TheWorthyEdge
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Going be at my friends house playing with him alllllllll weekend if true.
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Mario Kart 8 may be coming in April, there's reason to believe that
- Thread starter Entryhazard
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I wonder if maybe they're considering a Zelda: Wind Waker situation of releasing it digitally early or in a special bundle before it hits standard retail.
I know they said the way they promoted Zelda was not going to become a standard practice or a pattern. However, it seemed to work out really well for them. If I was Nintendo and I could convince someone to buy a digital copy over a retail one, I sure as hell would.
Plus, there's the timing. They need to get that game out ASAP. DK is great but a 3 month gap is a momentum killer. Again, not unlike Zelda Wind Waker.
A physical retailer like amazon.com being cryptic with the release date does nothing to support this theory, however.
I know they said the way they promoted Zelda was not going to become a standard practice or a pattern. However, it seemed to work out really well for them. If I was Nintendo and I could convince someone to buy a digital copy over a retail one, I sure as hell would.
Plus, there's the timing. They need to get that game out ASAP. DK is great but a 3 month gap is a momentum killer. Again, not unlike Zelda Wind Waker.
A physical retailer like amazon.com being cryptic with the release date does nothing to support this theory, however.
Baka Sempai
Member
it is NOT coming in April, is just an amazon date algorithm glitch (i posted on the other thread)
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
it is NOT coming in April, is just an amazon date algorithm glitch (i posted on the other thread)
Incorrect, I already have the game.
Rainbow Road is strangely all gliders and Block Fort is back with gravity parts on every side of the original design.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Ah well. Evidence is piling up. I suppose it doesn't really matter since MK8 is the one game that will sell for them if it comes out in April, May, or June.
HighJumpBoots
Banned
omg amazing.
Honestly, this is likely a screw up on Amazon's end. HOWEVER:
If people start posting that their copies arrive in 2-4 weeks, I will be ALL OVER THAT.
Aquamarine
Member
It's pretty obvious this is an Amazon glitch...considering this incident:
it is NOT coming in April, is just an amazon date algorithm glitch (i posted on the other thread)
Amazon reps know nothing except what their system tells them. They're not reliable sources of information.
Jimmyfenix
Member
HighJumpBoots
Banned
it is NOT coming in April, is just an amazon date algorithm glitch (i posted on the other thread)
"Everything else is coming out in March so I GUESS THIS IS, TOO!"
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
I love Nintendo but this generation is starting to look like the Mario generation... they have to be careful about fatigue and thread very softly!
Aquamarine
Member
Yeah? Well I'm best friends with Iwata, and he thinks this whole debacle is silly and pointless!
CrimsonCommie
Member
I was planning to wait to preorder to see if there would be any collector's edition or anything like that but I had to go ahead and preorder today! Saying April 16-23 Please be true!!
Stop doing your job and let us dream!
Nintendo (Reggie I think) once said there wont be a NDS redesign and the next week announced the DSi, so they wont say anything until its officially announced as a change if its true
Welp, nothing to see here.
How do you figure that? There's a 2D Mario that launched with the console and a 3D Mario that came out during X-mas. And now Mario Kart. I suppose you could add Luigi U to the mix, but that is better categorized as NSMB U DLC. There's more Batman games than Mario games on the U.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Why would they tell him when they are announcing it in a Direct next week???
Brainfreeze
Member
I see your point, and in most cases that'd apply, but if they're directly telling a journalist "No" as opposed to "No comment," it makes me think that nothing is going to change.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I'm just trying to go with the false hype, I never thought this was true.
Brainfreeze
Member
Saint Gregory
Member
Hey, since you're getting NoA to open up about Amazon screw ups could you ask them why Nintendo hardware is still not being sold directly through Amazon's US site?
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foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Nathan_Drake
Member
199.99 with this packed in and you have a deal nintendo.
PR reps only deal with official information though. If it were to change internally, they wouldn't be privy to that or be allowed to leak it until it became official. Not that I think that's at all the case here, just sayin' they wouldn't stray from "the book" until the book has changed for them.
I've seen the uncensored and they are natural. Some girls have very fat and firm natural breasts. At the very least if she had work done then she was previously very busty.
bryanee
Member
Yup, just checked for erm research purpose's.
That was a pokemon on her shirt so it is all relevant
I've been asking both Nintendo and Amazon this for years, actually! No answers. http://kotaku.com/5944662/something...ntendo-and-amazon-but-neither-side-is-talking
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Please don't be true, I used my dedicated Mario Kart money to buy my first Lego sets.
Same day as NES Remix 2? I dunno, with that game and then the GBA VC opening the same month, it was like Nintendo tried to make up for the lack of any major retail release
Saint Gregory
Member
You're clearly not being sneaky enough but thanks for checking
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
I asked a buddy of mine who works in Nintendo retail/marketing about this and he said (as I expected) that it's just a glitch on Amazon's end. Mario Kart 8's release date has not been changed; he and his team have several MK 8 demo events at various retailers scheduled for early- and mid-May to push the game's May 30th launch.
I guess there's a slim possibility that he just hasn't gotten official word yet, but yeah, don't get your hopes up.
And no, I'm not providing pics or proof as I couldn't reveal his name either way. If you don't want to believe me, no worries.
I guess there's a slim possibility that he just hasn't gotten official word yet, but yeah, don't get your hopes up.
And no, I'm not providing pics or proof as I couldn't reveal his name either way. If you don't want to believe me, no worries.
PadWarrior
Member
Hoping the stores in my city are participating in this event. I missed out the E3 event because my local Best Buy wasn't doing it.
Aquamarine
Member
Logistically...realistically...it's just not something Nintendo would do.
They are already significantly invested in the May 30th date. They've given notice to retailers / distributors, have planned production for May 30th, and have tied their marketing campaigns around that date.
I could imagine a surprise release date, but not regressing from a previously announced one. Nintendo delays release dates...they don't push them forward. May 30th release means an extra month for bug fixing / polishing before it goes gold, and an extra month for exposure.
Saint Gregory
Member
How can you say this when they just moved 3D World up about the same amount of time last Holiday?
I think that it's a mistake too but it's very weird that another retailer made the exact same mistake. It could be that they both go through the same distributor and that's where the mistake originated.
Aquamarine
Member
No. Listen:
1) At E3 2013, Nintendo announced a generic, tentative release date of "December 2013" to Super Mario 3D World
2) In late August, Nintendo clarified and stated Super Mario 3D World would definitively release on November 22nd, nine days before December. They did not waver from that final date.
That is much, MUCH more different than Mario Kart 8's case.
When Nintendo definitively reveals a release date, they orient every further action around that particular date. Everything is meticulously planned to meet that particular date. If Nintendo announced "May 2013" and released it in late April, I could understand...but no...it's a lot harder for Nintendo to announce a date and then suddenly roll that date back an entire month on a whim.
It doesn't make sense for their company to do such an action.