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Forums - Nintendo - Most of us Will Never Play EarthBound Legally: Here's Why (and a question)

Khuutra on 25 February 2009

There's actually discussion going around about whether or not people should be surprised/upset about this.

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Lastgengamer on 25 February 2009

This news makes me glad that I still have my original copy. Also couldn't Nintendo just edit the game then release it? That would be better then nothing.



Khuutra on 25 February 2009
Lastgengamer said:
This news makes me glad that I still have my original copy. Also couldn't Nintendo just edit the game then release it? That would be better then nothing.

NCL apparently doesn't want them to.



Lastgengamer on 25 February 2009

I see that's a shame.



patjuan32 on 25 February 2009

Guys,

Nothing official has been announced. This is just a rumor. Also in the United States parodies are protected by law. This is why The Day The Earth Stood Still and The Day The Earth Stopped were both similar movies released to the public, One was a remake the other was a parody.

Weird Al made millions from make parodies of popular music back in the 80's. Before we jump to conclusion, lets wait for an official announcement.



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Khuutra on 25 February 2009
patjuan32 said:
Guys,

Nothing official has been announced. This is just a rumor. Also in the United States parodies are protected by law. This is why The Day The Earth Stood Still and The Day The Earth Stopped were both similar movies released to the public, One was a remake the other was a parody.

Weird Al made millions from make parodies of popular music back in the 80's. Before we jump to conclusion, lets wait for an official announcement.

There isn't going to be an anouncement.



1337 Gamer on 25 February 2009

well no one is at fault i think that NCL is doing what its payed to do. If nintendo dosnt buy the rights then they shouldnt use them



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O-D-C on 25 February 2009

looks like Im going to have to suck it up and buy it off ebay. Oh well would have gotten teh SNES version over a VC version anways.



Khuutra on 25 February 2009
O-D-C said:
looks like Im going to have to suck it up and buy it off ebay. Oh well would have gotten teh SNES version over a VC version anways.

Prices on eBay have skyrocketed in light of this issue, so buy it while you can. They're only going to keep climbing from here on out.



Words Of Wisdom on 26 February 2009
Khuutra said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Khuutra said:

That being the case, would you find it similarly unjustifiable to buy a copy off of eBay? Extending from that, is it now morally unjustifiable for anyone who doesn't buy a game new to play that game?

I don't really know.  Up until this generation, just about every game I've ever gotten was brand new.  The only time I've ever had used games (maybe 5 total from NES to N64) was when I could not find a store that carried it new.

It's a question worth considering, because once a game is out of print for good there is no way to give money to the creators - they never actually get your money, they get money from distributors. As such, even buying a new copy of a discontinued game (like Tales of Vesperia or Dawn of the New World or whichever one it was that was discontinued) directly from your favorite retailer won't net the creators any moolah, because there aren't going to be any re-orders. You're just clearing up space for the distributor.

I bought my copy of Mother 3 back when it was having its first (only) run, so it could be argued that I attempted to give money to Nintendo but failed anyway, because that first major shipment never really sold out until it fell into bargain bin territory more than a year later.

It's a fascinating issue, from that perspective.

But isn't buying from retail the same thing?  The retail stores have already paid for the copies and are just reselling them with a markup for profit right?  If so then you're just paying for a copy of a game that was already paid for.