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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo To Confirm E3 Plans Tomorrow
« on: May 12, 2015, 08:15:48 PM »
Yeah, I'll be surprised if this is a new Punch-Out. Probably just Punch-Out for 3DS VC. 
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Super Safe Words 4: Mario's Gamble - Round 3 is armed!
« on: May 12, 2015, 07:40:11 PM »
Boom Boom
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Splatoon!! WELCOME - TO DYE!
« on: May 11, 2015, 11:26:40 PM »
I wonder if you could rig something up...
Type a message into a separate keyboard.
Keyboard translates message into C'mons and Boo-Yahs.
Sends codes through Wii U to other side.
Keyboard on other side "hears" the messages.
Translates them to text that appears on the screen of the second keyboard.
I'm off to Kickstarter!
Type a message into a separate keyboard.
Keyboard translates message into C'mons and Boo-Yahs.
Sends codes through Wii U to other side.
Keyboard on other side "hears" the messages.
Translates them to text that appears on the screen of the second keyboard.
I'm off to Kickstarter!
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Super Safe Words 4: Mario's Gamble - Round 3 is armed!
« on: May 11, 2015, 10:08:09 PM »
Alternate Suggestion: Every word but one is the bomb word. 
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Super Safe Words 4: Mario's Gamble - Round 3 is armed!
« on: May 11, 2015, 05:18:31 PM »
Funny. I've been waiting for my turn so I could pick Bob-omb as well.
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: #justiceforPokepal148
« on: May 11, 2015, 11:17:52 AM »Ban Unclebob for reasons.Ban everyone *but* Lucario.
Okay, so those are my two options. I have to give this some thought.
Those two options are not mutually exclusive.
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: #justiceforPokepal148
« on: May 11, 2015, 09:58:58 AM »
I have an alternate suggestion.
Ban everyone *but* Lucario.
Ban everyone *but* Lucario.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Teaming Up With Universal Studios for Nintendo-Themed Attractions
« on: May 08, 2015, 11:57:39 AM »
I imagine a carnival-type game where the prizes are amiibo, but it's impossible to win.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Teaming Up With Universal Studios for Nintendo-Themed Attractions
« on: May 08, 2015, 11:15:32 AM »
Universal Studios.
Heh.
Nintendo is getting in bed with their former greatest enemy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_City_Studios,_Inc._v._Nintendo_Co.,_Ltd.
Heh.
Nintendo is getting in bed with their former greatest enemy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_City_Studios,_Inc._v._Nintendo_Co.,_Ltd.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread
« on: May 08, 2015, 12:40:23 AM »
Someone should put together a chart (as best you can) with console sales by year (from launch - I.e.: Wii launched in Nov 2006, so "year one" sales for Wii would be Nov'06-Nov'07, while Wii U launched Nov '13, so it'd get Nov '13-'14 in that same "year one" slot) for last gen and this gen systems.
I tried poking around and doing some quick research. It's not easy to find this info.
I tried poking around and doing some quick research. It's not easy to find this info.
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Nintendo Gaming / "I Am Error"
« on: May 07, 2015, 07:14:16 PM »
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/essential-reading-i-am-error-brings-new-insight-to-the-history-of-the-nes
Sounds like a great read - just ordered me a copy
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/i-am-error
Use coupon code MITP50 when checking out for 50% off.
Sounds like a great read - just ordered me a copy
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/i-am-error
Use coupon code MITP50 when checking out for 50% off.
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Movies & TV / Re: IT'S MAHVEL BAYBEE!! [OT] for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Movies & TV)
« on: May 06, 2015, 09:07:18 PM »
For some reason, I skimmed that as "Morgan Freeman", then read the Spider-Man suggestion.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo of America Issues Statement on Amiibo Supply Issues
« on: May 05, 2015, 07:03:53 PM »
I may have some exact details wrong (which is why I'm always open to corrections) - but, yeah. I figure that I'm pretty spot-on with the general details.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo of America Issues Statement on Amiibo Supply Issues
« on: May 05, 2015, 06:52:02 PM »
If I have misspoken something, please do feel free to offer a correction. I won't be offended.
I may argue the point with you, but I won't be offended.
I may argue the point with you, but I won't be offended.
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Off-Topic Wise-Ass Comments About Other NWR Forum Threads And Also Other Stuff
« on: May 05, 2015, 06:16:42 PM »
I can neither confirm nor deny. The only response I have to that claim is that amiibo come 24 to a carton.
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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Off-Topic Wise-Ass Comments About Other NWR Forum Threads And Also Other Stuff
« on: May 05, 2015, 04:37:21 PM »*sigh*
It's always disappointing when I make a post I think is pretty humorous only to find it deleted later when I check back in on the thread.
Talkback, dude. There's a limt to what's allowed - meme gifs are a little much, man.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo of America Issues Statement on Amiibo Supply Issues
« on: May 05, 2015, 04:31:23 PM »
Re: IS - "Subsidiary" doesn't equate to "Wholly owned subsidiary."
Re: Toad - again, this stuff is planned out months/years in advance. They cannot just say "hey, next month, let's make more Toad instead of Splatoon."
Re: Wario - Wait, wait, wait. Wario isn't out in the states yet - so don't source US websites. He's pretty plentiful overseas (he's Wave 4's Bowser).
Re: Reissues - haven't had any shipped to the US yet (released to the public, that is).
Re: Toad - again, this stuff is planned out months/years in advance. They cannot just say "hey, next month, let's make more Toad instead of Splatoon."
Re: Wario - Wait, wait, wait. Wario isn't out in the states yet - so don't source US websites. He's pretty plentiful overseas (he's Wave 4's Bowser).
Re: Reissues - haven't had any shipped to the US yet (released to the public, that is).
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo of America Issues Statement on Amiibo Supply Issues
« on: May 05, 2015, 01:09:47 PM »However, Intelligent Systems is 100% owned by Nintendo so Fire Emblem Characters (Ike Marth, Robin, Lucina) are not a problem. Little Mac Wii Fit Trainer, Villager, Wario, Toad, Rosalina, Pit are fully owned by Nintendo.
Is IS wholly owned by Nintendo? I can't find a source on that.
As per your list, Toad is still new, Wario is in ample supply where he's been released, Villager and Little Mac have had reissues. Can't comment on WFT, Rosalina (might be waiting on a MP10 Release for her) or Pit - except to say, it's not as easy as finding another factory and turning on a power button.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo of America Issues Statement on Amiibo Supply Issues
« on: May 05, 2015, 07:22:54 AM »You point out that Kirby is owned by HAL??? How many people do you know that are trying and failing to find a Kirby?
Marth, you just proved my point 6 MONTHS and I was in Walmart and Best Buy today and neither had Marth (they both had Kirby)
Quickly, since I'm on mobile, to address this - I used Kirby as an example because I have specific first-hand knowledge on him regarding licensing and such. He's a second-tier Nintendo mascot, but Nintendo doesn't outright own the rights to him.
I don't know about other charcters. Does Nintendo own all the rights to Marth, or could he somehow be tied up with IS? I dunno.
Then, you even have things like Pokemon characters. There's an existing complay (Tomy) that has all the rights to make Pokemon toys. Did Nintendo have to cut a deal with them to make Pokemon toys under their own brand? If so, I suspect that deal included quantities and if they want to go back and make more Greninja, they will probably have to go back and renegotiate that deal. And to make things more fun, we already know that Nintendo doesn't own all the Pokemon rights (Owned by The Pokemon Company - which is how we end up with pokemon iOS apps).
So, again, it's just not as easy as finding another factory.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo of America Issues Statement on Amiibo Supply Issues
« on: May 04, 2015, 10:59:20 PM »In this day and age it's not that stinking hard. All you have to do is find a second manufacturing facility and a third manufacturing facility and have all 3 of them producing at full capacity. Suddenly you're pumping out three times as many and maybe I can actually find the fire emblem characters in a store so that I can use them on Codename: Steam.
It's nowhere near that easy.
Then you're going to have to enlighten me because I don't see how it isn't that easy. Yes there are many parts and yes it's taking people time, but that's why you get more manufacturing companies to help so that you at least come close to meeting demand. In the mean time the stretch out time between waves so that you can make more copies of each one.
First, you probably shouldn't say snippy things like "please enlighten me", then two posts later tell people not to talk down to you.
Second - where to begin?
It's not as easy to just "find a manufacturing facility" (or two). You have to find one that's set up to actually manufacture something in the same line of what you're making. Then, you have to book it in advance. Like, many months (sometimes, over a year) in advance. Depending on what you need, special equipment (or special modifications to existing equipment) may be required. And we're dealing with RFID toys - something fairly new in the world of toys. All kinds of government compliance checks are required. These deals and details are all planned out far in advance. In the cases of some characters (namely, third party characters - but even secondary characters - for example, did you know that Nintendo doesn't own the rights to license Kirby?), the contracts were probably signed long enough ago that clearly specified how many figures could be manufactured and when they could be sold. Then, even after they're manufactured, it's generally six-to-twelve weeks from factory to warehouse for Chinese goods shipped via cargo ship to US.
Nintendo could throw all this money at putting all of this together and by time the first restocks are on the shelves, folks could have moved on to something new/different/exciting. Marth first went on sold in November (and sold out almost immediately). It's half a year later and we still don't have the restocks on US shelves yet (and that's without trying to rig up additional factories).
On top of this, Nintendo is tied to retailer orders. Nintendo signed agreements (possibly a year or longer) with retailers to say "In May, we will ship you X amount of Y figure." - now, for something like the port strike, I'm sure there's language in the contract that gives them some leeway. But I doubt there's much wiggle-room for "Yeah, we'd rather make more Little Macs this month than the new ones we promised you."
Nintendo grossly underestimated demand of these figures to begin with - and that is their initial downfall. They need to do everything reasonable in their power to get things fixed as soon as possible. I don't know what that is, but I do know it's a whole lot more than just finding another factory or two.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL E3 2015 Predictions Thread: Reel in those expectations!
« on: May 04, 2015, 06:08:24 PM »
I liked Other M.
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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo of America Issues Statement on Amiibo Supply Issues
« on: May 04, 2015, 04:33:51 PM »In this day and age it's not that stinking hard. All you have to do is find a second manufacturing facility and a third manufacturing facility and have all 3 of them producing at full capacity. Suddenly you're pumping out three times as many and maybe I can actually find the fire emblem characters in a store so that I can use them on Codename: Steam.
It's nowhere near that easy.
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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL E3 2015 Predictions Thread: Reel in those expectations!
« on: May 04, 2015, 01:52:25 AM »
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NWR Feedback / Re: Post of the Month Contest - win $10 eShop Credit
« on: May 03, 2015, 08:59:21 PM »
Well, the rules does say it has to be a quality post. I think that automatically disqualifies any Khush posts. :p
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TalkBack / Re: Yooka-Laylee Details Announced By Playtonic Games
« on: May 03, 2015, 02:09:13 PM »
To be fair, I qualified the "rip-off" statement with the statement that Microsoft owns the original IP.
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