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chickdigger802

Banned

• Nov 23, 2012

• #1

Was at a friends house with a wii u and wanted to get some retail games off the eshop (cuz alcohol) but we eventually decided to go to Walmart (had a designated driver!)

With zero way atm to transfer dl stuff atm and every first gen hd console having some problems hardware wise. Any reason to go digital right now?

 

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JohngPR

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #2

When I bought NSMBU, I didn't have to pay tax for the digital version. That's something.

 

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GiantEnemyGoomba

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #3

I'm tempted because of the DDP, but I'm willing to wait for Nintendo to settle everything. Having everything tied to hardware is moronic.

 

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hatchx

Banned

• Nov 23, 2012

• #4

With your Nintendo Network ID, I'm pretty sure you can get your downloads back if your system breaks. It will also make it easier to transfer games in the future (so they say).

Nintendo has good customer support.

My Wii broke a long time ago, and when I sent it in, they returned it within a week and I was able to download all the same games.


I wouldn't worry. It's nice to have NSMBU on the system at all times.

 

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ohlawd

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #5

JohngPR said:

When I bought NSMBU, I didn't have to pay tax for the digital version. That's something.

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depends on the state though doesn't it?

 

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Emitan

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #6

I bought Sonic off of it. Not going to buy anything else because Nintendo still hasn't figured out accounts.

 

Boss Man

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #7

I definitely wouldn't. They may (probably) fix it eventually, but I don't think it would be a good idea to assume that.

hatchx said:

With your Nintendo Network ID, I'm pretty sure you can get your downloads back if your system breaks. It will also make it easier to transfer games in the future (so they say).

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I'm pretty sure that reports atm are saying that you can not get your downloads back even if it breaks or is stolen, which is the whole issue. Also, I don't think they said anything about making it easier in the future in this context. The wording that I saw makes it sound like you will be able to transfer from Wii U -> 3DS2 or Wii X (or whatever it will be). That's not to say it won't happen, but I don't think there's enough info to warrant not being a bit cautious.

 

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Aeana

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #8

hatchx said:

With your Nintendo Network ID, I'm pretty sure you can get your downloads back if your system breaks. It will also make it easier to transfer games in the future (so they say).

Nintendo has good customer support.

My Wii broke a long time ago, and when I sent it in, they returned it within a week and I was able to download all the same games.


I wouldn't worry. It's nice to have NSMBU on the system at all times.

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Did you miss this thread?

 

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Shahed

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #9

I'd wait until they get the account thing sorted out. It's just asking for trouble or unnecessary hassle otherwise

 

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Keyser Soze

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #10

i do not know atm will look later busy atm brb

afk

 

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Thoraxes

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #11

I wouldn't buy digital retail games until they make games attached to accounts (as opposed to the console which is immovable). I don't see the problem in getting the smaller digital games though, but that's just more to do with my playstyle of games.

 

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impact

Banned

• Nov 23, 2012

• #12

Yea, it takes 2+ hours to DL something like NSMBU and around 15 minutes just to install it. And people complained about the PS3!

 

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jooey

The Motorcycle That Wouldn't Slow Down

• Nov 23, 2012

• #13

Shahed said:

I'd wait until they get the account thing sorted out. It's just asking for trouble or unnecessary hassle otherwise

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you mean wait for the next Nintendo system?

 

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epmode

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #14

The Wii U has the worst rights policy for digital downloads that I've ever seen. Stay far away until it's fixed.

 

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WrenchNinja

Member

• Nov 23, 2012

• #15

Its always a bad time with Nintendo since they still tie games to the hardware. And now accounts too.