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Where was this posted at?

I suddenly feel very inadequate at this game lol I just go with the button mash technique.

This is why I had backups to my backups on preorders.

...../quickly moves to the next article.

I guess Nintendo is learning to explain why people should upgrade their systems.....lesson learned from Wii U?

@mineralrich This is what I pictured
http://imgs.tuts.dragoart.com/how-to-draw-gargamel_1_000000006977_5.jpg

@mineralrich Wow?! Did he attack you? Why should we beware of them?

@ThomasBW84 Of course #1 is an exaggeration, though I believe in the other two points.

@ThomasBW84

1) When will you guys be opening up "ScalperLife.com"? I think enough stories are posted about scalping to warrant its own site.
2) This isn't news anymore, people have been scalping for years and there have been reported stories about this in particular. Given that almost every story I've seen posted was by you, I'm assuming this is a personal vendetta.
3) By posting this, you are only making the problem worse. Now those would-be scalpers who were unaware of the value of the system now know to sell theirs.

@Olmectron @Chisel @nostalgianinja So, why does this make them despicable/disgusting/etc people? It's pretty hard to gauge a person's character based on a single action, regardless of whether you agree with it or not. That's very judgmental.

@GodOfPie Oh, gotcha, so it's an improved version of the original? I rarely used flipnote before, but maybe it could be fun to do some stick animations lol

@siavm @Jazzer94 Ah, okay. So no artistic talent = not useful....lol

Just curious, why is this such a big announcement? It's just an app that lets you draw, right? Basically Miiverse 2.0?

Wow, now I think this is a great idea. It really adds value to Streetpass.

This video is trolling....it's not credible, I don't know why it was posted here other than to spark a debate. And no, the fact that it uses Super Mario Bros 2 to explain it doesn't justify it.

Also, @Zach777, I agree. If we could work our way to God, why would we need Jesus?

@ff0060 I was there too! Who was that MC that kept messing up? He had me rolling.

Is the reward just recognition?

Hmm, I haven't got one of those emails yet for my preorder. I wonder if I got mine in so early I missed this.

lol, I love it. Now, the question is, do I wait for the inevitable price drop on them or grab them out the gate?

I missed out on the preorders, so I ended up paying $50 for a preorder on eBay (something I normally would never do, I'm cheap lol). In hindsight, the extra $37 was worth it for me to not have to miss church and drive 1 1/2 hours to go buy a toy.

@Sionyn Yea, that was an great design. I only sold mine to move up the XL.

Also, this will be interesting for those who sold preorders on eBay. Going to be seeing some unhappy buyers too.

For those who have bought one of these Wii titles, do they offer any additional features over the original release, like save states or a better interface, etc? Just wondering if I should pick this up now while it's cheap even though I already have the disc version.

It's the risk of being a collector. No market is 100% stable. Since things have started going digital, I've been clearing out my own game collection of anything other than what I want to keep personally. I still have my steelbook Metroid Prime Trilogy and I will likely keep it. Keep in mind though, the prices will likely rebound eventually, as the announcement probably caused a shockwave of sellers throwing theirs on ebay which flooded the market, though they may not achieve the all-time highs again.

We'll see how it turns out. I feel like I had issues with it before as well, but it's been a while lol

@BakaKnight Yep, I was one of them. Initially they said they would restock, but I think most people assumed it was going to be digital only. The mention about the restocks of limited exclusive items in NA came a few days later....after I'd spent the majority of my coins on Smash Bros Posters Here's hoping the restocked items I want are fairly cheap.

I gotta say that, overall, Club Nintendo has been a good benefit. We (myself included) complain about the lack of rewards and unfair currency, but honestly, it's a free service add-on that was not a part of the initial purchase price. So what you get is better than nothing. Many of us (again, I include myself here) just seem to have an entitlement mentality with things relating to Ninty, as if our fanship earns us the right to anything we want. I'm sure it's not that cut and dry, but I feel like the fan-rage over Amiibo, and the Zelda MM limited items partially comes from this mentality as well. Yea, scalpers contributed to the problem, but regardless of the cause, there's no sense in the amount of anxiety and anger I've seen (and experienced lol) over some material items.

One last short story - I was walking down the street mulling over having missed another opportunity at getting a Zelda MM New 3DS preordered when I saw a homeless man heating himself over a steam vent. So I'm thinking, my main concern right now is getting a game system and this guy's main concern is not freezing to death. Really puts things into perspective and caused me to pause and thank God for what I do have.

Hmmm, maybe this is what NA will get in the restock!

Anybody wanna trade my code for their Majora Mask New 3DS System Preorder slot? lol

According to the banner, more rewards are coming in February.

Yea, this game was an excellent entry in the series, I thought.

Man, I can't believe these scalpers buying up video games 25 years ago just to sell them and make a profit today. (/this is a joke/)

@cfgk24 Yep, I agree. Again, that is their choice.

@rjejr You're right, that is a strange viewpoint, but also one that I never made. On your other point though, when you say most people who shop, do you mean for anything? Milk, eggs? I'm specifically talking about items where there's a chance that it may be difficult to find. I assume most users of this site are well versed enough to recognize these kinds of items. Looking at Skylanders, Disney Infinity or any other product similar to Amiibo would tell you that there would be a large chance that they may be difficult to find.

But I don't want to get bogged down on that because that really wasn't the point of my posts. My point was that it was not appropriate how people are so outraged over (and hateful toward) these particular users who have chosen to take what was given to them and resell it. In fact, I imagine that if these users had been given the New 3DS for free (won in a contest or whatever), then they chose to resell it, people would probably have less of a problem with it.

@FritzFrapp But why? Again, completely separating this situation from people who go clear off store shelves with the intent of reselling, what did they do wrong? How have the hindered anyone else?

On a separate note, I've seen a lot of people complain about the Amiibo situation, but it's difficult to feel too bad about that when preorders in the USA for almost all the Amiibo (except Rosalina) lasted for weeks. That's weeks that people had an opportunity to reserve the figure(s) they wanted. But suddenly we found out there was a shortage, and yes resellers did step in, and now there's people all over the Internet cursing anyone selling an Amiibo above retail price because they didn't get their hands on what they wanted. When there's something I want, regardless of whether I anticipate a shortage or not, I will preorder it if I can. In a situation where preordering is an option, if I don't preorder and I miss out on it, I don't get mad at resellers because it's not really their fault, it's poor planning on my behalf.

Now, having said that, in situations where preording is not an option and literally the only reason you were unable to obtain one was because of resellers.

But regardless of any situation, it's unfair to demonize people because of one action. That's judging the totality of a person's character because they bought a toy and sold it at a higher price to people who were willing to pay for it.

All I could think was 'hater' when reading this article and proceeding comments....It bothers me when I see people dogging others because of what they chose to do with what is rightfully their own. Let me be clear that I'm not condoning people who go and clear shelves of merchandise specifically to resell, but in this case, these people were just chosen at random; they were not taking anyone's spot here. Also, if I was in a tough spot and this opportunity fell into my lap, I would without a doubt flip that system. I think the problem is everyone visualizes these guys as the greedy little villains whose existence revolves around stealing what we want to own right now and forcing us to pay a marked up price. But the reality in this situation is, they're not hurting anyone: when the system is released on its normal date, what these particular folks are doing will not stop anyone from buying a system at normal retail price on release date. If there were not people out there willing to pay the premium to have their system a little early, this market wouldn't exist. So cut these folks some slack and stop reducing people to the lowest possible status in your mind because of a single action, especially one that isn't even wrong.

EDIT: and I want to add this: Who looks worse here, people who took advantage of an opportunity that was fairly presented to them or people who trash talk them and suggest they be killed (albeit, tongue in cheek...I hope) for these actions?

@StarDust4Ever Why'd you have to speak that? lol

THANK YOU NINTENDO!!!!!!

@Damo Don't feel bad, at least you guys have a release date for the system.

@NintyMan Agreed. I believe they removed the listing for the Wii U Gamecube adapters when they ran out of stock as well and the listing has come back since then (albeit, in bundles).

@MetaSmasher Not nice. I considered the shirt till I saw they don't have medium....

@babyguess Yea, it was people who paid with Paypal or gift card. See this article: http://www.amiiboinquirer.com/2014/12/21/statement-from-toys-r-us-regarding-why-some-pre-orders-arent-reinstated/

Yep, mine got canceled too, every one of them except Luigi. Then they threw most of them back up for preorder.

@Olmectron Yea, I guess it is a pretty niche function. The majority of users likely purchase directly from their devices, but it would be nice to browse from a PC versus the somewhat slow interface of the WiiU eShop.

@Olmectron I wonder when they will finally start letting you purchase all the eShop items from the website.

Also, just waiting on that discount for Megaman V for GB. Anytime, Capcom....

@Olmectron I was about to say....

Why'd it have to be Target? My closest store is 100's of miles away....

Why did he not just take the suit off? No offense, but if someone stuck me in a suit in sweltering heat and was doing all that, I'd be quitting. I feel like neither side was aware of the potential damage that it may have caused, but this guy figured he'd tough it out. I can understand unsafe working conditions, but there's a point where you have to take responsibility for your own health. Money cannot buy health.

@Gold Yep, I'm still waiting for Azure Striker Gunvolt to drop down as well.

Hahaha, I imagine the seller is quite surprised. All the best to him, hoping he doesn't run into deadbeat bidders.

Where's the Azure Striker Gunvolt discount? Checked this morning and it's still $14.99....

Sweet, been waiting for Azure Striker Gunvolt to go down!