Mainly because (in my honest opinion) Nintendo's audience changed in Japan over the years. Maybe it's a proof the casual crowd is shrinking... but then again Animal Crossing is mainly mainstream and very accessible franchise that appeals to everyone... Maybe I should shut up XD Is there anyone with a pretty good explanation? Maybe because Dr. Kawashima received poor promotion, Nintendogs was a launch title and people got tired of NSMB games...

Seems like you're the one with an attitude. Let's have a nice converstation. Come on.

My original comment still holds value even though I used it in a different context. Nintendo's online infrastructure is in fact weaker than the competition. You disagree?

I recently had the worst customer service experience of my life over this very issue (yes, with NIntendo of all companies)--short version: do *not* DL anything to your 3DS you aren't willing to part w/ permanently if your 3DS is lost or stolen. Trust me. Utter and complete nightmare. They will run you around until you basically give up.

(I understand this wasn't always the case, but after a dozen emails, multiple phone calls, and a report to the BBB, it wasn't resolved satisfactorily.)

They're still downloaded afterall, so I don't consider them really retail sales. What is the point of digging that much to dismiss this incredible feat Nintendo has accomplished, which is finally making people's interest grow in their online offering? Instead of diminishing the effort, you should welcome a bright move from Nintendo to offer their games both digitally and physically (with no consideration of competition whereas in the statement). 

I think I fully understand what you're saying, but I didn't read the much earlier stuff so maybe it was less clear a few pages ago.

All 200k of the reported digital sales are retail digital. Physical cards bought from a retail store. There are no sales figures yet for digital downloads bought directly from the eShop.

But your opinion that retail digital sales aren't really "digital sales" counfounds me. The true barrier to digital distribution, the reason digital sales aren't even close to usurping retail sales as the primary method of distribution, has nothing to do with where or how people buy games. It's not about getting people to go online to look for games instead of to stores. The obstacle is the physical package. People still want to have a physical disc or cartridge that they can return, resell, lend to a friend, or light on fire if they so please. They don't want their game to be restricted to just the one console. From this perspective, retail digital sales are virtually identical to eShop sales. What's impressive is that so many people accepted the trade-off of not owning a physical copy of the game, but always being able to play it no matter what cartridge is in the system. And that attitude makes perfect sense for a game like Animal Crossing.

No. You seem to have forgotten your original statement, so here it is again:

This is what I meant by confusing and pointless. Paul already said everything there is to say. After that, it's your problem.

I already know what you're trying to say with all your posts, even though you can't seem to put it into words well enough. I'm not interested.

Me too. Bashing is not cool, and say demeaning things in various posts about Nintendo neither.

He's not banned, so I'm just guessing the mods have been wise enough not to take you seriously. Serves you right.

It's because the 3DS doesn't have an ethernet port, isn't it...

I lol'd