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Customer Service At Its Best

neogeocdz — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:43:43 +0800

A company with a human heart.
Anyone in LYN have good customer experience when buying gaming stuffs?
Care to share?

http://gonintendo.com/?p=71149

Quotation:

"On September 19th, while my parents and I were at work, our house caught fire. By the end of the day, we had lost everything we owned, save what ever we had in our vehicles. The most important thing was that no one in my family was hurt except for a couple of pets (I lost my pet scorpion and my parents lost their cat)."

".........About two weeks later, I received a call from Nintendo’s Customer Service Department. They had received my packet and wanted to find out how my family and I were getting along. I told them about what had happened and how we were doing. Then, they offered me to replace my Wii and my Gameboy Advance SP for free. They even threw in all the cords for the Wii and the charger and such for the SP! I was blown away that the company would want to know how my family was doing let alone want to help out. I sent off my old, melted Wii and SP and received my new ones....."

Not a Zelda Game

neogeocdz — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:08:38 +0800

Remember the ZELDA-like countdown clock put up by a Japanese studio Marvelous Developer?
Well the count down is over,
and

IT IS NOT A ZELDA GAME

but a PSP game, look 8 bit Zelda-wannabe.

I don't know what u feel,
but i am pretty angry here.

http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/game/30/

Console Software Sales 2008

neogeocdz — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:50:53 +0800

Game Plat. Publisher Worldwide
1 Mario Kart Wii Wii Nintendo 13.64m
2 Wii Fit Wii Nintendo 13.05m
3 Wii Play Wii Nintendo 11.00m
4 Super Smash Brothers Brawl Wii Nintendo 8.31m
5 Grand Theft Auto IV X360 Take Two 6.64m
6 New Super Mario Brothers DS Nintendo 5.53m
7 Brain Training DS Nintendo 5.45m
8 Grand Theft Auto IV PS3 Take Two 5.25m
9 Mario Kart DS DS Nintendo 4.76m
10 Nintendogs DS Nintendo 4.52m
11 More Brain Training DS Nintendo 4.48m
12 Gears of War 2 X360 Microsoft 4.14m
13 Call of Duty: World at War X360 Activision 4.13m
14 Pokemon Diamond + Pearl DS Nintendo 3.97m
15 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Wii Sega 3.97m
16 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games DS Sega 3.85m
17 Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Konami 3.75m
18 Super Mario Galaxy Wii Nintendo 3.34m
19 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare X360 Activision 2.88m
20 Monster Hunter Freedom PSP Capcom 2.70m
21 Lego Indiana Jones X360 LucasArts 2.62m
22 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue PS3 SCE 2.50m
23 Guitar Hero: World Tour Wii Activision 2.39m
24 Call of Duty: World at War PS3 Activision 2.39m
25 Fable 2 X360 Microsoft 2.25m

SONY and Microsoft have both announced retrenchment, we haven't hear anything from Nintendo yet.
As much as we love to discuss hardware sales,
it seems like software is where companies make money.

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2856

(Pls note that i have doubt on the website sales tracking method.... but well.....)

Anyone surprised by the list? Why?

[addedon]January 23, 2009, 2:59 pm[/addedon]I myself is surprised, and slightly worry about the state of the industry.
You can see that Nintendo totally owned the chart,
and rest assure this is totally bad to consumer.

Anyone remember how Nintendo mistreat 3rd party developer in the 80s/90s? Nothing good could come out of a monopolist.

Your Easiest Final Boss?

neogeocdz — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:40:52 +0800

Someone asked you about the most difficult boss in the other thread,
i wonder,
What is the Easiest Boss for you?

For me, it is Gears of War 2 (360) final boss - transformed / infected Brumak,
i just keep shotting lasers and that beast exploded in no time.
Then the game end.... i was like, huh? Done?

And i am not on the easiest setting....

Say Something Nice bout Console U Dun Owned

neogeocdz — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:18:44 +0800

Seen this on another Forum, thought it would be nice.

Say Something Nice About Current Gen Console / Handheld that you Don't Owned

Start From Me:

PS3 -
Cool and sleek, can play Blu-Ray.
Have LittleBigPlanet, Valkyria Chronicles, and God of War III.
Have Suikoden (PSN) and Fat Princess (PSN)
Free Online.
Easier to get Original games in local game shop. (Compare to Wii & 360)
REALLY LARGE Hard Disk. (Compare to Wii especially)
Cell Processor is really cool.

CHANGE, Yes Wii Can!

neogeocdz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:04:27 +0800

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01...lorida-victory/
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2766

Besides beating SONY and MS in almost everywhere,
Nintendo now conquered the White House.

Yes Wii Can!!!

50 Happy Kids

neogeocdz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:18:34 +0800

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-vWztGZqUQ

Opening presents on Christmas morning is always a happy moment.
This video is a heart warming video showing the kids re-action when they received a Wii as present.
Look at the scream, the smile and laughter.

It reminds me of my own re-action when I got a SNES as a birthday present.
That was many years ago, and i went screaming and running around, kissing my daddy mommy like mad,
like Tanjung Rambutan patient.

These 50 kids will be the new Nintendo loyalists, just like us,
they will continue to grow up with the jumping plumber and green hero, just like us.
and 20 years later, they will talk about how Wii brought them to gaming,
just like how we say SNES/NES brought us into gaming hobby.

To all Wii owners, i hope this video send a smile to your face.
Wiish u a Mewii Christmas, and a Wiiry Hwiippy Niiw Ywiier.

New Zelda in 2009?

neogeocdz — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:30:25 +0800

Dear Citizen of Marioland,

Shigeru has previously confirmed that a Zelda game is under development,
but his highness did not give much details.

We have an analyst that "predicted" a new Zelda game in 2009,

http://kotaku.com/5115962/another-analyst-...-zelda-for-2009

I remember the name of the analyst (Michael Patcher),
he is the one that predicted Nintendo demise after Wii, but he is wrong on that.
I hope he is right on the Zelda prediction.

What do u guys think?
What kind of style u like your Zelda to be presented?

I personally think the next Zelda could be WindWaker / Phantom Hourglass style.
Dunno, just a guess.

The Year of the Simpler Gadget

neogeocdz — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:01:51 +0800

The New York Times have published an article titles "The Year of the Simpler Gadget" on 20 Dec 08.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/business...=1&ref=business

The article has tried to explain Wii sensation in the US.
Avid gamers will noticed that there is some error in the articles,
Nevertheless the article summarized the market sentiment really well.

The article argue that consumers have shunned complicated and expensive gadgets
for affordable and simpler one.
Look at how the market abandon PS3 for Wii this year,
and how expensive SUVs sales tanked, while cheaper fuel efficient cars sold in loads.
You will see a trend here.

What is your view?
Discussion encouraged.

P/S
To the Fanboys that wanted to call this article "Bullshit" and start flaming,
please note that "The New York Times" is "THE" newspaper, beacon of great journalism.
If they are talking "Bullshit", your game magazine is "truckload of Dinosaur shit".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times

Expensive Wii Games on PlayAsia

neogeocdz — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:35:24 +0800

Dear Citizen of Marioland,

Have been planning to buy Wii games from PayAsia for a while,
well.... i end up getting 360 games instead of Wii one,
because PlayAsia seems to sell Wii games at a premium.

The pricing is almost close to a PS3 games,
and i thought Wii games should be cheaper in general?

I absolutely don't understand the motives PA charge them at premium,
yes the Wii console is rare, but Wii disc is not difficult to manufacture, right?

Example:

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes
Price: US$ 69.90 (~248.09 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-en-70-31ew.html

Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX 3
Price: US$ 68.90 (~244.54 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-en-70-30n9.html

Bleach: Versus Crusade
Price: US$ 69.90 (~248.09 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-en-70-30nu.html

Animal Crossing: City Folk
Price: US$ 54.90 (~194.85 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-en-70-2zr6.html

de Blob
Price: US$ 59.90 (~212.60 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-...ob-70-2ovx.html