yesteryeargames Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) Anyone registerd their console after midnight? anything about the t shirts appear ? Edited March 25, 2011 by yesteryeargames
Retro_Link Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I've been on the Stars Catalogue and there's nothing there, nor have I had any email.
The Peeps Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Just registered, saw nothing about the t-shirt offer. I guess they'll send out an E-mail?
BowserBasher Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Nothing for me yet either, but I am loving the 3DS, and I haven't even played a game yet. just been finding my way around the menu.
The Peeps Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I've not played a game yet either but I just want to say I love the feel of it. It's a much better material than the DS/I, actually feels more like a gadget than a toy... if you get what I mean? Oh hay! Just opened monkeyball and found a stars code thing. I hadn't realised non-Nintendo games would be giving them out too. Might actually be able to buy something decent on there soon!
Mike Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 The firmware update didn't fix my problem, so back to Tesco (or Nintendo, depending on how they respond to my email) it goes tomorrow! Who knows when I'll get it now... Can't believe this has happened..
yesteryeargames Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) YAY, 3DS GET! Just registered on Nintendo site too, and didn't see anything about the T-Shirt offer. Anyone else get anything? i guess it might appear on the stsrs section for 0 points or they will email us?. Anyone else's DPAD a little squeeky Edited March 25, 2011 by yesteryeargames
Retro_Link Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 No i registerd on wednesday and iver heard nothing yet, i guess it might appear on the stsrs section for 0 points or they will email us?.Thing is, if it just randomly appeared in the Stars Catalogue, that wouldn't be the first 3000 to register, it would be a free for all, unless it only appeared on individual accounts... but that seems unlikely.
yesteryeargames Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Hmm the whole thing seems a mess and if people arn't getting anything even after midnight i guess email is the only hope.
Ashley Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I registered about 10 minutes ago and got a DENIED message (in terms of tshirt)
The Peeps Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Woohoo! Sucks to be you.... but I didn't get a denied message so officially that means I got one.... right? Did it just pop up for you or was there a link you clicked?
yesteryeargames Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Denied Messege :s ? did you get your 750 stars and did any windows pop up with the t shirt info? .
wooks63 Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Just got back from Gamestation. Seems like Game / Gamestation's server couldn't handle to demand and tills were crashing all over the place. Managed to eventually get my console, plus a couple of freebies, but I'm guessing there's going to be a lot of very angry people who aren't able to get one.
The Peeps Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Yeah there were issues when I was buying mine but this was at like 12:04 so all that happened was it was quite slow and froze once I think.
Shyguy Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Managed to get mine from tesco although none of the tech staff were there and left the rest of the shop clueless as to what there doing with them :P saw 2 other people there at around midnight to get 1 I hadnt seen the 3d effect before i bought it and im really impressed with it Although my eyes hurt alittle after a while but im sure with time they'll get used to it One question though, how do you get to play mp3 files from ur SD card? (if thats even possible)
Caris Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 This console has so much potential it's ridiculous.
Guy Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) I'm sure N-Europe won't be putting this launch story on the main page. Got to HMV Oxford Street at just before 11am or so. Turned out to be 5th in line which was pretty sweet. HMV even came out and gave us numbered wristbands which meant we could go off and do our own thing and our place in the line would be guaranteed. Arrived back at HMV and hung around for several more hours until the doors opened, until then everything was going smoothly and HMV/Nintendo had great control over the crowd. Atmosphere was amazing, friendly Nintendo PR people and freebies everywhere. Time to go in! Awesome, a day of waiting has finally paid off. The first guy in line is treated like a king and whisked off to purchase his 3DS while the rest of us, right at the front of the holding pen watch some tacky battles between relatively unknown music artists, the producer of Street Fighter and some random customers who had signed up to be selected earlier in the day. It hits midnight and we're all ready to go through, but wait... the line isn't moving. Oh wait, it is moving, just not where we're standing. Seems HMV thinks you start counting backwards and decided it would be okay to let everyone at the back of line start buying their stuff first. D'oh, guys, doing so well up until this point! You should have seen the look of confusion and slight panic on the face of the security guard. The security guards argued we'd lined up to have Street Fighter signed first, which isn't exactly the way things were advertised to work. They even started letting anyone who didn't want it signed through to congregate at the tills to purchase their stuff first. This would have been mildly irritating but acceptable were it not for what happened next. By the time we got to the tills it was a mass of people everywhere. No organisation and absolutely no direction for anyone. A massive, never-ending sweaty fanboy funnel. What started out incredibly well thought out and awesome had degenerated into a poorly organised nightmare. Exactly the kind of organisational difficulty that arises when you abandon a perfectly logical number based queueing system, the importance of which was repeatedly assured by staff throughout the day. We had to get back home before the last train at 1:30am so as to avoid being stranded overnight in London, so I decided to just dump my signed copy of Street Fighter in the hands of a slightly confused employee (this wasn't his fault, he was doing a great job) and leave the line, if it could be called that, and the store. A little better organisation and acknowledgement of the number system they had in place would have gotten HMV their precious £250 or whatever it was they would have earned from me today. Instead they can go fuck themselves. I'll buy my 3DS at a later date from a good store. I'm getting really tired of being treated like complete shit at Nintendo events. For a company so renowned for quality, you expect better. I'd point the finger at HMV exclusively, but Nintendo opted to partner with their knucklehead staff so it's just as much their fault, right? The fact I gave a really positive and enthusiastic taped interview while in the line is going to come back and bite me so hard in the ass on this one, I just know it. Edited March 25, 2011 by Guy
The Peeps Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 That really sucks, I can't believe they'd let things fall apart like that. What were they thinking? What's the point in having a queue if you're just going to start from the back and then let everyone spill out anyway? Sounds like someone needs to get fired.
canand Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 I went to a midnight Launch at my local Game and we orderd 2 Nintendo 3DS but I won so we got one for free and at the event I played on SSFIV and I got it because it was good so I got 8 Nintendo 3DS games.
ReZourceman Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Geez canand, your life. Anyway, a few questions; Where is friend code Where do we download this test video?
Shyguy Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Just got the 3D video available on my 3DS, its the icon before the game catriage if thats the one u mean, it wasnt there earlyer this morning
Serebii Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 It's been loaded onto the vehicle for delivery, now just say "Out for Delivery" and I wont bitchslap you ParcelForce
Cube Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Where is friend code Where do we download this test video? At the top of the home menu are a few icons, the friends list is among those. The test video needs a system update, which is in the settings.
Ganepark32 Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) Picked mine up earlier, at 8am. Was the second one there to be buying the console. Decided to take GAME's deal of one of 6 games for £24.99 when bought with the console, opting for Ridge Racer 3D as I wasn't sure about paying £39.99 for that so happy. Also picked up Street Fighter 4. Will probably make another trip to GAME before/after Uni as I'm waiting on my mother giving me the money she owes me so I can get the other games I want. Got everything set up, tried out the Target AR game and the AR shot game before getting the message the battery was low. 30 minutes it took for that to appear. Obviously it didn't help I had the 3D slider at the top but to be honest, I wasn't noticing much 3D when playing those games, rather I mainly saw the layering of the images trying to make 3D. Should have turned it off really as it wasn't needed. Still, was rather fun but disappointed that you've got to stay a certain distance to the card for it to work. Perhaps that isn't the case if you increase the size of the AR card (say to A4 size which I'll try later this afternoon). So I've stuck it on the charger. Won't get a chance to play it until I get back from Uni this afternoon Oh well, hopefully by then I'll have the other games (Pilotwings Resort (even with the lack of content I want it), possibly Samurai Warriors and one of these Monkey Ball/Lego Star Wars/Splinter Cell/Rayman) I want as well. edit: Forgot to mention, anyone else a little worried about the build quality of the hinge? Opening mine, it seemed like it was rubbing against the end pieces and didn't exactly feel sturdy. Was worried when shutting the thing that I'd break it. Not something I found with the original DS or even the Lite. Edited March 25, 2011 by Ganepark32
Ike Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 My store opened an hour earlier so I arrived at about 8:30am to find it empty, apparently either no one showed up or very few people did. They told me they only had 7 preorders, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was the first since I ordered in July. Anyway, ended up buying Pilotwings, SSFIV, Nintendogs and Monkey Ball. Got a bit carried away, wasn't sure if I was going to get Monkey Ball or not but I figured why not. Turned out to only be £216 after an Xbox trade in I did previously and £30 worth in voucher and some kind of bundle deal I wasn't aware of which brought Pilotwings down to £26. Just registered my code and didn't see anything about the t-shirt, I got a screen about the system update and the title bar said something about a free something, but I clicked off the page before I had noticed that.
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