Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:50 pm 0

merman wrote:Mind you, bad news on the Mario Party 8 recall in the UK...

So much for the cover story when the real reason STARES you in the face... I guess those translation teams are gonna need a new code of conduct

flookster · Post by **flookster** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:55 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:The winner is the company that spent less and earnt more.
The second place winners are the fans of that company that can look forward too a decent life for their console.

haha!

Remember there is no 2nd place winners just 1st placed losers.

chub · Post by **chub** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:11 pm 0

Mayhem wrote:
merman wrote:Mind you, bad news on the Mario Party 8 recall in the UK...
So much for the cover story when the real reason STARES you in the face... I guess those translation teams are gonna need a new code of conduct

Yeah, but it rhymes. They'll have to find another word that ends with '-ic' that means the same thing.

'Magikoopa magic' sounds drug-related anyway.

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:48 pm 0

disciple wrote:
merman wrote:
disciple wrote:Arghh I fucking hate the Nintendo site, where is this privacy policy thing I have to click??
You may have to log out and then log back in again, that brought it up for me...
Yes that caught it, thanks muchly.

Did you have to do anything else? I've just done this and nothing there. I've searched for 'privacy policy' and I can get a news article about it, but there's still no agreement to 'sign'. I don't remember already doing it. Me confoosled

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:13 pm 0

The main one we won is that more companies are developing for the Wii now and it pissed all over the naysayers for both the Wii AND the DS

Happy days

Jimmy T. @ · Post by **Jimmy T. @** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:30 pm 0

Geenius wrote:
disciple wrote:
merman wrote:
disciple wrote:Arghh I fucking hate the Nintendo site, where is this privacy policy thing I have to click??
You may have to log out and then log back in again, that brought it up for me...
Yes that caught it, thanks muchly.
Did you have to do anything else? I've just done this and nothing there. I've searched for 'privacy policy' and I can get a news article about it, but there's still no agreement to 'sign'. I don't remember already doing it. Me confoosled

I've got a theory on this, and I hope I'm right. I've received absolutely nothing myself on having to do this from Nintendo, in any shape or form and have tracked through their website while logged in (yes, tried logging off and back on again) - VIP area, stars catalogue, my own details update page - absolutely nowt telling me to agree to any privacy policy. I even added my code for my copy of RE4 Wii last night, received the stars for it, and still no warning or suchlike.

What I did notice however, is that in my own details page, there is a box to 'opt out of usage of my data' and that box is currently unchecked. This would therefore lead me to believe that I must have already agreed to this privacy thing at some point in the past. I didn't actually sign up for an account on the website till I got my Wii at launch last December, and started registering all of my old cards, so it might not actually effect more recent accounts possibly?

Dunno though, still horribly confused by it all.

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:35 pm 0

I meant to add to my previous post that I signed up in December '05, so I'm definately not covered. It's only required by those that signed up before 8 December, 2006, so you are more than likely covered anyway.

I've now emailed them, so have written evidence that I contacted them before tomorrow's date regarding this. I'll wait and see what (if anything) they say.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:36 pm 0

Geenius wrote:
disciple wrote:
merman wrote:
disciple wrote:Arghh I fucking hate the Nintendo site, where is this privacy policy thing I have to click??
You may have to log out and then log back in again, that brought it up for me...
Yes that caught it, thanks muchly.
Did you have to do anything else? I've just done this and nothing there. I've searched for 'privacy policy' and I can get a news article about it, but there's still no agreement to 'sign'. I don't remember already doing it. Me confoosled

Well I went to http://www.nintendo-europe.com/ clicked the log out button, top right in the white bar. Then clicked the little arrow next to my cached password to log in and I was presented with a load of text and an accept & decline button.

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:39 pm 0

Thanks. I've tried that and don't get anything, so I can only assume that I accepted this in my sleep some time ago! I'll see if my stars disappear

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:49 pm 0

To stop receiving an email or newsletter, uncheck the relevant box below and click 'SAVE CHANGES'.

So, uncheck to stop receiving.

Then, for the privacy option...

Usage of your Data
I opt out of permitting Nintendo to share my personal data with its branches, European affiliates and distributors, as well as Nintendo of Japan and Nintendo of America.

And mine is unchecked at this time, but there's an element of contradictory stuff there, if anyone does anything but read it very carefully.

There's going to be problems with this, I can tell.

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:42 pm 0

Anyone else have issues connecting to the shop channel on the Wii? Nearly every time I try to connect, it takes an age to do nothing... 'Connecting. Please wait...', and the only thing I can do is unplug the machine. 5 minutes and counting!

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:55 pm 0

Fine here.

Jimaroid · Post by **Jimaroid** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:03 pm 0

Yeah, took three attempts to connect this morning and then it took for-fucking-ever to download Paper Mario (which is ace)

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:07 pm 0

Speaking of Paper Mario, I'm kin of tempted to give this a bash but the RPG element puts me off (ie I really detest turn-based fighting). In Paper Mario, is this element implemented in such a manner that I may actually enjoy it, or should I give it a miss?

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:23 pm 0

Paper Mario is highly enjoyable.

Its turn AND action based, at least, if the second one is a judge.
Its perfect mix of strategy and reactions, imho.

flookster wrote:
Darkflame wrote:The winner is the company that spent less and earnt more.
The second place winners are the fans of that company that can look forward too a decent life for their console.
haha!

Remember there is no 2nd place winners just 1st placed losers.

Indeed.
Those that spent huge sums on PS3's for ebaying