Author Topic: NOAus rules (Read 24422 times)

akdaman1 · « **on:** November 01, 2003, 12:42:00 PM »

We get Mario Kart first and 1080 avalanche first + we get a steering wheel when we pre order mario kart double dash.

Also we now get most games within a week be4 its released in Europe.

They are shaping up..lets just hope that they hand out free ganmecubes.

PIAC · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2003, 01:29:24 PM »

no. no they don't rule. not one iota. never have, and unless something changes drastically they never will. but this is a start i guess, they are far from ruleing though.

akdaman1 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2003, 06:50:32 PM »

No you are wrong..they obviousley arent as good as NOUsa but its a start. I mean c'mon who would have thought that Australia would get Nintendos biggest game this holiady season be4 America. Huh? Noone. We got animal crossing a year later , i know..but besides that we are getting most game close to the same time as NOUsa.

Mario · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2003, 06:55:37 PM »

Im still waiting for Mario Golf.

akdaman1 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 01, 2003, 07:24:07 PM »

Yeah they delayed Mario Golf cause these next few onths are wayy to full.

Mario · « **Reply #5 on:** November 01, 2003, 07:25:22 PM »

That must be why.

PIAC · « **Reply #6 on:** November 01, 2003, 08:02:18 PM »

i'm still waiting for chronotrigger, mario golf, cubivore, ikaruga, doshin the giant, advertising, etc etc

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #7 on:** November 01, 2003, 08:05:58 PM »

I'm waiting for Terranigma...Let's trade!

akdaman1 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 01, 2003, 09:20:54 PM »

Nah take this topic seriously...NOA have pulled up thier socks and we are now getting nintnedos 2 biggest games this holiday season be4 ameraica ( MK DD and 1080 )

Mario · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2003, 10:43:07 PM »

So NOA are doing a few things right here and there, i doubt anyone besides Nintendo fans will even notice, but i am VERY grateful that we are getting these games so soon though, but it doesnt make up for everything else they have screwed up, we still dont have Kirby on GBA for pie's sake.

Hey look another xbox ad -_-

PIAC · « **Reply #10 on:** November 01, 2003, 11:19:41 PM »

i am taking this thread seriously, and shall i continue? okay, im waiting for mario rpg, a decent shipment of paper mario, ogre battle, no earthbound,

they may be doing a couple of things right, to which im greatful, but the point is they miss out on alot of things, wether thats noaus' fault or someone elses i dont know, all i know is as an australian we get screwed alot.

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #11 on:** November 02, 2003, 01:41:22 AM »

I will only start saying Nintendo rocks when I see ads for all their fun games, like Mario, on during the DAY and in the morning, instead of at 1am at night when only losers waiting for free pornos on SBS are awake.
PLUS, I just saw an ad for the PS2 that makes Nintendo's Who are You campaign look tame. It was the 'Fun, Anyone?' ad, and they basically have a MASSIVE pile of people. It wasn't a game, just for PS2 in general. Isn't Nintendo meant to be fun? The ad was on suring Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom tonight.
Nintendo had better FORCE the tv broadcasters to air their commercials, or that 10 million dollars was for nothing. The Who are You ad IS really cool, and they SHOULD air it here.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #12 on:** November 02, 2003, 03:12:43 AM »

I can't believe you guys haven't mentioned the total non-existence of square games fro the SNES, some of the best ever. I think that's what happened.

Bah.

PIAC · « **Reply #13 on:** November 02, 2003, 07:55:12 AM »

*points to chronotrigger* that and every final fantasy pre FFVII, i'm not sure if VI came out here, we got secret of mana and evermore, other than that *points violently at square*

i don't think that 10 million was given to nintendo australia at all, that or they spent it all on pie

, two weeks untill Mario Kart and i bet we don't see a single advert for it. ohwell :\

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #14 on:** November 02, 2003, 09:26:04 AM »

If it ain't the Logitech Speedforce Racing Wheel, I wouldn't care about it.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #15 on:** November 02, 2003, 09:40:05 AM »

PIAC, in many ways, Nintendo of Canada isn't that much different than NAL. We never did get Tactics Ogre Advance, Cubivore, Skies of Arcadia, or lots of other games that the Americans got. We never did get enough copies of Skies of Arcadia to go around if Canada DID get copies of it at some point (which I doubt), and there are plenty of games that are released here in pathetically short supply. Nintendo of Canada almost never does the sort of things that NOA does, such as holding big events like Cube Clubs. And we have to wait for up to a WEEK after the games come out in the US before we get our games. And if we ask when the stores will be getting the games? The answer is always the same. "We don't actually order games, we just get sent them, and we don't know what we might get."

I live with it without much griping though, other than having to wait that extra week. And the seriously hard time I had in finding Skies of Arcadia.

akdaman1 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 02, 2003, 09:51:17 AM »

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Originally posted by: Termin8Anakin
I will only start saying Nintendo rocks when I see ads for all their fun games, like Mario, on during the DAY and in the morning, instead of at 1am at night when only losers waiting for free pornos on SBS are awake.

Hey whats wrong woth that!!! What are you all talking about anyway...about the lack of advertising...in the last month i have seen about 50-60 gamecubel commercials. They are on channel 10 all the time..."Time to update your gaming, Gamecube now only 199.95". In one day i have seen it 10 times. Although they dont show enough of thier games they are still getting the word out about the pricedrop.

We didnt get SoA...but neither did half the world..whats your point..and dont go bringing up games from 10 years ago because i am talking about how Nintendo Of Australia have pulled there socks up this year.

Plugabugz · « **Reply #17 on:** November 02, 2003, 10:21:41 AM »

I've seen two ads for Viewtiful Joe and that was released last week. Despite the small number, it's a very gcool ad showing funky footage lasting a minute each.

Nothing leading up to Mario Kart, that and F-Zero was released here on Friday. I would expect to see some ads of that soon.
I would love to play that game, but there's a postal strike and it's STUCK IN THE POST

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Cap · « **Reply #18 on:** November 02, 2003, 11:32:08 AM »

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Originally posted by: Grey Ninja
PIAC, in many ways, Nintendo of Canada isn't that much different than NAL. We never did get Tactics Ogre Advance, Cubivore, Skies of Arcadia, or lots of other games that the Americans got. We never did get enough copies of Skies of Arcadia to go around if Canada DID get copies of it at some point (which I doubt), and there are plenty of games that are released here in pathetically short supply. Nintendo of Canada almost never does the sort of things that NOA does, such as holding big events like Cube Clubs. And we have to wait for up to a WEEK after the games come out in the US before we get our games. And if we ask when the stores will be getting the games? The answer is always the same. "We don't actually order games, we just get sent them, and we don't know what we might get."

I live with it without much griping though, other than having to wait that extra week. And the seriously hard time I had in finding Skies of Arcadia.

where do you buy your games from? i buy pretty much all my games from wal-mart, but my only other option is zellers(which doesnt really compare to walmarts selection). for the most part, they have pretty much every game i'm looking for, skies of arcadia included(they had 4 copies i think). they actually recently expanded their gamecube section and i noticed they are even stocking modem and bb adaptors now. the games usually are a day or two late of the release date, but never a week. tactics orge and cubivore i couldnt find though, but i heard that tactics ogre had a very small print run so i'm not really sure who to blame for that. cubivore is probably the same(i wasnt really looking for that game). i know what you mean about not being able to order games or even ask about them though. the employees know about nothing but whats on the shelves, and most dont know anything about those.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #19 on:** November 02, 2003, 12:40:13 PM »

I just got back from a run uptown to look for a broadband adaptor actually, so this is a good place to rant about it I figure.

I am damn cold, so this will probably take a while to type with frozen fingers. Skies of Arcadia never came to Toys R Us, Zellers, Wal-Mart, Future Shop, or anywhere else that sells video games in Lethbridge. That's why I was so upset about that.

Anyways, I went to Wal-mart to pick up a broadband adaptor, as I saw that they had some stocked a couple of weeks back. I searched high and low, and found nary a trace of a little black box for my GCN. I was a little dissapointed, so I thought I would try Zellers or the much hated Real Canadian Wholesale. I phoned Zellers and asked if they had any broadband adaptors for GameCube. The response I got was "For GameCube?" I said yes. "What exactly is it supposed to do?" I was getting sort of ticked off when she asked that, so I said: "Well, as the name would imply, it's an adaptor for a console called a GameCube that allows you to channel broadband internet access through it." She was like, "Oh, no we only have that for Playstation 2."

Given the intense stupidity of the woman, I decided to check for myself. It turned out that by some twist of fate, she was right, so I tried the infernal Real Canadian store. They didn't have it either, but there was a guy buying a game and the girl asked "Would you like that for Playstation or Xbox?" I fumed my way out of the store, and went home. Now I'm cold and hungry and I am going to attack the leftover pizza soon.

CaseyRyback · « **Reply #20 on:** November 02, 2003, 12:54:46 PM »

order one from Nintendo's site, its 34.99 so you won't get overcharged like a lot of other sites are doing

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #21 on:** November 02, 2003, 02:59:18 PM »

*attack'd*

ignorence is crap faced

PIAC · « **Reply #22 on:** November 02, 2003, 04:17:03 PM »

i have skies of arcadia, one of like 300 copies released here, and don't tell me not to bring up old games, because that trend is still continuing, i have every right to be annoyed by it, and the australian market in general. to some extent yes nintendo australia has gotten better, i'm not saying they arn't getting better, but they are far from 'ruling'

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #23 on:** November 02, 2003, 04:22:17 PM »

Why not complain about previous generation games not arriving? They still haven't gottem then yet, have they? Didn't think so.

akdaman1 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 02, 2003, 04:54:22 PM »

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Originally posted by: PIAC
i have skies of arcadia, one of like 300 copies released here, and don't tell me not to bring up old games, because that trend is still continuing, i have every right to be annoyed by it, and the australian market in general. to some extent yes nintendo australia has gotten better, i'm not saying they arn't getting better, but they are far from 'ruling'

JEEEZUS CHRIST...happy ..they arent ruling...they are improving...JEEZ..I posted on how they are improving and how we are getting nintendos biggest games be4 the USA..Jeeez stop complaining about SOA . half the bloddy world didnt get it...even NOA got limited shipments of it...I am not comparing them to NOA but to NOE...we get animal crossing - they dont. We got most games be4 them..

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Author Topic: NOAus rules (Read 24422 times)