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Well-Intentioned but Misguided Game Gifts
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Commanche Raisin Toast
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The holidays following the Vita launching my girlfriend got me a grip attachment/case........... For PSP. :/
lifetimeofnot
Member
It didn't happen to me, but a girl from my class on third grade asked her grandma for a GameBoy Color for her birthday.
She got one of these:
I had one of those when I was a kid. I played it a ton lol. It had a few versions of a weird racing game that I liked.
lem0n
Member
My aunt knew I liked racing games.
It could be much worse TBH
This was a cool game
CharminUltra
Member
I don't know id this is intended as a joke or seriously, but I'd take that type of fuckup any day, provided I had the console to play it on at the time.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
When I first got my Game Boy Advance, my parents picked out Mickey's Magical Quest as a game to play with it. But as soon as they got home, they read online that it wasn't a good game or some crap like that and took it back to exchange it for an okay but forgettable SpongeBob game.
I've had plenty of other games that I got as a kid but didn't enjoy, but except for Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex as one of my first Gamecube games, they were almost all on me.
I've had plenty of other games that I got as a kid but didn't enjoy, but except for Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex as one of my first Gamecube games, they were almost all on me.
SmackAttack
Member
Such a simple post and it got such a big laugh out of me.Christmas gifts:
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LinkSlayer64
Member
Bloody Roar!? Which 2 was an awesome game, and the others weren't half bad at all.
Brilliant
He probably just likes to jokes and mess with her.
Laughed so hard I started coughing.
Evil John Locke
Member
That is an excellent gift, it's not her fault he has bad taste
HeisenbergWW62
Banned
No joke this happened at christmas to my cousin
Aarglefarg
Member
I had one of these but a 999 game version (or some other lower number). Tetris and many repeats of a few slight rule changes of Tetris.It didn't happen to me, but a girl from my class on third grade asked her grandma for a GameBoy Color for her birthday.
She got one of these:
I never had a game boy until the SP.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Get him MOBA crazy as soon as possible.
Ooh man gaaaaaaaawd
Ultimadrago
Member
Nicktoons Racing for the Gameboy Color.
They meant well.
They meant well.
My girlfriend got me the 3DS Tintin game (based on the movie) because I like the Tintin comics. I played it for a bit (because she wouldn't stop bugging me about how I must've hated it). It was what you would expect.
Actually, for a long time (and maybe still) my girlfriend thinks I like Tintin more than I actually do. Like, Tintin is awesome, but she makes it seem like it's one of my favourite things
Actually, for a long time (and maybe still) my girlfriend thinks I like Tintin more than I actually do. Like, Tintin is awesome, but she makes it seem like it's one of my favourite things
My dad got me a N64 with Banjo-Tooie for Christmas. I don't like those games at all.
Now now, before you guys jump at my throat, a friend from school got Pokemon Stadium 2 and he had never played those games nor had interest on them, so he was pretty bored from just the minigames and the battles. We found out and decided to "exchange" the gifts, so my dad saved his Christmas and his saved mine, happy ending for both of us.
Now now, before you guys jump at my throat, a friend from school got Pokemon Stadium 2 and he had never played those games nor had interest on them, so he was pretty bored from just the minigames and the battles. We found out and decided to "exchange" the gifts, so my dad saved his Christmas and his saved mine, happy ending for both of us.
LFMartins86
Member
My uncle gave me Art Of Fighting for the Mega Drive...there was just one little issue, the box and cartridge said Genesis and 8 year old me couldn't​ understand why it didn't work on my Mega Drive as the cartridge was exactly as the ones I had.
There's a military base shared between the Americans and the Portuguese in my island and my uncle worked as a lawyer for the Portuguese workers so he had access to US stores inside the base and he bought the game there.
I was always curious to play it, the box made it look like a great game.
There's a military base shared between the Americans and the Portuguese in my island and my uncle worked as a lawyer for the Portuguese workers so he had access to US stores inside the base and he bought the game there.
I was always curious to play it, the box made it look like a great game.
crunchburner
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old manatee
Banned
Sega 32x
LucidMomentum
Member
I play Melee and Project M and I think most of the people I've met in the scene have been given third party Gamecube controllers at some point or another in our lives.
It means the person means well, but doesn't understand the difference in quality needed for a decent Smash controller.
It means the person means well, but doesn't understand the difference in quality needed for a decent Smash controller.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Every time a Dragon Ball Z Budokai game came out, I would get it that Christmas from the same relatives
Christmas rolls around, my friends have it, I'm stoked to get it, open the game from said relative and it's!
Christmas rolls around, my friends have it, I'm stoked to get it, open the game from said relative and it's!
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Ended up never actually getting Budokai 3 and was edged off of the franchise. Wanted to buy Tenkaichi 2 when it came out but parents said I was too old, I needed to buy Guitar Hero 2 instead. Lol
Ended up never actually getting Budokai 3 and was edged off of the franchise. Wanted to buy Tenkaichi 2 when it came out but parents said I was too old, I needed to buy Guitar Hero 2 instead. Lol
Idiot Child Skik: Tell Santa that I want Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Tak and the Power of Juju for Christmas!
Parents: ok
*Christmas Day*
Idiot Child Sklk: WOW I wonder what SANTA put in my STOCKING.................
Idiot Child Skik: .....close enough
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger was WONDERFUL! I had it on Xbox and it was charming, great mechanics, funny animations, and wonderful soundtrack. I'd say you got a pretty sweet deal.
I'm much more concerned that child anyone asked for GTA and got GTA. Still boggles my mind to this day. I suppose they could have bought you "Manhunt."
BaronMonstro
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around the time of the wrath of the lich king's release was my birthday, so naturally i asked for it from my parents
but instead of this
i got this
which ironically i already had as i really liked battle for middle-earth
but instead of this
i got this
which ironically i already had as i really liked battle for middle-earth
sixteen-bit
Member
It didn't happen to me, but a girl from my class on third grade asked her grandma for a GameBoy Color for her birthday.
She got one of these:
wow, nearly 10K games? No need to change carts?
what a deal!
I was a utterly devoted Nintendo fanboy as a kid and hated Sega (largely due to Sega's attack ads against Nintendo). I had already been gifted an NES, Game Boy, and SNES.
So my parents got me a Genesis with Sonic 3 one year for Christmas, and I was so disappointed but pretended not to be. But then I actually played it and it went on to become one of my favorite games of all time.
Since then, with the exception of this current gen, I've felt compelled to get all the competing consoles.
So my parents got me a Genesis with Sonic 3 one year for Christmas, and I was so disappointed but pretended not to be. But then I actually played it and it went on to become one of my favorite games of all time.
Since then, with the exception of this current gen, I've felt compelled to get all the competing consoles.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Me "Yo dad! I want SSX on Tour for Christmas!"
Dad: "I got you son!"
SSX 3 is amazing but dammit I wanted the SSX game with skis.
Dad: "I got you son!"
SSX 3 is amazing but dammit I wanted the SSX game with skis.
GlitchyDegree
Banned
I don't get many games as gifts since most of my family hates games and hates that I still play them. but one time I told my mom about SimCity Creator on the Wii, she went to Gamestop one day day to buy it for me but ended up getting The Sims for Gamecube. which worked out in the end as that game introduced me to one of my favorite game series.
Darth Pinche
Member
A friend gave me Cooking Mama for the Wii. I guess they thought since i like video games and like to cook it was a win.
I did not enjoy being yelled at in broken English by a game with borked motion controls.
I did not enjoy being yelled at in broken English by a game with borked motion controls.
disappeared
Banned
Me "Yo dad! I want SSX on Tour for Christmas!"
Dad: "I got you son!"
SSX 3 is amazing but dammit I wanted the SSX game with skis.
I'd say your dad did you a solid on that one.
Earthbound64
Banned
OfTheOverflow
Member
Ah well, you tried! That would have been a great gift.
Guess I was lucky with my mom. XD
She loved ordering NES games from the Sears catalogs, and gave them to me randomly while growing up. Either after good grades, long weekends, vacations, or me been sick/getting better, etc.
But the games were...Zelda, Zelda II, Mario 1,2,3, Final Fantasy, Star Tropics and many more. I guess she always did her homework.
She was also the only one that gifted games. My dad just took me to the stores to choose/buy them and there were no aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. So it was only the two of them.
She loved ordering NES games from the Sears catalogs, and gave them to me randomly while growing up. Either after good grades, long weekends, vacations, or me been sick/getting better, etc.
But the games were...Zelda, Zelda II, Mario 1,2,3, Final Fantasy, Star Tropics and many more. I guess she always did her homework.
She was also the only one that gifted games. My dad just took me to the stores to choose/buy them and there were no aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. So it was only the two of them.
Chill. There is nothing entitled about being human. People get disappointed. They are allowed to discuss it in lighthearted discussion threads.
Sword Of Doom
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I bought my nephew the $99 Black Friday 3DS. When I saw how cheap it was and had a TN panel, I returned it and bought him the $200 lime green 3DS XL with an IPS screen. I thought I was getting him the best 3DS around and felt good about it. When he opened his present he was like "oh, this doesn't have removable face plates?"
Kids...go figure. Could have saved $100 and he would have been happier with the crappy one
Kids...go figure. Could have saved $100 and he would have been happier with the crappy one
Clockwork
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But that is a good game?
