To Nintendo and back again one emails journey.

January 8th, 2007, 05:54 Posted By: shadowprophet

Have you ever thought about writing a huge developer like nintendo?
Have you ever wondered, what might happen if someone did reply to your email?
What sage insight The big N may drop upon you, Just because you felt the need to ask?
Well, Here is an example of the kind of reply one may receive from the big N.
Regardless of the general content. Its still humbling that massive corporations Like nintendo hire staff to do a job a dedicated email bot could reply too.

My original question to nintendo.

From: raiden_1@hotmail.com
Posted At: 08:11:27.000 12/25/2006
Posted To: Nintendo <nintendo@noa.nintendo.com>
Subject: Webform: Wii > General Questions / Feedback

Dear nintendo, Merry X-Mas! and congratulations on the success of the wii.
My friends and I would like to know some information, We are wondering.
If Zelda 2 (NES), Zelda, A link to the past (Snes), Zelda, ocarina of time, and majora's mask(N64), Are ever going to be released for the wii virtual console?
Any information on these titles pertaining to there Wii virtual console
releases would be greatly appreciated, however vague it may be,
Thank you in advance ,
Shadowprophet, And friends,

Their Reply.

Message(#6851-000540-7211\5407211)
Hello and thank you for contacting Nintendo,
I hope that you and your friends are enjoying the Wii console. At this
time, however, future titles that may be released for the Virtual Console
have not been announced.
Keep checking our website. When new titles are announced, you will see
them listed on our site.
Thanks for your email and good luck with all your games!

Nintendo of America Inc.
Bruce Mann

After reading this I decided, This was and awfully generic response.
I then decided to write them back one more time, But rather then send them a brand new email I just replied to the one they sent me and sent it back, Hoping that if someone human saw it, they would see this wasn't my first attempt at getting some kind of resolution to my questions.

So I sent them this

From: "ProPhetic Justice" <raiden_1@hotmail.com>
Posted At: 17:26:46.000 01/02/2007
Posted To: Nintendo <nintendo@noa.nintendo.com>
Subject: On the subject of Zelda 2,

Okay, I have one last question that I would like cleared up, If you guys have the
time. See Zelda 2 has been announced for release on the virtual console in Japan.
Why is there no news on an american or European launch ?
Does this mean titles like kid icarus, mario kart 64 and zelda 2 wont see a
state side virtual console release?

there is a whole different set of red tape nintendo must endure to
see the titles released in other countries??
Thanks again in advance guys. I promise If I get a response for this email, this will be the last time I bug you guys about the issue, lol :P
Signed Shadowprophet.

From: Nintendo <nintendo@noa.nintendo.com> To: raiden_1@hotmail.com
Subject: Re : Webform: Wii > General Questions / Feedback Date: Thu, 28 Dec
2006
Their reply


Hello,

It's great to hear from the many fans excited about the Virtual Console! So
many of you have contacted Nintendo regarding the games you would love to see
added. While we appreciate your excitement and support, decisions regarding
which games will be made available come from several different companies and are
influenced by a variety of factors apart of consumer suggestions.

The best place to share your excitement is through our Wii NSider Forums. The
NSider Forums may be accessed by clicking the link below:

http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board?board.id=vc
To post your comments, you'll need a My Nintendo membership. However, it's free
and easy to get by going to the following web page:
http://my.nintendo.com/cpp/mynintendo/myNintendo.do
If you have questions about NSider Forums, please visit our FAQ page:
http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/help_faq
For more details about the Virtual Console, including a list of software that
will be made available by Dec. 31st, check out the following web page:
http://wii.nintendo.com/virtualconsole.jsp

Going forward, we anticipate anywhere from 10-15 new Virtual Console titles a
month across all systems, so there's hope that the title you're looking for will
eventually appear. Keep checking our website (www.nintendo.com) for updates!

Sincerely,
Nintendo of America Inc.
Shane O'Neil

Anyhow, It seems they where at least willing to hear me out even If they where awfully Vague about the issue. Anyway, Just thought I would post this as the follow up to my post weeks ago. It really takes nity about a full week to respond to an email for some reason.

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