[Untouchable_M]

dealextreme is the worst site ever. just so you know, it make take up to 2 months to receive your r4. why? because if you read on the comments, many customers have been complaining about not getting their items. one, which includes my boyfriend. he bought the DSTT a month ago. and it hasn't arrived. he decided to reach them to see when they will come and they said its shipped. when he's other items that he bought from the same site arrive, he DSTT didn't. so he notified them and they said that they shipped it a few days ago. my boyfriend, being fed up with it, decided to cancel it but they were like.." please be patient and wait for it" and he did. and it never arrived. so he decided to file a paypal complaint. still haven't heard from them nor did he get a refund.

are you f.in serious?!?! I read the comments and they were all quite positive! thats why i ordered it from there! its was 68 AUD I'm gonna cry! I just pray to God I'll recieve it cos a soompier bought it from the site and got a pretty good response, the site itself looks trustworthy..no? Thanks for informing me.

[Ms. X]

are you f.in serious?!?! I read the comments and they were all quite positive! thats why i ordered it from there! its was 68 AUD I'm gonna cry! I just pray to God I'll recieve it cos a soompier bought it from the site and got a pretty good response, the site itself looks trustworthy..no? Thanks for informing me.

I've ordered from them several times and had no problems, although I'm not from Australia, but Canada. Their shipping is extremely slow, but if you aren't in a hurry, you will eventually receive what you ordered.
My boyfriend ordered his R4 from them as well, but he paid extra money for faster shipping and he got his item in under 2 weeks instead of a month, lol. So I say just be patient, and if you are concerned about the status of your order, talk to them through their "customer ticket" service for more details on your order... This will give you more accurate answers, since I found orders often say "shipped" when they aren't.

[darkbahamut]

I've ordered from them several times and had no problems, although I'm not from Australia, but Canada. Their shipping is extremely slow, but if you aren't in a hurry, you will eventually receive what you ordered.
My boyfriend ordered his R4 from them as well, but he paid extra money for faster shipping and he got his item in under 2 weeks instead of a month, lol. So I say just be patient, and if you are concerned about the status of your order, talk to them through their "customer ticket" service for more details on your order... This will give you more accurate answers, since I found orders often say "shipped" when they aren't.

Should have gotten yours at Gamersection.ca. Mine came within a week.

[<3goesDOKIDOKI]

i used dealextreme for my r4.
it took like, a wk.. wk and half for it to arrive?
standard shipping. if you email them, you get a quick response too...
overall i had a good experience with them.
im in the states if that makes a difference

[Untouchable_M]

I've ordered from them several times and had no problems, although I'm not from Australia, but Canada. Their shipping is extremely slow, but if you aren't in a hurry, you will eventually receive what you ordered.
My boyfriend ordered his R4 from them as well, but he paid extra money for faster shipping and he got his item in under 2 weeks instead of a month, lol. So I say just be patient, and if you are concerned about the status of your order, talk to them through their "customer ticket" service for more details on your order... This will give you more accurate answers, since I found orders often say "shipped" when they aren't.

I did once, but the guy wasnt answering my question ..LOL He just kept repeating if i wanted to keep my order or cancel it i should have paid for faster shipping. lol hopefully i'll get the item im just scared that its lost somewhere .

i used dealextreme for my r4.
it took like, a wk.. wk and half for it to arrive?
standard shipping. if you email them, you get a quick response too...
overall i had a good experience with them.
im in the states if that makes a difference

Im guessing cos they're not shipping anything out right now? Thats why everything is so bloody slow But thats really fast for u, just a week or so mines lagging its way to australia.

[la folie]

If you're in Australia you should have ordered from bamboogaming.com!

[RS Trax]

^ Go in to the Wii Options, and look for Location or Country to select language or etc. Otherwise it could be the hardware since it's a Japanese SKU rather than a US. Wii Shop is varied by the region where the system is made for.

Virtual Console releases for today include the following.


Harvest Moon
Super NES
1 player
Rated E for Everyone
800 Wii Points
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Moon_%28SNES%29


Lords of Thunder
TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM
1 player
Rated E for Everyone Fantasy Violence
800 Wii Points
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of_Thunder

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Wii releases this week (North American):
MX vs. ATV Untamed Wiki

Nintendo DS releases this week (North American):
Dungeon Explorer: Warrior of Ancient Arts IGN YouTube
Command and Destroy IGN
Barnyard Blast IGN YouTube
FIFA Street 3 IGN Official Website
New Zealand Story: Revolution IGN

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Japanese publication Famitsu magazine has revealed a number of new details for Mario Kart Wii.

Famitsu has now confirmed that the bikes are allowed use in Cup races, along with their ability to perform special tricks like wheelies. Each driver will come with different vehicles.
Baby Peach and Boo will join the roster of playable characters. Gamers will be able to race with their Miis as well.

New Courses:
"Mushroom Cup"
Luigi Circuit
Moo Moo Country
Mushroom Canyon
Toad Factory

"Flower Cup"
Mario Circuit
Coconuts Mall
DK Snowboard Cross
Wario Mines

Old Courses:
"Shell Cup"
GC Peach Beach
DS Yoshi Falls
SFC Ghost Swamp 2
64 Mario Circuit

"Banana Cup"
64 Sherbert Land
GBA Hey Ho Beach
DS Monty Town
GC Waluigi Stadium

Mario Kart Wii will be the first home console edition of the franchise to feature online play. Races will expand to include 12 players instead of the typical eight. Players will also be able to share time attack scores and race "ghosts" online.

Global and local rankings will be available to online players. Famitsu mentioned an online league, but did not clearly specify how people can participate. Outside of racing, players can partake in the online battle mode.

Mario Kart Wii is expected to be released in Japan on April 10, with a North American and Europe somewhere around the same, Australia late March 2008.

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_kart_wii

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The latest issue of Edge magazine has revealed new information about the upcoming Wii game LEGO Indiana Jones.

The game will parody the three Stephen Spielberg-directed films originally released during the 1980s. Players will lead Indiana Jones through 18 levels filled with Lego-sized renditions of the main characters and classic moments from the movies.

Jones' iconic whip will be used to attack enemies, latch onto objects in the environment and more. Players will also be able to dig for weapons and other bonus items. Unlike in the Lego Star Wars games, Lego Indiana Jones will impose an ammo limit.

According to Edge, Lego Indiana Jones is funnier and more open than its Star Wars counterpart, with Traveller's Tales Director Jon Burton describing the game as a "careful next step" for the LEGO game franchise.

The 'careful' approach led, in part, to the removal of Nazis and Nazi references in the title. "Lego [has] already replaced them with an anonymous genocidal, occultist, trenchcoat-wearing master-race," the studio explained. "That said, we like to reinforce the fact that these really are terrible, terrible people."

Lego Indiana Jones is expected to be released on multiple platforms including Wii this June.

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Indiana_...:_The_Videogame

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Stephen Spielberg has finally revealed his latest video game creation, in partner with EA, here's Boom Blox.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpMkCF3AdMY

BOOM BLOX offers action-packed interactive activities that takes Wii play to a new level of creativity and fun with single player, co-op, and versus gameplay. Players can explore the visceral gameplay-perfectly suited for the Wii's interactivity-that keeps them destroying their way through brain-twisting challenges. They can interact with entertaining characters such as the Blox-laying chickens or the baseball throwing monkeys, who bring personality to the Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted themed environments. Additionally, players can remix any level of the game in Create Mode using props, blocks, or characters that have been unlocked during the game. Players can also virtually build anything they can dream up. Plus, their designs can then be shared with friends or used to challenge others to solve their newly created puzzle via WiiConnect24™.

Launching in May 2008 for North America and Europe.
Official website: http://www.boomblox.ea.com/

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Catch up on previous Wii News & Updates on my Xanga blog.
See you all next week! \:D/

// Roth

[Crispy]

Oh, and that Professor Layton game is awesome.

Agreed.
I just spent an hour chuckling at my little sister since she was stuck at the "digital clock" puzzle, ahaha.
I could've just told her that she was forgetting 10:00, 11:10-11:19, but it was more fun to watch her go crazy every time she thought she got it right yet didn't. ;p
The artistic direction is adorable/awesome, too.

[darkbahamut]

Agreed.
I just spent an hour chuckling at my little sister since she was stuck at the "digital clock" puzzle, ahaha.
I could've just told her that she was forgetting 10:00, 11:10-11:19, but it was more fun to watch her go crazy every time she thought she got it right yet didn't. ;p
The artistic direction is adorable/awesome, too.

You just solved that puzzle for me. OMG !!! LOL. I didn't solve it once. I got lazy and didn't look at it for a while.

[Crispy]

You just solved that puzzle for me. OMG !!! LOL. I didn't solve it once. I got lazy and didn't look at it for a while.

=)
I'm gonna start playing it soon, too. So feel free to ask any questions from it. ^^
Crispy: RESIDENT GENIUS, I like the sound of that! Jokes jokes. ;p
What's the wifi func. on that game again? A free puzzle every week?

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On the cat chase, but the only puzzle I've come across that was even remotely hard (as in, took over 5 min) is No. 20, the drawing of the four dude's paths to work. I'm doing that one right now. Haven't messed up once and haven't used a single hint. This game is addicting, though. D;
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... just figured it out like 20 seconds after I posted that, ahaha.

[<3goesDOKIDOKI]

Im guessing cos they're not shipping anything out right now? Thats why everything is so bloody slow But thats really fast for u, just a week or so mines lagging its way to australia.

hmm, maybe they're out of r4s again? i ordered mine last summer where everyone was going R4 crazy and it was sold out online at a lot of places. did you check their status? i waited til dealextreme had some then i ordered, so i got it fairly quickly.
if its been a long time, i suggest emailing their customer service dept. should get a quick response (hopefully!) :]

[x`aNNiie.]

dealextreme is the worst site ever. just so you know, it make take up to 2 months to receive your r4. why? because if you read on the comments, many customers have been complaining about not getting their items. one, which includes my boyfriend. he bought the DSTT a month ago. and it hasn't arrived. he decided to reach them to see when they will come and they said its shipped. when he's other items that he bought from the same site arrive, he DSTT didn't. so he notified them and they said that they shipped it a few days ago. my boyfriend, being fed up with it, decided to cancel it but they were like.." please be patient and wait for it" and he did. and it never arrived. so he decided to file a paypal complaint. still haven't heard from them nor did he get a refund.

SERIOUS? i got mine within 10 days and i'm from Australia.
And i was complaining about not haveing a CD and they replied.. WOAH..

And i heard their "taking their time" because HK post isn't shipping out anything until 15th?

[Untouchable_M]

hmm, maybe they're out of r4s again? i ordered mine last summer where everyone was going R4 crazy and it was sold out online at a lot of places. did you check their status? i waited til dealextreme had some then i ordered, so i got it fairly quickly.
if its been a long time, i suggest emailing their customer service dept. should get a quick response (hopefully!) :]

I order it before they were out of stocks, then after a few days the status was 'out of stock' then never heard from it again. i did email them, they always reply saying sorry and crap but never answer my question. I ask them when will it be comming, their response,

'Apologize for delay and any inconveniences.
We have in holidays from 2/4 till today 2/11, we are hard working with the orders and have them fulfiled as quickly as we can, hope you will understand us in this.'

hopefully within the next two weeks? no? BFBNKJSN;OINWREO;MNF.!!!
Soooo whats the chances of me getting scammed? LOL this is my first time buying online too!

SERIOUS? i got mine within 10 days and i'm from Australia.
And i was complaining about not haveing a CD and they replied.. WOAH..

And i heard their "taking their time" because HK post isn't shipping out anything until 15th?

ahhhhhhh i know! i read it! you're so lucky! 10 DAYS?! Did u upgraded or something? its gonna be like over a month until i get mines

[~SWEETwhispers~]

So I'm seriously considering getting a DS lite in the near future...and I was wondering if $129.99 USD was the set price for it. Is it? Or does it go lower?...Will it ever go lower? ;___;

It's hard for me to spend that much money at once, so yeah. >___<"

[finding forever]

^i remember asking the gamestop guy if it would get lower, and he said no since it's been dropped already. he also said it's still popular (ie, a lot of people still want it.. like you ) then i asked him if a new one is going to come out soon, and he said no and that is why it won't go any lower.. lol but it's worth it if you buy the r4 cards since you don't have to buy any games

[<3 Kim]

^ 129.99usd is a good buy to me... Maybe cos I live in Australia and cost about $186aud here T_T

[~SWEETwhispers~]

^But I don't have a job T___T
So whenever I want something, I have to save up for a while...and I usually don't get a lot of money from my relatives, so it takes a long time :[

jaeneex: thanks for your response! I guess I'll decide if it's really worth it now T__T If only it'd drop to like 80...then I'd totally get it! No questions asked tooooo.

Off topic: <3Kim! I got nosy looked at your 411. Your boyfriend has the same car mine does! Except the steering wheel is on the different side, since I live in the US

Blehhh! I hope my DS-wanting dies down >__>

[<3 Kim]

^ Ohh i see
yeah if I didn't have a job then I wouldn't even think about buying a DS :x
but like the other poster said, it's worth it when you get an R4 :x

[monchichi]

^ 129.99usd is a good buy to me... Maybe cos I live in Australia and cost about $186aud here T_T

I got mine $150AUD But that's because it was pre-owned. Brand new condition though!

Still, I think $186 is the best deal you can get because in most stores they go for $199 with no extras.

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I finally got a chance to download Mario & Sonic at the Olympics... it's pretty fun but I found it a bit difficult to get gold for most of the events o_o Which I suppose is the whole point (i.e. challenge)... it tends to get a bit frustrating though... T_T

[chickenwing]

^ 129.99usd is a good buy to me... Maybe cos I live in Australia and cost about $186aud here T_T

really?? where did u buy it?? i bought it $192AUD ,but i bought THRILLVILLE they gave me discount almost $20AUD (only the game)...