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weatherman
12/03/09

In reply to Friiboard Makes The Wii Balance Board Better For Skateboarding and Snowboarding Games
They're gunna need the extra cash from that high price to cover all the injury lawsuits.
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Segador
12/03/09

In reply to Super Mario Bros iPhone App Makes Your Life a Mario Level
I snagged it before it got yanked. Pretty funny, but also pretty basic. No options at all.
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tande04
12/03/09

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Took me awhile to get why "iRwego" was a clever name.

I get it now.
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sam
12/03/09

@tande04: Explain please?
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tande04
12/03/09

@sam: Don't say 'i'Rwego like you normally would. (I rwego)

Combine the 'i' and 'r' to get 'ir' (ear) then the wego (we go).

ir we go... "Here we go".
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sam
12/03/09

@tande04: Got it, thanks!
Unfortunately it seems like he took it down himself (through no pressure of Nintendo.)
[www.irwegoapp.com]
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tande04
12/03/09

In reply to Super Mario Bros iPhone App Makes Your Life a Mario Level
Aaahh. Almost got me there Giz.

I was rushing over there to download it when I realized...

This is totally pointless on a 1G Touch.
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SysRq
12/03/09

@tande04: Yay for my 2G Touch, then.

Hell, if I were you, I'd get it anyways. This is probably going to be pulled in a matter of hours anyways. Get it just in case.
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OPHICERMANGO
12/03/09

@tande04: Classic. You should've seen your face.
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tande04
12/03/09

@OPHICERMANGO: I would have replied with "lol" but laughing doesn't do the gaspy-groany-chuckle noise I made justice.
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OPHICERMANGO
12/03/09

@tande04: If only you could download it.... It probably would have made the appropriate noise for you! Ha.
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Charbax2
11/28/09

In reply to Nokia Gets Busted Showing Off N900 SNES Emulator
Nintendo should sell ROMs for Android and other platforms. I'd pay $0.10 per game, per day. They could be making billions from this if they just allow it. And it won't slow sales of DSi and Wii, on the contrary, more people will like Nintendo and buy their products.
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Margatron
11/28/09

In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
Hey whoa, waitaminute! What part of this pie chart is for N64 and PS2 players? That's what I play on a regular basis, along with NES, SNES, and my good ol' xbox orig.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/28/09

In reply to Nokia Gets Busted Showing Off N900 SNES Emulator
Poor desperate Nokia. Keep on truckin', partner!
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Intelext
11/28/09

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Who actually uses Nintendo products anymore? The last time i played on a wii, was like 3 months ago.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/28/09

@Intelext: The rock you live under must be HUGE man.
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whiteflea
11/30/09

@Intelext: Yeah...pretty sure they outsell Microsoft and Sony in both the console and handheld departments...by HUGE margins. Just because it doesn't appeal to you or to your peer group doesn't mean it isn't popular. I know that my Wii is turned on every single day by my wife for Wii Fit and has been doing extra duty with the New Super Mario Bros. this past week. Before that, I was spending a significant amount of my gaming time playing Super Mario World and Link to the Past on the virtual console on there. And I can't walk through a mall without seeing 20 kids playing DSis, whereas I think I've only seen maybe 10 PSPs since they first came out.
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Monty
11/28/09

In reply to Nokia Gets Busted Showing Off N900 SNES Emulator
So, is this actually a legal issue? Nokia was not saying (were they?) that their phone would play those two games, they were merely showing that it could play these games if Nintendo was willing to license them, right? Or is Nintendo upset that they were even running on a machine they did not license their software for? Interesting questions that attorneys for both companies are pondering, I am certain.

On the bright side, since Nokia has been sliding in the cell phone world (um, somewhat similar to a particular "N" company game console recently), perhaps Nokia is just wanting to become the rebel of the cell phone world. Perhaps the E.U. will come to their rescue.
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Flying Jukebox
11/28/09

@Monty: This "N" company, is it Nintendo? If so..you must be dreaming; the DS and Wii print money.
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Monty
11/28/09

@Flying Jukebox: Actually, the Wii sales have been sinking, which is why Nintendo had to lower the price. It is true that the DS continues to do well, however - though one might accurately question whether the "next generation" of hand held gaming machines will be our cell phones. Perhaps the MarioPhone is in our future?
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tande04
11/28/09

@Monty: Ironic that you say the "next generation of hand held gaming machines will be our cell phones" in a Nokia article.
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Flying Jukebox
11/28/09

@Monty: Every console has been sinking, the Wii is one of the best selling consoles ever. People like dedicated buttons when it comes to gaming; i still don't see gaming on cell phones taking off. The N-Gage failed, why wouldn't the next generation?
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tokugawa
11/28/09

@Monty: Wii sales have been sinking, but Nintendo still profits more from them than their competitors. So yes, it's a downwards trend, but it's nowhere as bad as Nokia's downwards trend.

In fact Nintendo is STILL printing money despite lower sales and income. That says something about how successful they have been in the first place.
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Monty
11/28/09

@tokugawa: Nokia is still making serious dollars as well, so you are, unfortunately, bringing more validity to the original statement I made which was more or less a joke anyway. Both companies are the sales leaders in their respective markets, and many folks have been concerned about both companies being a generation behind their competitors. That said, both continue to make bucks despite the concern.
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Monty
11/28/09

@Flying Jukebox: Well, the Wii is the best selling console this generation - without question, however it is not all sunshine and rainbows. First, the PS2 has sold over 130 million units, and the Wii has sold around 30 million or so, I believe. Admittedly, the PS2 has been around much longer, but chances are the Wii will never catch up. There is also the minor issue that overall sales per device for the Wii are much smaller than the PS2, or even the Xbox 360 or PS3. Ignoring those two items, the Wii is clearly the champion. Of course, Nokia is clearly the champion of the cell phone market, as well -- and it is easy to make a comparison between the two companies.
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tokugawa
11/28/09

@Monty: But compared to Nokia, Nintendo is financially very healthy. They don't have to downsize or bribe any governments by threatening to move elsewhere (like Nokia does).

I'm pretty sure the actual profits compared to the respective income are much more favourable for Nintendo than for Nokia.
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koldkalamity
11/27/09

In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
Where's your god now?
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
11/27/09

In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
As a female mostly x PC-gamer, I understand the results. I no longer really have the time or motivation to maintain the best gaming equipment or character stuff so I'm not a player to be taken seriously. I'm the creepy old chick with the dumb looking character that only gets invited to group events as more of a mascot than anything. I'm also about the only one that can manage to kill my own group members.

Does it hurt my feelings? No. I just don't have the time and motivation to be a serious player. I think most females (not all), feel this way too. It's hard arguing with a testosterone filled male why you don't care that your character is a fool.
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Adam Wilson
11/27/09

@Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: as a guy who plays games the same way, I play games in my free time, which I don't have much of.

Sure I enjoy games, and read reviews, get excited about cool new releases but tbh, I didn't buy any new consoles (student), got given a wii for free and Im surviving.

Mainly cos my flatmate has fallout 3 (which seems to be mentioned a lot here) on his PC, and Im mucking about with a character on there.
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
11/27/09

@Adam Wilson: Yeah, I know there are males in the same boat, but I just think the mentality is more common in women.
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rcast1986
11/27/09

@Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Holy crap, you're a girl?? It all makes so much more sense now.
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jmeltzer
11/27/09

In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
This is why guys should love the fact that girls like playing the Wii!
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koldkalamity
12/03/09

@jmeltzer: Is . . . is she ten? @_@
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Redwraithvienna
11/27/09

In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
Primarily it tells us that Nintendo tapped into a market in which 80 % of the potential customers were not buying the product other producers are selling.

- which is a big win revenue wise.
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Xndingo
11/27/09

In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
it means that girls don't have the skill to play hardcore real games on respectable consoles
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
11/27/09

@Xndingo: Or, it could mean they have something better to do.
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IMT00FIERCE
11/27/09

@Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Yeah I would go with that. Consider this: most video game players are 12-17 year old guys...
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gunluva is prepared to drop.
11/27/09

@IMT00FIERCE:

Last I checked it was 18-30. I am behind the times.
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Hello Mister Walrus
11/27/09

@Shamoononon: I've actually found playing many video games to be enriching experiences. Fallout 3, for instance, has depth that rivals the best of science fictions writings. Mass Effect is a masterpiece of storytelling and directing. When I was growing up outside of the US, I increased by English vocabulary dramatically by playing games like Planescape: Torment, Baldur's Gate and Betrayal at Krondor. People need to get used to the idea that for some time, video games have been a rich and deeply nuanced literary and artistic medium.
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IMT00FIERCE
11/27/09

@gunluva is prepared to drop.: oh huh really? I'm not sure, just taking an educated guess, considering those are the only people i ever see in Game Stop... How do you get a star?
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gunluva is prepared to drop.
11/27/09

@IMT00FIERCE:

By checking your numbers before making an attempt at insulting an entire populace of hobbyists.
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Shannon Cox
11/27/09

In reply to Girls Play With Wiis
Alright already, please stop lumping all "girls" into the Wii category. Some of us are not casual gamers. We kick behind on Halo and Fallout. I'm currently beating my significant other into the ground on Left 4 Dead achievements. So this "girl" ain't your Wii-toting sissy that you all seem so happy to rant about (or make plenty of jokes about...). I refuse to buy one because the quality of games just is not there. So again, do not lump us all together with the casual gamer market. Wiis are not attracting much of the core gamer market, and I will admit that women do not make up much of the core market. But hey, we're here to kick your behind just like the rest of them.

And I swear if one more jerk on XBL calls me a 10 year old boy and that I cannot possibly be the 23-year old female that I am, I will scream.

That's what she said.
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LVP
11/27/09

@Shannon Cox: "And I swear if one more jerk on XBL calls me a 10 year old boy" Haha! Nice to know I'm not the only one.
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