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Popple
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| Popple wrote: | An acquaintance of mine recent sent an e-mail asking if a demo for the Nintendo title Smash Bros. Brawl would appear over the Wii's online service. This is the response he received.
Hello,
At this time, we don't have any plans to offer a game demo of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Typically, game demos are released to familiarize players with a game they hadn't heard of and encourage them to buy it. I think you'll agree that's really not the case with Super Smash Bros. Brawl!
If, however, a demo is made available in the future, we'll be sure to post the news to Nintendo's official Super Smash Bros. Brawl website. I've included a direct link to it below:
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/index.html
Sincerely,
Nintendo of America Inc.
Travis Wise
I find this reply very unsettling if this is the stance Nintendo is taking on this and future demos/online content that will be available on the Wii. Demos are not only put out to let people try a new IP they haven't heard of, but also to build hype for a game and keep the fans satisfied until release. This seems to be the case on every other console except for the Wii. Fans have been waiting ever since that E3 2005 so long ago when we heard Smash Bros. may have a chance of coming out at launch, and I think it is fairly ridiculous all we have been rewarded with is a site that slowly trickles out news about this game that we have been eagerly awaiting for close to two years now. It is obvious some form of playable demo is out, and I am still dumbfounded that there have been no plans to release this to the eagerly awaiting public yet. I understand that the Wii's online store may not have the capacity to handle a demo yet, but could it not be released in a disc as your company has done before? At this point I think my point has been made clear that a simple answer of "Demos are for unknown game." is not enough for the people who have read your previous reply and myself. I eagerly await a response. |
They cannot deny the wall of text. |
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oar
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I'd both laugh and be pissed if you got this response:
Hello,
At this time, we don't have any plans to offer a game demo of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Typically, game demos are released to familiarize players with a game they hadn't heard of and encourage them to buy it. I think you'll agree that's really not the case with Super Smash Bros. Brawl!
If, however, a demo is made available in the future, we'll be sure to post the news to Nintendo's official Super Smash Bros. Brawl website. I've included a direct link to it below:
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/index.html
Sincerely,
Nintendo of America Inc.
Travis Wise |
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Larry Koopa
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:33 am
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everyone in digibutter, we must each and every one of us send emails to nintendo forcing, err asking for a Smash Bros. demo once they see how many people want it, they'll maybe make one!! Now, who wants to be part of this Spam err Demo asking squad? |
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Elite Nerr
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| Popple wrote: | | wall of text |
Need we remind them that Microsoft released a demo of Halo 3? A game that may be more popular than Smash Bros... and even though that was more of a debugging test, it was still a great publicity move.
What irks me is that on the Smash Bros. Dojo they mentioning the demo! And they continue to explain the controls, but wouldnt it be better if we could actually experience the controls? Maybe they could even get some feedback and make a few tweaks before release. |
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Captain Blue
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Maybe they could set up demo booths at Gamestop or something. |
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Typhoon
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:19 pm
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| Francis wrote: | | Popple wrote: | | wall of text |
Need we remind them that Microsoft released a demo of Halo 3? A game that may be more popular than Smash Bros... and even though that was more of a debugging test, it was still a great publicity move.
What irks me is that on the Smash Bros. Dojo they mentioning the demo! And they continue to explain the controls, but wouldnt it be better if we could actually experience the controls? Maybe they could even get some feedback and make a few tweaks before release. |
| Quote: | | On October 18 at the E for All (Entertainment For All Expo) in Los Angeles, people will be able to play Brawl. And (perhaps boldly), it will be available for play with the Wii Remote. Is that really going to be OK? |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:40 pm
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| Orangesoda wrote: | | Francis wrote: | | Popple wrote: | | wall of text |
Need we remind them that Microsoft released a demo of Halo 3? A game that may be more popular than Smash Bros... and even though that was more of a debugging test, it was still a great publicity move.
What irks me is that on the Smash Bros. Dojo they mentioning the demo! And they continue to explain the controls, but wouldnt it be better if we could actually experience the controls? Maybe they could even get some feedback and make a few tweaks before release. |
| Quote: | | On October 18 at the E for All (Entertainment For All Expo) in Los Angeles, people will be able to play Brawl. And (perhaps boldly), it will be available for play with the Wii Remote. Is that really going to be OK? |
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Yes, because we're all going to be able to go to E for All, right?
Oh wait... |
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Popple
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They said they are forwarding it to someone who has an actual answer. Hopefully it won't be a crappy one. |
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The Axolotl Sympathist
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:47 pm
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| Popple wrote: | | They said they are forwarding it to someone who has an actual answer. Hopefully it won't be a crappy one. |
I got a response like that, and they never sent another response to me. They won't send you another response. |
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Burn them out
rawrskey
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No, Nintendo would never set up demo booths. They don't want to cause any kind of fights.
There would be a limited supply of demos, and a very high number of people who want it... Nintendo is an All or Nothing kind of company. |
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Popple
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:26 pm
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They are setting up demo booths at E for All. An event open to the public  |
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The Axolotl Sympathist
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:53 am
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| rawrskey wrote: | No, Nintendo would never set up demo booths. They don't want to cause any kind of fights.
There would be a limited supply of demos, and a very high number of people who want it... Nintendo is an All or Nothing kind of company. |
If demos were released through the Wii Shop Channel, then there wouldn't be a limited supply of them. |
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