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Re: Nintendo Download: 12th March (North America)

Torchwood

Is there any way to buy Phoenix Wright Dual Destinies if your NNID age is under 17? I really want to buy it once it's on sale but I'm 16, and was wondering if there was a parental lock or something so I can buy it, since as it is I'm not even able to look at it on the eshop. I really wish there were a physical version...

Re: Nintendo Goes Download-Only With The 2014 Club Nintendo Elite Rewards

Torchwood

This is somewhat curious, although not entirely surprising given the downward decline in quality of rewards over the past years. Honestly, it makes sense that as there are more Club Nintendo users it becomes harder to come up with rewards that are economically feasible to produce and distribute to everyone, which is why physical rewards have been in such a limited quantity as of late.
That said, I'm getting Game of Wario but would have been very disappointed if I owned all of these games. Seriously, I'm going to be more wary about buying games in the future if there's the chance they might show up on Club Nintendo for free.

Re: Pokémon Rumble U Figurines and Special Edition Available From GAME in the UK

Torchwood

Couldn't you just scan the figure while it's still in the package to see what it is and return it if you own it already? I know Skylanders were scannable from within the package, so unless the GamePad NFC reader is really weak or the packaging for the figures is thick, I'm pretty sure you'd be able to see what they are. Either way, I'm not buying this game, because I'm tired of the Rumble franchise, and the figures look cheap and polygonish.
Also, it should be noted that figures aren't REQUIRED to play, so people shouldn't be complaining in the same vein as the Disney Infinity power ups.

Re: Feature: A Brief History of Pikmin

Torchwood

@Pikminsi Thanks. I found it for $12.99 at Best Buy used when you ship to a store, so I'll go for it! Used copies start at $40 on amazon and eBay and stuff. Yeesh! But I think for the price, you can't go wrong. Looking forward to it, and will hopefully buy Pikmin 3 once I finish 1 and 2!

Re: Feature: A Brief History of Pikmin

Torchwood

Nice feature! I've only played the Pikmin 2 rerelease for the Wii, and I'm trying to hunt down the New Play Control version of Pikmin 1 before I get to Pikmin 3. It's somewhat difficult to find now. Does anybody think I'd find Pikmin 1... limited having played it after Pikmin 2? From what I know, you don't find treasure, there's a time limit, and only three types of Pikmin. I like the exploration aspect of Pikmin 2, so would Pikmin 1 bother me?

Re: Rumour: Nintendo Planning a Wind Waker HD Hardware Bundle

Torchwood

I'd have to wait to see a price and the contents of the Wii U bundle before I'm disappointed with the ZombiU bundle I got last week. Even still, I can't complain seeing as that bundle was a good value and I wanted everything in it. I could see a similar bundle for Wind Waker being done, with a physical copy of WW, maybe a gold Pro Controller, Nintendo Land digital copy, and possibly a special design on the console.

Re: Feature: Nintendo's Wii U Hype Machine

Torchwood

@TysonQ7
Well, recently, yes. I've managed to be excited for the Wii and every handheld (even somewhat excited for the XL DS's), but not the Wii U. I mean, it's certainly really innovative, and I've demoed one at a Best Buy, but I'm just not excited...

Re: Feature: Nintendo's Wii U Hype Machine

Torchwood

It's not that I don't think the Wii U looks amazing, but Nintendo ultimately failed to entice me as a consumer. There's no killer app that could possibly justify my buying the Wii U on launch day. There are better games than the 3DS launch, but everything just seems kind of... lacklustre to me with the exception of ZombiU. Nintendo couldn't even get me excited with their own first party titles. That being said, I'm sure the Wii U will be great, but Nintendo's failure to get me to want to buy it as soon as possible has ensured it will be at least a year until I buy one. I wanted to be excited for this, but I'm not.

Re: Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Bug Infects Save Data

Torchwood

I thankfully heard about this when I got stuck in the PEC room and looked up what to do online. All of the results were about this save bug, and they saved me from having my game corrupted. I think this is the one time where cheating and looking up what to do online would have paid off, as I would have probably saved in that room.

Re: Grab a Gold Nunchuk from US Club Nintendo

Torchwood

I scrapped up 900 coins for this and now I am fresh out! The lowered values on some of the games took a toll on the amount of coins I'd have otherwise. Here's to a bountiful harvest of more games soon and thus more coins!

Re: Skylanders: Giants Introduces Swarm the Super-Sized Bee

Torchwood

I'm not buying Giants so I can avoid that hit to the wallet. Collecting every original Skylander was a fun experience, but it's a one time thing. It doesn't really look like there's really much different here from the original gameplay wise. I still might buy a few figures that look nice just to put on my shelf though.

Re: Nintendo Download: 28th June 2012 (North America)

Torchwood

It's nice to see they can put price drops on third party software. I bought VVVVVV the day it hit America, but hopefully more people will download it now and experience its greatness. For me, I'll get Bomb Monkey and possibly Marvel Pinball. A very good week, well done NoA.