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This proves Nintendos method of DRM is faulty. Assuming they were properly cleaned up, you would never see this happen on PSN or Live. In fact, Nintendo should start linking everything to the nintendo ID just to stop this from happening, as it is causing them money as is.

Didn't Nintendo have the Wii tied to the owner's Club Nintendo account or something? This seems like a step backwards unless people are not unlinking their accounts when they sell back the Wii-U

Dunno how that works but I never had a nintendo club acct and thet used Wii I bought had tons of awesome games downloaded on it, including 3500 pts for more goodies.

Nintendo needs to retire some old, crusty *******s that sit on piles of cash and promote some bright-eyed 20-somethings.

They sorta did with New Super Mario Bros 2/Wii-U. It's not blatant obviously, but I read somewhere that they had new people work on those games.

I'll look into it, but I'm curious if they were bright-eyed 20-somethings or if they were slightly less crusty *******s.

Well what you also have to understand changing things for the sake of change doesn't always pan out too. I don't know who is determining the structure of the console's networking and other parts, but for games, the changes are there, but they're not in your face.

I didn't mean just go nuts firing people or forcing people to retire like a psycho Ari Gold walking through the halls with a paintball gun. The choices have to be intelligent for them to stay afloat, but you can kind of tell that whoever was overseeing the Wii U's network capabilities wasn't really up to speed on what a modern day console should be able to do. Or worse, he was up to speed but his bosses didn't listen to him. This would have been acceptable in the beginning of the last gen, but having content linked to a user ID is standard across the board. This problem shouldn't exist.

I will say, though, that Nintendo's senior leadership has allowed for more creative leaps rather than simply increasing processing power, and for that I'm thankful. Without the Wii, I don't think casual gaming and indie development would be what it is.

Hmm... Nintendo did said they're going to let users transfer their personal Nintendo accounts to a different console. I'm guessing it didn't go through or the guy didn't log off when he sold off his system.

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Dear Nintendo,

Please hire someone who knows how the internet works.

Love,

Everyone

Great post. Nintendo is absolutely clueless when it comes to the internet.

It's like they have never used the internet before. I don't know why it is so difficult for them to figure it out. This is the like the 5th console now where they still can't get anything that connects online done right? The GameCube I think only had one game that was online with the expensive ass adapter that was I think $100. Phantasy Star Online I believe. Then the Wii, DS, and 3DS have those stupid ass friend codes. C'mon Nintendo! Get on board!

I wonder if Sony will reconsider their NFC plans for the next gen.
...Or maybe they're just smart enough to make it work properly.