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Remember when Nintendo gave out their most recent 4 mainline Zelda games for free?
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Remember the Ambassador Program for 3DS?
We got like 10 games for free (including GBA games!)
Edit : it was actually 20 games, 10 NES games and 10 GBA games
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We got like 10 games for free (including GBA games!)
Edit : it was actually 20 games, 10 NES games and 10 GBA games
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
The Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program, is a program that Nintendo launched for the Nintendo 3DS. This program was made by Nintendo in recognition of players who bought the 3DS for $249.99 before the price dropped to $169.99 on August 12, 2011. In order to become an ambassador, players had to log...
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Let's not forget Nintendo giving away 20 downloadable games (10 for NES, 10 for GBA) to early 3DS buyers as part of the "3DS Ambassador" program, as an "oops, our bad" for anyone who bought the 3DS before its first massive price drop. "Free" isn't quite right there, I suppose, since anyone affected basically got the 20 games for paying a freaking $80 premium. Some of those GBA games never got VC launches on the 3DS, so, it wound up being a pretty lucrative giveaway in terms of rarity, at least.
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lol ninja'ed
Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program
The Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program, is a program that Nintendo launched for the Nintendo 3DS. This program was made by Nintendo in recognition of players who bought the 3DS for $249.99 before the price dropped to $169.99 on August 12, 2011. In order to become an ambassador, players had to log...
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lol ninja'ed
Nintendo only does this kind of thing when they're doing bad.
anyone remembers when they gave away Wii U VC games with those MyNintendo gold coins? the same coins that now rot in your account unless you put them towards your next purchase?
also, remember the deluxe digital promo on the Wii U era and the free game they gave with the purchase of Mario Kart 8 back then?
as long as Nintendo is doing well, these deals cease to exist. we'll see them return when Nintendo gets another Wii U in their hands.
anyone remembers when they gave away Wii U VC games with those MyNintendo gold coins? the same coins that now rot in your account unless you put them towards your next purchase?
also, remember the deluxe digital promo on the Wii U era and the free game they gave with the purchase of Mario Kart 8 back then?
as long as Nintendo is doing well, these deals cease to exist. we'll see them return when Nintendo gets another Wii U in their hands.
they put more effort than on VC games. those roms had some text and buttons edited specifically to match the GC controller. on VC the roms are straight unedited emulated roms with the same "upgrades" this collection got (at least on Wii)
you could cross out Majora's Mask since it has spotty emulation but the other 3 games run with no problem and as good as the Wii VC releases. just OoT alone for free is a better value than what it cost to buy on VC.
While great for us, I'd guess more people buying a new system would be more interested in a new game rather than a pack of classics. Total anecdote, but my kids were excited for the new Mario Kart but couldn't give a shiiiiiiiiit for the NES or SNES games that came with Nintendo Online.
Yeah, "miserly" Nintendo makes great games, but their pricing practices really suck
You're expecting them to charge less for a remake of an older game that's been remade from the ground up? It's unrealistic.
LOL, "Low budget" remake.
N64 games were a lot fresher in 2003 than NES games are today
If people buy it for $60, they'll charge $60. Why wouldn't they?
Nintendo was really desperate to save the GameCube. Which is crazy in retrospect when you realize this is the time period when Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime & Wind Waker released. All classics in the modern era.
But Nintendo definitely released this as a pre-order for Wind Waker too. I had a GameCube at launch yet still had this collection before Wind Waker released. And considering I played the entirety of Mario Sunshine on a black & white 6 inch TV, I'm pretty confident I was given this collection for free lol
But Nintendo definitely released this as a pre-order for Wind Waker too. I had a GameCube at launch yet still had this collection before Wind Waker released. And considering I played the entirety of Mario Sunshine on a black & white 6 inch TV, I'm pretty confident I was given this collection for free lol
Generous Nintendo was them trying to get people to buy Wind Waker because they hated it before release.
They weren't being generous, they were being desperate. It won't happen on switch because they're doing very well as a company right now.
It happened much more recently on Wii U. With mario kart 8, they gave you a free download of another first party game of your choice for quite a while after launch.
It happened much more recently on Wii U. With mario kart 8, they gave you a free download of another first party game of your choice for quite a while after launch.
I mean yeah that's not really that crazy. Shadow of the Colossus launched at $40, and the Crash and Spyro trilogies were each sets of THREE full games, fully remade, for $40 per trilogy.
Genius way to trick people into buying Wind Waker. Desperate Nintendo is really just the worst sometimes.
But not really comparable. That was a full remake. Not ports like the Gamecube collection.
It's weird. On one hand, they were giving away old games on promo discs and jamming them into Animal Crossing en masse. But on the other, they were selling them for $20 a pop on the GBA. $20 for Ice Climber! In 2004!
A lot of experimentation with the value of retro games in that era. I think they've essentially "settled" on the relative value of an NES game nowadays... obviously with some variation, but they've been roughly $2-5 since the Wii launched.
A lot of experimentation with the value of retro games in that era. I think they've essentially "settled" on the relative value of an NES game nowadays... obviously with some variation, but they've been roughly $2-5 since the Wii launched.
Got mine from renewing my sub to Nintendo Power back in the day
OoT and Master Quest was the preorder bonus for Wind Waker. This was out months later :P
To be frank both Crash and Spyro where basically in the trash in terms of relevance so them pricing it was more of making sure to boost the sales and revitalize them and Spyro was a case where they had to price it the same as Crash because it would look weird that one trilogy was $40 and the other $60
the joke was on them, I'd already purchased the e-reader version of Ice Climber for a mere $5It's weird. On one hand, they were giving away old games on promo discs and jamming them into Animal Crossing en masse. But on the other, they were selling them for $20 a pop on the GBA. $20 for Ice Climber! In 2004!
and all I had to do to was scan ten barcodes every time I wanted to play it!
my dad had bought that disc from a pawnshop for $15 in 2005. I had always wanted to play MM, and that was my chance.
tried to buy MM for N64 but i didnt have a ram expansion so gamestop employee suggested i didnt buy the game.
tried to buy MM for N64 but i didnt have a ram expansion so gamestop employee suggested i didnt buy the game.
It's so crazy that the cube was $99 like 22 months after launch and had so many good games, and arguably better 3rd party than Wii U would have 12-18 months in but GTA/Halo we're having their moment so the Cube just couldn't turn it around.
Nintendo's marketing is to blame for sure, but they really made some great games (Wind Waker, Paper Mario) and had outright innovative new games (AC, Chibi, Pikmin, MP) and of course RE4.
I still kick myself for not giving the cube a chance 2001-2005
Nintendo's marketing is to blame for sure, but they really made some great games (Wind Waker, Paper Mario) and had outright innovative new games (AC, Chibi, Pikmin, MP) and of course RE4.
I still kick myself for not giving the cube a chance 2001-2005
Oh right, that's how I got it. Club Nintendo was amazing back in the day. I still have some really neat stuff that I redeemed through it
When I got my Saturn it came with Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop, Daytona USA, a demo disc, and Sega Rally. Kept me busy for a long time as a kid.
Crash Trilogy, Spyro Trilogy and Shadow of the Colossus were more polished experiences and were sold at 39,99 each, how is it unrealistic? Link's Awakening (2019) on the other hand is a 15 hours long game with barely anything new that manages to run like crap while having a fixed camera and graphics that wouldn't be at all demanding if well optimized, selling it at 59,99 is a mess and fans are to blame for enabling it.
that was AMAZING. I remember thinking I wouldn't get it until Wind Waker came out. The cashier handed it to me and I went home and beat OoT for like the tenth time. Was really missing it since I was a teenager and sold my N64 to get an Xbox and Halo.
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That was a great disc and was also my first time exploring the Zelda series after Wind Waker got me onboard. If I remember correctly they also chucked the disc-only into copies of Mario Kart Double Dash (at least here in the EU)
I also love that WW itself came with Ocarina of Time + Master Quest as a freebie. Definitely a fun way to treat their library, just a shame they found out that people would pay full price for the GBA versions of Mario games and so these added bonuses came to an end
I also love that WW itself came with Ocarina of Time + Master Quest as a freebie. Definitely a fun way to treat their library, just a shame they found out that people would pay full price for the GBA versions of Mario games and so these added bonuses came to an end
