Anyone have any word on when or if these "wave two" sites will be getting their review copies? Like Zelda Informer, and various other smaller sites as opposed to the big ones like Kotaku and IGN?
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I've heard wave 2 review copies will come either late this week (like Friday), or early next week.
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Also, the Youtube commercial was really dumb. That dad was a dick playing it and not letting his kid have a go.
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Also, the Youtube commercial was really dumb. That dad was a dick playing it and not letting his kid have a go.
Something tells me that'll be more likely the time we'll be seeing this happen then. Unless Gamestop gets their shipment in twenty days early.
I hope you are not referring to Zelda Informer in saying this. I can assure you we aren't teenagers running amuck with a "Wordpress" blog. We attend E3 annually, including personal invites to teh Nintendo Conference every year. We arguably had the best Nintendo coverage for that event on the entire internet. Fuck it, we DID have the best. It's not even debatable. We have had the best Skyward Sword coverage that I have seen, and we still continue to deliver on our Nintendo coverage every day.
We get over 25,000 unique hits a day, with just over 60,000 pageviews. We earn every bit of our Press Copy. We spend every single day convincing people that Nintendo is awesome, or criticising for the betterment of the future. You have spent over 5,000 dollars - I have spent just that this year supporting Nintendo. You have the console and the games (Nintendo never gives every place every game), hardware to do coverage properly, airfare to attend related events. What pisses me off is that everyday fans, like yourself, think you are entitled to something because you are a consumer.
Nintendo doesn't hand out press copies like they are candy. You have to have a certain threshold for viewership. That viewership, generally, is EARNED. You don't get people viewing your site for the hell of it. The notion that it's all ran by teenagers with wordpress is laughable, and that extends beyond my site.
Zelda Informer, as an example, is owned by me. I'm 25. The other co-owner is 23. Zelda Dungeon is owned by a 24 year old. ZU is owned by a 24 year old. GoNintendo is owned by like... 28? I can't remember, but Kevin is older than I am. Most of every single site that gets press copies is owned by adults. While I can't speak for our competitors, our staff's average age is 21. We do not have a single employee under the age of 18. So before opening your mouth in rage about how these sites get press copies, you may want to understand the business side of things.
When you are not only purchasing everything Nintendo, but investing thousands upon thousands of doallrs into your site every year just to ensure it stays online and is competitive in the market, then you can come back to me about be rewarded every now and then with a Press Copy.
I do agree Nintendo needs to release Demos, but to think the Wii can even remotely do such things is laughable. It doesn't even have enough internal storage to support the demo for Skyward Sword, and Nintendo does not have a system in place on the Wii to distribute such a demo. So, stop bitching about something (demos) that Nintendo's system hasn't been able to do for 5 years, and complaining that sites that have earned the right to have press copies are getting them, and start worrying about Nintendo being able to provide Demos on the 3DS and Wii U, since that is the future. Trust me: bigdaddy.wordpress.com is not getting a press copy.
I apologize for further derailing the thread. On the bright side, I am hearing through the grapevine that there may be a legit ISO out there right now. I'll get back to you if I hear more.
Did it ever occur to you it isn't very professional to be in a topic like this? What if Ninty sees you here? No more review copies for you, I guess.
Way too defensive, lighten up! However, the rest of your post was actually quite informative. Thanks for that, I may check out your site.
You just know that there's an iso out there somewhere.... It's just a matter of people wanting to share it and of course, time.
Proof?
I meant it in a speculative way. Sorry if that wasn't clear to you. The last thing I want is to the have people on here flame the hell out of me....and you know this for a fact do you
Actually, you may be unaware, but Zelda Informer started this thread. No, we are not getting the game illegally. I have talked with our Nintendo representative on such matters. So long as we are not distributing the ISO, we are not in any trouble. We are not distributing said ISO. We are free to talk about it. It may look "fishy", but there is nothing illegal about what any of hte ZI staff have said or done to this point. IF an ISO exists (which it may), it's not the end of the world. I certainly do not support ISO leaks, or when my copy arrives I would do it myself descretely. However, I have looked into the legal manners. We're just fine. Game is out in 18 days folks.
This thread really brings out the worst in people. I cannot believe what I am seeing. Instead of relying on random users who jump the gun and say ZOMG I HAVE ISOS OF SS, why don't you guys just wait a few days, and it'll be on the front page of this site very quickly the moment word gets out (No Aroll I'm not calling you a random user). It's kinda funny how people think websites are visited just for the hell of it. Calling these Zelda coverage sites "Wordpress" blogs is rather laughable, too! Their coverage is updated very frequently, it almost scares me. It's ridiculous though, you're all getting FREE stuff, and you're not even appreciating it! These past few pages have been ZOMG RAGE QUIT because someone made the choice to not release it? I support what he did. I'd do the same thing if I were in his shoes. Be patient and the game will come out, eventually!
It's ridiculous though, you're all getting FREE stuff, and you're not even appreciating it! These past few pages have been ZOMG RAGE QUIT because someone made the choice to not release it? I support what he did. I'd do the same thing if I were in his shoes. Be patient and the game will come out, eventually!
Ha ha, I think I see what you did there.i'll be playing TOD till than
it was mentioned as a working title in the Testers wanted thread. Proof on my end is not necessary.
Oh! Ha ha! Sorry, I thought you were referring to his spelling mistakes! It's one of those days....which is cos i don't have a clue myself
tod: rune factory tides of destiny
Lol actually there's your proof right there. Thank you.
Anyone else notice that the word "Proof" suddenly has the same connotations as quite a few four letter words?
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