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[ElectricBlanketFire]

I have $30+ worth of eShop credit burning a hole in my pocket. Went to try Nintendo Land only to be told you can't buy it on the eShop.

What gives? Is there a reason for this?

Also, dammit!

 

[FyreWulff]

They pulled it when they started packing it in with Wii Us.

 

[Magwik]

Because Nintendo

 

[Berordn]

They pulled it when they started packing it in with Wii Us.

But it's been a pack-in since day 1. It was the original Deluxe bundle.

 

[panama chief]

shiiiiittt....i wouldnt have bought it off the estore anyways $30?

 

[deltatheta]

It's weird. Usually when Nintendo does something strange like this you can a least come up with a reasonable explanation, but I can't come up with a reason for this.

 

[A Twisty Fluken]

They pulled it when they cut the price. I don't get it at all, as I'd buy it in a second.

 

[jooey]

It's weird. Usually when Nintendo does something strange like this you can a least come up with a reasonable explanation, but I can't come up with a reason for this.

then I guess you won't be getting that Nintendo marketing job!

 

[udivision]

It's weird. Usually when Nintendo does something strange like this you can a least come up with a reasonable explanation, but I can't come up with a reason for this.

Isn't the reasonable explanation "Because Nintendo."?

It just happens to double as a snarky handwave.

 

[Moofers]

Hey why aren't all the Wii VC games on the Wii U VC? That's the real issue. I wanted to play Mario 64 on the GamePad.

 

[FyreWulff]

But it's been a pack-in since day 1. It was the original Deluxe bundle.

Well, when it became present in pretty much all the Wii Us on the shelf. They probably figure it's sales on the eShop aren't going to be very high anymore.

 

[MrGame&Watch]

My theory is that they're going to try something like Wii Sports Club and sell the games separately digitally.

 

[Bronetta]

Strange. I got a digital copy from the ZombiU bundle.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Strange. I got a digital copy from the ZombiU bundle.

How long ago and what country are you in? Just curious.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

My theory is that they're going to try something like Wii Sports Club and sell the games separately digitally.

That's kind of the reverse of Wii Sports Club.

 

[T-0800]

Pretty sure it's on the Australian eShop.

 

[KHlover]

Nobody knows. One day they just pulled it without explanation and it hasn't been back since.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Still up on the European eShop

Still expensive as hell.

 

[T-0800]

Still up on the European eShop

Still expensive as hell.

Worth it though. Fantastic game.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Pretty sure it's on the Australian eShop.

Yes it is on the eShop in PAL regions. But at €60/£50. No, just no (you can find physical for well less than half that).

I guess Japan regions have it too.

The 3 American eShops are the anomaly here.

 

[flowsnake]

The 3 American eShops are the anomaly here.

US, Canada, ?

 

[Jaded Alyx]

US, Canada, ?

...Mexico..assuming he only meant North America. (Even then, technically other countries in North America have eShops but last time I checked, there was practically nothing there)

 

[Glass Rebel]

Worth it though. Fantastic game.

It's a great game but I bought a retail copy for a fraction of the eShop price.

 

[BakaPengin]

Still up on the European eShop

Still expensive as hell.

Yup, it's £50. I picked it as my free game from the MK8 promotion though, so got a nice 420 points out of it (then went on ebay and bought 5 more MK8 codes for £10 each ).
Game is amazing.

 

[NewGame]

Australia has it on the eShop!

IIRC it's still a pack in title here too.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

...Mexico..assuming he only meant North America. (Even then, technically other countries in North America have eShops but last time I checked, there was practically nothing there)

NOA support only lists USA, Canada, Mexico as Wii U eShops.

I didn't know you had limited eShops over there as well (well there is one in PAL regions Turkey, has just patches excluding Pokemon). Most of the PAL list (includes Europe, Africa and a few other places) isn't even that instead straight up failing to work. I guess eShops only exist for countries that have seem some form of system release (the distributor in Turkey; Nortek Eurasia ceased shortly after 3DS release)

 

[falconxcrunner09]

Huh? I bought a digital copy back in September when I picked up the Wind Waker bundle. Was it recently taken off or something?

 

[sörine]

Huh? I bought a digital copy back in September when I picked up the Wind Waker bundle. Was it recently taken off or something?

It was removed from American eShops when they price dropped to $29.99. No one knows why.

 

[Dice]

Nintendo doesn't like getting money by all means, but only by the specific means they have decided they want to get money at this moment in time. They don't take suggestions from people who would like to give them money in exchange for their products.

 

[grumpy]

I'm quite sure that it's available on the EU eShop since it's part of the Mario Kart 8 promotion.

 

[Piccoro]

There was a thread about this.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=712297
I've bought it on retail the day after I got the Wii U, new, for 19€.
Game is very good, especially when played with friends.

 

[Ludist210]

I'd like to know this as well. It's the only game I own that I don't have the option to buy digitally (and I would like to).

 

[Hoarr]

That and the poor the Wii U's poor VC selection has been really bugging me lately. I had sold my physical copy once the news of the price change broke -- I waited to see the eShop price drop and instead it was just removed from the store.

Very weird -- surprised it's still gone.

 

[LegendofLex]

Hey why aren't all the Wii VC games on the Wii U VC? That's the real issue. I wanted to play Mario 64 on the GamePad.

Because they have to reprogram the unique emulator they created for each one so it can talk to the Wii U OS features and the GamePad, and to do that costs money, and to recoup their development costs means they can't just dump every game on the shop as that'd be the surest way to ensure none of the games they re-release get any actual attention.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

There was a thread about this.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=712297
I've bought it on retail the day after I got the Wii U, new, for 19€.
Game is very good, especially when played with friends.

So there was never an explanation given?

Is that the only first-party title unavailable on the eShop?

 

[Bronetta]

How long ago and what country are you in? Just curious.

Purchased my Wii U in April last year. I'm in Canada

 

[Piccoro]

So there was never an explanation given?

Is that the only first-party title unavailable on the eShop?

They never explained.
This is so weird, removed in US only? I wonder what happened...

 

[GulAtiCa]

I forgot they did that, still up in other regions? Doesn't make much sense...

 

[SerTapTap]

Nintendoland should have been a pack in with EVERY Wii U, even after the later bundles. But even then taking it off the eShop is BS. Not sure what happened here.

shiiiiittt....i wouldnt have bought it off the estore anyways $30?

Price is lame when it's easy to get at $20, but no reason to pull it off the eshop. Also, it's a nice game to have digital for quick local multi.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

One of the few games I would get digital (multiplayer games + getting coins to unlock stuff). A nice companion to Game & Wario.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Well, for what it's worth, I e-mailed Nintendo's customer service to ask about it.

I'm sure I'll get a form response, but you never know.

 

[Team Top Hat]

Seriously what the hell. This needs more attention.

Well, for what it's worth, I e-mailed Nintendo's customer service to ask about it.

I'm sure I'll get a form response, but you never know.

Did you ever hear back?

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Because Nintendo

.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Seriously what the hell. This needs more attention.

Did you ever hear back?

Since you asked, here is the (non) response I got from their support team:

Hello Kevin,

Thank you for having taken the time to write back. I'm sorry to hear that the automatic response didn't answer your question. While I would like to be able to do so, there haven't been any announcements with information regarding why Nintendo Land was removed from the Nintendo eShop or if (or when) it will be made available to download again. While I understand this wasn't what you were hoping to hear, retail copies of Nintendo Land should be widely available from stores. However, I will be sure to document your interest in seeing the digital version of Nintendo Land be made available again and forward your comments to the appropriate departments at Nintendo of America, so your feedback will be heard.

Thank you again for writing.

Sincerely,

Brian Davis
Nintendo of America Inc.

 

[OmegaFax]

Well, for what it's worth, I e-mailed Nintendo's customer service to ask about it.

I'm sure I'll get a form response, but you never know.

Those e-mails get sucked up into a tube and dumped at an undisclosed location.

Lost reference ... can't shake the image from my head every time I fill out a Club Nintendo survey.

Edit: Guess not?!

 

[Team Top Hat]

Wow at that response. Company doesn't know why it can't sell it's own product on it's own store.

Is it available in Japan or Europe digitally?

 

[Uncle Rupee]

I'm surprised they haven't split up the "attractions" into separate downloads for a couple bucks apiece.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Wow at that response. Company doesn't know why it can't sell it's own product on it's own store.

Is it available in Japan or Europe digitally?

I'm sure it's just some low-level guy responding the best he can.

We need to go deeper to get an actual response.

 

[DizzyCrow]

I'm surprised they haven't split up the "attractions" into separate downloads for a couple bucks apiece.

Or even the Wii Sports Club model, I can't even buy at retail, I've never seen any store here in Brazil have this game and the only Wii U model available is the NSMBU one.

 

[Zing]

The even more strange thing is that, mere weeks before they pulled it in November 2013, Nintendo had a press release announcing the NSMBU bundle and specifically mentioned that Nintendoland would still be available in the eshop at the new $30 MSRP.