me, anyone who purchases a digital copy of a game should get it at least 1 week before the physical copies are released just like with movies.

Haha, nice for the guys and gals who experienced this!

@Madder128 next to animal crossing amiibo festival.