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@w1p3out im not that kind of girl - I think we should get to know each other first 🤣

@w1p3out its ok, I bought the standard and collectors, so ive bought your copy 🤣

@GravyThief good point. Forgot it was only 1 territory- thanks for reminding me.

And me seeing it as a CIAB on amazon was my exact reason for asking the question; even though I confused myself in the process 🤣

@CJD87 I was one of those as I bought 3+4 on ps5 to play alongside kirby upgrade, whilst I wait for BL3. Loving what im playing so far, though I keep forgetting that the controls feel slightly archaic even after playing 1+2 🤣

Is a code in a box (CIAB) classed as a boxed game / physical?

If so, I wonder how many units LRG have shifted of shinobi, as opposed to CIAB... or even are they lumped together, or do LRG not count for some very specific reason?

It's a very strange thing seeing a relatively well reviewed cheap game being so low, at least to me anyway; though I understand some are waiting on Silksong etc...

I actually bought a couple of 12 month vouchers when I got my s2 to stack, but turns out I can't stack it seems - not bothered about the additional months per se, but can anyone tell me how I can add an extra 12m voucher onto an already existing sub, or am I right in thinking its not possible and just have to wait for it to.expire?

@Robot99 its always a bugbear of mine, as i buy them as and when they've came out - i kbow you have the character "I.D's" on the karts in game, but we could have the more generic karts like the piranha plant one in the most recent set without markers, as its not really a character named kart...

***edit*** yet they print thwomp faces on blocks 🤣

@Robot99 try telling that (about the stickers) to my Mario karts! 🤣

@B_Lindz thanks! Thought id get it in first...

And I also realised after posting that I also have fist of the north star fitness boxing... all 4 just staring at me... silently judging, along with my ring fit 🤣🤣🤣

@N8tiveT3ch sorry my bad. Meant 2+3!

I have 1 2 and 3. They mock me for being fat.

December seems apt... then we can play prime 1+2 thats shadow dropped in September 🤣

@Mana_Knight go to switch store and still to bottom left "enter code" and put it there. Just redeemed mine. 👍

Big gorillaz fan, have been for 25 years; but wont encourage me to get into fortnite.

Im happy enough waiting for the first uk tour that isnt Kong in London since 2017, and buying Jamie Hewlett prints and tees 🤪

@rjejr you obviously know nothing, so keep quiet and sit on the naughty step 🤣🤣🤣

@Friendly well there was squaresoft that merged with Enix Corp... and before that they were Eidensha Boshu Service Center, so that could have been an x of a mouthful 🤣

You've only just noticed? As a relatively old man (41) ive seen it for years in collaborations and just thought "why dont they just say "and"?!" I mean, its the same amount of syllables. When you say it out loud, it makes no sense, and if youre marketing it, surely you can afford 2 more letters in your printing 🤣

@rjejr id actually say remake is fine as a standalone title, as opposed to say rebirth. True, its a relatively open ending, but thats a lot better than potentially playing rebirth as a standalone, around a third through a story and (as it stands) waiting on part 3 anyway!

I get what you mean with waiting though. After platting remake, the wait for rebirth was insanely long, even knowing it wasn't necessarily far away. And when rebirth did arrive, I found much too much busy work, that bloated the game into a giant mission map / collectathon etc. Hence why i would recommend pt1 as a standalone, if all the extra stuff in pt2 isnt your cup of tea.

Personally, im looking forward to a more streamlined pt3, and im one that did everything when iy came to sidemissions / games but who knowswhat others prefer (it is better value for money, but to appreciate it, you also beed to have invested in the original remake)...

Hope that makes sense, as i feel like im veering here 🤣

As someone that played and completed both new ones on ps5, that looks mightily impressive. Kudos to squeenix for that port! Not for me though, as not buying part 1 a third time 🤣

@axelhander God I loved pso... especially when the mods were rampant on dream cast... some ganes were comically stupid 🤣

@axelhander ill get my spread needle 🤣

@Ooccoo_Jr was gonna say the same - but I usually buy the 50/100 gbp credit; seeing as there's probably gonna be a lot of "paid for" upgrades on s2, I may as well get a 100 - already burnt through a 50 with welcome tour, fast fusion and jamboree 🤣

@AG_Awesome have you tried rocksmith+?

Where's viewtiful Joe?

@Fiskern metropolis hasn't aged well 🤣

@Pillowpants I remember it in gamestation, and being a massive buyer of games at that time of my life, was one i never got... can't remember if it was usa / uk but I remember then it was around 60 used, so was like a holy grail at the time 🤣

***edit*** just saw your from NL, just to clarify im from UK.

@GVIL no probs, glad i could help!

@PinderSchloss not knocking you, as i completely see your point, if thats the decision made in design, but also consider that it could be budgetary / graphical / timing constraints, or; less than that a design choice to represent people in wheelchairs.

Unless someone explicitly asks the devs a question akin to this, we'll never know, but i just presume it'd more of a "nintendo being nintendo" approach, as they barely ever do realism.

Look at it through a stylised lens and maybe you can forgive whatever the design choice in the end was?

@GVIL well it was on LRG - I bought whatever the deluxe version contains for I think 100 dollars (about 75 quid)... so keep an eye on play Asia or VGP and there may be one in due time.

@Nintoz including a life size doll, to go to the more "discerning collectors", complete with various outfits that may or may not be NSFW 🤣

And it completed a WHOLE LAP as a back marker on the 8hr race! The rider proclaimed it was the most tranquil endurance race ever, just going by, watching the grass grow!

January? Talk about advanced notice 🤪

@MischiefMaker thats who i wanted to see as im a massive fan of Jarv; and kasabian... but my Mrs is from Greece, and she's used to waiting for tickets and they were gone when we decided to try and get a weekender!

And yeah, I like the song too - well chuffed when they played it in cardiff day one. That and the masterplan are my two favourites personally, and two stone cold classics!

I know my Mrs is going to one of the parallel / adjacent festivals instead, as well as she saw wet leg in the week. Off to see Public Image Ltd myself at the foundry this week... busy summer of retro music for me!

@MischiefMaker tramlines! Woop! Was gonna go with the Mrs as she lives there, but she left it too late to buy tickets!

@deecas yep im the same 3☆ everything and as soon as I did that, I came off playing it, whereas im still trying to get all the stars on 8! Maybe when they add more modes / live events, ill dip back into it, other than a game or two online with friends...

Patapon on my own and Mario party tv when my cousin comes later, as I finished the DK story and only a clean up to do... though with no spoilers, I was a little disappointed with the "true" ending and length, though the "original ending" was cool, as a 30+ year player of DK's adventures!

@TwinFami you'll need a lot more banana coins than that... it'll soon go 🤣🤪

Got to admit, given what seems a relatively short move set, im enjoying the destruction and level design. At the mines/ foundry tupe level at the moment and some puzzles I keep thinking "huh", only to remember that you can dig down... truly brings a new perspective to 3D gaming... no pun intended.

Add to that the rhythm you can get into clapping, smashing and climbing and its just pure joy.

@FatWormBlowsASparky close enough - and I remember that from my youth as well, so yes I know what that is! 🤣🤣🤣

Good old american cartoons on bbc/ channel 4 early mornings... and jayce (sic) and the wheeled warriors followed by pogwall 🤣

God im old 🤣

@Solomon_Rambling ah its not a lot. Just turns your switch into a nintendo character pilotable mech. It said explicitly when you launched it that it was not to be used for world domination or recreating power rangers episodes with friends.

@Tibob with a kaufman reference, its a "forgiven" from me... but it also makes it even more bemusing that he would know what was (i presume) a pretty obscure (but definitely big in england) kids cartoon... i know we had mighty in blighty 🤣

@Tibob isnt that mighty mouse?

@JohnnyMind to be honest im in the same boat kinda as I started with a cassette deck amstrad then went to genesis / snes... so im ok with 30 fps etc.

Looking forward to tomorrow!

@Jeronan honestly you and youre son are good. Not berating you here, as i know not everyone understands the complexities of all of this, but so long as you are sharing the cartridge, and especially if you bought the game new on release, you cannot be playing it at the same time as a pirate.

Equally, you and your son cannot play the same cart at the same time as there's only one of that specific cart (due to a unique identifier on the cart).

The only way a problem MAY arise is if that game was 2nd hand when you bought it - unless of course you bought it from someone you genuinely trust.

Basics are, if the game was new, nothing to worry about. And nintendo encourages legitinate game sharing as seen with digital of late and they've even said its fine to share a cart with others... look at it as free advertising in some cases and they may get another sale.

It's just if that game was copied by a pirate that you would have a problem.

@The_Nintend_Pedant im unsure about the whole thing (how i feel, how its implemented etc) and about your overall view, but im happy to agree to disagree, as until there's concrete proof of it disrupting a lot of people - by which i mean consumers, and innocent at that - and seeing it can be reversed, im a little skeptical how it will all pan out myself.

My history with the MIG is well documented in one article, so I dont need to bang on; but i am fully aware of the risks.

If it does stop piracy then great. If it seemingly affects more consumers than pirates (as let's face it, we can be pretty sure any pirates complaining their switch is broken will be contacted via Nintendo, after asking reddit etc for information on the person and pursue them) which will most likely be the case, then the proof will soon come out.

But I do wholeheartedly see your points. I'm just not entirely sure about some, whilst we agree also on some. Thats humanity for ya!

But thanks for being a considered response. 👍

@The_Nintend_Pedant hope you dont mind me butting into this from yesterday, but to try and clarify (and not being argumentative - so sorry if you understand this already); but its unknown if nintendo can detect the MIG directly as it functions as a "legitimate" card (ie, one supplied by them that can be bought anywhere).

But they can identify the unique serial codes / certificates embedded in the cart. These can be copied with a MIG dumper etc - if the pirate dumps and then uploads / keeps the rom, and sells the original, nintendo can then detect that the same certificate is being used (at the same time) on two separate switches (when logging online, there may obviously be a delay). So if the time stamp if equal, I think we all agree thats impossible.

So what nintendo should do (though im not 100% in agreement with myself on this) is ban both consoles (or more) that have those time stamps, and leave a route open for legitimate owners of carts (as it appears to be in the article).

It's not perfect, and it is in some respects anti second hand / anti consumer; but if they can't actually detect the MIG, then they have to do it the only way they can at this moment. If it is true that you can provide provenance for the original cart, then yes its a faff, but at least it can be reversed by nibtendo it seems, which i am all for. It shows in a way that they aren't anti second hand. They're just doing a relatively bad thing with the tools at their disposal.

Could they have perhaps found another software workaround? Perhaps, im not a technician by any stretch, but are they combating legitimate piracy in dumping the games, and then selling / returning; thereby getting the game for free? Yes.

As I say, I personally dont think its ideal, but as a small sliver of hope at least there seems to be a door open for legitimate 2nd hand buyers. It's people that aren't aware of this issue I'm concerned about, like parents who may buy a used game and then have no idea why - at very least - the online proportion of the system may be locked out.

Hope that clears it up a little - again, not trying to start a war, and trying to help you see what others were "discussing" with you.

And to think of the backlash I faced last week when I said i'd happily provide evidence that I owned the games I dumped and were safe and not sold... if this is true, then it was all a bit silly, really.

If its not true, then I'll continue to take my own risks with my own hardware and software.

I wouldn't sell on anything that is nerfed anyway unless I specifically told the potential buyer.

And yet again, legitimate pirates bad. Just so we're clear!

@Yozora146_ sorry you gor lost in the shuffle yesterday.

No my switch is not modded; either internally (hardware) or OS (software - putting differentiation in there just so its acutely and easily visible).

The only "modification" is the MIG card itself, which is unlicensed, and im well aware of the potential repercussions (via Nintendo or MIG themselves) that could have occurred.

The dumps are my own carts that I have bought and backed up using the dumper as and when I want them on the SD itself.

As advised prior, I make sure the files are destroyed when I complete the games, or when I sell said original (official cart) copy.

To that end, and i know people won't believe me because of prior responses, and in some cases misinformation; i do not use it to activate cheats, manipulate systems or anything else, other than the reason it was officially sold under, I bought it for, and I still use it for: playing copies of my own games.

And to clarify, whether people think its illegal or not, its my hardware and games. I do with my items what I like. What I do doesnt really hurt anyone, as I dont sell the copies, I dont share them or anything else you can think of. Don't blame me for piracy, blame the 99.9% of the users that use it that way.

To that end, my purchase of 1 mig cartridge does nothing compared to the 999 others that cost nintendo say £50 a pop for a game, as nintendo, LRG, SRG, and any other publisher still get their money from me.

Again, thanks for being indifferent to the problem (for want of a better word). I just had to come off here yesterday as people blatantly dont want to hear that some people who buy "piracy" things dont pirate. And piracy to me is the same as it was with VHS back in the day - copy, sell on and cost the distributor / publisher money.

Sorry for long reply to your name specifically. Just wanted to answer and respond to some other stuff. And thats all im saying.

@SuperRetroArt believe me, I can take a hit on my SW1 being bricked, and waaaaay above why I said i wasn't "dumb" enough to use it in a SW2. I'm always well aware of risks (even if i believe them to be negated by my diligence, you never know with nintendo haha!), hence why its staying in my SW1. SW2 is for switch 2 only, believe me!

And yes, I understand the logistical nightmare- thats one one of the "off the top of my head" things I mentioned. It's actionable, but at what cost? Equally, as i (again) said waaaaay above, they could also ask the user (if they believe them to be using a rom) to insert the actual cartridge (would take resources such as firmware update, blah blah) or be disconnected until they do so.

Fiiiiiiiinally; yes the codes can be altered; but if the person with the original cartridge was to get the above theoretical warning, they could do it, nintendo do a quick license check (as its obvious from prior actions they can detect an actual legit cart or not) and away the cartridge owner gies with little relative fuss, whereas the one that can't verify gets their console bricked.

Look, thats all theoretical, and no nintendo dont want to check everything; but if they are taking this as seriously as they are, they will think of something. There's probably a much more efficient way of doing it, but thats my layman's way of looking at it.

It's possible. It's relatively easy (from my perspective), and if the original cart is to hand, then you have nothing to worry about.

@SuperRetroArt regarding "going out and buying a copy of the game" it doesnt work like that. Each cart has a unique certificate to itself thats logged when you play online. Hence why its possible to tell if a cart is legit to that on the MIG. I dont want to belittle you, but its this kind of reaction to us users that use it for personal use that likes to tar everyone with the "piracy" brush, and exactly why i dont like it.

You would have to be very lucky if you were a pirate with a pirated copy of MK8D AND buy the cartridge with the exact same license code... odds are what? 68m to 1?

Hope that clears up my whole "you can check" arguments.