Nintendo just aren't making an effort with CE's these days

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Twisted

yes, those ugly PAL hangtabs i never understand..in todays modern retailing..unnecassary..in US and JAPAN there almost non existent for Nintendo games..in PAL..it's like every nintendo game edition..i wish some European Nintendo fans can tweet Nintendo Europe or ask there rep or even ask GAME why they are necassary?

Tweeting Nintendo accounts on Twitter or asking questions on their official Facebook pages is pointless, as they rarely ever respond (if at all). It's as if the accounts are solely used as an announcement platform, and nothing more. Whoever is responsible for making announcements on Nintendo's social network accounts literally logs-on, posts the announcement, and disappears. There's very little in the way of social interaction with these Nintendo accounts on Twitter and Facebook, and even if there was, I doubt whoever operates them would have information pertaining to what has been discussed above

It would be nice if there was an official Nintendo account where we could ask questions, or even if every now and again a Nintendo spokesperson would take the time to visit a site like NintendoAge or Reddit to answer such questions (like Ghostlight_Ross does here), but I think that is just a warp-pipe dream...


Seeing as how we're talking about hanging items by hangtabs, it reminds me of how Gamestation used to do just that with similar items behind the counter before they were bought-out by GAME. It was also something some indie stores would do, but generally only for things like control pads and related gaming merch. Since the popularity of online websites though, it does seem like a redundant feature to include a hangtab on a box that will probably never even see a shop floor, especially when you consider that the majority of these editions sell out on online pre-orders, with maybe a handful being sent to high street retail stores. I would be very surprised to see any British retail store hanging such an edition in this manner on display in their shop