Days until the Gameboy Advance Classic Series is Released

[NintendoMan]

What's up everyone! Well, it's exactly one week to the day when the GBA CLASSIC SERIES is going to be released, June 7. Now I know when this series was announced like 2-3 months ago there were posts here and there about what games people wanted and if they were or were not going to get the system, or just the games.

Well now since it's only days until its released, and everything is said and done, I just wanted to know how many people were getting the system, did you reserve it or not, how many and what games are you getting, those kinds of things.
I also wanted to see if everyone knew that the system is a limited edition series so there will only be a limited number made. I don't know for sure, but would suppose, that the games will be made in limited numbers as well. Not so few that only if your lucky you'll get one, but Nintendo will probably stop making them after a few weeks, or maybe until they stop selling so good. I bring this up because I have heard people say that they will be getting one once the price falls or something, but that won't happen. Stores will probably just end up selling out.

I have reserved:
GBA Classic SP System
Donkey Kong
Excitebike
Super Mario Bros
Zelda

That's all I probably will buy. Now, hopefully Nintendo will come out with a second series of games that they are doing over in Japan. I can think of 200+ NES games that I would love to see on the GBA, but I guess we'll see if Nintendo decides to even make a second series. It all depends on how good it sells over here in the states.

[tholly]

i personally havent yet decided if i am going to be picking up the games + system. I am definetly getting Zelda, but other than that, i still have to make up my mind.

[RetroYoungen]

I'm planning on picking one up, but I still haven't gotten around to reserving it yet. I've been looking for an excuse to buy an SP, and now I've found one!

[TheRedEye]

Such a great set, so full of nostalgia! Why, I remember how every kid on the block owned Namco Pacman, which was so rare that its very existence was debated at one point! Oh, yes, and BOMBERMAN! We all owned that! I'm glad they're re-releasing it, especially in Europe, where it was NEVER RELEASED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Oh, and the packaging is just gorgeous too! Those standard, ugly GBA boxes are so much better than the miniaturized versions in the Famicom set.

Thanks, Nintendo!

[Querjek]

I Haven't decided if I'm going to buy them either... if I get them, I'm going to get them all in one sweep as my bithday present. It's that damn completionist gene in me :angry:

[norkusa]

I have my NES SP reserved, but I don't think I'm going to get any of the games though. I bought them all when they were released on the NES, and I really don't see the need to buy them again. Although the save feature in Excitebike sounds choice. I might pick that one up.

I really wish they'd release an arcade emulated Donkey Kong instead of the NES version. It's just not the same without the Pie Factory and the "How High Can You Get?" message displayed before each level.


Now, hopefully Nintendo will come out with a second series of games that they are doing over in Japan. I can think of 200+ NES games that I would love to see on the GBA, but I guess we'll see if Nintendo decides to even make a second series. It all depends on how good it sells over here in the states.

I hope they'd do this. This batch of 8 classics they are re-releasing aren't that impressive to me and I'd like to see more. It'd be great if they did a Sports Series, Arcade Series, etc. and put 4 or 5 NES games on one cart, but knowing Nintendo, they'd rather milk it and release them all separately.

[ubersaurus]

I'm interested in getting SMB, Zelda, and Xevious from the US released line, simply because all 3 are perfect portable games for me.

[-hellvin-]

I will probably end up getting one down the road. Defenitely will pick up zleda, donkey kong, xevious and bomberman.

[NintendoMan]

I Haven't decided if I'm going to buy them either... if I get them, I'm going to get them all in one sweep as my bithday present. It's that damn completionist gene in me :angry:

Not a bad birthday present, the whole set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome, if you go through with it.

[NintendoMan]

[quote="norkusa"]I have my NES SP reserved, but I don't think I'm going to get any of the games though. I bought them all when they were released on the NES, and I really don't see the need to buy them again. Although the save feature in Excitebike sounds choice. I might pick that one up.
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I had just about them all when they were orignally released too. I don't know what it is, but I have to have them again anyways. Anything thats released from the NES I HAVE to pick up and buy!

[NintendoMan]

I will probably end up getting one down the road. Defenitely will pick up zleda, donkey kong, xevious and bomberman.

Is Xevious is good? It just looks like it sucks to me. But don't go by that, I have never played it before so don't know really what it's like.
How about Bomberman, any good too?

I think Nintendo's rerelease lineup for this classic series is allright, but defiantley could have come up with some better games for it. (DK, SMB, Zelda, EXCITE. are all ok though!!!!!!)

[Querjek]

I will probably end up getting one down the road. Defenitely will pick up zleda, donkey kong, xevious and bomberman.

Is Xevious is good? It just looks like it sucks to me. But don't go by that, I have never played it before so don't know really what it's like.
How about Bomberman, any good too?
I never really liked the original Bomberman... the engine just didn't work for me.



I Haven't decided if I'm going to buy them either... if I get them, I'm going to get them all in one sweep as my bithday present. It's that damn completionist gene in me :angry:

Not a bad birthday present, the whole set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome, if you go through with it.
Yeah... the classic series and Metal Slug 3 will be grand to get!

[Half Cab Leroy]

I'll probably pick up zelda and maybe some others.

[Jasoco]

Well, after the whole GBA Video fiasco, I've decided to instead of trying to collect BOTH the GBA Vid's and Classic NES games and just collect the NES games. Will save a lot of money in the long run too.

I just have to collect one of them, and it'll be easier and cooler to collect the old skool NES games instead.

Every week or two I will buy one. And if they come out with more, and here's hoping they do, at least until Tetris, Dr. Mario (Already in Japan) and Star Tropics and maybe even Dragon Warrior come to be. Then they can stop.

I will collect all of them, and probably in the end buy the NES GBA to complete the collection. At least it's easier to collect all of something when you start from the beginning. Plus they'll look damn cool on my shelf. And in my GBA case.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I think I'm just going to end up getting Exite Bike, and the otherones cheaper later. They could have put all of those on one cart and sold it for $40, but that would be too kind....

[tholly]

I think I'm just going to end up getting Exite Bike, and the otherones cheaper later. They could have put all of those on one cart and sold it for $40, but that would be too kind....

yea, but if it was one cart, it wouldnt be fun to collect, and you would only have 1 thing to go with the new gbasp...not 8

[Jasoco]

I think I'm just going to end up getting Exite Bike, and the otherones cheaper later. They could have put all of those on one cart and sold it for $40, but that would be too kind....

yea, but if it was one cart, it wouldnt be fun to collect, and you would only have 1 thing to go with the new gbasp...not 8Exactly! Collecting is only fun if there's more than one..

..

Heh.. that rhymed. 8-)

Can't wait to compare the US SMB to the one I imported from Japan.. uh.. Hong Kong in March. Tell ya one thing, the Japanese packaging will kick the piddly US version's ass. Sadly. NOA doesn't care about cool packaging. Thank God for places like Lik-Sang. ;)

[Crush Crawfish]

I'm definitely picking up Zelda and Mario, and maybe xevious. I've never played xevious. Is it any good?

[NintendoMan]

Well, after the whole GBA Video fiasco, I've decided to instead of trying to collect BOTH the GBA Vid's and Classic NES games and just collect the NES games. Will save a lot of money in the long run too.

What fiasco with the GBA video's. Do you not like them, or is there something wrong?

[Jasoco]

Well, after the whole GBA Video fiasco, I've decided to instead of trying to collect BOTH the GBA Vid's and Classic NES games and just collect the NES games. Will save a lot of money in the long run too.

What fiasco with the GBA video's. Do you not like them, or is there something wrong?
Glad you asked..

http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51116

[NintendoMan]

It would be cool to just put all the games on 1 disc, but me personally I wouldn't like it. I think its alot funner to collect, as other ones have said, when there is a bunch to get. I also don't care because I am not as broke as I used to be back in the day so can usually afford everything I want.
I like that each game is seperate!

[Jasoco]

It would be cool to just put all the games on 1 disc, but me personally I wouldn't like it. I think its alot funner to collect, as other ones have said, when there is a bunch to get. I also don't care because I am not as broke as I used to be back in the day so can usually afford everything I want.
I like that each game is seperate!I'm sure Nintendo could do that too.

Hell, I'd pay $100 for a Cube disc with EVERY NES game available. Sad thing is they'd leave off the unlicensed ones and anything Tengen even the licensed ones. Any company they don't like would be gone from the disc.

Still, that would be quite a collection.

[NintendoMan]

Well, after the whole GBA Video fiasco, I've decided to instead of trying to collect BOTH the GBA Vid's and Classic NES games and just collect the NES games. Will save a lot of money in the long run too.

What fiasco with the GBA video's. Do you not like them, or is there something wrong?
Glad you asked..

http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51116

Hey, so it's not able to work with the GB Player, I never thought about that until now. :o I would have gotten alot of the video's if they had some older toons on them, but none of the new vids interest me. Except for the Turtles, maybe a little.

[Jasoco]

The GBP isn't the problem. It's the fact they screwed up the box and put false advertising on it. I bought it under the impression I was getting Bubble Stand. But didn't. Can't wait until Wednesday, I'm calling them and asking them what's up.

After that, I lost interest. I don't wanna collect them anymore.. at least until they are cheaper. Maybe. But not like they are now.

[NintendoMan]

It would be cool to just put all the games on 1 disc, but me personally I wouldn't like it. I think its alot funner to collect, as other ones have said, when there is a bunch to get. I also don't care because I am not as broke as I used to be back in the day so can usually afford everything I want.
I like that each game is seperate!I'm sure Nintendo could do that too.

Hell, I'd pay $100 for a Cube disc with EVERY NES game available. Sad thing is they'd leave off the unlicensed ones and anything Tengen even the licensed ones. Any company they don't like would be gone from the disc.

Still, that would be quite a collection.

Yeah, all the unlicensed game would be left off, actually unless nintendo wanted to pay other companies, they would only be able to make a disc with ONLY nintendo produced games.
I do wish Nintendo would make more rereleases for the GC. Just better picture on that!

[NintendoMan]

The GBP isn't the problem. It's the fact they screwed up the box and put false advertising on it. I bought it under the impression I was getting Bubble Stand. But didn't. Can't wait until Wednesday, I'm calling them and asking them what's up.

After that, I lost interest. I don't wanna collect them anymore.. at least until they are cheaper. Maybe. But not like they are now.

Oh yeah, sorry to seem like I didn't really realize the problem, that does suck that they mispackaged it!! Espcially since it's the episode you wanted! I just also didn't realize that those vidoes didn't work with the GBA player for the GC.

[Jasoco]

It's very strange. I wonder, did they either purposely make it not work? Or, could it be an incompatibility problem? Either way, the video would probably look really bad on a TV. Whatever.

Anyway, it's still a great idea, and maybe I'll but one if something comes along I really want. But for now, I'll pass. More money for Classic's. :)

[spoon]

I saw a commercial for the NES-SP today. It will have the ridges on the outside of the system. Just like the NES. cool. I will be geting the system, not really worried about the games. Get 'em out of the clearance bin. They are gonna stay sealed anyhow.

[Jasoco]

Commercial? On TV?

[NintendoMan]

It's very strange. I wonder, did they either purposely make it not work? Or, could it be an incompatibility problem? Either way, the video would probably look really bad on a TV. :)

Yeah, I bet they look like crap on the tv if it was compatible with the GB Player.

[NintendoMan]

I saw a commercial for the NES-SP today. It will have the ridges on the outside of the system. Just like the NES. cool. I will be geting the system, not really worried about the games. Get 'em out of the clearance bin. They are gonna stay sealed anyhow.

Yeah, I was hoping Nintendo would do something to make the NES GBA more look like the original NES. Either way though, it really doesn't matter to me if it doesn't! I like it just in the pics I have seen!! Haven't heard until know about ridges thing you stated above.

So you are getting a NES GBA, but no games until the price is lowered. And when you say they are gonna stayed sealed, does that mean you will never open them? Are you gonna open up your GBA NES and play it or just collect it too?

Don't think you will be finding any classic gba games in the bargin bin, I mean its hard enough to find regualar GBA games onsale.

[spoon]

Yep, I saw a commercial on tv at around 3:00 am on Spike TV. Some guy leaning on a car playing the NES SP. I believe it also had the "Who are you?" thing going on.

@NintendoMan- I own all of the classic games being re-released. I will also be getting a flash card to emu on my GBA. This pretty much gives me no reason to open them. I already own a GBA Sp. I will open the system and test it, then put it on display.

You may be right about them not hitting the bargain bin. I just believe that some of them won't sell well, and be lowered very quickly. It just depends on how many people outside of collectors really want to drop that much on "old" games. We will see.

What are you going to do with yours?

[NintendoMan]

You may be right about them not hitting the bargain bin. I just believe that some of them won't sell well, and be lowered very quickly. It just depends on how many people outside of collectors really want to drop that much on "old" games. We will see.

What are you going to do with yours?

Good question. I don't FULLY exactly know yet. I too own all the games that are being rereleased. My main thing is too not open any of them. One of my main things in collecting is sealed, new nes stuff. Espcially the games. So there is a 50% chance of just collecting the whole series, and the other 50% to open up and play.

If I end up having the money, I most likely will buy 2 of everything, maybe? But anyways, I am more leaning on just collecting the series.

[TheRedEye]

I don't know. I might have grabbed these if they were miniaturized versions of the originals, like in Japan. As it is, they use crappy (and often inaccurate, look at Zelda) art on a standard GBA box. There is nothing appealing about these to me.

[Jasoco]

I don't know. I might have grabbed these if they were miniaturized versions of the originals, like in Japan. As it is, they use crappy (and often inaccurate, look at Zelda) art on a standard GBA box. There is nothing appealing about these to me.Yes. This is what saddens me. Japan cares about the packaging. They put a lot of thought into their Japanese Famicom releases.

But when they decide to do the same here, it's a plain cardboard box with a black background. EVEN ZELDA has the black background! Why not GOLD? Like the ORIGINAL? They could have at least made the boxes scale versions of the NES ones.

Saddened we don't get this in the US:

http://jasoco.no-ip.com/pages/col/images/full/fsp-smb/fsp-smb-front.jpg (http://jasoco.no-ip.com/gameitem.php?item=fsp-smb)

The day mine arrived, I was happy. I love the packaging. The clear plastic outside. Miniature Famicom box inside. Click the pic to see an exploded view of all the parts. Shows the thing to scale. The miniature Famicom box is only slightly larger than the GBA Cart. It's pretty small.

[tholly]

I don't know. I might have grabbed these if they were miniaturized versions of the originals, like in Japan. As it is, they use crappy (and often inaccurate, look at Zelda) art on a standard GBA box. There is nothing appealing about these to me.Yes. This is what saddens me. Japan cares about the packaging. They put a lot of thought into their Japanese Famicom releases.

But when they decide to do the same here, it's a plain cardboard box with a black background. EVEN ZELDA has the black background! Why not GOLD? Like the ORIGINAL? They could have at least made the boxes scale versions of the NES ones.

Saddened we don't get this in the US:

http://jasoco.no-ip.com/pages/col/images/full/fsp-smb/fsp-smb-front.jpg (http://jasoco.no-ip.com/gameitem.php?item=fsp-smb)

The day mine arrived, I was happy. I love the packaging. The clear plastic outside. Miniature Famicom box inside. Click the pic to see an exploded view of all the parts. Shows the thing to scale. The miniature Famicom box is only slightly larger than the GBA Cart. It's pretty small.

wow...i love all the pics you have posted on that site...i wish we were getting a set like that, not just a normal gameboy advance box.....we always get the crappy versions of everything here in the US

[Jasoco]

I wish I knew how to work my camera better. Notice the grainy effect in all my big pictures? I can't figure out how to get my Olympus D-100 to not look like that! I've tried everything. I hate to blame it on a crappy camera. :embarrassed:

[Crush Crawfish]

Umm...I just checked EB games.com, and according to their release schedule, The Classic NES games and GBA shipped TODAY. Yay!

[spoon]

I don't know. I might have grabbed these if they were miniaturized versions of the originals, like in Japan. As it is, they use crappy (and often inaccurate, look at Zelda) art on a standard GBA box. There is nothing appealing about these to me.

I agree 100% I have been bitching about this for awhile. I would assume that this is semi-aimed at collectors. Why not put a little more effort into it? They want gamers/colectors to plunk down another 100+ but not give them anything special? Do they think that they can't find pics of the awesome Fami inspired stuff that was released? And, as already stated, atleast get the packaging correct.

[gamegirl79]

I think it would've been cool if the Zelda release was gold like the original NES one (yeah, even though the GBA carts are tiny). I'd buy that in a heartbeat. :)

[Mayhem]

Even better when you have one of these to put them in :D

http://62.168.142.47/~mayhem/images/famigba.jpg

[norkusa]

I was just at the local Gamestop today and the guy working there said that Wal-Mart already has the NES SP's on the shelves for sale. Anyone pick theirs up yet? I'd love to see some more pics of it.

[Jasoco]

Walmart.. No.

First the moral reasons.

Second, I don't get a 10% discount at Walmart.

So I'll wait until next week when we get them in.

[NintendoMan]

Walmart.. No.

First the moral reasons.

Second, I don't get a 10% discount at Walmart.

So I'll wait until next week when we get them in.

What moral reasons?

Actually though I never buy anything at Wal-Mart unless I find it on sale, I actually hate that store and never go there unless I absolutely have too.

[NintendoMan]

I was just at the local Gamestop today and the guy working there said that Wal-Mart already has the NES SP's on the shelves for sale. Anyone pick theirs up yet? I'd love to see some more pics of it.
I am not saying that isn't true, that they aren't released yet, but the OFFICIAL date for them all to be released is June 7. I personally don't think there out yet, mostly in part because the babbages I reserve my games at ALWAYS gets my stuff in at least 2 days before most stores and they don't have it in yet.
But who knows?

[NintendoMan]

I think it would've been cool if the Zelda release was gold like the original NES one (yeah, even though the GBA carts are tiny). I'd buy that in a heartbeat. :)
Aw man, that would be the shit if nintendo released the zelda in a GOLD cartridge. I would probably buy like 2-3 of them!!!!

[NintendoMan]

I don't know. I might have grabbed these if they were miniaturized versions of the originals, like in Japan. As it is, they use crappy (and often inaccurate, look at Zelda) art on a standard GBA box. There is nothing appealing about these to me.
Yeah, the Zelda box art needs the most work. i don't get that. But, in my opionion of course, I really don't think that the famicon version boxes are that much better. Of course they are better, but just not that much too me.

[Dangerboy]

Hey guys, just got word from my coworker that EB will be getting their shipments in Thursday and Friday, ahead of schedule. Yay!

And I agree on the box art....was it that hard to make them as close to the original as possible? I woudl have killed to have seen the GBA box have the window with a gold Zelda peeking out, like the NES original release. :)

Jason

[Jasoco]

I think they made the Zelda box black to match the rest, but I think it sucks. Though, a gold cart would totally make up for it.

I wonder what the color of the carts will actually be. Anyone buy one yet at Wally-World like someone mentioned?

I know as soon as I buy my first cart, I will be doing a comparison on my site. With the Japanese SMB and the US SMB.

[Jasoco]

What moral reasons?I'm sure someone will explain it to ya.

[NintendoMan]

Hey guys, just got word from my coworker that EB will be getting their shipments in Thursday and Friday, ahead of schedule. Yay!

And I agree on the box art....was it that hard to make them as close to the original as possible? I woudl have killed to have seen the GBA box have the window with a gold Zelda peeking out, like the NES original release. :)

Jason

No way!! AWESOME!!
OH, I didn't even think about having the little window with a part of the zelda cartridge peeking out. It just makes me drool thinking about it!

[NintendoMan]

What moral reasons?I'm sure someone will explain it to ya.

Please do explain! I need to know! :)

[norkusa]

I am not saying that isn't true, that they aren't released yet, but the OFFICIAL date for them all to be released is June 7. I personally don't think there out yet, mostly in part because the babbages I reserve my games at ALWAYS gets my stuff in at least 2 days before most stores and they don't have it in yet.
But who knows?

I know the OFFICIAL date was June 7th, but the guy told me something about how Nintendo decided to bump the date up. I didn't believe him at first, but then he checked the computer and it said that they've already been shipped out from the main warehouse or whatever, so my pre-order should be in a couple days. I almost went across the street to check if they were in at Wal-Mart, but like Jasoco, moral reasons prevent me from doing so.

[tholly]

Even better when you have one of these to put them in :D

http://62.168.142.47/~mayhem/images/famigba.jpg



I WANT THAT.......NOW!!!!!!!!!!

that set looks amazing.....any more info on it?? where do you get those binder type things?

[Jasoco]

They were made available to the lucky Japanese people with the empty wallets who bought the entire set of 10 games so they had something to display them in. See, Japan sells them to collectors, NOA is selling them to gamers. But it's the collectors who actually want them. And we want them done right! I want cool packaging too!!

[Cobra Commander]

Well Wal-Mart already has them for sale. I couldn't believe my eyes. I bought Zelda tonight, and my friend bought Donkey Kong. I get paid tomorrow, so I'm going to put the other 7 games plus the Gameboy on layaway. I also get an employee discount so....yay me.

[dojosky]

you beat me to the post lol today at wal-mart here in sacramento california i went there with my daughter at approx 4 pm today june 2 2004 and saw the classic games there already the titles are excitebike,zelda,xevious,ice climber,donkey kong thats only the ones i remember seeing and they're $19.82 each I already reserved one nes style gba sp so will pick it up when it comes out ;)

[Mayhem]

They were made available to the lucky Japanese people with the empty wallets who bought the entire set of 10 games so they had something to display them in. See, Japan sells them to collectors, NOA is selling them to gamers. But it's the collectors who actually want them. And we want them done right! I want cool packaging too!!

On top of that, you could only get it through the Mario Club in Japan (the Japanese equivalent of the Stars catalog in Europe) once you'd registered all ten games with the site. I'll take a pick of the sleeve for it, it's got pixelated characters on it from all 10 games in that first set. Very cool. Very limited. I wonder if they will do a similar thing for the second set that's just come out.

[Jasoco]

To the people who now have them. Well? What do they look like?

What color are the carts? Please don't say they're normal color, (Dark greyish/black) that would be another nail in the head. They should at least be distinct. The Famicom ons are the distinct Red/White-cream color the Famicom was. The NES games should either be the Cart grey, or two shades of grey like the NES was. Please, Nintendo, don't let me down.

[Crosses fingers. Hopes someone hasn't bought them to keep them sealed.]

[Daria]

To the people who now have them. Well? What do they look like?

What color are the carts? Please don't say they're normal color, (Dark greyish/black) that would be another nail in the head. They should at least be distinct. The Famicom ons are the distinct Red/White-cream color the Famicom was. The NES games should either be the Cart grey, or two shades of grey like the NES was. Please, Nintendo, don't let me down.

[Crosses fingers. Hopes someone hasn't bought them to keep them sealed.]

I hadn't thought of cartridge grey for the other games, I was too busy praying that Zelda would be gold.

*crosses fingers with Jasoco*

[Richter]

from cheapassgamer

in the Circuit City ad for 6/6
"GBA
Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man - $14.99 each (with free Nintendo retro T-shirt while supplies last)
"

too bad the other games dont apply -_-

[Jasoco]

from cheapassgamer

in the Circuit City ad for 6/6
"GBA
Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man - $14.99 each (with free Nintendo retro T-shirt while supplies last)
"

too bad the other games dont apply -_-I know what I'm doing Sunday! $15 is less than I get with my discount already! Still, will be a nice place to start for me.

[Richter]

i was about to head down to Wal-Mart, literally down the road from the neighborhood, until i saw the CC deal :)

[Cobra Commander]

About the color of the carts, yes they are in the light grey like the NES carts. Much nicer look if you ask me. And no.....Zelda is NOT gold. There's no gold ANYWHERE!!

[Jibbajaba]

Jasoco wrote:
NintendoMan wrote:
What moral reasons?
I'm sure someone will explain it to ya.


Please do explain! I need to know!



Yes I would like to hear this too. "Someone will explain it to ya" sounds like a chickenshit cop-out to me. What's so wrong with Wal-Mart? Do they kill baby seals in order to offer lower prices or something?

[Jasoco]

Practically. I am damn surprised you two are the only ones left out of the whole loop on the Walmart thing!

Let me look for a link or something. :roll:

[Richter]

About the color of the carts, yes they are in the light grey like the NES carts. Much nicer look if you ask me. And no.....Zelda is NOT gold. There's no gold ANYWHERE!!spraypaint

>.> <.<

CC is where its at this Sunday =P
i got 2 turntables and a microphone >.> <.<

[Jasoco]

All from this thread elsewhere:
http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34758

http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/stores3_2.html
http://www.freedomofthought.com/archives/000054.html
http://redneckin.idlehourwebs.com/nucleus2.0/index.php?itemid=142
http://www.markfiore.com/forum/article.php?sid=1463
http://www.retailworker.com/displayarticle200.html
http://www.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/06/19/walmart.reut/
http://www.dsausa.org/lowwage/walmart/why_walmart.html


1) they are a worse monopoly than Microsoft
2) they treat their employees very poorly
3) they do not pay their employees well
4) they make employees work overtime without compensation and claim that they should do it in the Wal-mart spirit or whatever they call it
5) they misrepresent their stores as offering lowest prices than anywhere else, when in fact sometimes their prices are HIGHER than other stores
6) they have lots of goods made in sweatshops and misrepresent those products as "Made in the USA" when in fact they are actually made in U.S. territories, not in the actual U.S.
7) they claim credit for cheritable acts when in fact they are not the ones who do the work
they have shitty products
9) they put businesses out and when those businesses are gone they raise prices at their own stores
10) they bully their way into locations
11) they bully suppliers
12) once again THEY ARE NOT THE CHEAPEST RETAILER OUT THERE, PEOPLE

This is just a little bit of the story, but it's all true.

[norkusa]

About the Circuit City sale...has anyone bought sale games from there before? Is there usually plenty to go around or are quantities limited? The reason I ask is because I've heard the stores will put out only 4 or 5 sale games out to sell and once those are sold out, they'll start selling them at regular prices. Is that how they do it?

[Jasoco]

About the Circuit City sale...has anyone bought sale games from there before? Is there usually plenty to go around or are quantities limited? The reason I ask is because I've heard the stores will put out only 4 or 5 sale games out to sell and once those are sold out, they'll start selling them at regular prices. Is that how they do it?A few weeks ago I heard about a sale they were having on games, but by the time I got there it was all gone anyway. If they really are having as sale on Sunday on these things, I will go early as I can. If I miss out, I'll just go to the GS and look for other stuff. No biggie, but I would like a shirt. What does it look like?

Also: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html

[Richter]

What does it look like?

ummm

"they show a shirt in the add...but i cant make it out that well
im pretty sure its orange (it looks kinda pink)....shortsleeve....and it says Mario Bros. Plumbing...im sure theres probably a pic online somewhere"

"it has "mario bros" written in a rainbow shape, over top of a faucet...underneath the faucet, it says "plumbing"....to the right and left of the faucet, it says something, but its super tiny in the ad"

[Jasoco]

I don't have a copy of the ad.

[MarioAllStar2600]

Does anyone think I will have a problem getting one at my local GameStop if I go on the 7th?

[Dangerboy]

Didn't see anyone one comment about the actual SP itself, so here goes the rundown:

The thing is goddamn beautiful. And I don't care for portables.

The NES control pad design has a real texture 'feel' to it, and the very bottom is a darker grey then the top, so when closed it looks like the NES deck. The illusion is made better because Nintendo actually painted the 'vents' on top of the GBA. The vents are more of a light grey then the real system black, but it can not be denied that open or closed the system is a freaking fanboy wet dream.

The box itself is 100% tribute to the NES box, right down to the screen shot arrangements on the back of the package.

Collector's notes: All the game boxes we got had the "Multiplayer Requirements" printed on seperate stickers that were slapped onto the box where the real printing *should* have been. Neat variant for those who like that sort of thing.

Also of note: The SP and all of the Classic NES games come with the serial number cards like Mario Kart and Mario Party did. My friend bought the entire line up plus system, and registered them from work by calling his brother at home and reading the numbers off. LOL

His theory is that Nintendo *may* provide some sort of unique gift to the early adopters (what we have no clue) but if you were able to get 4 free Zelda games by buying two GC games, they gotta give ya something for buying $250+ worth of GBA stuff.

He hopes. :)

**EDIT**
Just wanted to add, we got all of ours straight form Nintendo, with just enough to cover presells and have like, about 5 systems for walk ins. Tomorrow EB stores should be getting the 'real' shipment for everyone. S unless there is like some mad rush for them, you should be able to pick them up anywhere on the 7th.

[Jasoco]

I'm still waiting for pictures! :D

Damn.. this is tempting me to trade in my Flame SP. But.. I.. CAN'T! I LOVE IT! I want BOTH!! :embarrassed: