Oh wow I just looked into that. That’s something.
Any reason behind that?
My guess is that Amazon is requesting a bigger share of every sale compared to other retailers.
Looks like Wii U will be getting some sort of chat room type function within it besides just having the forum messaging of Miiverse
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=491860
people in the thread are thinking it’s the video chat that was shown earlier…not completely clear.
Edit:
GT also has an exclusive NSMBU trailer up on their site
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=491839
Edit 2:
I’m quite surprised that gaf thread doesn’t have more of the childish hate I"m sure Kamiya and PG have been getting over Bayo 2…but this is a pretty good example of Kamiya clearly not giving a fuck
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42182524&postcount=1146
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42188393&postcount=1173
Here’s what I’ve read from GoNintendo. Even there it was regarded as rumor though:
"The Amazon vs. Nintendo squabble about selling 3DS consoles has been dragging on for about a year. Supposedly, it all started off last year when the 3DS launch was less than stellar. Amazon had a lot of unsold 3DS consoles sitting around their warehouses, and they decided to start demanding a bigger wholesaler discount - equal to what Wal-Mart receives. (The Amazon vs. Wal-Mart soap opera is for another thread.)
Anyway, this request was flatly denied. Amazon requested permission to sell the consoles at a discount. Denied again. To strengthen their case, and try to bully their way into the bigger discount, Amazon complained that they have to replace a lot of the systems because of the screen scratching problem, and starting making a big production about sending each and every one back to Nintendo, wanting a full & immediate credit, which started to overwhelm Nintendo’s intake for seconds merchandise, which started to make Nintendo really mad, because Amazon was sending over units that had such slight, almost nonexistent problems, that they were not used to being bothered with such trivial things. (Supposedly.) Previously, and for other consoles, Amazon just sold returned (working) consoles at a discount on their “Warehouse Deals” page, which Nintendo doesn’t like, but Amazon claimed that they were losing ALL their profit margin on 3DSes with shipping faulty systems back to NOA, as well as dealing with unhappy customers that were leaving and/or not spending as much as previously."
I could get a pre-order on an 8gb model right now, but I don’t know if I should. I know everywhere else isn’t taking pre-orders…
EDIT: Never mind; 8gb pre-ordered with 1-day shipping for the same price as picking it up in-store.
GS has 8gb online-only, Walmart has the $400 8gb bundle which isn’t too bad considering it comes with a game of choice.
bit late to post, but I’m pretty stoked for the Wii U. I have a premium console reserved (took an early lunch the day all the details were announced to go get it), the guy offered me a second reserve and I thought about it but wasn’t sure if I could handle buying 2 consoles at that time of the year lol, even if I was going to try and resell one. I also picked up a Kirby’s Dream Collection. I need to dig in but TTT2 and GW2 are taking up my time lol
Does anyone know if TTT2WiiU is compatible with a Wii arcade stick?
Also I am very jelly of you people with your preorders. Please take videos of you playing with your WiiUs in November for FurryCurry. Remember FurryCurry.
I’m curious about this as well since I can get more use out of my tatsunoko stick…but I kind of want a bigger SE style stick that I use for my 360. SRK had a front page post that said that arcade sticks were being made for the Wii U. I’d have to dig to find it.
Edit:
Yeah I’d shell out money for that type of stick.
It should, the Wii U is supposed to work with all the Wii controllers, accessories and such.
I made a video about pre-orders and shit like that.
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Best Buy has the 8gb model for pre-order on their site.
I’m worried about the holiday season especially with Nintendo having trouble with protests in china at 1 of their Wii U factories.
Well, since the Tatsunoko vs Capcom stick works by acting as a classic controller, and classic controllers are compatible with the Wii U, I’d say that the answer to that question is yes.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 12 coming to Wii U
Haven’t played an ROTK game in ages, and it has been 6 years since the last ROTK game was released. Coming out five days after launch in Japan, no clue if it’s coming to US. Going to be interesting!
Edit: And Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper having a 1 v 1 duel mode…expecting brokenness but that’d be fun to run a tournament for.
Monolith Soft tells fans to watch TGS
ahhhh shit…I don’t want to get hype lol. It could very well be the 3ds game they’re working on instead.
I heard Kamiya wants to work on Star Fox.
Make this happen Nintendo, hand Star Fox to PG and let them work their magic. Consider it as making up to all the people (including me) who I bought Star Fox Adventures and all we got was subpar third person combat and a decade worth of furry themed hentai. The latter might count as a positive to some people, but not me. Fucking furries man.
I’m pretty sure the only reason PG and Kamiya aren’t working on a Star Fox game right now is probably because Retro may already be working on it. In a perfect world…both Retro and PG would be collabing it.
Retro kinda dropped the ball on Donkey Kong. I’d prefer Platinum.
