@imageform You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to this game. Day one purchase for me! SteamWorld Dig on Wii U was one of my surprise hits of the year last year. Keep up the good work guys!
@Desy64 @Starwolf_UK Thanks! I thought for a minute there I'd stumbled upon the reason for Nintendo offering such a poor selection of downloads for the week. Of course now we know it's because of all the N64 and DS releases now in the pipeline. Exciting times.
Some of these numbers just don't make any sense to me. Like the PS4 sold almost 15,000 units but the biggest selling game for the thing only shifted 4,000... Are people in Japan just buying the console to sit in their living rooms and look pretty?
@Beechbone Hey, I'm also based in Poland. Can I ask where you are buying your Amiibo from because where I live (Wroclaw) it is literally impossible to find anything Nintendo related. I've searched every shop in the whole city and come up dry so many times by now I've given up and just buy off Amazon these days.
I hope you enjoy it. I know it's been a real labour of love from Philip getting this thing put together and from what I've seen so far he's done a great job.
One thing I just noticed in the video is that all the Mercedes cars are using the same type of wheel. Does that mean these DLC cars won't be customizable?
Good news! Like @DarkAngel_17 said, I doubt it'll make much difference, especially considering the only shop I managed to find in Poland that sells Nintendo games just got finished returning all its stock due to "lack of consumer interest", but still, something is better than nothing. Besides, it not like the XBone and PS4 have been making waves over here or anything.
Suddenly it makes sense why Nintendo have been releasing such weird titles like Urban Champion on the Virtual Console lately. All of these blackbox NES games are now included in this Remix, so if you enjoy playing them here, you can immediately go out and buy the full version! (Not sure if that's going to work in the case of Urban Champion, but whatever). It's a good business strategy.
Anyway, thanks for the swift review, guys. Keep up the good work!
@Dave24 Hi Dave24, I'm the guy who wrote the article you're commenting on. You're absolutely right when you say that you CAN find Nintendo products in Poland if you really set your mind to it. By using specialist suppliers and online services such as Pointgames.pl (an excellent stockist I stumbled upon recently in Katowice), you can get your hands on pretty much anything. The point, however, is that no one wants to! Nintendo simply isn't a household name here in Poland and the point of this article was to look into the reasons why that might be.
I'm not sure where you live in Poland but in the city where I am (Wroclaw), there are 3 Media Markts, 2 Saturns, 5 Empiks, 3 EUROs and 1 Toys R Us that I know of (there might be more). Trust me: I have checked each and every one of these shops in my hunt for Nintendo games. Of the shops listed above, all of them stock A LOT of Microsoft, Sony and PC products but only one of them stocks anything Nintendo-related, and that's in a Media Markt which isn't even inside Wroclaw's city limits but instead in Bielany Wroclawskie. You tell me if this isn't a problem.
Anyway, thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. It's always nice to get people's views on this issue and (most importantly) to know that I'm not the only guy in Poland who owns a Wii U!
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Re: Interview: Image & Form Discusses SteamWorld Heist and Its Nintendo Direct Cameo
@imageform You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to this game. Day one purchase for me! SteamWorld Dig on Wii U was one of my surprise hits of the year last year. Keep up the good work guys!
Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd April (Europe)
@Desy64 @Starwolf_UK
Thanks! I thought for a minute there I'd stumbled upon the reason for Nintendo offering such a poor selection of downloads for the week. Of course now we know it's because of all the N64 and DS releases now in the pipeline. Exciting times.
Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd April (Europe)
Just checked out Club Nintendo. How long have they been offering full game downloads for stars? Did I miss something?
Re: Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Misses Out on Topping Japanese Charts at Launch
Some of these numbers just don't make any sense to me. Like the PS4 sold almost 15,000 units but the biggest selling game for the thing only shifted 4,000... Are people in Japan just buying the console to sit in their living rooms and look pretty?
Re: Weirdness: Even Masahiro Sakurai Struggles to Get the amiibo He Wants
@Beechbone
Hey, I'm also based in Poland. Can I ask where you are buying your Amiibo from because where I live (Wroclaw) it is literally impossible to find anything Nintendo related. I've searched every shop in the whole city and come up dry so many times by now I've given up and just buy off Amazon these days.
Re: Early December Update Will Fix Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Freezing Glitch
Well it is Pokemon. Of course there are going to be a few bugs in it.
My favourite is Scizor.
Re: The Lost Worlds of Power eBook Arrives This Week to Fulfil Your Retro Life
I hope you enjoy it. I know it's been a real labour of love from Philip getting this thing put together and from what I've seen so far he's done a great job.
Re: Mario Kart 8 DLC Coming In November, Features Zelda, F-Zero And Animal Crossing
You know, there are days when I remember why I love Nintendo so much.
Today is one of them.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Update & DLC Scheduled for 27th August
One thing I just noticed in the video is that all the Mercedes cars are using the same type of wheel. Does that mean these DLC cars won't be customizable?
Re: Nintendo Finally Appoints a New Distributor in Poland
Good news! Like @DarkAngel_17 said, I doubt it'll make much difference, especially considering the only shop I managed to find in Poland that sells Nintendo games just got finished returning all its stock due to "lack of consumer interest", but still, something is better than nothing. Besides, it not like the XBone and PS4 have been making waves over here or anything.
Re: Review: NES Remix (Wii U eShop)
Suddenly it makes sense why Nintendo have been releasing such weird titles like Urban Champion on the Virtual Console lately. All of these blackbox NES games are now included in this Remix, so if you enjoy playing them here, you can immediately go out and buy the full version! (Not sure if that's going to work in the case of Urban Champion, but whatever). It's a good business strategy.
Anyway, thanks for the swift review, guys. Keep up the good work!
Re: Feature: Why Nintendo Isn't Popular in Poland
@jayclayx
Well, people who live in Poland for one. Much as I would love to, I can't really write articles about places I've never been to.
@Antisham @wiiucompl
Really glad to hear that you liked the article!
Re: Feature: Why Nintendo Isn't Popular in Poland
@Dave24 Hi Dave24, I'm the guy who wrote the article you're commenting on. You're absolutely right when you say that you CAN find Nintendo products in Poland if you really set your mind to it. By using specialist suppliers and online services such as Pointgames.pl (an excellent stockist I stumbled upon recently in Katowice), you can get your hands on pretty much anything. The point, however, is that no one wants to! Nintendo simply isn't a household name here in Poland and the point of this article was to look into the reasons why that might be.
I'm not sure where you live in Poland but in the city where I am (Wroclaw), there are 3 Media Markts, 2 Saturns, 5 Empiks, 3 EUROs and 1 Toys R Us that I know of (there might be more). Trust me: I have checked each and every one of these shops in my hunt for Nintendo games. Of the shops listed above, all of them stock A LOT of Microsoft, Sony and PC products but only one of them stocks anything Nintendo-related, and that's in a Media Markt which isn't even inside Wroclaw's city limits but instead in Bielany Wroclawskie. You tell me if this isn't a problem.
Anyway, thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. It's always nice to get people's views on this issue and (most importantly) to know that I'm not the only guy in Poland who owns a Wii U!