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Nintendo Responsible for Box Art Blunder


On 01/29/2012 at 05:51 PM by Kathrine Theidy

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In a statement released by a CapCom representative today, Nintendo's label-making software was criticized after Resident Evil: Revelations for Nintendo 3DS shipped with a spelling error on the spine. “We are used to cover editing software having an auto-correct for spelling mistakes,” said CapCom marketing director Ron Standard, “so we didn't know what the red underline meant.” He went on to say that Nintendo's outdated 3DS case imaging software is the reason that the typo exists, and that they shouldn't be expected to put in the effort to fix typos.

Furthermore, CapCom criticized Nintendo's lack of 3DS case patching when discussing the fix for the mistake. “Due to Nintendo's shortsightedness in designing 3DS software cases, we are not able to issue a downloadable patch, and must instead go the more expensive route of printing new cover art for both new and existing copies of the game.” This, he says, will further increase the production cost of the game, after the price was already cut down to reasonable levels when the company realized they “couldn't slight customers into paying a premium for a game we actually put effort in making.”

Rumours are circulating that CapCom has locked the game's ending as $10 DLC, but Ron declined to comment “until after the game launches.”


 

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Joaquim Mira Media Manager

01/29/2012 at 10:01 PM

“We are used to cover editing software having an auto-correct for spelling mistakes”

Don't rely on auto-correct? lulz

Angelo Grant Staff Writer

01/30/2012 at 10:45 AM

Rumours are circulating that CapCom has locked the game's ending as $10 DLC, but Ron declined to comment “until after the game launches.”

This concerns me WAY more than some typo on a case.  This "online pass" stuff is getting out of hand.  I suspect he would have shot that down as soon as possible if there wasn't anything to that rumor, but that's speculation on my part.

[edit] Dammit Katherine, you couldn't have timed this better.  I was so ticked off over the Amalur thing I didn't notice this whole thing was a gag.  You win this one.

Kathrine Theidy Staff Alumnus

02/03/2012 at 07:01 PM

Hee hee, sorry, I wasn't trying to trick anyone, just trying to post something funny. It's funny how believable this ended up sounding, I thought the part about downloading a  patch for a 3DS case would be ridiculous enough to show that this is satire, but I guess it's easy to overlook what's being said there given the context.

We all know how everyone likes to spin things to somehow blame Nintendo, so I wanted to poke at that a little.

Xayvong

02/06/2012 at 12:15 PM

Aha! Clever. I was about to question how ridiculous this article sounded until I was assured that this was a joke. Toushe Kathrine....Toushe >:)

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