FUD. All attempts at new methods of copy protection (like the one in SMG) have so far been remedied by modchip updates issued by the modchip devteams.

The games do not use any kind of serial identification for online play, so there's no online play issue (so far), either. Yes, because of the lack of any central online system ala Xbox Live, you can freely play online using backup copies. As far as i know, game servers are handled seperately by game publishers, so there is no such thing as machine bricking or Live account banning like with the 360.

Face it, for now there's little to no drawback in playing backup copies of games on modified machines. I personally wish that nintendo could do something about this, but the drive-based modchips out in the market now are pretty impossible to detect by software means; i.e. there is not much that nintendo can do even by their firmware updates.


Value of DS games plummeted (someone please buy my DS games!!! ) ever since the flash cart scene matured and playing ROMs became so much easier than ever, so...

This post has been edited by nub: Nov 3 2007, 11:11 PM

Because it's obviously smarter to ignore the elephant in the room and pretend it's not there.

Sorry, but it just isn't my style to lie, even if for the "greater good", whatever that is.

This post has been edited by nub: Nov 4 2007, 02:43 AM

spoon, how the hell do you hold that nunchuk+wiimote gun combo? The nunchuk's light as hell and the wiimotehas 2 AA batteries inside.

Hmm, the wii zapper's 2-hand design starts to make sense now.

The launch price in japan was Y25,000, which when converted to RM by today's exchange rate is about RM730. Looks like some shops went ahead and did some price cutting, those lucky japans!

The US Wii was launched at US$249. That's about RM835. Note, though, that the JP wii doesn't come with wii sports.

I'd say the JP machines are not marked up as badly as US machines here in malaysia.

Do nintendo machines get properly taxed in malaysia? As far as i know we don't have an "official" supplier (other than that singaporean company that recently started selling stuff in Jusco), so everything you see in the market are parallel imports.

Since these importers bring in units in limited quantities, price stays high, and individual shops make money by marking them up even higher, so there you go, RM1250 for a US$250(RM832) merchandise.