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Xane · Sep 23, 2011

likeGdid said:
Are there any real downsides to making demos more available? I mean, it's free* promotion. Holding it over people's heads is kind of a jerk thing to do.

edit: *well, not really, but still

There really shouldn't be any real reason to not allow a public distribution of demos, but I am interested in how NeoGAF feels towards this matter.

Right now, no one can tell if any of the 25 potential winners will be able and willing to share the love.

mclem · Sep 23, 2011

Xane said:
There really shouldn't be any real reason to not allow a public distribution of demos, but I am interested in how NeoGAF feels towards this matter.

Right now, no one can tell if any of the 25 potential winners will be able and willing to share the love.

To be fair, there's no way there's just those 25 demos out there. I'm sure we'll be hearing about more in due course. And as I said before, it does make a *lot* of sense for them to be a VIP freebie for the orchestral concerts.

FyreWulff · Sep 23, 2011

Randomizer said:
Lol perfect. Nintendo really need to step this shit up with the Wii U and to a lesser extent the 3DS. To bad there's supposedly no HD in the Wii U :/

Uh, the Wii U is already confirmed to have HDMI and be HD capable.

likeGdid said:
Are there any real downsides to making demos more available? I mean, it's free* promotion. Holding it over people's heads is kind of a jerk thing to do.

edit: *well, not really, but still

Making a demo requires spending a bunch of time and money making a branch of your game to work as a demo when you could use that time to work on the game itself.

Xane · Sep 23, 2011

Oh.. nvm actually.

Nintendo hat mich heute angeschrieben und mitgeteilt, dass sie die 25 Demo-Discs aus organisatorischen Gründen nicht liefern können. Deshalb waren sie so fair und bieten den Gewinnern 25 - ja 25 - vollwertige limitierte Editionen von Skyward Sword an.
(Source)

"Today, Nintendo contacted me to tell me that they won't be able to provide the 25 Demo-Discs due to some organizational difficulties. Instead, they're offering 25 limited editions of Skyward Sword for the contest."

So yeah. No demo discs anymore. ;//

Lord Ghirahim · Sep 23, 2011

limitierte Editionen

Meaning... the Wii Remote Plus bundle? ;//

Mockingbird · Sep 23, 2011

This is even better for both the magazine and the winners.

snesfreak · Sep 23, 2011

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The Hermit · Sep 23, 2011

Xane said:
Oh.. nvm actually.

"Today, Nintendo contacted me to tell me that they won't be able to provide the 25 Demo-Discs due to some organizational difficulties. Instead, they're offering 25 limited editions of Skyward Sword for the contest."

So yeah. No demo discs anymore. ;//

So the full version is going to be leaked warly now instead of the demo :/

Diprosalic · Sep 23, 2011

Baiano19 said:
So the full version is going to be leaked warly now instead of the demo :/

how big is the chance that one of those 25 guys rips and uploads the game? not that great i would say.

bryehn · Sep 23, 2011

Diprosalic said:
how big is the chance that one of those 25 guys rips and uploads the game? not that great i would say.

HAHAHAHHA, good one!

Lord Ghirahim · Sep 23, 2011

Baiano19 said:
So the full version is going to be leaked warly now instead of the demo :/

No, they'll probably deliver it on the day of release.

I'm still expecting NoE to give VIPs the demo on Oct 25th ;//

EatChildren · Sep 23, 2011

I doubt Nintendo is going to send them a copy of the game that far in advance.

Xane · Sep 23, 2011

Lord Ghirahim said:
Meaning... the Wii Remote Plus bundle? ;//

Indeed.

EatChildren said:
I doubt Nintendo is going to send them a copy of the game that far in advance.

Correct, those will be handed out on the release date.
So no more exclusivity.

Lord Ghirahim · Sep 23, 2011

I think I might get a used copy of the demo... in 2012 ;//

shadyspace · Sep 23, 2011

This is all our fault.

Sn4ke_911 · Sep 23, 2011

shadyspace said:
This is all our fault.

Really. Why did i post this here. I could have won this. Thank you GAF.

Nuclear Muffin · Sep 23, 2011

Awww, so much for this being the new Nintendo World Championships

Anth0ny · Sep 23, 2011

No shit. Nintendo never does early demos. EVER.

[Nintex] · Sep 23, 2011

Yeah they should watch out with the promotions, people might get hyped or something.

RPGCrazied · Sep 23, 2011

Anth0ny said:
No shit. Nintendo never does early demos. EVER.

Yep. They did do a Metroid Prime 2 demo for Nintendo Power, but I can't think of anything else.

BY2K · Sep 23, 2011

I wonder if it is actually our fault. Giving too much attention to the whole thing. I doubt it, though.

Chesskid1 · Sep 23, 2011

don't feel like reading the entire thread but didn't like 2 people in here say there were going to rip it to the internet?

*grabs pitchfork*

bummer, but not a big deal.

BY2K · Sep 23, 2011

Oh well, still 2 months until we can get our hands on it.

Starwolf_UK · Sep 24, 2011

Anth0ny said:
No shit. Nintendo never does early demos. EVER.

Early version that aren't demos are a different matter though. Animal Crossing and Custom Robo come to mind. I think both are identical to the final release.

Then again there also was that time NOE sent the E3 demo of Zelda: The Minish Cap to magazines as a review copy*...well except the official one. Funny that.
*-This was when they were trying all kinds of things to stop reviewers leaking GBA games...Pokemon FR/LG came encased within a GBA SP meaning magazines couldn't take screenshots.

Shiggy · Sep 24, 2011

Nintendo Germany had some demos left from Gamescom and various press events... it looks like someone was unhappy with their decision to send those out!?

Gravijah · Sep 24, 2011

Shiggy said:
Nintendo Germany had some demos left from Gamescom and various press events... it looks like someone was unhappy with their decision to send those out!?

Maybe they were afraid of the demo leaking. Or people looking into the files on the disc.

Shiggy · Sep 24, 2011

Gravijah said:
Maybe they were afraid of the demo leaking. Or people looking into the files on the disc.

Of course, but don't you think about that beforehand?

wrowa · Sep 24, 2011

Considering the timing of the annoucement I expect that it's actually really our fault. WHoops? :x

brandonh83 · Sep 24, 2011

I don't even want a demo of this. I want to go in completely nude.

desu · Sep 24, 2011

wrowa said:
Considering the timing of the annoucement I expect that it's actually really our fault. WHoops? :x

Lets just blame it on Xane

. The Skyward Demo Killer.

Kafel · Sep 24, 2011

Shiggy said:
Of course, but don't you think about that beforehand?

It's Nintendo. They even add extra hardware parts to their consoles after a bit of thinking.

ThatObviousUser · Sep 24, 2011

FyreWulff said:
Uh, the Wii U is already confirmed to have HDMI and be HD capable.

Presumably he meant hard drive, in which case he'd be correct. Well, spinning disk hard drive. The Wii U will only have flash memory.

But I'm guessing it'll have at least 16 GB. Plenty for demos.

Bluemercury · Sep 24, 2011

The Boat said:
Representando!

*cough* Anyway, I'd pay good money to have this, it just seems so random of Nintendo to do this.

Representando o quê?

FyreWulff · Sep 24, 2011

Andrex said:
Presumably he meant hard drive, in which case he'd be correct. Well, spinning disk hard drive. The Wii U will only have flash memory.

But I'm guessing it'll have at least 16 GB. Plenty for demos.

Nintendo already confirmed you'll be able to connect any USB mass-storage device to it.

So I think storage with the Wii U can already be marked as 'solved'

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