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I think we share the same general perspective overall, except that you appeal to consumers' personal responsibility and I consider the company’s marketing strategy to be borderline manipulative. Is the company "appealing to" super-collectors or is it turning people with a lack of purchasing impulse control into super-collectors by normalizing it? Ultimately, all advertising is manipulative and companies want to sell their products. I get that. However, I can't shake off the feeling that the company has deliberately created a group in which a loud minority (just a few people making 90% of the posts) with a “You have to buy all the figures - what else is your money there for?” attitude is supposed to convey the image that such purchasing behavior is completely normal. It reminds me a lot of the shell game scammers in many European cities. There are always actors standing around, willingly handing large bills (20 or 50 €) to the shell game players, sometimes winning, sometimes losing, to take away the inhibition of the observer to also throw in a large bill for a game.
Though, maybe me being so critical is just because I am used to quite rigorous consumer protection standards (Belgium / Germany), that are viewed more loosely in some other countries…

@BlueBCA I have to admit that I did this deep dive a while ago but I have not heard anything that led me to believe that anything has changed since: There is the "First 4 Figures Official Collectors Club" which is a group on Facebook. Since I was interested in their products, I joined that group a while back. What I expected was a group where fans talk about their genuine experiences with the products, be it positive, negative, whatever, trade their figures, etc. "Official" indicated that there is some endorsement by the company. However, it felt more like an artificial echo chamber pushing people to buy super expensive figures rather than a genuine collectors club. I quickly noticed that the group was more or less curated by the company, avoiding any kind of bad press. Also I kept seeing posts by people seeming to invest all their earnings into these figures and trivializing it as guilty pleasure. Nothing wrong per se if some people chose to do it that way, but it really felt extremely systematic. Some more digging revealed, that some group members had gotten some kind of ambassador status where they would get figures cheaper as a reward for promoting them so bluntly. To me, this entire advertisement scheme felt extremely foul, which is why I left the group after a while, and have been avoiding their products ever since.

Sill one of the dodgiest companies out there

Linking his sentiment to an "if"-statement seems so odd. So is he "incredibly touched" or not? Or will he be touched for real only when he gets confirmation? I want to call this "Schrödingers sentiment". Also very brave to make such a post if it might turn out to be just a coincidence.

@NinChocolate WHY did you have to tell us? This bothers me so much now that I’ve seen it… Not sure if I can get over it…

Is it just me, or is that stylized Inkling Girl on the walltes and handbag barely recognizable? Looks more like a duck to me... Maybe, I just need to stare at it just a little longer.

Honestly, no one I know voluntarily uses a GBA as a controller even when playing the Game Boy Player on GameCube, although all you need is the link cable (this also works on Game Boy Interface btw). It's just not as comfortable as a proper controller such as the 8bitdo ones or the SNES NSO controller. This is one of the few cases where I would say "authentic" is NOT better.

@HammerKirby Apparently not. It's not supported.

Quest for Camelot gets way too much hate. I really enjoyed that game as a kid...

Am I the only one who thinks that this looks really terrible? The surface structure of the slate just looks so cheap. And then everything else just looks so handmade.

5%? Meh... I remember offers for 10% off all eShop cards not too long ago. Those were great deals to be honest.

Wait a minute. Did I see a Korok stone circle in that ad? Please don't do this to me ...again!? Zelda games used to reward completionism, not punish it with mundane torture such as having to search the entire map of BOTW inch by inch, while wearing a silly looking green mask, and getting a golden piece of poo as a reward.

It appears like the EU retail version (currently available for preorder at amazon, and in Germany at saturn/mediamarkt) is actually the deluxe edition. This is not clear from the (preliminary?) image and title but all of the goodies are mentioned in the item description. Preorder goes for 45 €.

Is it weird if I see it as both? I clearly see a smiling bearded face...

On a side note: In the game, this default horse actually has a white blaze on it's face. In the concept art it's hard to see due to the lighting. In both the amiibo and the F4F figures it is missing, probably since they were designed after the concept art...

@JesseA It's not Epona. It's the horse that Link has in the cutscenes from 100 years ago. It can actually be found in many places in the game, although there is not much special about it. There is also a different one that looks almost identical. The "correct" one always has the following stats:
Strength: ★★★★
Speed: ★★★
Stamina: ★★★
Temperament: Wild

I just tried it out. Creating a new icon instantly overwrote the one I had been using before and actually am planning to keep using (I use my mii for an icon as it looks just like me). So I had to create that from scratch (pose, background, etc.). A bit strange and annoying...

Dunno about the Wii U release but this specific file is stored alongside the game manuals for the SNES Classic Mini: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/en_us/index.html