Post by: UncleBob on October 09, 2004, 04:22:45 AM
Anyway, the gentleman and I were talking about what all I used on my Game Cube and he had me check all of my memory cards and controllers to make sure they were "official" products. Which they are. Except for one. I mentioned that I had the Hori Digitial Controller. The gentleman I spoke with asked if I had imported that and I said yes. He said (not exact quotes here...) "Okay, because I don't think that has been released here yet." "Yet?" I asked. He replied, telling me that he thinks it's going to be released here in the states next month...
Anyone heard of this? Or was this guy just pulling my leg?
Post by: MaleficentOgre on October 09, 2004, 05:14:25 AM
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Post by: UncleBob on October 09, 2004, 05:44:03 AM
Post by: kratos on October 09, 2004, 01:32:11 PM
Post by: joshnickerson on October 09, 2004, 03:54:39 PM
Post by: Gamefreak on October 09, 2004, 06:37:18 PM
Post by: UncleBob on October 10, 2004, 07:38:13 AM
Hmm... Interesting. I hope so... I wouldn't mind picking up another one...
>You know there's no reason for an NOA guy to lie to you. He could be mistaken but I doubt he was "pulling your leg."
Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that badly. I love Nintendo's customer service reps* on their 800# and their e-mail. While they may not always have the best answers, they're always friendly and usually helpful.
*There is one exception to this, and that was a guy at the 800# who's name was "Fred". He was an asshat. He called me a liar and said that you cannot play the DX version of Link's Awakening on the Super Game Boy. When I know for certian you can. Unfortunatly, I had just moved into my apartment and didn't have all my equiptment with me at the time, so I wasn't able to hook it up right then (not that I have a video phone or such...) But sure enough, I checked it out as soon as I got my stuff together and, guess what, it worked. This guy really ticked me off... He was all "I've worked for Nintendo for 15 years sir and 'The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakeing DX' is ONLY for the Game Boy Color and will not work on the Super Game Boy.". Yes, it does.
Post by: soracloudtidus on October 10, 2004, 11:07:03 AM
Post by: nitsu niflheim on October 10, 2004, 12:50:19 PM
Post by: ruby_onix on October 10, 2004, 02:25:55 PM
Link's Awakening DX was a Classic GameBoy game (Link's Awakening, of course), with GBC enhancements. Or perhaps, a GBC game that could be played on a regular GB.
The GBC coloring of the game was not available with the Super GameBoy (something which a lot of people could never seem to get a handle on), and the extra color-themed "DX Dungeon" (or whatever it was called) could not be entered with either the Classic GameBoy or the Super GameBoy.
So in a sense, you couldn't really play "Link's Awakening DX" on the Super GameBoy, it would only really be "Link's Awakening".
Except that Link's Awakening DX was also enhanced for the Super GameBoy. It had a special "four shades of green" color palate it would automatically select, and it had special artwork around the border of the screen.
I'd guess that "Fred" was probably just having a bad day, and was tired of trying to explain to people how the older Super GameBoy wasn't designed to play not-yet-invented GameBoy Color products, even though "Yeah but my TV can display a whole bunch of colors. Why can't it play the GBC? The cartrige fits in the slot. It should work but it doesn't. Why can't you fix it? You suck."
Post by: Rancid Planet on October 10, 2004, 04:50:54 PM
Post by: UncleBob on October 10, 2004, 05:23:18 PM
I might go for that idea... Except for the time frame this happened in...
See, I had my little run-in with "Fred" when the Game Boy Player (GCN) was released. I called wanting to know if there was any way to get the special Super Game Boy borders to show up when running them on the Game Boy Player (Since the GBPlayer has boarders, I thought there was a chance something was programmed in). So, I'm guessing Fred hadn't gotten many calls that particular day (or year...) about playing GBC games on the Super Game Boy.
Although, Apparently, he's worked for NoA for 15+ years, so maybe over the years, he's gotten quite a few phone calls about it...
Post by: KDR_11k on October 13, 2004, 05:12:47 AM
Post by: Syl on October 13, 2004, 01:57:17 PM
Of coures, the format file is only 5 blocks, no clue where the other 8 would be.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on October 16, 2004, 09:13:07 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on October 16, 2004, 09:59:15 PM
Post by: UncleBob on October 29, 2004, 08:08:08 AM
http://www.nintendo.com/cpp/forums/login.jsp?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.nintendo.com%2Fnintendo%2Fboard%2Fpost%3Fboard.id%3Dlegacy%26message.reply_to_id%3D20419
Some guy on the offical Nintendo forums says this controller is being released stateside in November... ?
Post by: ib2kool4u912 on October 29, 2004, 11:30:29 AM
) in the November issue of Nintendo Power, theres a mention of the contoller being released in November for $15.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 29, 2004, 01:03:15 PM
Post by: Bartman3010 on October 29, 2004, 06:37:22 PM
I'll buy 2 plzkthx.
Post by: Bartman3010 on November 03, 2004, 11:47:36 AM
Post by: ruby_onix on November 03, 2004, 12:04:22 PM
Page 22 (the third page of Game Watch):
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GET A GRIP ON OLD SCHOOL CONTROL
With the likes of Metroid coming in the second wave of the Classic NES Series (due October 25), gamers who enjoy GBA titles via the GCN's GameBoy Player may get nostalgic for the pre-joystick era of console control. Now there's a solution-Hori has tailored it's Digital Game Pad for use with the GBA. The controller has a larger control pad, among other nips and tucks. Hori plans to release it in black and indigo in November for $14.99 MSRP.
Post by: Bartman3010 on November 15, 2004, 04:54:11 PM
Post by: UncleBob on November 30, 2004, 06:26:20 PM
Yay! Hori Digital Controllers for everyone (who wants to buy them for themselves, of course!)
