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Nintendo - Warp Piped, Retro Collected

Posted by simoniker on from the must-have-calendar dept.

Thanks to the Warp Pipe Project for their announcement that they've released a Windows alpha of their GameCube tunnelling software, which allows previously LAN-only games such as Kirby Air Ride and the forthcoming Mario Kart: Double Dash to be played over the Internet. The site will post the Linux alpha soon, but warns that all versions of the utility are unoptimized: "Be advised that half frame rate was attained by two people with a fairly good connection and not much in between." Elsewhere, Nintendo are ramping up the Japanese version of Club Nintendo with exclusive merchandise for frequent game buyers, detailed at IGN Cube, and including exclusive T-shirts, posters, and soundtracks, but not yet the amazing-looking Famicom/NES 20th Anniversary calendar recently acquired at Nokonoko.net.

25 comments

  1. WOW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Words cannot describe the raw awesomeness that calendar exudes.

  2. It's strange though by Daetrin · · Score: 1

    I don't remember playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles on my NES.

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    1. Re:It's strange though by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or Secret of Mana, for that matter.

  3. I hope they bring that exact same calender... by suyashs · · Score: 1

    to the US...I would love to get my hand on a copy! Can anyone who has one scan it in high-res...I know that the author of that web site says that its too big, but can't a person scan bits and pieces and photoshop it into one big picture?

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  4. Phony Calendar? by illuminata · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sword of Mana (June) and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (December) are upcoming GBA titles. Unless this is blatant advertising, why the hell would they put these two titles in something like this?

    So, is the calendar a fake Nintendo product, or can it be confirmed that it was produced by Nintendo? I'm not trying to be accusatory, I honestly want to know the answer.

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    1. Re:Phony Calendar? by mattwolfewvu · · Score: 3, Informative

      Just a guess, but perhaps those were the games from which he sent in the seals. (BTW, FF:CC is a NGC title with GBA connectivity.)

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    2. Re:Phony Calendar? by AvantLegion · · Score: 1
      Except Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is not a Game Boy Advance game at all.

    3. Re:Phony Calendar? by illuminata · · Score: 1

      Aah, stating that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles was an oversight. It was supposed to read are upcoming GBA and GameCube titles instead of are upcoming GBA titles. I'm a bit of a retro Nintendo fan, but I don't keep up too much with the Final Fantasy series, which is probably why I didn't notice the typo.

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    4. Re:Phony Calendar? by JAYOYAYOYAYO · · Score: 1

      i think you are confused. of course its blatant advertising because its made by Nintendo. "or can it be confirmed that it was produced by Nintendo"-- did you even read the site? it states, "Nintendo ran a Famicom 20th anniversary campaign in Japan over the summer where people who bought select games could send in these special proof of purchase seals to get a chance to win some prizes". voila.

    5. Re:Phony Calendar? by JAYOYAYOYAYO · · Score: 2, Interesting

      what kind of guess is that? do you mean if someone sent in the seals from different games then those games would have their own calendar page instead? c'mon, use youre head.

    6. Re:Phony Calendar? by illuminata · · Score: 1

      Did you even fully read my post? My "blatant advertising" statement was in reference to Sword of Mana and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles being in the calendar, not the Nintendo promotion. It wasn't making much sense to me why they would put those two games into a calendar when those games had absolutely nothing to do with the Famicom/NES.

      Try to fully understand the question that I was posing before posting a sarcastic reply.

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    7. Re:Phony Calendar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sword of Mana and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles are both out now in Japan, and this was ran in Japan. However, it still dosen't make sense why they would put them in a Famicom calendar.

    8. Re:Phony Calendar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      First, this calendar was produced for the Japanese market as a promotional item. That's in the very article. And yes, it was produced by Nintendo.

      Second, the Japanese versions of both Sword of Mana and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles have already been released in Japan, and the calendar month pages on which they are featured do not indicate their actual release dates in any non-Japanese regions (in case you were wondering for some reason). The U.S. release dates for both games, for example, are much earlier than as indicated.

      As I understand it, this was just a way for Nintendo to get some Square presence in the calendar. Square was a major part of the Nintendo world until the end of the SNES era, and Nintendo is simply acknowledging this. This would be particularly important in Japan, where exposure of the fact that Square is actively supporting Nintendo platforms could be very influential.

      Why wouldn't they include design elements from actual old-school Square games that were released for Nintendo platforms? Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that Sony still maintains a degree of control (not total, thus Square's GBA and GCN support), and many of these older games have been re-released on Sony and Bandai systems. The first Seiken Densetsu (which has been upgraded and released for the GBA as Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu) is one game that has never been re-released for a non-Nintendo system, and FF Crystal Chronicles is, as everybody knows, a GameCube-exclusive title.

      BTW, yeah, there are other Square-on-Nintendo games that have never been re-released, but the two that were selected are clearly most representative of the most popular series to come out of Square, and they have both been released exclusively on Nintendo platforms, traditionally and recently.

      And there you have it, you confused little mofos! Whee!

    9. Re:Phony Calendar? by illuminata · · Score: 1

      We have yet another damn oversight, I was speaking of the American release dates when I used the term upcoming.

      Bah, it's Sunday, so I, unlike many Slashdot posters, watch football. Stephen Davis had such a good game today that it must be messing with my mind. He loves being on my fantasy team.

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    10. Re:Phony Calendar? by StocDred · · Score: 3, Funny
      How about this: It's Nintendo's damn calendar, they'll put whatever they want into it. If they want to include a couple of new titles alongside all the classic NES stuff, then that's what they'll do. It IS a promotional giveaway, so guess what, it promotes.

      The real mystery is why you idiots have your panties all bunched up about it.

    11. Re:Phony Calendar? by illuminata · · Score: 1

      My panties are bunched up over it? No. I was just curious. That's all. It seemed to be a bit fishy. All I wanted was clarification. Is that too hard to grasp?

      Now, do you feel better talking shit on a message board? Go tell your friends, they'll be excited to see what a tough guy you've become!

      Run along, don't keep them waiting. They'll be so proud of you!

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    12. Re:Phony Calendar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      he wasnt being sarcastic, just because he was critical of your post doesnt mean hes clowning on you, guy. it appears you have a fucked up /. prescence, so that accounts for your reactionary stance, but dont go blaming it on everyone else when you clearly did not understand the 'article'. you wrote, "So, is the calendar a fake Nintendo product, or can it be confirmed that it was produced by Nintendo?". as for "why they would put those two games into a calendar when those games had absolutely nothing to do with the Famicom/NES", you answered your own question-- blatant advertising. i am being very critical of your posts, but im not making fun, i just want to help you to see your fallacies.

    13. Re:Phony Calendar? by illuminata · · Score: 1

      So, asking me in if I even read the article or using the word voila at the end of his post wasn't meant to be sarcastic? Yeah, I'm sure about that one. He probably wasn't being sarcastic when he told mattwolfewvu to use his head.

      So, how do you know if I answered my own question? Do you have confirmation that it is a Nintendo produced calendar? There was good reason that it might not be. For all I know, it could have been something made by a fanboy. As for the Square products in the calendar, it would be like having a calendar mapping Mario's history and then having a month showing Pikachu and another showing Captain Falcon. Ads or not, they didn't have much of a place in the calendar, thus making the whole thing seem fishy. I wasn't the only one who was unsure, either.

      Also, I'm not a reactive person, I just defend what I have to say. Otherwise, it's not worth saying.

      Next time, don't post as a fucking Anonymous Coward, especially when talking about someone else. Stand by what you say. Coward posts can also imply that the author of the post is a karma whore. Oh well, I have a good feeling who posted as a Coward anyways.

      If your post did anything, it made my day. I got a good chuckle out of this, and for that, I thank you.

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  5. Gpl problem ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    in the sourceforge summary, it said it's a gpl prog. But there are no sources and no cvs available.

    And in the forum, authors said that they are going to a closed source program but "forever free".

    But when you install the prog, you need to agree with the GPL. So they must give sources, no ?

    1. Re:Gpl problem ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This post is not off-topic, he's talking about the warp pipe project!

  6. GPL Problem ! by diablero · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since I asked in their forums about GPL licence and source code ( http://www.warppipe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=122 ) :
    - they changed licence in sourceforge summary.
    - they did another binary to download with a proprietary licence.

    You can download the .exe with GPL licence at :
    http://diablero.free.fr/warppipe/warppipe_full. exe

    Original GPL .exe md5sum : 5b1e80abb3db65703089317401cec041
    New .exe md5sum : 8e12abcc22b427bd6da2175ea3329edd

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  7. GPL and SourceForge Problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Someone might want to warn them that they must use an approved OSI open source license to be able to host their project for free at SourceForge. Only OPEN SOURCE projects can be hosted there, not closed source projects. They need to re-read the agreement that they agreed to when they asked to have SourceForge host their project.

  8. Impressive by Funkmastaeric · · Score: 1

    My insignificant comment on the newly released program is "Sucks that it's on XP" I just hope that you can use this program for more than just LAN, I think it'd be kinda cool to have a good old fashioned duel on Super Smash Bros. Melee.

  9. Know what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm with you 99%.

  10. The calendar by MilenCent · · Score: 1

    Hey, that's really cool. It looks kind of like old issues of JoyStik, one of the *coolest* old videogame magazines, a bit hard to read sometimes but always stylish. Why don't any recent magazines look that good? (I realize that my definition of "good," by the way, is somewhat subjective.)

    JoyStik Covers

    Issue Scans