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@tbd As I was telling Tasuki, I have no idea what will happen from here regarding Best Buy or its recycling program. I'm only predicting that this will be a non issue for the most part because they average lay person will not have heard about this story. If this does escalate...well, they may just have to be stricter in the future or cancel the recycling program.

@WesCash No problem. Rest assured I am also relieved it was saved.

@Tasuki I considered that, and you're right: people will feel misled. I have no answer for how Best Buy will handle this, but I predict that the average customer will not even know about it.

I would hope both customers and employees recognize that it was a one time deal to save a valuable artifact. Remember that the employee did not get to keep the collection, so other employees will have to understand that if they raise an issue about an item, even if it is saved they will not get to own it, hopefully reducing incentive to even try doing something underhanded.

So we will have to see how this plays out, but I predict that Best Buy will emerge with no backlash, with no change to its recycling program, and hardly anyone will notice (outside of reddit of course). Business as usual.

Apparently, this has already been resolved with a happy ending for all involved:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-buy-not-destroy-rare-210438109.html

@WingedFish It was delicious

I usually am a huge rule lawyer when it comes to things, but even I see the stupidity of recycling this. I fully support this guy in preserving a piece of Nintendo history, especially onne that is extremely rare and not being made anymore.I'm not sure I would have the guts to go through with it, but I'm glad he's willing.

I'm more worried that, no matter how covertly he does this, he will still get caught. There are cameras all over the store, and anything that was recorded in inventory that suddenly goes missing is a red flag. What's worse is, if he gets caught, it isn't a simple matter of him keeping the thing in exchange for his job. Best Buy legaly reclaims it, so in the end he will end up jobless, in jail, and the thing will be recycled anyway. He best chance was to not spread this story on the internet and draw aattention to himself, but he already botched that.

I still wish him luck regardless.

For me, I'm a collector, so I like to have all of my boxes lined up on the shelf. I also feel that if I cannot hold it, I do not own it. Technically, whether it is physical or digital, you only paid for a lisence to that game, but having the disk feels more like an actual belonging that I can do whatever I want to.

One thought of mine: In 10+ years from now, someone will want to play a certain WiiU game, but can't because the copies that exist are digitally tied to systems. That person, in order to play the game, will either have to buy the system as well, or pay for a physical copy. The problem is that because eveyone bought digital copies, it contributed to the scarcity of physical copies down the road. Good luck trying to find physical copies of games out now in the future, because there will be less of them.

Ace Attorney *Investigations 2.

Please let it be the localization of Ace Attorney 2! That would be amazing!

Yes, Sword Art Online Infinity Moment is at #1! I'm going to import this if there is no word on an english localization. The english dub that was just announced for SAO makes me hopeful that it will happen.

@fudgenuggets Thank you, finally someone who agrees with me!

"Wah, no, not the bees! Not the bees! Aaaahh my eyes! My eyes!"

I didn't want those things then and I don't want them now.

Vita has games?!

@Hejiru lol!

I have all of the games already, but if they released this, I would buy this. It would be fun to play through them again, with possible 3DS enhancements. And purchasing this would send a message to Capcom that Ace Attorney is still popular in the west.

I'm currently boycotting Capcom for not localizing Ace Attorney Investigations 2, so I'm not supposed to buy anything non-Ace Attorney from them. I may just make an exception this one time.

The only figure I would want for NFC is Non-Specific Action Figure.

I bought the first game a couple years ago, and then got the second game three days later. So this is useless, but I'm sure Nintendo recognizes there are new fans to cater to with this.

All of this is in historical context people, chill out. It was a way of life in those times and its inclusion is important to achieve accuracy. Ubisoft does not support whaling, or is trying to encourage you to do so. If you don't enjoy the idea of killing whales, don't buy the game. I'm suprised that people are defending PETA.

That's just terrible. I hope Sakurai takes as long as he needs to recover. Even if it's at the expense of the game, the important thing is that he gets better. Nothing even comes second.

@Weavius I wholeheartedly agree.

I'm suprised Ubisoft is going so far to appease fans for the delay. I don't remember other companies caring enough in the first place to do all of this. Maybe we should give them a break.

Immature on Sony's part. Nintendo never insults other companies like this.

This was quite a suprise!

I thought we already had Harvest Moon (GBC) in the eshop. I guess I was wrong.

Hopefully there is an RPG mode.

@Syntax and @LordLzGlad I didn't! That is really odd...

Paper Mario Sticker Star barely won? I guess that was one sticky affair.

At least it's something. If Ubisoft didn't care at all they would not have even bothered with a demo. It is an unfortunate decision, but Ubisoft, as a company, decided it was better to release them together. As terrible as this is to us, I would give Ubisoft a break, because it's not like they do this all the time. Ubisoft is actually a really respectable third party. It could be worse: it could have been Capcom instead.

I rediscoved LoZ Wind Waker two weeks ago, and I discovered from my save file that I hadn't played since 2005! I have never actually finished the game, so I have since finished the Earth Temple, collected the Triforce, mapped the entire Great Sea, and did a lot of collection, so I am close to finishing. Sadly, this file will not be 100% complete, as I missed a handfull of pictographs than are impossible to get again.

Also some Paper Mario Sticker Star. I left off on Bowser for some reason, so I will finally finish it this weekend.

I guess that was a case of "inb4 the lock".

Ubisoft made no promises and can do as they want. Having said that, this still deals a blow to Nintendo. This game is now twice delayed, and is prevented from releasing at a time where we don't have many games to choose from. The incentive to purchase a WiiU is now non-existant to those who wanted to play this game. The only thing we can really do to protest, and some have already decided to do this, is boycott Rayman Legends. Trust me, Ubisoft not getting your money will make them more recepive to changes they can make to better satisfy those fans; you. I personally don't play Rayman, but I feel sorry for those who wanted this sooner/exclusive.

To look at this from another angle, though, Ubisoft has did just that. They listened to fans who expressed concern on missing out on the game and decided they should experience it too. Since more people will buy and play the game, the franchise becomes more profitable and guarantees subsequent releases. This is good news to all Rayman fans.

So really, depending on your opinion, you could feel very happy or mad/sad, its up to you.

I am a huge fan of the series, got both games almost immediately after release, and have been anticipating Pikmin 3 ever since Pikmin 2 was released, scouring Nintendo Power and sites like this constantly for information about it. This game alone is why I bought a WiiU.

The photo caption was brilliant.

I don't care if it is a small wait; a couple of days worth of waiting to get it in the format I want is worth it.

You could say that these remakes of old Zelda titles for new consoles is our "Link to the Past".

"and the other starring Pikachu — not much of a shocker, he is one of the main mascots of the series."
But Pikachu is a shocker.

I recall this being the reason why tournaments for Super Mario Kart are divided by region. The kart's speed varied, and it affected gp races and time trials.

I just realized. Will we get Club Nintendo surveys for them? At .30 cents each, it would be a great way to rack up points.

Earthbound for NA and Europe!

I would rather have a Sunshine 2 than a Galaxy 3.

I put my name on the wait list, and then got my WiiU at Walmart,

@skjia Yeah, I noticed. Bummer, but this is their first main series 3D game. Hopefully in the future we'll get to move in any direction.

Probably insignificant, but the new region for this game also numbers routes starting at 1. The route the boy is running down at the beginning is route 3.

This was the color blue system I wanted at launch. I even saw advertisements of people holding 3DSs of this color at the time, but they were strangely absent at launch and I just got a black 3DS.

Guys, read the article closely:

"It's also been clarified from Japanese sources that the title will feature at least 50 new 'mon"

At least, not exactly 50.

Getting this!

Finally, a 3D Pokemon game! I'm definately going to get X version.

I'm liking the simultanious release idea. Now everyone can experience the game together and be suprised at the same time, instead of reading spoilers.

And the Pokemon look atrocious, but the water type looks the best out of the three, and luckily I always pick the starter, so I'm happy.

I'm also curious as to what franchises they have.

Pikmin 3.

Merry Christmas everyone! For video games I got NSMBU, Scribblenauts Unlimited, and a $50 Gamestop giftcard.

What, no Scribblenauts Unlimited? Blasphemy!