Club Nintendo

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:31 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:
atari2600a wrote: On an off-topic note, I've been thinking about learning Japanese, just for the ability to buy import games!
Haha, good luck with that! Japanese games aren't written in romanji; it's all kanji, and there are literally THOUSANDS of them. You'd have to be super dedicated, learn, practice, and often. It really isn't a practical goal. Learning to speak the language is one thing, but reading it? No.

CTFan

Some games are Romanji... (I know some &/or all Metroid games are (I think))

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:02 pm

atari2600a wrote:
CronoTriggerfan wrote:
atari2600a wrote: On an off-topic note, I've been thinking about learning Japanese, just for the ability to buy import games!
Haha, good luck with that! Japanese games aren't written in romanji; it's all kanji, and there are literally THOUSANDS of them. You'd have to be super dedicated, learn, practice, and often. It really isn't a practical goal. Learning to speak the language is one thing, but reading it? No.

CTFan
Some games are Romanji... (I know some &/or all Metroid games are (I think))

Really? I may have to check that out! I know almost ALL RPGs are in kanji, so that was what I was going on.

CTFan

Darth Fett · Post by **Darth Fett** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:28 pm

Almost all RPGs!?[DarthVader]NNOOOOO!!!![/DarthVader].Ah well, I guess I'll just have to be super dedicated.

Mode7 · Post by **Mode7** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:15 pm

I believe the reason Japan gets all the goodies (Club Nintendo) is simply because it's Nintendo's home turf. You HAVE to give your homeland first priority, business-wise, so-to-speak. The reason Europe gets second-best prizes for its game-buying program is because historically, Europe gets boned as far as release dates/availability goes. So to make it up, Nintendo is giving them some good "freebies". So why not N.A.? Well, hell. We aren't the home country, and we aren't shafted for nearly every game release. *shrug*

I just wish we got those cool, COOL game soundtracks. No, not the truncated, Americanized ones either. I'm talking EVERY SINGLE SONG from the game, Nintendo Power.

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:59 pm

Mode7 wrote:I believe the reason Japan gets all the goodies (Club Nintendo) is simply because it's Nintendo's home turf. You HAVE to give your homeland first priority, business-wise, so-to-speak.

By that logic, Microsoft owes us.

elementxmaster · Post by **elementxmaster** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:30 am

typamc95 · Post by **typamc95** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:44 am

totokan wrote:By that logic, Microsoft owes us.

YA!!!
I want a free copy of vista!!
Edit: Sig'd

benol · Post by **benol** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:04 am

If I could get antyhing from Club Nintendo, it would be the tv remote that looks like a wii-mote

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:05 pm

Here in Belgium we used to have Club Nintendo. I even have some old copies from the golden era left. You guys shouldn't complain, cause you've still got Nintendo Power. We have no official Magazine available and THAT sucks!

Check out Nintendo's official store online and you'll notice that the products are only available for Canada and the US. Now tell me, how unfair is that?

benol · Post by **benol** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:21 pm

sammy wrote:Check out Nintendo's official store online and you'll notice that the products are only available for Canada and the US. Now tell me, how unfair is that?

yeah, it isn't fair that Canada gets it too!

Just kidding

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:22 pm

sammy wrote: Check out Nintendo's official store online and you'll notice that the products are only available for Canada and the US. Now tell me, how unfair is that?

That's NOA, so it makes sense. Nintendo Japan has a different site. nintendo-europe.com is NOE's site.

typamc95 · Post by **typamc95** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:26 pm

What I want is that awsome ds Club mario game and watch game.

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:05 pm

sammy wrote:You guys shouldn't complain, cause you've still got Nintendo Power. We have no official Magazine available and THAT sucks!

Yes, but Nintendo Power's givaways suck! Once in a while there's a DVD with some previews on it, sometimes there's a poster or a calender. There was ONCE an NES game (I forget which game it was, but it was a good game), but that's the best we've ever gotten!

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:15 pm

Japan hates us 'cause we nuked 'em and 'cause we're taller, dang nabbit!

Gump-in-space · Post by **Gump-in-space** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:35 pm

Last year in Japan more Gamecubes sold than X360s.