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Nintendo Fails Dismally With Scabbiest Press Launch Event in History

By Kat Hannaford Published February 24, 2011, 11:32 am ET

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Sometimes, just sometimes, tech and gaming journalists are made to feel like rockstars by companies desperate to get in their pocket. This was not one of those events. As Electricpig puns, Nintendo’s Kirby’s Epic Yarn launch was more like Kirby’s Epic Yawn. [Electricpig]

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