Post by: Crimm on October 29, 2007, 03:17:48 PM
1. What do you like about NWR?
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
5. Why do you visit NWR?
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
7. Do you like the front page design?
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
Thank you so much.
Post by: Mashiro on October 29, 2007, 03:31:19 PM
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1. What do you like about NWR?
- The forums for obvious reasons =)
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2. What do you dislike about NWR?
- Lack of personality. It's been said before but the Planet Gamecube days seemed to be a much more unique web-going experience.
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3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
- Staff interaction with it's viewer base.
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4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
- Nothing comes to mind.
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5. Why do you visit NWR?
- The forums
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6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
- No for news. Yes for reviews. No for preview coverage.
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7. Do you like the front page design?
- It's ok but nothing phenominal. I am a fan of clean and neat designs but the main problem with the NWR home page is there is absolutely no design hierarchy. It's extremely problematic that the next thing your eye goes to (or the first) are the flash advertisements on the top or side of the page.
Advertisements shouldn't be overpowering the design or being the viewers focal point (as much as the ad agencies want that to be the case).
I think a redesign may be in order.
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8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
Mario Bros DVD ::glare:: :P
Post by: Crimm on October 29, 2007, 03:44:01 PM
Post by: Karl Castaneda #2 on October 29, 2007, 05:00:33 PM
And if it's personality you're craving, start listening to Radio Free Nintendo.
Post by: Mashiro on October 29, 2007, 05:02:26 PM
Post by: UncleBob on October 29, 2007, 05:03:19 PM
>The Forums
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
>The lack of "community". I rarely talk to anyone from here outside the forums just because there's no reason to.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
>More community events. What happened to the Newer Waffle?
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
>Web based advertisements?
5. Why do you visit NWR?
>Forums.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
>Yes, but I generally don't "Search" for news. Reviews - I guess, although I don't look for reviews. Previews? Same thing.
7. Do you like the front page design?
>It's nice, but too much advertisement and it doesn't go well when mobile browsing.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
>Where the heck is the new forum software?
Post by: that Baby guy on October 29, 2007, 05:36:56 PM
I'll answer these questions when I'm good and ready. Which isn't right now, and will be later this week or until I forget.
Post by: Shift Key on October 29, 2007, 08:30:15 PM
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>Where the heck is the new forum software?
I believe the expression "back to square one" is where its at.
With SUPER on hiatus and myself working on other projects, this really hasn't moved far.
Post by: ShyGuy on October 29, 2007, 08:42:29 PM
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1. What do you like about NWR?
The forums, the people.
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2. What do you dislike about NWR?
The disconnect between the forums and the rest of the site.
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3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
Round Table discussion transcripts, Editorial comments from the staff on news stories, Editorials in general, No-number-secondary-reviews, Showcasing of NWR personalities.
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4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
Play it safe in your news coverage
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5. Why do you visit NWR?
To type at people, discuss games, disagree with Ian, laugh at Pro666, argue with Golden Phoenix.
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6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
News? I check GoNintendo first
Reviews? I don't read NWR reviews anymore because Jonny doesn't want me to.
Preview Coverage? Yes, I always enjoy the hands-on impressions.
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7. Do you like the front page design?
Not really, it's not technically bad as far as layout goes, but it is oh so sterile.
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8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
I like it, and I want to see it grow along with NIntendo's marketshare.
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Thank you so much.
You're welcome
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on October 29, 2007, 09:00:24 PM
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Originally posted by: Crimm
In order to make NWR the best site we can be we need your feedback. It would really help if you could answer a few questions for us. I ask you provide as much detail as you can when you answer them.
1. What do you like about NWR?
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
5. Why do you visit NWR?
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
7. Do you like the front page design?
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
Thank you so much.
I'm too lazy to quote each section, so let me just go 1-8!
1. What do I like about NWR? It has a great gaming community that manages to be educated fanbois (and yes I call myself that too), making for some interesting discussions. Also I enjoy reading the reviews and previews.
2. Definitely Kairon, Mashiro, and ShyGuy they are all super mean to me
. In addition to that I don't care much for the news section of the site, most of the time it is late. Also lack of staff interaction besides a select few. From what I hear the staff posts frequently on another board, and it shows a lack of respect for the community here to be blunt.3. Definitely more staffers getting involved with discussions and if possible try to keep up on the news which I feel is the site's weakest point.
4. Too much of? Hmmm, really nothing crosses mine, if anything most things fall under "Do too little of".
5. Why do I visit? Well I just love the community, and while debates can get heated, they are usually stimulating and I don't need to worry about taking things personally because it is over games, which in the grand scheme of things isn't that important. Also I enjoy the friendships I've made here.
6. Have to say no to all those, but with that said I always check out the reviews and previews, even if I put more trust in other sites for those. What I like most though is that you can ask the staff questions, and if they are one of those people who interacts with us we can have our questions answered directly about games, which is especially important with previews.
7. Ehhe, it is ok. Could use a bit more color.
8. Just continue to work on getting the news section up to date, and perhaps try to make some more contacts in the gaming industry.
Post by: Nick DiMola on October 30, 2007, 02:09:00 AM
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Originally posted by: Crimm
In order to make NWR the best site we can be we need your feedback. It would really help if you could answer a few questions for us. I ask you provide as much detail as you can when you answer them.
1. What do you like about NWR?
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
5. Why do you visit NWR?
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
7. Do you like the front page design?
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
Thank you so much.
1. The forums and the staff
2. The news and exclusive features on the site seem to be really lacking.
3. More podcasting type stuff, better news coverage (which you seem to be covering with the hirings)
4. N/A
5. Reviews, and Forums
6. Not first choice for news, first for reviews and the previews/impressions are more meaningful to me than on other sites.
7. The design has grown on me since it was rolled out, but I'm still not blown away.
8. Keep up the weekly podcasts, they rock. The forums are great, don't change them. Try involving the strong community more in the production of the site.
Post by: UncleBob on October 30, 2007, 03:19:57 AM
Post by: Arbok on October 30, 2007, 03:22:30 AM
2. Lack of pictures in most news articles
3. Site news exclusives
4. Press releases to "regular" news ratio
5. Forums
6. First choice for news via the forums. Previews also tend to be the best on the main site around.
7. Yes
8. Not really
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on October 30, 2007, 04:25:49 AM
1. The people on the forums. I hesitate to say "The forums" because the forums themselves aren't so hot, but the people here make it great. I also like your ambition. It's clear that you guys take this seriously and want to be taken seriously.
2. The lackluster forum software, the main page layout (more on that later), the ads so annoying I have to block most of them, and the way you post press releases. (You think you're doing us a service by giving us the raw news, but you should really be doing us the service of stripping out the marketing babble to give us the meat of the release. You can still post it in full right below your take on it for anyone who cares.) Oh, and I, too, think the site lost its personality in the shift from PGC to NWR. Speaking of which, the name Nintendo World Report isn't very good. It's too long even when abbreviated (depending on your accent, the abbreviation NWR only saves one syllable over the full name; granted, that was true of PGC, too, but that was at least short), but I'm sure that's not going to change.
3. More timely reviews would be nice, but I know that's out of your hands. Second opinions would be nice. They don't have to be full reviews. Don't let the fact that you have a podcast on which to express your opinions keep you from writing your opinions in editorials or comments. Not all of us listen to podcasts, and the more you retreat into them, the more barren the site becomes to us.
4. I'll think of something later, probably.
5. I come here to read what news and reviews you've posted, and then dive into the forums to enjoy the crazy cast of characters and news you won't post for three more days.
6. For news, yes, but I get most of it in the forums before it hits the front page. For reviews, mostly. I give NWR reviews a bit more weight because I have a better feel for what most of you like, although I typically go to gamerankings.com to get a broad idea, then choose a couple of reviews to read from there (often a low and a high to see what people gripe about and what they gush about). For previews, definitely, although I don't really seek them out most of the time, so I read yours because I'm already here.
7. The front page design is too understated and sterile. Get an artist, and have a logo designed. Two different colors of text is not a logo. Everything kind of blends together because of the lack of boundaries. If you want to go with the Wii theme, look at how Nintendo designed the Wii menu. There are clear boundaries, even if everything does look white and sterile. You could use the channel idea for your links to different sections, or perhaps the translucent button look. Honestly, though, I really feel like you should be creative with your serious intent. I picture a layout that looks either like a newspaper front page or a TV news show. I think I like the TV one better (it makes me think of a logo with part of a wire frame globe and the name appearing in orbit above it, kind of like Universal's logo). Also, if you're going to keep that flash thing for your top stories, it should really rotate through all of them instead of randomly picking three to show, preferably with scroll buttons.
8. I wouldn't complain if I didn't like it here. Keep up the good work.
Post by: BigJim on October 30, 2007, 07:57:15 AM
2. The design is a bit stale, and as mentioned in a thread before there is a lack of personality since BillyB left.
3. More editorials, roundtables, interviews, and podcasts (they don't have to be long. Even a 10 minute, 1-person podcast is cool.)
4. n/a
5. Why visit: Forums, VC recommendations, and to get yelled at for wanting more than 4 desirable AAA hardcore games a year
6. Not really first for anything, except possibly impressions. News, reviews, etc. are usually up a lot sooner elsewhere.
7. Front page design: See #2. It's a little stale. Looks a bit too much like a WordPress blog. We gave many ideas to help that in an old thread that was started right after the re-launch. Also, ads are overpowering (but I have them disabled.)
8. More comments: Put this poll on the front page? You're gonna get a bit of a slanted/limited skew of opinions. It sounds like there is (or was) some other forum software in the works? But I'd rather see news items get dumped into their respective forums where they'll likely get more action, rather then segregated in Talkback.
Post by: vudu on October 30, 2007, 08:07:15 AM
2. What do you dislike about NWR? Not enough staff interaction. The vast majority of the staff are either completely absent from the forums or hit-and-miss. I can name a half dozen of the staff members and the rest are completely anonymous in my mind. People like Evan will show up and post a lot for a week and then completely disappear for a couple months. Most of the staff that do post in the forums tend to stick with Talkback and rarely contribute to discussions going on in other forums. I also don't like that previews and impressions are treated as two separate entities. It's confusing to the reader. Previews are pretty worthless if we don't get any impressions as to if any of the things being covered are any good.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR? Unique content. Something that separates NWR from the competition. You can't be a GoNintendo unless you have at least one person spending 23.5 hours per day "borrowing" content from other sites and you can't be an IGN without dedicated staff working on special projects. NWR needs to find its niche. My vote is for building a strong community, but then again I'm pretty biased. I like the idea of a short, five or ten minute podcast a few times a week talking about new news. Then the regular podcast can dedicate more time to whatever weekly feature you guys want to discuss. Editorial content is always welcome and it tends to stir up debate in the forums (and get new members to join so they can tell the writer just how wrong he is). Developer interviews are great if you can get someone worthwhile to talk to. I'd also like to see retrospective interviews where you discuss games that have already been released and get the developer to discuss reception, what he would have like to have done differently, etc. (EGM tends to do these and I always think they're great even if I know nothing about the game they're talking about.)
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what? Talking about the Seminoles.
5. Why do you visit NWR? The forums.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage? No, no and no. News tends to be slow on the site. Part of the reason for this is because of "journalistic integrity" and part of it is because there's no dedicated staff, but it causes you to lag behind on most news stories by at least a few hours (if not a few days). Reviews tend to be good, but they lag behind the big sites (because of the lack of preview copies or whatever). Preview coverage is again limited because you don't have staff going out to developer's HQs to play the games months before anyone else. The previews/impressions tend to come with the big shows, where there's no shortage of previews across other sites.
7. Do you like the front page design? No. The ads are horribly distracting and they take away from the cleanness of the site. They also make NWR look like a Geocities fansite rather than a credible video game website. The layout of the site makes it so whenever Capcom releases a bunch of updates screen shots for their games all the other news gets pushed down to the bottom of the page where no one sees it. Each category (news, reviews, previews, screen shots, etc) should have its own section on the main page. It won't look as clean as the current site, but it will be a lot more functional. Speaking of which, there's also a lot of functionality missing from the site. There needs to be a way to easily sort through VC games by system, genre, review score, etc. The search function is horribly slow. Review Talkback threads often don't make it clear what system the game is on. There's no way to link people to a particular screen shot without leeching bandwidth.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general? Random review suggestion: I'd like to see additional information in the column next to the review (where it shows developer, publisher, # of players, rating, etc.). Since there are so many budget titles on Wii and DS prices often range from $30 to $40, it's no longer safe to assume that console = $50 and handheld = $30; adding MSRP info would be helpful to qualify the review (i.e. a 7.0 game for $50 is too pricey, but it's more reasonable at $30). I'd also like to see estimated number of hours (or a range) to beat the single player game.
Can I get a Hell Yeah?
Post by: Crimm on October 30, 2007, 08:53:51 AM
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Oh, ILLEGAL FORUM POLL!!!!
Don't step son!
The one thing I'm seeing a lot of is the the lack of staff interaction. Very intersting. Am I allowed to answer this thing? I don't even know.
Post by: Crimm on October 30, 2007, 09:01:00 AM
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Originally posted by: thatguy
For those wondering, Newer Waffle is the NWRWFL, short for the Nintendo World Report Wi-Fi League. Yeah, we really need to get that off the ground.
We really do, but I don't know exactly what I should do to help that process. I think we just need to get it together and goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Post by: that Baby guy on October 30, 2007, 09:52:05 AM
Post by: ShyGuy on October 30, 2007, 10:17:34 AM
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The one thing I'm seeing a lot of is the the lack of staff interaction. Very intersting. Am I allowed to answer this thing? I don't even know.
To be fair, some of the blame for lack of staff interaction has to fall on us the core community. We can be a mean bunch of SOBs, especially when it comes to outcry at "bad" impressions or reviews.
Personally I like to draw parallels between NWR's interaction (or lack thereof) with their core community and Nintendo's supposed abandoning of the hard core games for their blue ocean strategy.
IWATA AND WINDY DONT CARE BOUT US HARDTIME LONGCORE PEEPS
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on October 30, 2007, 10:20:01 AM
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The one thing I'm seeing a lot of is the the lack of staff interaction. Very intersting. Am I allowed to answer this thing? I don't even know.
To be fair, some of the blame for lack of staff interaction has to fall on us the core community. We can be a mean bunch of SOBs, especially when it comes to outcry at "bad" impressions or reviews.
Personally I like to draw parallels between NWR's interaction (or lack thereof) with their core community and Nintendo's supposed abandoning of the hard core games for their blue ocean strategy.
IWATA AND WINDY DONT CARE BOUT US HARDTIME LONGCORE PEEPS
Actually I think you are the reason the staff doesn't talk to us, you and your ugly face!
Post by: Crimm on October 30, 2007, 10:36:49 AM
Post by: that Baby guy on October 30, 2007, 10:58:59 AM
Of course, there's also the fact that the only new staff I've really talked to are Crimm and Azure Nightmare, it's like they don't really exist to us.
Evan, Karl, Pale, James, AN's name, and a few others are nice to us, so I don't really see this as a big problem, really. If staff wants to talk, they can. I think the issue is more along the lines of "We want to know that staff is there," not necessarily interaction, though. The podcast helps, but I haven't found time to really listen to one in a long time, it's too long and could use being chopped up into pieces, I think, or perhaps with chapter selections or something. Radio Trivia being podcasted also creates a disconnect between staff and users, though that's understood, technical issues and attendance sliced things up a little there.
On with the questions:
1. I don't know what I like about NWR, really. I've just been drawn to it for years now. Initially, I think it was the great amount of Nintendo coverage incomparable to most sites at a time, along with the "staff sez" type thing that was going on. Now, I'm drawn because it seems like so much of the forum is a valuable place to seriously discuss things among Nintendo intellectuals of all types, while still being able to have fun. I also like the news search function, it's worked pretty well for me before. I like the featured stories at the top, the three highlighted stories. That's a nice effect
2. I dislike the press release trend NWR follows now. I'd appreciate a summary of the press release in a paragraph or two, then the press release in tinier writing, then allow staff comments that apply to the press release or other staff comments to appear on the page like in the older format. I don't like the chat room, because it's not used enough. There's never a real invitation to go in at a certain time and talk about something, so it's always filled up with inactive chatters and Rimmer, I think. The articles and writings offer less personality than they used to, and there's a lack of the "staff talks" chat transcripts, too. I miss Louie, and I think the site would do well to pick up a new mascot, just because it adds personality.
3. I've mentioned some above, but I prefer to see my news over hearing it, and find myself bored with listening to a podcast, regardless of how well done it is, that's just my taste. To that effect, I enjoyed the staff chats that used to occur, I liked the staff says part of news articles, and I want to know who reported a story, who wrote the review, or whatever someone did in the talkback forum, not just on the story. That's for my convenience. I'd like more trivia and radio trivia, done live, though. I think competitions are fun. I'd like to read about small staff battles of games, too. Like an NWR staff championship of BWii. That would be interesting to me.
4. Said before: just press releases. They're boring, bland, generic, tedious, and almost irrelevant. When I can read a headline and learn everything interesting present in the article, that's a problem. They need spice, really. Lots of it. And pancakes.
5. Yes and no to all of those, in a way. It's one of what is really two sources of news, and the only one I like, really. The forums provide lots of news quickly, too, so NWR might be slightly behind them. I also visit kotaku, as much as it pains me to say it, because they get a lot of news quickly, most of the time. Learn how not to report news from Kotaku, though. They don't separate opinion from fact and jump to conclusions too quickly. They report on one topic ten or twenty times a day, and ignore other important things a lot. I liked that the "staff says" things were separate from the article. These had a box underneath, so you knew when the information was finished and the opinion began, and didn't mix the two together. I love to read video game opinions, I just don't want the people who write these opinions to attempt to disguise them as fact and complain about every single thing, either.
With reviews, I find myself reading less and less. I disagree more and more with reviews as a whole, and it's to the point where I can't get through an entire game review anywhere, regardless of writer/publisher/author/whatever. NWR is no exception to this. I would like an easy to access review "database" for each reviewer, so I could easily find their opinions on games with similar genres, though. That would be nice.
As far as previews go, I think they're slightly above average, but not spectacular. Perhaps applicable media could be attached to previews more often, so we could see what's being talked about? I like the inclusions of video, but that's not being added very much, and the last one I recall, which was with Brawl, lacked narration that I think would have been nice. I read previews of games I'm interested in, and NWR serves this purpose well, just not as well as I think is possible.
7. Yes, I think it's great. However, ads need to be slightly more selective here, from time to time. Those multi-colored flashing seizure ads make the page look a lot more ugly. I remember when PGC used to team up with online game retailers, which was pretty cool, because we'd get relevant adds that I cared about. They almost made me consider buying a game online, something I don't think I've ever done. I think events, especially forthcoming events, like trivia, contests, and other thinks like that need to be stickied at the top or given their own area where they can easily be seen after being posted, so we don't have to search for them and so they don't get forgotten about, and I think that dividing lines need to appear between each article, too, just for ease of looking, though I could be wrong about that, I'd have to the final product to decide. Other than that, I like the "clean" look, it's very stylistic and seems to be incredibly trendy and professional, not bad things, IMO.
8. The forums are nice, and the whole staff needs to help with implementing the Newer Waffle, I think. It can take a lot of work to create a fair, fun, and functional competition, so it would be nice to receive some official help, or some kind of set rules decided on. I don't want to be the decider, and I don't think any of the forumers want that responsibility, either. It just doesn't seem right. Also, change the wall paper on the funhouse a little more, please. I liked that a NWR group was formed for GHIII, but are we going to see any more organization for the game beyond that? I hope so. Great way to implement the chat room there, guys. And I remember those Pokemon fun-days, too. I think perhaps an online event needs to happen bi-monthly that utilizes at least the chatrooms, really.
Anyways, I think that's about it. Enjoy, Crimm!
Post by: Kairon on October 30, 2007, 11:38:10 AM
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1. What do you like about NWR?
The community and the site's professionalism.
I mean, you guys have great leadership on your staff in regards to editorial policy, integrity, balance, and honesty. I credit a lot of my respect for this site to the work... and restraint... of key staff members.
As for the community... yeah, we're just that awesome! I mean, seriously, this has got to be one of the most open and discussion-friendly placeds on the net where we can have passionate debates but not hate each other afterwards and not descend into childishly emotional vendettas. (Except GP, I can't talk about ANYTHING with her...)
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2. What do you dislike about NWR?
Whenever I submit a news story, you NEVER CREDIT ME!!!
Also, the podcasts are just way too long, I haven't been able to listen to any of them recently because of the sheer block of time it requires me to set aside all at once. I WANT to listen... I just can't make the time.
Oh, and ALSO... why does Newsbot write all your newstories? The original writer should be credited in the TEXT of the article, or at least pointed out in the forums representation of talkback.
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3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
I'd like to hear more staff reactions to news. Others have said it before, but staff comments on news stories are a much missed bit of site personality... even though I don't want the staff to be ANYWHERE as speculatory as the Gonintendo staff seem to be... you guys are Proffessional! Leave the crazy comments and humor to us!
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4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
Talking in podcasts. AWESOME talking yes, but I have no time.
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5. Why do you visit NWR?
Warm fuzzy feelings. Internet addiction. I can get news anywhere, but the community is amazingly mature, intelligent, and awesome to vary degrees.
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6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
News? No. Reviews? Yes. Previews? uh... honestly, I'm a Nintendo fanboi internet junkie. I'll take 'em where I find 'em.
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7. Do you like the front page design?
It's okay...
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8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
You guys rock...so awesome...
Post by: Plugabugz on October 30, 2007, 11:40:10 AM
- The forums and the human responses to things.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
- How automated the site feels in comparison to the forums. The site needs a celebrity like 666 or Ian.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
- Something breaking away from the monotone white. Just some ZAZZ!
- More European-slanted news.
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
- Buttered camels.
5. Why do you visit NWR?
- Because PGC handled it all.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
- I look at other places from time to time. Where is good people?
7. Do you like the front page design?
- When i have control of things yes.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
- More European-ness.
Thank you so much.
- That will be £100 please.
Post by: Kairon on October 30, 2007, 11:55:05 AM
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We can be a mean bunch of SOBs, especially when it comes to outcry at "bad" impressions or reviews.
The outcry only happens when NWR staff members write their reviews as if they're IanSane.
Post by: Plugabugz on October 30, 2007, 12:12:04 PM
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We can be a mean bunch of SOBs, especially when it comes to outcry at "bad" impressions or reviews.
The outcry only happens when NWR staff members write their reviews as if they're IanSane.
Which itself would mean you're writing it to deliberately attract attention. Such is the way of the celebrity.
I mean, could YOU get caught driving without a licence, have a media circus follow you to the court, get a 60 day jail sentence and freed 4 days later?
Post by: BigJim on October 30, 2007, 12:26:21 PM
Billy was a freak (in a good way) and there hasn't been anyone with his charisma and passion to replace him. PGC was basically his life. It's hard to top somebody living in Japan for a month to be there for the Japanese GCN launch, but, well, I don't know if anything can really fix that. Hell even Rick Powers was a bit over the top and aggressive, but I miss him. For no particular reason, one of my favorite features was their tour of NOA, with all the photos. The site had a cool "we're gamers just like you, live vicariously through us" thing going on. The E3 DVD that they worked so hard to accomplish was the pinnacle of that era. Buying it was supporting a cause as much as it was just buying a fun DVD.
Wow, I really digressed. But I think you get the point.
I think they're onto something with the the Hot Topic/Community Roundup, but may I make a suggestion I just thought of? As well as asking readers questions, a lot of "Hot Topics" create themselves. It'd be cool to have quotes from some of the discussions that happen organically. Great discussions don't crop up every week or anything, but they've been known to happen. The chosen topics don't always have much organic buzz, so looking directly to the community can spice things up when not much else is going on.
Post by: UncleBob on October 30, 2007, 04:56:01 PM
Post by: that Baby guy on October 30, 2007, 05:07:10 PM
Post by: Shift Key on October 30, 2007, 07:59:58 PM
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We seriously, seriously need to do something with the Newer Waffle thing. I am getting tons of requests from forum members I've never, ever heard of to add them to my GH3 FC list. Why aren't these people posting on the forums?
Because they come here for the Friends Codes Forum. Its Pokemon all over again.
Post by: ShyGuy on October 30, 2007, 08:34:21 PM
But how do we convert these visitors into valuable members of the NWR community?
Post by: Kairon on October 30, 2007, 09:23:40 PM
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We must harness the power of this friend code forum, to use it for wealth and fame.
But how do we convert these visitors into valuable members of the NWR community?
Three things:
3. Keep them away from IanSane, Dequello, and me when I'm cranky.
2. Resurrect the hawtness thread, and get Bill to post more anime pictures for anything we can come up with.
1. Tell them that GP was the real-life basis for the following character designs: The Borg Queen, Nariko, and fusion suit Samus.
Post by: Shift Key on October 30, 2007, 10:17:13 PM
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3. Keep them away from IanSane, Dequello, and me when I'm cranky.
No, everyone must annoy Ian.
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2. Resurrect the hawtness thread, and get Bill to post more anime pictures for anything we can come up with.
No, that was a sin against society.
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1. Tell them that GP was the real-life basis for the following character designs: The Borg Queen, Nariko, and fusion suit Samus.
I prefer telling them that she's a Microsoft plant here to turn the place into MWR.
Post by: Crimm on October 31, 2007, 03:28:32 PM
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1. What do you like about NWR?
It's a one-stop-shop for Nintendo news. I don't have to deal with going through a Wii site, a DS site (and back in the day a GBA and GC site too). It doesn't post rumors or things like "THERE EXISTS PORN OF FF7!" as news. It takes itself more seriously than sites like GoNintendo.
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2. What do you dislike about NWR?
Some days it just dies. There's no news, no stories, no editorials. Literally nothing updates. It's a real bummer.
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3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
Myself? No, no... just kidding. Editorials. We get MAYBE one every six months. There has got to be more than that. Also, I'd like if some of the talkback showed up at the end of the news posts like it used to.
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4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
Post press releases. I know why its done, and I know earlier I said "not enough articles" but there is no reason to post the press release for Strawberry Shortcake Super Star. It just doesn't seem like something that even merits mention.
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5. Why do you visit NWR?
Like I said, it's a one-stop-shop without the clicking around (IGN, GameSpot) stupid crap of Kotaku or the overly fanboyish tirades of GoNintendo.
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6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
Yes. I know that I'll get more feature rich stuff from sites like IGN, so I do visit them regularly. However, this is the site I visit most and first.
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7. Do you like the front page design?
It's a little bland, but it's good. The ads are a bit obnoxious, given the white theme, but you got to pay the bills.
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8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
I love this site, and I'm glad to be a part of it.
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Thank you so much.
I'm welcome!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 31, 2007, 09:34:48 PM
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1. What do you like about NWR?
The Forums. Its the first place I check for the most interesting of the Nintendo related news, such as games, sales, rumors(even thought I'm the one that post most of them and upkeeps the rumor thread)and general info, even some things relating to Sony and Microsoft where gaming is concerned.
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2. What do you dislike about NWR?
Mashiro says: Lack of personality. It's been said before but the Planet Gamecube days seemed to be a much more unique web-going experience.
UncleBob says: The lack of "community". I rarely talk to anyone from here outside the forums just because there's no reason to.
ShyGuy says: The disconnect between the forums and the rest of the site
GoldenPhoenix says: I don't care much for the news section of the site, most of the time it is late. Also lack of staff interaction besides a select few. From what I hear the staff posts frequently on another board, and it shows a lack of respect for the community here to be blunt.
Mr. Jack says: The news and exclusive features on the site seem to be really lacking.
Party Bear says: The lackluster forum software and the ads are so annoying I have to block most of them.
Kairon syas: Oh, and ALSO... why does Newsbot write all your newstories? The original writer should be credited in the TEXT of the article, or at least pointed out in the forums representation of talkback.
Crimm says: Some days it just dies. (and this includes the forums itself, some days nobody post for hours and hours and hours)
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3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
The fixing of all the things mentioned above in #2.
and what ShyGuy said: Round Table discussion transcripts, Editorial comments from the staff on news stories, Editorials in general, No-number-secondary-reviews, Showcasing of NWR personalities.
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4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
Post press releases is the popular answer and I agree, but I especially like the way
thatguy worded it: press releases. They're boring, bland, generic, tedious, and almost irrelevant. When I can read a headline and learn everything interesting present in the article, that's a problem.
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5. Why do you visit NWR?
As mentioned previously, the Forums. for reasons stated above.
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6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
Well, I don't really read the previews, and only check the end of the reviews, and NWR forums is the first place I stop for all my Nintendo related news.
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7. Do you like the front page design?
Front page.....?
:spends two minutes trying to remember how to get to the front page:
what front page?
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8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
I've been visiting this site since some where near the beginning, and a lot of things have changed over the years. unfortunately not all of then for the better.
Hopefully this poll isn't just for the sake of having a poll, and is something that is used for general feedback and improvement of this site that we all have grown to love over the years. And for crying out loud, update the freaking forum software already, its horibbly outdated and missing many features of convenience.
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Thank you so much.
You know how to thank us...
Post by: Kairon on November 01, 2007, 05:20:52 PM
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I think they're onto something with the the Hot Topic/Community Roundup, but may I make a suggestion I just thought of? As well as asking readers questions, a lot of "Hot Topics" create themselves. It'd be cool to have quotes from some of the discussions that happen organically. Great discussions don't crop up every week or anything, but they've been known to happen. The chosen topics don't always have much organic buzz, so looking directly to the community can spice things up when not much else is going on.
A lot of Hot Topics definitely create themselves...it's a pity you coulodn't just UP AND MOVE AN ENTIRE THREAD to the hot topics forum huh?
Post by: IceCold on November 01, 2007, 06:22:01 PM
The forums, first and foremost. Also, some great specials like the GameCube Tribute one. And I commend you guys for covering as many games as you do, however low-profile. Plus the VC Mondays are great. And you can't forget the Mailbag.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
The blog-like site layout, the new name, the archaic forum software, the inconsistent and sometimes poorly-defended reviews, the late previews and sometimes news, the "impersonal" feel of most of the articles (note: this is good sometimes obviously, but it shouldn't be present in every one).
But most of all, and I've been saying this for years, is the feeling that the staff and mods don't care about the forums. I've always had issues with their lack of involvement; this isn't helped when I see Jonny and Windy (among others) posting more on neoGAF. I guess it's the allure of a bigger pond or whatever. I just don't like it at all.
What makes the integration even harder is that most of the new staff are external recruits. Every single time NWR hires, despite many qualified and well-established forumers applying, none of them get hired. Pale is the only one I can think of (Crimm doesn't count since he's the Community Manager - that position should obviously go to a forumer). Our forums have some of the most intelligent Nintendo fans on the Web, but NWR isn't tapping into that. It would bring the community much closer too.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
Videos (preferably not YouTube). Editorials and guest editorials. Rumours (RIP Louie).
The Community Update and Hot Topic is a step in the right direction, but we need more promotion and integration of the forums (NWR's biggest asset).
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
Nope. There can never be too much, since we can just choose to ignore it if we want. Case in point, me and the podcasts.
5. Why do you visit NWR?
Almost solely because of the forums. Though unfortunately even they aren't what they used to be - a bit too much discussion not pertaining to actual games.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
No. No. No. The forums inherently give me these, but not NWR itself.
7. Do you like the front page design?
Way too much like one of those sites you stumble upon when you type in the wrong URL. Also, too white, and not enough lines and borders.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
Name: This can't be changed, but I just wanted to comment that in the past, when you typed in "GameCube" into Google, PGC was the third link returned. NWR is buried in the recesses of the Internet, and it's definitely affected the number of hits we get. If you look at compete.com (yeah, not the best indicator for absolute values, but it works well for relative ones) you'll see that in the PGC era, even at the end of the Cubes life, we got significantly more hits than we are getting today.
EDIT: Oh yeah! Forgot about how when you write Impressions, Previews and Reviews about games, the platform doesn't show up in the forum thread titles. It's quite annoying when there's a whole preview about a game, and you don't know if it's for the DS or Wii without searching quite a bit in the article.
EDIT2: Also, Plugabugz is right - you need more European/PAL coverage. I know that LassePalle is the European correspondent, but we haven't heard form him/her for a while.
Post by: that Baby guy on November 01, 2007, 08:57:10 PM
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FYI, Chris Kohler quotes a comment I made about Magician Lord during this week's new Retronauts. It was a comment I made on NeoGAF and then adapted in the VC Mondays writeup.
Jonny was featured in a 1up podcast?!?!?!?!?!?!? Everybody! Go listen to the Retronauts! NWR is canceled, because Jonny was mentioned on a website! For a post he made on NeoGAF. I mean, c'mon, it's not like our staff ever gets published! He even used a modified version of the quote in our own VC weekly round-up, a few days later! That's so awesome.
Or not. See our point about the staff? He cares a lot about being mentioned lightly in a 1up podcast. He does a great job here, on our site. I'm about to the point where I think NWR needs to see if there are any possibilities about paying some key staff members, so they actually feel excited about working here, and so it seems like less of a chore. It shouldn't be a big deal to get mentioned somewhere else unless he's looking for hiring somewhere else, and I doubt he would be if he got paid for his journalism. Of course, NWR can't invent money out of nothing, so obviously, my solution won't work, but it would be nice if it did.
Look, I've just made myself feel guilty. We need to have a staff appreciation day or something. I forget none of these guys get paid. Anyways, yeah.
Post by: Crimm on November 01, 2007, 09:01:24 PM
Post by: Kairon on November 01, 2007, 11:18:57 PM
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We need to have a staff appreciation day or something.
I, for one, think it's a travesty that they have to buy their own VC games.
Post by: Strell on November 03, 2007, 05:03:53 PM
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1. What do you like about NWR?
I like how the reviews are laid out. There's enough information for both in-depth analysis, and then a second page that helps break down the score. There's also a small graph of pros and cons, which actually helps both parts of the review.
The contests are great. This might be biased (I won one about 2 years ago), but I think they are handled very well, and tend to be better than simple "your name got drawn out of the hat" contests.
The boards are pretty good in terms of community. I'm not part of the social constructs here and probably never will be, but it's nice to see people having a good time and discussing both random bits and the gaming industry. It seems that the boards are modded pretty well also, though maybe extending some authority to more prominent members would be a good thing to try.
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2. What do you dislike about NWR?
The message boards are fun, but they are out of date. Mostly I have an issue with the different tags this place uses, but this is a complaint really ONLY because I tend to copy/paste information between here and CAG, and generally have to edit my posts. So in reality, this "complaint" is really more of a personal thing that probably doesn't affect other users. However, moving to a more streamlined and widely used system would be nice, but nothing that's going to really bother me either way.
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3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
NWR could probably carry more editorials to help differentiate it from some other Nintendo-centric sites. If all sites are pretty much working with the same information, then it comes down to individual things like interviews, opinion/editorial pieces, etc. I enjoy those sorts of things and would like to see more of them if possible.
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4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
Nothing I can think of that would be negative.
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5. Why do you visit NWR?
For the boards, for the reviews, and because I've come here a long time. I haven't been as active here as other members, but I know a good site when I see it.
Also, you guys stole Wyndyman, waaaaaaaay back in the day from NintendoNation, and I sort of followed him here.
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6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
I tend to not really read a lot of reviews/previews/impressions, but I definitely come to NWR for these things. So in that respect, I'd say that - overall - this is the first place I come for these things.
For news, I tend to stick to CAG's forums and/or gonintendo.com. However, because I know those places are FULL of rumors and the like, I know for certain that if I want something validated, I can come to NWR. So in that respect, you could say I use this place as my first line of authenticity and verification of something as being genuine instead of a "hay my buddy's half brother in law totally works at ___ and said MEGATOOOOOOOOOOON." So in that respect, you guys are my first source of determining what is nonsense versus what is real.
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7. Do you like the front page design?
I'm not wild about the "fuzzy" overlay that happens when you mouse over one of the top buttons. Also, there is a ton of white. White white white.
Overally it is very clean, but there is waaaaay too much white. However I don't know how easily altered that is.
Also, this is TOTALLY minor, and I'm curious if anyone else has this problem. Every once and a while, I tend to click on "Chat" when I mean to click on "Forum" in the left hand menus, and then I have to suffer through waiting for the Java client to load and whatnot. This is me being clumsy, but maybe the Chat option could be moved down or something? Or the Forum option given a little more spacing from other links?
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8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
Not outside of keep-up-the-good-work. That is, unless you want to send me lots of neat schwag I can't get on my own or have access to.
Hope this helps!
Post by: that Baby guy on November 03, 2007, 05:29:58 PM
Post by: Ceric on November 04, 2007, 12:58:56 AM
1. What do you like about NWR?
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
5. Why do you visit NWR?
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
7. Do you like the front page design?
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
Thank you so much.
Post by: Crimm on November 04, 2007, 06:57:41 AM
Post by: WuTangTurtle on November 04, 2007, 08:35:10 AM
- Forums and generally good reviews.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
- Few reviews, almost zero editorials, and Wi-Fi/FC is very un-organized
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
- Reviews, editorials, and Wi-Fi/FC leagues or something of the sort.
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
- It's not that there is something being done too much, it's how little.
5. Why do you visit NWR?
- Forums/Community
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
- Not lately, NWR has slid down to about 3rd from being 1st about a year ago.
7. Do you like the front page design?
- It could be better, sometimes images can attract the eye a lot better than say i dunno a blank white background and some text.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
- It would be nice to see you guys add a section for reader reviews closer to how other sites have. Most importantly I think NWR needs to really form a well organized Wi-Fi League. A few people may remember my small efforts in making a Pokemon League for NWR before all my free time went out the window. Let's just say it needs to be like 10x better than what I attempted.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 04, 2007, 10:18:38 AM
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Thanks to the people who replied before and those that replied to my PM spam.
I didn't get any PM spam! Talk about insulting.
Post by: Caliban on November 04, 2007, 10:56:48 AM
The forums.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
It doesn't have the same magic that PGC used to have, in regards to the main site of course.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
I have no clue.
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
I have no answer to give at the moment.
5. Why do you visit NWR?
Because I've been visiting this site since it was known as PGC, it's not like I would go "oh, they changed their name, I ain't visitin' them anymore".
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
News? Not really, sometimes it is late in that regard.
Reviews? Yeah, sometimes, for the odd game here and there because usually I know what I want and don't have to check any reviews.
Previews? Yes, definitely, specially if it's a game that I want to learn more about.
7. Do you like the front page design?
Yeah, it's ok.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
NWR is my homepage.
NWR should upgrade to WEB 2.0.
Crimm, thanks for your spam, otherwise I would have not been forced to answer to this poll even though I knew it existed.
Post by: Ceric on November 04, 2007, 11:06:26 AM
Post by: Crimm on November 04, 2007, 11:22:57 AM
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Thanks to the people who replied before and those that replied to my PM spam.
I didn't get any PM spam! Talk about insulting.
YOU'D ALREADY REPLIED! I sent it to users who were logged on who had not replied to the thread.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 04, 2007, 11:24:51 AM
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Thanks to the people who replied before and those that replied to my PM spam.
I didn't get any PM spam! Talk about insulting.
YOU'D ALREADY REPLIED! I sent it to users who were logged on who had not replied to the thread.
Suuurrreee, you can't fool me! Mr. Wormhead.
Post by: Caliban on November 04, 2007, 11:39:09 AM
Post by: Crimm on November 04, 2007, 11:41:15 AM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 04, 2007, 11:55:34 AM
Post by: Spak-Spang on November 04, 2007, 12:38:26 PM
I like the news stories and the community of the forum. NWR isn't always the place to get the fastest information on Nintendo, but you get true honest opinions and I believe the staff are true Nintendo fans, without being blinded by Nintendo or the industry as a whole.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
I would like to somehow see more connections between the staff and the NWR community. The new forum question is a good idea. But, I think more could be done. Other than that, I would be interested in seeing if NWR can do more video stuff. Since you can now find places like YouTube to host videos cheaply, I would love to see the NWR staff work towards providing more video and introducing us to the staff more.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
See the answer above. Video, and more community interactions. Perhaps more community events and later setting up NWR Nintendo tournaments.
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
No not really. Some might say you have too many reviews, but I actually think you have too few. I think once someone on your staff has written a review a simple means to add second opinions from any and all staff would be great...so all reviews are in one entry.
5. Why do you visit NWR?
I visit NWR for the community. I feel like I have quite a few friends on the forums, and I trust the staff to be honest and truthful.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
NWR is my first (sometimes second) choice for reviews, Previews, and news. My day usually starts with checking GoNintendo for just a brief look at everything available, but I usually focus on NWR for getting more of the information and definitely getting a more honest and balanced review on games than any other site I have visited. It is one of the aspects I believe NWR should be proud of the most. Very professional honest reviews.
7. Do you like the front page design?
I like the white on the page, but I honestly don't understand the top link buttons. the are clear and readable, but when you scroll over them they get fuzz...and that is just weird counter-intuitive design. Other than that...I think the web page is designed well and information is easy to find.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
No other comments...unless you can convince Nintendo to give us hard drive support.
Thank you so much.
Post by: NWR_pap64 on November 04, 2007, 02:18:39 PM
1. What do you like about NWR?
The forums and the people in it.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
The ads. I know this has been discussed to death but I don't like the "noisy" ads nor the questionable "True" ad. Luckily they have switched to quieter ads
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
Like everyone else has said, more interaction with the main staff.
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
Nothing, really...
5. Why do you visit NWR?
Discuss, rant and whine about anything Nintendo and videogames with some cool people.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
Nintendo news: In all honesty, no. By the time I reach NWR I know about certain news and events
Reviews: Sometimes, most of the time I just browse through them and read the scores
Previews: If its a highly anticipated game then definitely
7. Do you like the front page design?
Its alright. A bit too simple but it works
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
The place is rock solid. The people are nice (if some of them are a bit weird), the discussions are always interesting and has some solid content. That's all I have for now.
Post by: that Baby guy on November 04, 2007, 02:28:16 PM
Post by: Ceric on November 05, 2007, 12:57:16 AM
Post by: UncleBob on November 05, 2007, 01:18:37 AM
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Jeez, Crimm. I'm online right now, and I'm not getting any PMs. Of course, my box is full, so I can't send any, either. Could you fix that and make the boxes bigger?
You youngin's now-a-days are so spoiled. Why, back in my day, we had a 25 message limit, and that was it.
Post by: mottsc on November 05, 2007, 01:44:33 AM
I like the reviews and the honesty to point out flaws in hyped up games. I like the impressions because that more than anything else lets me know whether it's a game I should be getting excited about. I like the forums because that's where the community feeling happens.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
The never ending press-releases. I'd prefer a one or two line summary with the press release to follow, though sometimes the headline does just that. I dislike the chat link being right below the forums link, too easy to click. Also it would be nice if news items were listed in the top set of links like impressions, screens, etc. are in articles. When you click to the profile page the news stories are listed so a news link should be available.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
I enjoyed the staff comments on articles directly when it was PGC. That gave it more personality and also showed a variety of opinion. I would like to see more impressions, but that's limited by availability I know. I would like to see some kind of interest poll for games members would like to see reviewed. I don't necessarily need 3 Metroid Prime reviews, while a review for a game like Dewey which had some interest would have been nice.
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
Press releases with no comments
5. Why do you visit NWR?
I've been visiting since right before the breaking of the Gamecube name and I've always appreciated the reluctance to post rumors as news. When I see a story I know it has been confirmed. I find the impressions and reviews to come from a reasoned look at the game and honestly disclose the good and the bad. The forums are great fun to read and supplement the main page with breaking news.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
NWR is where I visit first since it cuts down on the rumor reporting I read. Also, anything of note that isn't on the main page is generally under discussion with the included links on the forums. It's definitely my primary source for reviews and impressions. I rarely look elsewhere.
7. Do you like the front page design?
I have no problems with the front page design.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
Not at this time, your witness.
Post by: Stogi on November 05, 2007, 03:47:01 AM
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In order to make NWR the best site we can be we need your feedback. It would really help if you could answer a few questions for us. I ask you provide as much detail as you can when you answer them.
1. What do you like about NWR?
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
5. Why do you visit NWR?
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
7. Do you like the front page design?
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
Thank you so much.
1. Community. I feel like a dork bringing up game related babble to my friends (but that's become less awkward as of late due to the Wii). This is kinda my dirty little secret. A place where I can be the Nintendo nerd I always have been.
2. The main site. I don't even check it unless theres a review, preview, or editorial. In other words, something with opinion.
3. Staff interaction, editorials, and FORUM - SITE INTEGRATION. What I mean is: us forum goers like to be recognized every once and a while, if for no other reason, to inflate our egos. We like to feel proud about the site we spend so much time on; a place that we have helped build just as much as the staff, and every once in a while we would like to be taken seriously and given the respect we deserve.
How can you do this, you ask? Well for one, give Kairon and Ceric there props; especially Ceric. He's been manning the sales thread since as long as I can remember. Two, if somebody writes something thats elegant and thoughtful, why not throw it up on the main page as a forum editorial for all to see? Also, allow us to help you. We can come up with many ideas for Hot-Topic, and many ideas for bettering this site. TAP INTO US, WE ARE A VALUABLE RESOURCE.
4. Like IceCold said: you can never do too much.
5. All in one place to talk about Nintendo and even things that are completely random but great. This is a place I can find information or help about almost anything (MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE FORUMS).
6. No. Yes (unless yours is a little late). Yes.
7. Hells no. The front page screams "I AM TRYING TO BE SOMETHING I'M NOT!" Why not have the page resemble the personality of the site. That said, I do love the flash "channels."
8. MORE FORUM-SITE INTERACTION!
Post by: that Baby guy on November 05, 2007, 03:55:45 AM
Post by: Crimm on November 05, 2007, 08:35:45 AM
Post by: Kairon on November 05, 2007, 12:39:05 PM
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I'd like to note that Hot Topic creators have asked for our ideas in that regard.
What? Where?
Post by: that Baby guy on November 05, 2007, 01:00:01 PM
Post by: Crimm on November 05, 2007, 01:31:42 PM
Post by: GeneralTraag on November 05, 2007, 01:49:07 PM
- Mainly the forums. I mainly used to come to this site for Radio Trivia, but I have been trying to be more active on the forums now.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
-Lack of feature articles and too many press releases.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
- More live Radio Trivia, more contests, and more tournaments.
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
-Too many annoying ads on the front page and on the forums.
5. Why do you visit NWR?
-I visit for the forums and talking about video games with the great group of people on the forums.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
- Yes, since I don't visit that many Nintendo news sites. Reviews are great sometimes, but other times I know I will enjoy a game without reading any review for it. I enjoy the previews sometimes.
7. Do you like the front page design?
- I am not into the current trend of all web design using a strictly blue and white color scheme. It is way over used on the internet and I never understood why sites limit their design to such an uninspired look.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
-I am looking forward to a possible next live radio trivia if there is one.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 06, 2007, 03:35:02 PM
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Originally posted by: KashogiStogi
How can you do this, you ask? Well for one, give Kairon and Ceric there props; especially Ceric. He's been manning the sales thread since as long as I can remember.
ehhh hmmm... I think you meant Salesbot
Post by: wulffman04 on November 07, 2007, 01:41:26 PM
The personal thoughts and ideas that go into the reviews, previews, impressions...
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
The inconsistency in reviews (date posted, scoring...)
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
Roundtables, interviews, specials ooh ooh and PRIZES!
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
You can never have too much of a good thing
5. Why do you visit NWR?
For the personal opinions of the staff and the community. The VC recommendations and the awesome podcast.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
It's my first choice for any events and my first choice for reviews. News is mostly a little behind other sites.
7. Do you like the front page design?
Somewhat, i like the appearance and easy access of the new news, reviews... I would like to see a section for upcoming release dates and maybe upcoming reviews/previews etc... Also searching for reviews, previews, impressions, and old news is a hassle.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
I would like to see some more staff interaction. I don't even know half of these guys. I think a podcast or a special, devoted to introducing these "people," is due.
(Edit: added some spaces)
Post by: Ceric on November 08, 2007, 02:40:42 AM
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 08, 2007, 05:57:22 PM
Post by: Stogi on November 09, 2007, 02:02:31 AM
Post by: Plugabugz on November 11, 2007, 06:25:42 AM
Here is why!
Post by: Crimm on November 11, 2007, 07:35:57 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 11, 2007, 07:46:40 AM
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...how did you even find this?
LMAO serious WTF... how did you find this out?
"Buttered Camels" .... hahahaha now that is random.
Post by: Mashiro on November 11, 2007, 04:07:56 PM
wow . . . lol.
Post by: Plugabugz on November 11, 2007, 07:53:22 PM
We need to get NWR to the top!
Post by: IceCold on November 11, 2007, 07:54:06 PM
My first result is www.fao.org
Post by: DAaaMan64 on November 11, 2007, 08:49:25 PM
Content and the forums.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
The ads. But hey gotta pay somehow. Oh I don't like the outdated forum. It needs a better look and it needs modern functionality. If anyone uses other forums, you may know what I mean.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
No we are good I think...
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
no nothing that I can think of.
5. Why do you visit NWR?
Cause I have long since the gamecube came out.
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
News yes, probably not first for reviews but I read them, and probably not preview coverage either. IGN sorry.
7. Do you like the front page design?
No. Bland and boring, I don't know, I'd start over and look for some ideas at other websites. The functionality is there tho, that is nice.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
no
Post by: Plugabugz on November 11, 2007, 09:27:37 PM
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Originally posted by: IceCold
I don't get it.
My first result is www.fao.org
If you don't get it that's fine. Nothing to get!
I checked that link to google and it came up as first. Then refreshed and it jumped down again where its been since.
Post by: mantidor on November 12, 2007, 01:36:49 PM
Post by: IceCold on November 13, 2007, 04:33:22 AM
Post by: Crimm on November 16, 2007, 04:00:00 PM
Post by: Robageejammin on November 17, 2007, 06:24:53 AM
- The History. I've been here since the site started and it's always been my own little source of intelligence for Nintendo news. Been my home page ever since. Also, (and this should come as no surprise by now) the community. We don't need another IGN, so its nice to have a small, strong community of game enthusiasts communicating with respected and talented staff members who have a closer reach to the gaming industry than ourselves.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
- Overall lack of enthusiasm and from what I see, just a lack of work being put into the site. And if I'm wrong and the staff actually is putting in tons of time and effort, then I apologize, but its just not showing. The site design itself is another big issue but it looks like theres a whole other question for that so I'll hold off for now.
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
- It's been said many times. More integration of staff personality into the main site. That's what made the early PGC unique and that's what will make the current NWR unique again. Reviews, Previews, Impressions etc are all doing very well, but its the actual news which needs the big face lift. First, you have to put and end to the copy and paste press release style of the news articles. Its impersonal, frustrating, and just plain boring. One thing I loved about PGC was that at the bottom of almost every news post, there was a little purple box dedicated to the staff's response. If there would be one single thing to take away from my post right now, it would be to bring those staff response boxes back. It added so much to the quality of the website in such an easy way.
Boy, is this a blast from the past, not sure if you guys are ready for this... Planet Gamecube 2002
Sure it was E3 time, but the excitement and quality just explodes off of the page! If you poke around at the articles you'll see the purple response boxes I was talking about. Instead of taking unnecessary steps to search for staff responses in the talkback forum, its right there in the article. Plus, theres an immediate taste of the staff's attitude and personality. This brings me to my next point.
One great, more recent addition to the site is that pretty much everything (News, Reviews, Editorials etc) has a place of discussion in the forum. The forum is great, but it needs the presence of the staff members. I'm not even talking about just posting more, but just make it so when a staff member posts anything in the forum, EVERYONE knows its a staff member. What I mean by this is simply make your avatar or the box where you are posting significantly different than the rest of the forum-goers. Most of the time you can see something in the signature that says they are staff, but its too inconsistent and just isnt powerful enough. Basically what I'm trying to say is that the readers should immediately feel like there is a strong infrastructure of an elite staff, but one that is also very likeable and cares about its community. Sorry if that didn't make sense but thats the best I can come up with.
One more thing really quick. Whenever you look at a game profile on the site, it pretty much just has release dates and other stats. Thats great and all, but it really needs to have a quick sentence or two on what the game is generally about. Especially with all these quirky Wii and DS games everywhere.
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
- Can't really think of anything major. The only thing I would say is that whenever something on the site is delayed, I don't think its necessary to put up big apologies or excuses, at least not on the front page. We'll get the RFN when we get it, and we'll also get the Metroid review when we get it.
5. Why do you visit NWR?
- For the latest news and the Smash Bros Forum ( great idea making it its own forum btw )
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
- Yes to all, but not my only source.
7. Do you like the front page design?
- Like I started to say above, there are definitely problems with the design of the front page. To me, the most immediate problem is that, as of now, the name of the website is "WINNER WINNER WINNER YOU HAVE WON A FREE* LAPTOP!!!" and not "Nintendo World Report". I don't care if you have to opt to the smaller ads or just get rid of the top ad completely, but NINTENDO WORLD REPORT should be the most powerful part of the main page, especially with the clean white style of the rest of the site. Also, the subtitle "Worldwide Nintendo Coverage 24-7-365" should make a triumphant return to the title. It says what NWR is right away. I can't understand why that would be taken away to be honest, especially when it flows so nicely with the new name. Everything else about the site has been covered many times so I wont talk any more about it.
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
- I love NWR. I wouldnt have typed this much about it if I didn't. It's one of the greatest Nintendo community sites out there, but has the potential to be so much better. Sorry for this monster post, and thanks for reading
Post by: Kairon on November 17, 2007, 08:29:32 AM
Post by: Crimm on November 17, 2007, 06:20:47 PM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 18, 2007, 09:05:56 AM
I say bring back the staff commentary, its what takes your regular ordinary news story that I could read anywhere and gives it something that I'm not gonna find anywhere else, distinct personality. Just another reason to actually come here for the news as opposed to anywhere else that might report the exact same stuff.
Post by: Mashiro on November 18, 2007, 02:47:48 PM
The boring a** copy and paste press releases =/
Post by: mantidor on November 19, 2007, 02:26:39 PM
1. What do you like about NWR?
The community.
2. What do you dislike about NWR?
Its always kind of late for news (maybe is just an impression, I don't know)
3. What would you like to see more of on NWR?
I liked the podcasts but I stopped to listen them. The were kind of long, I saw one podcast the other day that was short but it didn't picked my interest for some reason, so I guess I would like more of this short ones to give them a chance.
4. Do you think there's anything we do too much of? If yes, what?
No that I can think of right now
5. Why do you visit NWR?
The community
6. Is NWR your first choice for Nintendo news? Reviews? Preview coverage?
not news, yes reviews and previews.
7. Do you like the front page design?
yes
8. Are there any more comments you have about Nintendo World Report in general?
with the ups and down you are still my favorite site, keep up the good work!
Post by: NWR_DrewMG on February 08, 2008, 03:41:04 AM
Of course, the podcast has changed now that Karl and Mike are gone, but I'm really digging the new staff.
