From what I've read there is still no online in this game, so I'm confused as to why minor tweaks justifies a brand new game price for what could probably be released as a patch.
@vitalemrecords if you were right, the price difference would be consistent and would have reflected cheaper prices when the Canadian dollar was worth more than the USD. You need to put more thought into your condescending response.
@Haz I'm not completely delusional, it's understanding the US is treated the way it is, because it is the biggest consumer economy in the world and 10x bigger than Canada. It's just annoying how Canadians don't demand better than they get, that's all. Thank you for being understanding.
@Haz Oh, you're so right! I never bring that concept up because I haven't had anyone on the internet get it before. The concept of exchange rate is to be a consideration, but prices are set based on what the seller believes the market will bear. I think that's so right. Well put.
Whether the price is less than the US counterpart or not is of no concern, because my salary is the same, but it was frustrating that my buying power never went up on these products when Canadian dollar was high, but it's plummeting down now with no end in sight.
Last week the 3DS promos were the same for US and Canada for LoZ ALBW and Kid Icarius. I bought them both in anticipation of the N3DS. This week, Mario Golf WT is 16% more in Canada than the US. I'll pass. The inconsistency makes me feel scammed by Nintendo. BE CONSISTENT!!
@Joalro Explain to me the random price increase differences? Why are some digital games the same price as before, some are more and the amount more is never consistent. It just proves that the exchange reason people assume is not accurate or the increases would be consistent. It's all made up and a simple money grab. This much here, this much there.... oh is this much here. It's idiotic imo.
It's not the current price based on an exchange rate with one foreign currency which irks me it's that the price increases are random amounts and that when our dollar was worth more than this one foreign currency we never paid less.
@Haz That's not the point. For the years the CAD dollar was at parity or well above the USD the price was never less in Canada. That's one point. The other point is why is one game 10% more, but the other one %16 more? Money is made up and when it's a digital commodity there is no reason for made up price differences or more accurately what I'm saying is price increases.
This is how digital should be done. Let the scalpers, scammers and hoarders (also the odd legitimate collector), fight over the physical copy. If you can buy the digital copy for a great price, most people will not care about the physcial copy as most people actually just want to play the game!!!!!
I am one who has remained almost 100% physical with the Wii U, but if the games were a little cheaper digitally, I would not care and there's no reason why they shouldn't be cheaper. No packaging, inventory management, distribution costs etc... digital is a huge rip off at even a modest discount.
@Windy I can't believe it looks like it doesn't have online play. I assumed it would. I haven't played this game before, but I can't see myself springing for it without online play!
Delayed release date, extremely short, repetitive puzzles, reviews revealing the shortcomings prior to Wii U release...... all add up to poor performance. How can these people not figure it out? No one ever takes responsibility for their performance it's always someone else's fault.
Grow up, put a full effort forward AND sell something worth peoples hard earned money or quit whining and trying to deflect your short comings onto someone else. Take a look in the mirror and work on what you see rather than being a complainer.
I was going to buy this game. I didn't for many of the reasons stated above. Now, I will not support these people in the future either. I'm a consumer and the people providing the service better realize they are serving me and I'm not there to be their chump to pad their bank account.
@Yorumi That is a good point. Imo though they are not talking it up and it's being made to look that way, but that's my opinion and I appreciate you presenting your opinions to I can get a better understanding of where others are coming from.
Why are people unaware that all successful companies are constantly involved in R&D for their next EVERYTHING! Sure, they may release earlier or later dependent upon the success of the current platform, but they're not going to irrationally dump the Wii U. They're not doing as well as they'd wanted, but they also know they will be ostracizing they're most loyal fans.
They won't replace the Wii U until at earliest 2017.
@darklinkinfinite I think you're right, but hope we're both wrong!
I never got that nice statue and have been hoping for something like that for years. As far as normal rewards, I'm fine with cute little bags for grocery shopping even, but posters and cards do nothing for me.
It's sad. I don't get why they can't streamline the rewards in all zones. Some of the physical swag in Japan and the EU are pretty nice. We never get those stuffed toys. Those are fun things I'd never buy, but would like as a free loyalty reward.
I have given up though, that's why I bought a Yoshi amiibo. =(
This is a fake. In todays mass produced factories, there are no one of mistakes anymore, like in the days when labour was cheap enough to have people putting things like this together by hand made enough profit for the greedies to not mind paying humans.
This review is horrible. Do not let is disuade you from enjoying a great game. Of course it isn't as polished as AAA games, but it's the first eshop title in a while that has been worth every penny, imo.
I'm nearly 20 hours in and the only complaints I have are minor, while the battle system, dialogue etc are not negatives. I agree with some of the others on this board that the reviewer should not have reviewed or didn't actually review this game.
I'm all for varying opinions, but selling yours as right and not a preference is what makes this review complete garbage imo.
Why do they even bother? Just let it die and focus on the new games if this is the best they intend to do. At least then the little effort they are putting towards the VC and rewards could be put to something useful. Ridiculous.
I have no one to play local coop with, so I cancelled my pre-order. Glad to see I'm in the minority as I don't want Nintendo to do poorly, but I do think this is an insane leave out in this day and age.
@Joalro Tell me about it. I would have been buying eshop cards out the whazoo if we were getting the promo's like in the US and not to mention how we are getting gouged on the eshop price wise now with pricing 10+% higher than the US for no explicable reason as the dollar has not been that far below for years and is currently around 6%. It's the beauty of living in a country 10x's smaller than the US which no one cares about.
Say goodbye to mine and many other day one purchases. The Wii U could use a driving sim and I was excited about this game, but being treated like second class means I will only get this game if it even gets enough distribution to make it to the bargain bin like all the other 5-10$ 3rd party games.
Thought I was going to get Guacamelee, but yet another title raised in price in Canada which means I don't have enough money to buy it in my account. Sure I could add more money, but I won't buy on principle.
To me this entire story is fluff. I care about the game and if anything, having real stores in the background adds to the realism. In today's monopolistic capitalism, there are only a handful of companies that make everything anyways, so why should Nintendo not make more money to support their future by allowing the charade of competition to enter their games?
I am able to afford games by pre-ordering to get discounts. I pre-ordered this game in NA, because of the buy 1 get both scenario. If it turns out I only get a discount on the original, I will cancel that order and then since the order I made only gave me the discount for preordering 3 games, I will cancel the 2 more games. It may not be legitimate and I won't over react, but with the e3 video showing getting both games clearly on the box, I will feel like sloppiness has resulted in the customers like myself feeling the rules have changed.
@DarkCoolEdge This is something that plays a major factor on whether I buy games. When games start getting north of $5 and have 2 or 3 hours of play time, that's not enough time for me to even get good at the game and usually I find little replay value in the non Nintendo titles. I was definitely going to buy Tengami for example, until I saw it's a 2.5 hour game.
For what it's worth, the prices are US only and not North America as for the past couple months, some publishers, like Nintendo, are taking advantage of the fluctuating Canadian dollar to charge random and of course exorbitant amounts more. Part of the pleasure of living in an insignificant market.
Physical copy should be standard when the system has such little space on it. Why should I be forced to by an external hard drive? IMO, onboard storage is the one area Nintendo made a stupid decision with the Wii U.
@TobiasAmaranth Having heard Reggie say this is a full featured game had me cringe. It looks like fun, but I'm not willing to pay more than $15 for it and even at that it may be too much. It should be DLC imo.
If you're looking to upgrade, the only option is a PC. If you're looking to play awesome, unique, endlessly replayable exclusive Nintendo titles..... you again have one choice. This article is tripe and I fell for it.
Are they ever going to show Wii U footage? All they talk about is the PS4, they're making a mistake and ignoring the many Wii U owners who are interested. With the lack of love directed toward the Wii U I'm already changing my focus to other games which are sure things like Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 1&2 and of course SSB.
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Re: Gallery: We Have Take-Off With These Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy+ amiibo Planes
From what I've read there is still no online in this game, so I'm confused as to why minor tweaks justifies a brand new game price for what could probably be released as a patch.
Re: Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Sales Meet Capcom Expectations, Despite Overall Company Sales Being Down
When I have to choose, it's an easy choice to pick the new game vs the remade game.
Re: Editorial: Nintendo's YouTube Creators Program 'Beta' Provides Vital Feedback - It Won't Work
Everybody is fine with copyright and protecting their own wealth, well welcome to the double edged sword YouTubers.
Re: Ubisoft Launches Yet Another Massive eShop Sale in North America
Watchdogs is 24.99 at all stores around here for regular price.
Re: Week Three of the eShop Throwback Sale Goes Live in North America
@vitalemrecords if you were right, the price difference would be consistent and would have reflected cheaper prices when the Canadian dollar was worth more than the USD. You need to put more thought into your condescending response.
Re: Week Three of the eShop Throwback Sale Goes Live in North America
@Haz I'm not completely delusional, it's understanding the US is treated the way it is, because it is the biggest consumer economy in the world and 10x bigger than Canada. It's just annoying how Canadians don't demand better than they get, that's all. Thank you for being understanding.
Re: Week Three of the eShop Throwback Sale Goes Live in North America
@Haz Oh, you're so right! I never bring that concept up because I haven't had anyone on the internet get it before. The concept of exchange rate is to be a consideration, but prices are set based on what the seller believes the market will bear. I think that's so right. Well put.
Whether the price is less than the US counterpart or not is of no concern, because my salary is the same, but it was frustrating that my buying power never went up on these products when Canadian dollar was high, but it's plummeting down now with no end in sight.
Re: Week Three of the eShop Throwback Sale Goes Live in North America
Last week the 3DS promos were the same for US and Canada for LoZ ALBW and Kid Icarius. I bought them both in anticipation of the N3DS. This week, Mario Golf WT is 16% more in Canada than the US. I'll pass. The inconsistency makes me feel scammed by Nintendo. BE CONSISTENT!!
Re: Week Three of the eShop Throwback Sale Goes Live in North America
@Joalro Explain to me the random price increase differences? Why are some digital games the same price as before, some are more and the amount more is never consistent. It just proves that the exchange reason people assume is not accurate or the increases would be consistent. It's all made up and a simple money grab. This much here, this much there.... oh is this much here. It's idiotic imo.
It's not the current price based on an exchange rate with one foreign currency which irks me it's that the price increases are random amounts and that when our dollar was worth more than this one foreign currency we never paid less.
Re: Week Three of the eShop Throwback Sale Goes Live in North America
@Haz That's not the point. For the years the CAD dollar was at parity or well above the USD the price was never less in Canada. That's one point. The other point is why is one game 10% more, but the other one %16 more? Money is made up and when it's a digital commodity there is no reason for made up price differences or more accurately what I'm saying is price increases.
Re: Week Three of the eShop Throwback Sale Goes Live in North America
Gotta love the made up prices in Canada. 10.99 for MPT and 26 for Mario Golf World Tour. No consistency at all, just made up price increases...
Re: More Details Emerge on Xenoblade Chronicles X and Its Non-Linear World
For this, I safely believe this will be my favorite game of all time.
Re: Not Everyone is Thrilled That Metroid Prime Trilogy Lands on the Wii U eShop Tomorrow
This is how digital should be done. Let the scalpers, scammers and hoarders (also the odd legitimate collector), fight over the physical copy. If you can buy the digital copy for a great price, most people will not care about the physcial copy as most people actually just want to play the game!!!!!
I am one who has remained almost 100% physical with the Wii U, but if the games were a little cheaper digitally, I would not care and there's no reason why they shouldn't be cheaper. No packaging, inventory management, distribution costs etc... digital is a huge rip off at even a modest discount.
Re: Weirdness: Even Masahiro Sakurai Struggles to Get the amiibo He Wants
If you believe this on any level, you do not live in, have ever been to, or never import things from Japan.
Sure they sell out, but you can always order online etc. They don't have the scalper issue like us losers in NoA.
Re: Bandai Namco Announces Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Plus For 3DS
@Windy I can't believe it looks like it doesn't have online play. I assumed it would. I haven't played this game before, but I can't see myself springing for it without online play!
Re: Review: Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy (3DS)
If the plus version has multiplayer, I'll buy it, otherwise I think I'll pass.
Re: Year in Development: Nyamyam
Delayed release date, extremely short, repetitive puzzles, reviews revealing the shortcomings prior to Wii U release...... all add up to poor performance. How can these people not figure it out? No one ever takes responsibility for their performance it's always someone else's fault.
Grow up, put a full effort forward AND sell something worth peoples hard earned money or quit whining and trying to deflect your short comings onto someone else. Take a look in the mirror and work on what you see rather than being a complainer.
I was going to buy this game. I didn't for many of the reasons stated above. Now, I will not support these people in the future either. I'm a consumer and the people providing the service better realize they are serving me and I'm not there to be their chump to pad their bank account.
Re: Talking Point: Five New Year's Resolutions for Nintendo
Be careful what you wish for, if Nintendo changes too much they may not be the company we generally admire today.
Re: Details and Images are Revealed for an Awesome Articulated Yoshi Figure
He looks too fat too me. What's he go in his cheeks?
Re: Satoru Iwata Highlights Frustration at Missed Wii U Features and Aims to Improve for Next-Gen Hardware
@Yorumi That is a good point. Imo though they are not talking it up and it's being made to look that way, but that's my opinion and I appreciate you presenting your opinions to I can get a better understanding of where others are coming from.
Re: Satoru Iwata Highlights Frustration at Missed Wii U Features and Aims to Improve for Next-Gen Hardware
Why are people unaware that all successful companies are constantly involved in R&D for their next EVERYTHING! Sure, they may release earlier or later dependent upon the success of the current platform, but they're not going to irrationally dump the Wii U. They're not doing as well as they'd wanted, but they also know they will be ostracizing they're most loyal fans.
They won't replace the Wii U until at earliest 2017.
Re: Talking Point: Super Smash Bros. and amiibo Have Enjoyed Success, But Nintendo Could Have Done More
Easy to be negative and use hind sight.
Re: December's Club Nintendo Rewards Aim to Bring Festive Cheer
@darklinkinfinite I think you're right, but hope we're both wrong!
I never got that nice statue and have been hoping for something like that for years. As far as normal rewards, I'm fine with cute little bags for grocery shopping even, but posters and cards do nothing for me.
It's sad. I don't get why they can't streamline the rewards in all zones. Some of the physical swag in Japan and the EU are pretty nice. We never get those stuffed toys. Those are fun things I'd never buy, but would like as a free loyalty reward.
I have given up though, that's why I bought a Yoshi amiibo. =(
Re: December's Club Nintendo Rewards Aim to Bring Festive Cheer
When are we going to get something worthwhile in the CN rewards again?
I doubt it's anything more than wishful thinking, but come on and surprise us with something before Christmas.
Re: Nintendo Download: 11th December (North America)
Armillo is 50% off as well.
Re: Weirdness: Legless Peach amiibo Now Up For Sale
I don't care what anyone says, these things are most likely fake. With the $2500 metroid prank providing motivation to fraudsters.
Re: Weirdness: Factory Error Results in Dual-Wielding Samus amiibo
This is a fake. In todays mass produced factories, there are no one of mistakes anymore, like in the days when labour was cheap enough to have people putting things like this together by hand made enough profit for the greedies to not mind paying humans.
Re: Keep All Your Treasured amiibo Figures Safe With Hori's Special Carry Case
Looks like it was originally made for bento.
Re: Review: Pier Solar and the Great Architects (Wii U eShop)
This review is horrible. Do not let is disuade you from enjoying a great game. Of course it isn't as polished as AAA games, but it's the first eshop title in a while that has been worth every penny, imo.
I'm nearly 20 hours in and the only complaints I have are minor, while the battle system, dialogue etc are not negatives. I agree with some of the others on this board that the reviewer should not have reviewed or didn't actually review this game.
I'm all for varying opinions, but selling yours as right and not a preference is what makes this review complete garbage imo.
Re: Guide: New Nintendo 3DS - Everything We Know So Far
This needs to be region free, but I'm sure they will fail to do it right.
Re: The Club Nintendo Reward Details Are In For August
Why do they even bother? Just let it die and focus on the new games if this is the best they intend to do. At least then the little effort they are putting towards the VC and rewards could be put to something useful. Ridiculous.
Re: The Man Responsible For Reviving Nintendo's Relationship With Indies Has Left The Company
Low class departure. I'm glad someone like him doesn't work for a company I still like.
Re: Poll: Is Online Co-Op a Major Miss in Hyrule Warriors, or is Local Multiplayer Enough?
I have no one to play local coop with, so I cancelled my pre-order. Glad to see I'm in the minority as I don't want Nintendo to do poorly, but I do think this is an insane leave out in this day and age.
Re: Best Buy Gearing Up For Enticing Buy One Get One Free 3DS Game Promotion
@Gerbwmu Lol, Thanks Gerbwmu. I guess the US can't have it all.
Re: Best Buy Gearing Up For Enticing Buy One Get One Free 3DS Game Promotion
@Joalro Tell me about it. I would have been buying eshop cards out the whazoo if we were getting the promo's like in the US and not to mention how we are getting gouged on the eshop price wise now with pricing 10+% higher than the US for no explicable reason as the dollar has not been that far below for years and is currently around 6%. It's the beauty of living in a country 10x's smaller than the US which no one cares about.
Re: Wii U Version Of Project CARS Drops To The Back Of The Starting Grid
Say goodbye to mine and many other day one purchases. The Wii U could use a driving sim and I was excited about this game, but being treated like second class means I will only get this game if it even gets enough distribution to make it to the bargain bin like all the other 5-10$ 3rd party games.
Re: The Wii U Version Of Tengami Is Complete, Age Ratings And Lot Check Still Pending
Super short, more expensive game on Wii U with mediocre reviews. I was interested, but now I'll pass.
Re: Nintendo Download: 3rd July (North America)
Thought I was going to get Guacamelee, but yet another title raised in price in Canada which means I don't have enough money to buy it in my account. Sure I could add more money, but I won't buy on principle.
Re: Ubisoft Runs Another eShop Discount Bonanza in North America
This shovelware is still cheaper at retail.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Should Beware the Slippery Slope of Sponsored DLC
To me this entire story is fluff. I care about the game and if anything, having real stores in the background adds to the realism. In today's monopolistic capitalism, there are only a handful of companies that make everything anyways, so why should Nintendo not make more money to support their future by allowing the charade of competition to enter their games?
Re: Two Separate Bayonetta 2 Retail Releases Confirmed for Europe
I am able to afford games by pre-ordering to get discounts. I pre-ordered this game in NA, because of the buy 1 get both scenario. If it turns out I only get a discount on the original, I will cancel that order and then since the order I made only gave me the discount for preordering 3 games, I will cancel the 2 more games. It may not be legitimate and I won't over react, but with the e3 video showing getting both games clearly on the box, I will feel like sloppiness has resulted in the customers like myself feeling the rules have changed.
Re: Armillo Release Date and Launch Discount Details Confirmed
@DarkCoolEdge This is something that plays a major factor on whether I buy games. When games start getting north of $5 and have 2 or 3 hours of play time, that's not enough time for me to even get good at the game and usually I find little replay value in the non Nintendo titles. I was definitely going to buy Tengami for example, until I saw it's a 2.5 hour game.
Re: Review: Pushmo World (Wii U eShop)
Even though it's more expensive in Canada, I will get this in July so it counts towards next years rewards.
Re: Review: Another World - 20th Anniversary Edition (Wii U eShop)
This game is just too short to warrant the price for me.
Re: Nintendo Download: 19th June (North America)
For what it's worth, the prices are US only and not North America as for the past couple months, some publishers, like Nintendo, are taking advantage of the fluctuating Canadian dollar to charge random and of course exorbitant amounts more. Part of the pleasure of living in an insignificant market.
Re: Free Copy of Bayonetta Comes as a Separate Disc With Bayonetta 2 in Japan
Physical copy should be standard when the system has such little space on it. Why should I be forced to by an external hard drive? IMO, onboard storage is the one area Nintendo made a stupid decision with the Wii U.
Re: First Impressions: Solving the Puzzle of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
@TobiasAmaranth Having heard Reggie say this is a full featured game had me cringe. It looks like fun, but I'm not willing to pay more than $15 for it and even at that it may be too much. It should be DLC imo.
Re: Wii Owners Are Upgrading To PlayStation 4, Claims Sony
If you're looking to upgrade, the only option is a PC. If you're looking to play awesome, unique, endlessly replayable exclusive Nintendo titles..... you again have one choice. This article is tripe and I fell for it.
Re: Bayonetta
This is awesome, free game, 60 FPS, additional content, optimized controls AND JAPANESE AUDIO TRACK!!! YES!!!
Re: Project CARS
Are they ever going to show Wii U footage? All they talk about is the PS4, they're making a mistake and ignoring the many Wii U owners who are interested. With the lack of love directed toward the Wii U I'm already changing my focus to other games which are sure things like Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 1&2 and of course SSB.