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  • Fuck you Andrew

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.

 #120767  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:42 am
Sadly this would require I purchase Nintendo products, and I don't seem to do that any more.

 #120781  by Zeus
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:37 am
Nintendo can pucker up and kiss my ass too. I have about 70 games registered with them and all I've gotten was the Zelda collection, a Pokemon mini-guide thing, a feather stylus, and a set of 7 colours styluses.

With that many games and every system aside from the Micro registered, I'd be able to get everything I want from their catalogue in Japan. Fucksticks.

 #120786  by Kupek
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:54 am
Just so we're clear on this: Zeus is pissed off that a company won't give him free shit because he bought their products.

 #120809  by Zeus
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:23 pm
Kupek wrote:Just so we're clear on this: Zeus is pissed off that a company won't give him free shit because he bought their products.
Don't forget "....that they already give to the Japanese and the Australians for nothing"

 #120813  by Kupek
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:04 pm
That really doesn't change anything.

 #120814  by bovine
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:08 pm
I want free stuff because I buy their products. I'd probably buy the stuff they give away for free if they just made it available to me.

 #120815  by Kupek
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:13 pm
I want free stuff too, but I don't feel that I'm entitled to it, nor am I going to be angry if I don't get it.

 #120819  by Flip
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:12 pm
The best controller ever was the ACII pad for the SNES.

 #120821  by Zeus
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:55 pm
bovine wrote:I want free stuff because I buy their products. I'd probably buy the stuff they give away for free if they just made it available to me.
Exactly. It's the discrimiation part that irritates me. Why should the Japs and Aussies get it when we ain't getting but jack and shit? If it wasn't already being given away in Japan and Australia I wouldn't care. But it is and I just want equality.

 #120825  by Kupek
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:13 pm
Ha, no, it's plain ol' jealousy. The other kids in the playground are getting better toys than you, and if you can't have them too, then you'd rather no one have them.

Nintendo isn't a charity. If Japan and Australia are getting something that North America isn't, it's because they decided it was better for their business.

 #120830  by Zeus
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:56 pm
Kupek wrote:Ha, no, it's plain ol' jealousy. The other kids in the playground are getting better toys than you, and if you can't have them too, then you'd rather no one have them.

Nintendo isn't a charity. If Japan and Australia are getting something that North America isn't, it's because they decided it was better for their business.
If it's my mother giving the toys to my brothers and sisters, wouldn't I have the case?

They're just very Japanese-centric like a lot of companies over there (look at Capcom, they JUST finally saw the US as anything viable with the success of Lost Planet and Dead Rising; why do you think we're getting Bionic Commando?). Until the N64, they hardly knew what America was and still don't really know. Their US arm has to fight them tooth and nail for everything, even now. This is just an extension of that. You don't think the marketing department here wouldn't wet themselves to be able to offer stuff like that to build up the Nintendo brand more?

Don't believe me? Pick up a copy of Game Over and see what Akawara and Lincoln had to go through, even with the success of the original NES here.

 #120850  by SineSwiper
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:41 pm
It's because the Japanese are racist assholes. There. I said it.

 #120866  by Tessian
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:00 pm
Seriously Zeus, Kupek had it right-- you're just complaining that the cool kids are getting free toys and you're crying about it.

I went ahead and called the Waaaahmbulance to pull around front for you
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 #120869  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:11 pm
SineSwiper wrote:It's because the Japanese are racist assholes. There. I said it.
I'm... not sure if you're being ironic. This terrifies me.

 #120875  by Blotus
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:48 pm
Andrew, Killer Bee wrote:
SineSwiper wrote:It's because the Japanese are racist assholes. There. I said it.
I'm... not sure if you're being ironic. This terrifies me.
I think he's joking or meant to say xenophobic. But then again, xenophobia wouldn't have much to do with exporting your free pieces of cheap swag. Maybe Iwata's grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died at Pearl Harbour and he's getting revenge by laughing it up every month seeing a controller packed-in with a tech demo ruling the NPD's.... where am I going with this?

 #120876  by SineSwiper
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:50 pm
Well, there isn't too terrible much difference between racism and xenophobia. One begets another.

 #120882  by Blotus
 Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:58 pm
SineSwiper wrote:Well, there isn't too terrible much difference between racism and xenophobia. One begets another.
I guess. One's just a more obvious form of the other.

 #120899  by Zeus
 Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:03 am
Tessian wrote:Seriously Zeus, Kupek had it right-- you're just complaining that the cool kids are getting free toys and you're crying about it.

I went ahead and called the Waaaahmbulance to pull around front for you
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Nice pic, I'm gonna have to save that one :-)

If it was the neighbourhood kids getting the toys, I wouldn't care. But in this case, it's the parent favouring one child over another. They already have these things manufactured, all I want them to do is offer me the same thing.

And judging by the subject of this thread, I'm not the only one who feels that way.

 #120909  by Kupek
 Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:36 am
That you think equating Nintendo and parents is valid is telling.

 #120911  by Zeus
 Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:58 am
Kupek wrote:That you think equating Nintendo and parents is valid is telling.
Wow, you guys really are missing the point

 #120916  by Kupek
 Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:21 pm
I don't think I am. You think it's unfair. I think the concept of fairness doesn't apply.

 #120926  by Zeus
 Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:04 pm
Kupek wrote:I don't think I am. You think it's unfair. I think the concept of fairness doesn't apply.
Not exactly and much like you with the science arguments, I'm not going to waste any more time explaining my position

 #120941  by Tessian
 Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:44 pm
Zeus wrote:
Kupek wrote:I don't think I am. You think it's unfair. I think the concept of fairness doesn't apply.
Not exactly and much like you with the science arguments, I'm not going to waste any more time explaining my position
It's EXACTLY what you're saying, you admitted as much above. You don't think it's fair that Nintendo favors other countries and gives them better stuff so you're whining and crying about it.

That's all there is to your bitching, no point other than to complain and have a tantrum in the middle of the store. Just be glad your mom doesn't care what you think or she'd beat the SHIT out of you at home for embarrassing her at the mall.

 #120965  by Zeus
 Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:26 pm
Tessian wrote:
Zeus wrote:
Kupek wrote:I don't think I am. You think it's unfair. I think the concept of fairness doesn't apply.
Not exactly and much like you with the science arguments, I'm not going to waste any more time explaining my position
It's EXACTLY what you're saying, you admitted as much above. You don't think it's fair that Nintendo favors other countries and gives them better stuff so you're whining and crying about it.

That's all there is to your bitching, no point other than to complain and have a tantrum in the middle of the store. Just be glad your mom doesn't care what you think or she'd beat the SHIT out of you at home for embarrassing her at the mall.
OK, Daddy

 #121311  by Zeus
 Fri May 02, 2008 2:25 pm
Andrew, in case you're interested, they've released the Mario Galaxy soundtrack as a Club Nintendo item in Japan. Great music.

 #121314  by RentCavalier
 Fri May 02, 2008 2:28 pm
Zeus wrote:Andrew, in case you're interested, they've released the Mario Galaxy soundtrack as a Club Nintendo item in Japan. Great music.
Oh snap, I want that! GIVE IT TO ME!

 #121324  by Zeus
 Fri May 02, 2008 5:16 pm
RentCavalier wrote:
Zeus wrote:Andrew, in case you're interested, they've released the Mario Galaxy soundtrack as a Club Nintendo item in Japan. Great music.
Oh snap, I want that! GIVE IT TO ME!
It'll probably pop up at www.gamemp3s.net soon

 #121355  by SineSwiper
 Sat May 03, 2008 5:23 am
I dunno. The site has been really slow as of late.

 #121360  by Zeus
 Sat May 03, 2008 8:11 am
SineSwiper wrote:I dunno. The site has been really slow as of late.
Very, but they do get the best stuff that I can find. They have their lull periods, that's for sure.

 #121372  by SineSwiper
 Sat May 03, 2008 1:36 pm
And while the site has a great supply of game MP3s, it doesn't have everything American. Had to get the Half-Life soundtracks on my own, and can't find other soundtracks like Bioshock, System Shock 2, Splinter Cell, etc.

 #121379  by Zeus
 Sat May 03, 2008 3:13 pm
SineSwiper wrote:And while the site has a great supply of game MP3s, it doesn't have everything American. Had to get the Half-Life soundtracks on my own, and can't find other soundtracks like Bioshock, System Shock 2, Splinter Cell, etc.
Bioshock came with the SE version, that's why

 #121385  by SineSwiper
 Sat May 03, 2008 5:03 pm
Meh. I downloaded the first two. I guess Ubisoft didn't really put out anything for SC except for Amon Tobin's work. Forgot that Bioshock's music was just a bunch of old 50's tunes, though SS2's OST is good D&B stuff.

 #121389  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Sat May 03, 2008 5:47 pm
SineSwiper wrote:Forgot that Bioshock's music was just a bunch of old 50's tunes, though SS2's OST is good D&B stuff.
Bioshock has an orchestral score that you could for a while download from the official website. It was very avant-garde stuff though, and I couldn't listen to it outside of the context of the game.

 #121609  by Julius Seeker
 Fri May 09, 2008 10:09 am
SineSwiper wrote:It's because the Japanese are racist assholes. There. I said it.
Well, maybe....

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