Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: MANTI5 on March 17, 2008, 09:22:22 PM
Title: This was suprising
Post by: MANTI5 on March 17, 2008, 09:22:22 PM
So I walk into a Walmart today and head over to electronics. I find Brawl nestled snuggly behind the protective glass door and ask for it to be placed in my possession. I pay for it and head home anticipating great things. Upon opening the SEALED case that was LOCKED BEHIND THE GLASS DOOR, I find
A blank CD and also no manual. Someone took the game disk and manual, replaced it with a blank CD, and resealed it. Thankfully they exchanged it for me, and I made them open it up before I left, but they were all pretty surprised.
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 17, 2008, 09:30:58 PM
WHAT DOES NINTENDO THINK WE ARE
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Post by: Dasmos on March 17, 2008, 09:31:30 PM
You stole the game, right? That's genius.
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on March 17, 2008, 09:36:20 PM
More fun than SSE? I think so.
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Post by: MANTI5 on March 17, 2008, 10:22:02 PM
No, if I were the stealing type I wouldn't tell them how I was stealing so it wouldn't work again.
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Post by: DAaaMan64 on March 17, 2008, 11:12:45 PM
smash boards likes this version better
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Post by: walkingdead2 on March 17, 2008, 11:37:34 PM
when the original game boy first came out i saved up my money and bought double dragon. when i took it home there was a wood block in it. i took it back to target and my mom had to complain for a while before they believed us. what sucked even more is they were all out of double dragon so i had to get the teenage mutant ninja turtle game. (i think thats what i got... either that or one of the final fantasy games that really weren't final fantasy)
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Post by: Mario on March 17, 2008, 11:56:19 PM
I hate when stuff like this happens because it's impossible to prove you didn't thieve them yourself. How did you avoid that?
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Post by: walkingdead2 on March 18, 2008, 12:22:52 AM
well i dont really remember. it was (man this is sad to say) almost 20 years ago. (dammit im getting old)
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Post by: RABicle on March 18, 2008, 01:15:40 AM
A nice friend of my mother's once posted me a game. World Cup 98 for Gameboy. It was because we were living in a third world country and had no tv at the time. I open it up and there is NO GAME inside. There is a manual, which was really thick and heavy enough to give the impression that the box also contained a cartridge.
But yeah, being in a foreign country, there was nothing I could do.
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Post by: Kairon on March 18, 2008, 02:19:49 AM
A nice friend of my mother's once posted me a game. World Cup 98 for Gameboy. It was because we were living in a third world country and had no tv at the time. I open it up and there is NO GAME inside. There is a manual, which was really thick and heavy enough to give the impression that the box also contained a cartridge.
But yeah, being in a foreign country, there was nothing I could do.
That... SUCKS.
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on March 18, 2008, 02:23:55 AM
A nice friend of my mother's once posted me a game. World Cup 98 for Gameboy. It was because we were living in a third world country and had no tv at the time. I open it up and there is NO GAME inside. There is a manual, which was really thick and heavy enough to give the impression that the box also contained a cartridge.
But yeah, being in a foreign country, there was nothing I could do.
That... SUCKS.
Speaking of getting blank DVD, I wonder if Kairon could tell the difference between a RW disk and one of the myriad of 3rd party games?
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 18, 2008, 02:55:27 AM
RW's have the Nintendo Seal of Quality.
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Post by: Kairon on March 18, 2008, 03:45:44 AM
RW?
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Post by: KDR_11k on March 18, 2008, 03:59:50 AM
Nintendo games (I think all games for their consoles, not just first-party ones) come in a special wrap that has "Nintendo" written on the little string you pull to open it. Don't buy a game if it has a different wrap or none at all.
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Post by: NWR_pap64 on March 18, 2008, 04:17:04 AM
Nintendo games (I think all games for their consoles, not just first-party ones) come in a special wrap that has "Nintendo" written on the little string you pull to open it. Don't buy a game if it has a different wrap or none at all.
Little...string...?
Title: Re: This was suprising
Post by: MANTI5 on March 18, 2008, 01:02:06 PM
I don't know of any little string on any games I've bought before, but after I opened "Brawl" I did notice the plastic was indeed different. It was thinner and had seams.
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Post by: King of Twitch on March 19, 2008, 04:13:41 AM
Weird. My parents got me Golf for NINTENDO Game Boy and gave it to me during a long cross-country drive but when I opened it up it was full of shredded paper.
This other time I bought an awesome new game and when I brought it home, I learned I had to ship the system to a certain company to repair it just to play the game >:(
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Post by: decoyman on March 19, 2008, 10:14:59 AM
This is the saddest thread ever. Just think about all these little kids getting games, and instead they get wood blocks (wha-??), shredded paper, thick manuals, and sometimes just nothing at all. I count my good graces that something like this has never happened to me.
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Post by: walkingdead2 on March 19, 2008, 11:23:08 AM
whats even more sad is just when you understand how poor i was growing up and how few games i was able to have. i was able to get the problem fixed and so were most of you. but for the guys who didnt... man im sorry.
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Post by: vudu on March 19, 2008, 02:58:53 PM
This other time I bought an awesome new game and when I brought it home, I learned I had to ship the system to a certain company to repair it just to play the game >:(
What the HELL game was this?
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Post by: Smash_Brother on March 19, 2008, 03:37:10 PM
What was on the disc?
It was porn, wasn't it?
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Post by: KDR_11k on March 19, 2008, 03:42:02 PM
Nintendo games (I think all games for their consoles, not just first-party ones) come in a special wrap that has "Nintendo" written on the little string you pull to open it. Don't buy a game if it has a different wrap or none at all.
Little...string...?
Well, a thin stripe of plastic that you can pull, it tears through the wrap, opening it for you. Ah, right, IIRC the games I imported didn't have those, made opening them a real PITA.
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Post by: King of Twitch on March 20, 2008, 01:57:22 AM
This other time I bought an awesome new game and when I brought it home, I learned I had to ship the system to a certain company to repair it just to play the game >:(
What the HELL game was this?
I'll give you three guesses
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Post by: Athrun Zala on March 20, 2008, 02:17:39 AM
This other time I bought an awesome new game and when I brought it home, I learned I had to ship the system to a certain company to repair it just to play the game >:(
What the HELL game was this?
I'll give you three guesses
SSBB
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Post by: EasyCure on March 20, 2008, 09:07:40 AM
My ex once bought me the NES themed GBA on ebay and when it arrived it was the original box and guess what was inside!!!
some cardboard and a rock. also a letter. the letter read something like "I'm sorry to have duped you the day I did, you may not forgive me for taking your money but please understand i HAD to do it. My 7 year old daughter desperately needs a new (organ) and we can't afford the surgeory. Ever since my wife left us and i lost my job, I've had nothing but bad luck. If i lose my daughter I'll lose everything I have."
she tried to get her money back but i felt bad for the guy and let him go with it. hell that was even the best damned rock i'd ever played with!
not really. she got her money back and tried again from another ebay user and didnt get swindled. I got my GBA in the end
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Post by: Chozo Ghost on March 20, 2008, 12:14:49 PM
That story about the daughter needing the organ transplant sounds sad, but it most likely was just a lie. I don't trust anything that people say online... and if he needed money for an organ transplant there are legal ways of soliciting assistance. It was just a scam.
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Post by: NWR_pap64 on March 20, 2008, 12:43:22 PM
My ex once bought me the NES themed GBA on ebay and when it arrived it was the original box and guess what was inside!!!
some cardboard and a rock. also a letter. the letter read something like "I'm sorry to have duped you the day I did, you may not forgive me for taking your money but please understand i HAD to do it. My 7 year old daughter desperately needs a new (organ) and we can't afford the surgeory. Ever since my wife left us and i lost my job, I've had nothing but bad luck. If i lose my daughter I'll lose everything I have."
she tried to get her money back but i felt bad for the guy and let him go with it. hell that was even the best damned rock i'd ever played with!
not really. she got her money back and tried again from another ebay user and didnt get swindled. I got my GBA in the end
Even if the story was real resorting to scamming people is just plain low. Like Chozo said, there are ways to help children deal with their diseases, and many of them are cost effective.
If something like that happened I would give the guy a good talking to.
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Post by: EasyCure on March 20, 2008, 12:43:41 PM
oh it was totally a scam. did i really come off as believing it? no way. even if it was real, there'd be no way anyone would be stupid enough to fall for it and not fight to get her money back. since she used paypal she was able to get credited immidiately
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Post by: Nemo on March 20, 2008, 02:55:33 PM
The design on that Maxwell disc is superior.
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Post by: Chozo Ghost on March 20, 2008, 03:21:12 PM
It would be kinda cool if you buy a new game and open it up and instead of the game you find an ancient scroll that tells you how to find Atlantis or something like that. :P
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Post by: walkingdead2 on March 20, 2008, 08:49:59 PM
It would be kinda cool if you buy a new game and open it up and instead of the game you find an ancient scroll that tells you how to find Atlantis or something like that. :P
yea why did i get a block of wood? my family was poor we should have gotten a gold bar... or maybe a recording contract with atlantic records. that would have been sweet. thats how it always happens in the movies.
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Post by: Chozo Ghost on March 21, 2008, 01:47:16 AM
Nintendo should have a contest with golden tickets in their games and whoever gets these tickets gets to go on a tour of their video game factory with Miyamoto as the guide. :P They probably got Oompa Loompas working there too.
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Post by: DAaaMan64 on March 21, 2008, 02:17:15 AM
Nintendo should have a contest with golden tickets in their games and whoever gets these tickets gets to go on a tour of their video game factory with Miyamoto as the guide. :P They probably got Oompa Loompas working there too.
Hey just because Japanese people are short doesn't mean they're yellow!
... oh wait.
oh man that was bad, sorry mods
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory is a good movie.
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Post by: IceCold on March 21, 2008, 04:09:34 AM
It was a book first, with Charlie instead of Willy Wonka in the title..
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 21, 2008, 04:29:22 AM
Yes, but the book didn't have Gene Wilder, making it worthless in comparison.
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Post by: EasyCure on March 21, 2008, 08:41:17 AM
Yes, but the book didn't have Gene Wilder, making it worthless in comparison.
exactly, and the remake was horrible and everyone involved in it should be burned alive, then the ashes should be pissed on and thrown into the sewers.
oh and the music was crap.
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Post by: Chozo Ghost on March 21, 2008, 11:58:50 AM
Yes, but the book didn't have Gene Wilder, making it worthless in comparison.
Don't you mean the book didn't have the Edward Scissorhands guy?
But yeah, the remake was absolute garbage...
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Post by: Spak-Spang on March 21, 2008, 01:06:32 PM
True...but the Oompa songs in the new movie were directly from the book this time...so you should blame the original writer then.
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Post by: animecyberrat on March 21, 2008, 01:14:16 PM
I have hated every movie with Johny Depp in it except 2 movies, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Pirates 2 Dead Man's Chest. Everything else he has done I have hated.
But I loved the original Willy Wonk movie, that was good stuff. Never heard of the book, now Imma have to track that down.
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Post by: Ceric on March 21, 2008, 01:34:02 PM
I have hated every movie with Johny Depp in it except 2 movies, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Pirates 2 Dead Man's Chest. Everything else he has done I have hated.
But I loved the original Willy Wonk movie, that was good stuff. Never heard of the book, now Imma have to track that down.
I like the original Pirates and none of the ones after it.
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Post by: animecyberrat on March 21, 2008, 01:38:37 PM
well, your entitled to your own opinion, no matter how wrong it is.
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on March 21, 2008, 01:43:40 PM
well, your entitled to your own opinion, no matter how wrong it is.
And you would know what that is like. :-P
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Post by: animecyberrat on March 21, 2008, 02:37:09 PM
Hey, I am an expert at being wrong ok.
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Post by: Maverick on March 21, 2008, 06:26:24 PM
Although I too hated the remake, I do enjoy the part with the killer Squirrels.
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Post by: Kairon on March 21, 2008, 06:51:19 PM
The remake was well done, but nothing will ever match the original Gene Wilder awesomeness.
Also, I'd enjoy a Pirates of the Caribbean movie if only they took out Kiera Knightley and Orlando Bloom. Nothing against them as actors, but their parts in the story just detract from Johnny Depp screen time.
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Post by: Maverick on March 21, 2008, 06:59:25 PM
I feel the same about their parts as I do about Luke Skywalker in the original SW trilogy. Luke is the reason all this is happening and the focus of the story, but all I really wanted to do was watch Han Solo kick ass and get down with Leia.
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Post by: Chozo Ghost on March 21, 2008, 08:48:17 PM
But I loved the original Willy Wonk movie, that was good stuff. Never heard of the book, now Imma have to track that down.
The author's name was Roald Dahl. He also wrote the book "James and the Giant Peach" which was also made into a movie a few years ago. I'm not sure what else he wrote, but he seems to be good with weird and imaginative stuff.
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Post by: blackfootsteps on March 22, 2008, 02:00:37 AM
But I loved the original Willy Wonk movie, that was good stuff. Never heard of the book, now Imma have to track that down.
The author's name was Roald Dahl. He also wrote the book "James and the Giant Peach" which was also made into a movie a few years ago. I'm not sure what else he wrote, but he seems to be good with weird and imaginative stuff.
There's also a direct sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
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Post by: DAaaMan64 on March 22, 2008, 02:06:24 AM
Yes I have yet to bother actually reading that one, but I own it.
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Post by: IceCold on March 22, 2008, 04:14:28 AM
He's written lots of great kids books - Matilda, Danny the Champion of the World, Boy: Tales of Childhood (and the sequel Going Solo), The Twits, The Witches and more.
He was one of my favourites as a kid, but nothing beats Enid Blyton.
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Post by: Kairon on March 22, 2008, 05:14:21 AM
Gamers of all stripes and colors take note:
Roald Dahl wrote a book called B.F.G.
Buy it. Read it. Love it.
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Post by: wandering on March 22, 2008, 06:33:35 AM
I didn't know Doom was based on a Road Dahl book.
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Post by: EasyCure on March 25, 2008, 06:30:27 PM
We started reading Charlie and the Glass Elevator but never finished it. I'd say we got 3 or 4 chapters in but it never captured my imagination the way the first book did. They lost me at Vermicious Knid
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Post by: Kairon on March 26, 2008, 04:47:09 AM
Yeah. Vermicious Knids were NOT what I expected them to be. For one thing... they were in space.
