Random free games from Ninty

[freswood]

Has anybody else here been sent a free copy of Star Fox Command for DS? Today I got a package which said that I've been selected to sample a bunch of DS games before they're released I'm sooooo excited!
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[Infested Jibbs]

eh?More info.
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[Dare]

Yes please more info

I think the free stuff must have something to do with you working for Nintendo awhile ago
(why couldn't i have worked there for 'work experience'? I reckon it would have been pretty fun, plus i want some praise from Nintendo, it seems winning that Mario Anniversary Tour wasn't enough )
What more do u want from me?! *screaming to the heavens*

If you don't want the game i'll gladly take it off your hands (Starfox Command looks like a pretty good game, and got pretty good reviews also)
(dammit, i'm sounding like DIU was during the 20th Anniversary of Mario thingies )
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[freswood]

I literally just came home and there was a package containing the game. The letter says:

"...You have been selected from a long list of Nintendo fans to receive samples of some of Nintendo's best games before they are released in stores ... not every Nintendo game released will be sent to you, but from time to time you may receive a special surprise in the mail..." Apparently all of the games they send are full versions too.

The game is AWESOME! At first the controls seemed pretty yuck but you get the hang of using the stylus. You have no idea how glad I am that I did work experience there.

Also you must remember that I am from a demographic that Nintendo are specifically trying to target by using pink consoles etc. That's probably a major reason why they chose me.
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[Dare]

^ Ohhh, thats cool Freswood

The offer still stands, any games you don't want to keep plz send them my way

Good to hear about Starfox Command, I'll probably end up ordering the game from the states, as long as there wouldn't be any problems with the game being US coded, and played through Wifi here in Australia

I still want free Nintendo stuff though....

If getting free stuff means buying a Pink console, I'm there!
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[admeister]

*envy overload* Damn, you are so lucky! I wish that I'd gotten that, I'm a huge Starfox fan! How much do you want for it?
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[Infested Jibbs]

That's my bs alarm.

For the life of me i can't figure out why it's going off?

Hmmm.
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[DancesInUnderwear]

So basically, Nintendo sent you a letter saying "as a smart business move, we will send you, a customer who has bought, and will most likely contiNue to buy, our products, free versions of those products for no reason other than to rip some likely profits away from us"?

It is Nintendo Australia though, so I would exactly put it past them. They're certainly... odd.
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[Jellyfish]

It's kinda like how Microsoft sent me an Xbox, Halo 2 Map Pack and Jade Empire for no reason Some people have all the luck

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[Spanca]

Doesn't surprise me. She's from a key growth demographic, and the idea is she'll tell all her friends about this. Cheap promotions work for them for whatever it costs them to produce a DS game (chances are it's a miniscule fraction of what we pay at retail), that'll probably work far better than the equivalent amount spent on traditional advertising channels. I mean at most this cost them $20, hell, let's say $30. That'll buy you some really shit advertising space, space that won't do as much as Freswood's blabbering will

To those who say BS, I disagree (respectfully of course ). It's a smart (although hardly new) tactic, and given that Freswood did work experience at Nintendo and was invited to that special DS thing in Melbourne a few weeks ago, it's not all that surprising that she'd be on their list of candidates for such a thing.
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[Cro]

Once I came home and there it was, a new house in my letter box, it's akward to get into but you get used to it..

Naw, that's pretty swanky, hope ya enjoy it.
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[HeDanny]

This is pretty asw0me. A complete game for free, random selection? I do admit is DOES sound a little.. iffy. I have no reason to distrust, so I will take her on her word for this. Benefit of the doubt and all that.

You know.. back in the day, SONY used to send me free stuff for PSX all the time. I mean ALL THE TIME! I never got full games, just demos. But damn if they were not in the letter box at least once a month. The wierd thing was that they had "seasonal" demo compilations. I would get 4 of them a year to match up with summer, spring, "fall" (Autumn), and winter. Of course these almost always contained virtually the same demos that were sent solo at other times. It was quite amusing.

One day they just stopped. I guess SONY stopped loving me *crys*. I felt so used..
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[slapshakle]

Nintendo sent me a copy of Gunstar Heros for GBA at the start of the year.
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[ugh the boot]

I believe Freswood, but i'd still like to see some pics...maybe the boxart or something.

I believe her work experience at Nintendo is the key to something like this.
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[freswood]

Why the hell would I lie about something like that? What, to impress random people on the internet? sif. I'm at school at the moment but tonight I'll take a photo of it with my webcam.
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[HeDanny]

Meh.. I would not bother Freswood. You owe nothing to these arsecrumpets. Let em believe what they want. You do not have to prove anything.
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[ugh the boot]

Well I wasn't saying it so you could prove yourself (wtf do I care)...I just wouldn't mind seeing the boxart.
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[ZNMS]

Well, freswood did do some job experience for Nintendo Australia, right? Then that explains everything.
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[Mark]

I believe you Freswood. In fact, I'm sitting right here playing the game myself after reading the 'exact' same letter!

Couldn't believe it myself, but hey free games so who cares? Just makes you wonder why they are so willing to send out games to people for free to 'test' them and won't even send review code to PALGN.

[ugh the boot]

I wanna know where they get off sending free games when they can't even fix the friggin' crack they caused on my ds lite for free!?!?

How about you send me some free stuff as compensation for the crap I actually spent money on?!

Nintendo are sh!t!!!
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[Brendo]

hehe...arsecrumpet...
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[ObsoletE]

i believe Jibbs owes Freswood an apology.

i must admit though, i was skeptical when i first read it, and assumed it was to do with your work experience with Nintendo. although, i've received free games from Universal Vivendi before, which i assume was based on registering my games (i register all my games, if there's an option to do so.)

and then, there was being randomly sent RE4 for PS2, which i still have no idea where that was from.

/crosses fingers for the future.
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[Frozencry]

I don't care about the game, send me your luck, because right now I'm absolutely s**t out of it..
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[DancesInUnderwear]

Why does Jibbs owe anyone an apology?

The internet is a giant house of lies. Jibbs can, and, more often than not, should, be sceptical. In the end it really doesn't matter, though, does it?
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