EA Apologizes To Nintendo For Unacceptable April Fools Joke

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#101 locopatho
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@DJ-Lafleur said:

Eh, I largely agree, I just think there is some difference between "lying" and "not being able to keep one's word." I mean, if I was going to take a test, and I was saying 'I'm totally going to get over 90% on this test," but I actually ended up geetting a 78%, I wouldn't exactly say that is lying, when in my head I was sure that I would manage to get a 90%.

Overall what they said they would pull off with the Wii U has managed to be false to a significant extent, I just question how deliberateness of it all.

Yeah but the thing is, games take years to develop. They knew for a fact they were making more Wii Sports, more WIi Fit, another launch minigame compilation, more 2D Mario, more 2D Donkey Kong, and they knew they were NOT launching or bringing out within 18 months, a Zelda, a Metroid, a Fire Emblem, a Paper Mario, a Battalion Wars, all of which came in the Wii's first year. Not to mention they had to know their 3rd party relations were still in the toilet.

If you were "totally going to get 90%" but knew you weren't going to study at all for the next year, one could question how honest you were in the first place :P

Though this is all a tangent anyway. Lying or just being mistaken, the end result is the same ;)

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#102 DJ-Lafleur
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@locopatho said:

@DJ-Lafleur said:

Eh, I largely agree, I just think there is some difference between "lying" and "not being able to keep one's word." I mean, if I was going to take a test, and I was saying 'I'm totally going to get over 90% on this test," but I actually ended up geetting a 78%, I wouldn't exactly say that is lying, when in my head I was sure that I would manage to get a 90%.

Overall what they said they would pull off with the Wii U has managed to be false to a significant extent, I just question how deliberateness of it all.

Yeah but the thing is, games take years to develop. They knew for a fact they were making more Wii Sports, more WIi Fit, another launch minigame compilation, more 2D Mario, more 2D Donkey Kong, and they knew they were NOT launching or bringing out within 18 months, a Zelda, a Metroid, a Fire Emblem, a Paper Mario, a Battalion Wars, all of which came in the Wii's first year. Not to mention they had to know their 3rd party relations were still in the toilet.

If you were "totally going to get 90%" but knew you weren't going to study at all for the next year, one could question how honest you were in the first place :P

Though this is all a tangent anyway. Lying or just being mistaken, the end result is the same ;)

Fair enough. I was mostly arguing semantics I guess.

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#103 locopatho
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@DJ-Lafleur said:

@locopatho said:

@DJ-Lafleur said:

Eh, I largely agree, I just think there is some difference between "lying" and "not being able to keep one's word." I mean, if I was going to take a test, and I was saying 'I'm totally going to get over 90% on this test," but I actually ended up geetting a 78%, I wouldn't exactly say that is lying, when in my head I was sure that I would manage to get a 90%.

Overall what they said they would pull off with the Wii U has managed to be false to a significant extent, I just question how deliberateness of it all.

Yeah but the thing is, games take years to develop. They knew for a fact they were making more Wii Sports, more WIi Fit, another launch minigame compilation, more 2D Mario, more 2D Donkey Kong, and they knew they were NOT launching or bringing out within 18 months, a Zelda, a Metroid, a Fire Emblem, a Paper Mario, a Battalion Wars, all of which came in the Wii's first year. Not to mention they had to know their 3rd party relations were still in the toilet.

If you were "totally going to get 90%" but knew you weren't going to study at all for the next year, one could question how honest you were in the first place :P

Though this is all a tangent anyway. Lying or just being mistaken, the end result is the same ;)

Fair enough. I was mostly arguing semantics I guess.

"Mostly arguing semantics" should be System Wars official motto :P

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#104 DJ-Lafleur
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@locopatho said:

@DJ-Lafleur said:

@locopatho said:

@DJ-Lafleur said:

Eh, I largely agree, I just think there is some difference between "lying" and "not being able to keep one's word." I mean, if I was going to take a test, and I was saying 'I'm totally going to get over 90% on this test," but I actually ended up geetting a 78%, I wouldn't exactly say that is lying, when in my head I was sure that I would manage to get a 90%.

Overall what they said they would pull off with the Wii U has managed to be false to a significant extent, I just question how deliberateness of it all.

Yeah but the thing is, games take years to develop. They knew for a fact they were making more Wii Sports, more WIi Fit, another launch minigame compilation, more 2D Mario, more 2D Donkey Kong, and they knew they were NOT launching or bringing out within 18 months, a Zelda, a Metroid, a Fire Emblem, a Paper Mario, a Battalion Wars, all of which came in the Wii's first year. Not to mention they had to know their 3rd party relations were still in the toilet.

If you were "totally going to get 90%" but knew you weren't going to study at all for the next year, one could question how honest you were in the first place :P

Though this is all a tangent anyway. Lying or just being mistaken, the end result is the same ;)

Fair enough. I was mostly arguing semantics I guess.

"Mostly arguing semantics" should be System Wars official motto :P

No kidding.

I guess I've been on SW too long. Starting to become harmful for my well being...

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#105 locopatho
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@DJ-Lafleur said:

No kidding.

I guess I've been on SW too long. Starting to become harmful for my well being...

Nah, just remember: games are fun and so is ranting at people, and you'll be fine :P

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#106 ratchet_usa
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How can they be a joke if they're true?

I don't thnk any nintendo employee that read those tweets found the tweets funny. It's unprofessional to bash a business partner like that on twitter.I hope you are not being sarcastic.

It is not EA's fault that nintendo sucks at keeping up with new technologies LMAO wiiu!

So it's okay for an actual EA emloyee to bash the wiiu on a public forum like twittter because people despise it? Even if the wiiu is a flawed product no company that has a business relationship with the company that released the product can bash the product because it unprofessional and bad.

I have seen many times people like Micheal pacher bash microsoft or Sony and everybody agrees with him. In that case the vibe would be yeah "it sucks" "it's a failure" " it will go bankrupt" etc.

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#107 nintendoboy16
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ScrewAttack posted about this news on their recent Hard News. More and more, I'm reminded of why I only watch that for Death Battle now.

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#108 razu2444
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this is proof nintendo is in such a lame state right now.