Reggie horns in on Kaz and Bill's act [update 1]

I've read over that quote a few times, and don't see anywhere where Reggie hints at the fact that this is an 'unprecented', new or unique thing to do.

A little clarification, Joystiq crew, would be appreciated. This post makes absolutely no sense.

Yeah Joystiq, are you pulling this out of your ass? If there's an actual quote, show it.

Nintendo should send Link, Samus, Kirby, Donkey Kong, and Mario to hand out Wii's.

I'd like to see a big fat Kirby handing me a Wii.

Vladimir likes to stir the pot and indeed likes to pull things from his rectum.

Oh oh, the NDF is out in numbers! I better edit this down, stat!

When he says, "You know what" it's got that ring of, "ready yourself for some amazing news."

It's expected, not special, and it's made to sound special. The fact that GameSpot and other media are picking it up as if it's special reinforces our reading of the situation.

Where in that quote does Reggie even hint that they are doing something new or unprecedented? This story is absolutely pathetic newsmongering where there is no story at all.

I want Master Chief to throw the first pitch at the next Cubs game I go to.

Any chance of getting that close to Regiie without spontaneously combusting do to the awesome mojo that radiates from his body, is totaly UNPRECIDENTED!!

Fools... quiver in all his GLORY!! Reggie > j00 !!

"Reggie to sell first US Wii"

How the hell is that news?

Joystiq tries not falling for PR stunts. This non-event should not be making headlines across the blogosphere.

vc, you're a joke.

What the hell is curiouser?

Reggie is handing out consoles, cool.

Is this a common PR Stunt? Of course. Explain to us why everything Nintendo does has to be unique.

Who cares if they're doing something thats already been done... That doesnt change the fact that fanboys want to meet Reggie.

NDF... lol. You better swallow the critic vc.
"you know what" seems more like "to hell with it" for me...

seriously, I'm with everyone else on this, what's with the stupid amount of personal input Joystiq is adding to their posts all of a sudden. vc, very very stupid. When did Joystiq become a 12 year olds myspace?

God soon you'll be complaining about your day on here.

VC, I like joystiq, read it all the time. But your posts are sooooo bad. They never make sense. First that "more hardware for less $" junk, then "plastic cases FTL" and now that. I just don't get it. Do you even think before posting?

What if he is actually handing out consoles, and not ringing them up but giving them away free? That would be unprecidented!

@ #6

We need to sign master cheif to the cubs as a pitcher scince wood, prior, miller suck and maddux gone.

I won't get into the 'news-worthiness' regarding the post. (I've only got two stars and if one gets taken away, the other will be lonely). However, I read the news article on AP or something this morning. It actually made me think about taking Nov 19th off and making the quick flight from Chicago to NYC to camp out for a while. I mean c'mon, who wouldn't want a chance to meet a guy with the nickname of 'Regginator'.

Call me Crazy - Offer the first 200 Wii's for free, nothing like that to get the punters in. It would also cost about 1% of any sort of advertising campaign that would bring in the same results.

lol

Who cares?

-R.U.Sirius

So what if he's copying one fairly insignificant p.r. stunt? Isn't it better than copying say, the idea for a new controller? And it is new. I didn't know he would be there, did you? So that's news right? Oh man, Bush is totally copying Eisenhower. Russia copied the U.S. by making nukes. Valdimir copied anyone who ever wrote non-sensical drivel. See what I mean? It's all relative. You could say that Sony and Microsoft are copying Nintendo by even making video games in the first place, and that anything Nintendo does is copying the copiers, thus copying themselves and now not only does the word "copy" not make sense anymore but the entire space-time continuum is in danger of implosion. Shame on you for endangering the universe, Vladimir. For shame.

Yeah dude, the quote from Reggie doesn't say anything about it being unprecented. And sites like Gamestop are just reporting it, but they are not trying to make it sound unprecedented or unwarrented either.
Your post seems a bit off.

Christ, who cares?

WAYYYYY off topic, but where does one put up suggestions for articles for the site? I am surprised no one has been talking about the HP/Voodoo merge

VC transcribes the posts he makes from the dumps he takes after eating alpabets cereal. Either that or he is retarded. no otherway to explain his outstanding logic.

Who really cares if Reggie isnt the first, He never said he was. Nobody is being a Nintendo fanboy here, VC is just being a Hater.

curiouser? stuntage? Polly Shore's reading of Alice in Wonderland?

It's like you said, it isn't Reggie's fault this was made into a big deal. Blame the media machine. Think about it, you have just contributed to the same thing :P Yet another headline about this.

"This years-old maneuver shouldn't be making headlines."

Remember when joystiq left a many of you waiting until 12:00am for 'Headline News' and all it ended up being was the fact that IBM was shipping the Wii's processors?

Without indirectly rubbing it in your face, you really should re-evaluate your definition of hipocricy. Lol.

hang on a sec, so when one company does something it's news and when another company does it it's not. how many products when launched have representatives handing over the product on launch day? it's a PR stunt and like you said the media is making a big deal out of it, so what?

what really bothers me is the context that Joystiq is taking. i fail to see what part Reggie has said "we do what nobody else has done before".

so what's your beef Joystiq? are you implying they shouldn't do it? or are you saying they should do it because others before them have, and they shouldn't mention it because it's nothing special?

i don't expect impartial news from a blog, but twisting stories like this one appears to have been is worrying.

So you updated with context, but it still doesnt salvage your bad post. Why not write a post about how new sites report non worthy news items when lacking anything else to report (much like your very onw post)

No you decided to make a criptic post that made it look like you were attacking nintendo PR rather then gameing news jounalists.

You need to learn how to make a news post before you critique others on the same area.

Can we please get Vladamir to stop editing? He's the one in charge of the "retard rodeo".

Wow, so other news outlets are bad because they didn't infer something you did? Weird. So you have some weird ESP into what Reggie is thinking and not what he is ACTUALLY saying?

Hey Vlad,

When are you gonna close out the limerick contest and send me the chocolate 360 controller I won? How about an updaate on THAT instead of your criticisms of Reggie and the Nintendo PR team.

Love 4evar,

existonfile

Sheesh. If Reggie says he's going to be selling Wiis to the kids, then I'm going to let the kids know. But thanks for singling us out!

couldn't agree more with this post. that isn't news and the fact that the blogosphere is covering it is embarassing.

Maybe other blogs mentioned it, because, I don't know, a lot of people live in New York and might like to meet/possibly get their box autographed by Reggie. MAYBE.

Also if no one reported that Reggie would be there, then how would people know he was going to be there?

You are pretty much failing in every way VC. Keep trying though, maybe one day you will make it.

Would be even better if it was Miyamoto instead of Reggie.

Why would anybody want REGGIE'S signature? You poor sheeple! Who asks for Peter Moore's signature? Or Kaz Hirai's signature? You friggin Nintendophiles are weak, weak, weak.

Did you actually watch the interview VC? Reggie was completely downplaying launch day hysteria and emphasizing Nintendo's reach for mass market appeal.

And Plus everyone knows that "REGGIE LOVE THE KIDS" the big ones too, stop hating on Reggie if he wants to place out the wiis then let him...I really dont like the PR Execs. but Reggie is the coolest of them all!!! PS3 FTW Wii FTW, 360 in the closet when the PS3 and wii are released and then dusted off for exclusives. how yall like that fanboy talk its cool never actually tried it before now i feel great, let me sing and dance now.....(im dancing and singing) love to you all xoxoxoxoxoXXXXXXooOOOxooxxx

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When he says, "You know what" it's got that ring of, "ready yourself for some amazing news.".
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So this post is because he said "You know what" in a tone to imply they were doing something "unprecedented". How did you get that tone from a written quote.

We've all read the post many times by now and it's pretty clear it's a stinker. It's posts like these that make me wish Joystiq would just admit fault, rather than shouting "it's the fanboys, head for the hills the fanboys are coming" as a defence.

You guys totally missed the poiunt. Reggie never said it was unprecedented. Vlad said "Unprecedented" in a sarcastic manner. The post was about how this PR move is not nearly as unique as other news outlets are making it seem. Mainstream news is treating this like the first time it has ever happened and Vlad is simply pointing out that it's not and posing a public question, "Why is this being treated like something new and substantial?"

Ugh... Vlad, this is getting tiresome.

Of course it's a PR stunt, which, by the very nature of being a PR stunt will gather press. It will always make the news when a highly paid top brass exec takes a position behind the register (or wherever) and meets the masses. It becomes more than just a chance to buy an item, it becomes a chance to meet a (pseudo)celebrity.

Can you please show me, ANYWHERE, where anybody states that this was creative, new, or original? I don't see the writers you attack stating that it was a new idea either. They are just reporting a story. Why is it a big story? Because Reggie is a big personality in video games... now gamergeek can meet this otherwise unapproachable person.

Things don't have to be new or creative to be exciting or news worthy. They just have to carry interest.

Let's carry this to an extreme: If a major politician, a presidential candidate came to your town, hosting a little meet-n-greet/kiss the babys sort of thing do you think it would make the news? Its as overdone as anything can be, they've been doing it for literally hundreds of years. Yet I distinctly remember George Bush's 'Whistle Stop Tour' of California being a big deal with a huge turnout.

Am I saying Reggie is as big a personality as the president? Of course not, but he IS interesting to more than a few folks out there, which makes him newsworthy.

Vlad, (and other Joystiq editors) have you noticed how many times you have to update your posts to clarify your 'true' meaning? Do you realize that you are attempting to attack something as a non-story... with your OWN story? I am really getting tired of these half assed, poorly conceived editorials coming from Joystiq. I really am starting to think that it's just a way to push action on the site, and I usually don't bite on such conspiracy theories.

Here's the deal. Vlad is a full on Wii hater. He has stated privately (to people who have talked about it publicly on podcasts) that the Wii is a gimmick and that it is going to fail miserably.

So all of his Wii "articles" should be taken with a grain of salt.

Back on this topic, I think it IS actually news that the president of NOA is going to be handing out launch units. Regardless of whether it has been done before, it is still pretty cool.

"What really bothers us (and what prompted this post) is that this is making headlines at all. What gives? At the very least, these writers should be providing context for the news. This years-old maneuver shouldn't be making headlines."

Yes. It shoudln't have made headlines, so we all decided to write a lengthy blog post about it! Because, as we all know, nothing kills a headline faster than posting it to one the most visited gaming blogs on the Net!

Joystiq, and some its writers specifically, are in this weird limbo lately. Honestly. It's like a cross between not having enough to write about, a desire to appear as though they aren't "pro-[console here]" and against another, and a spinkling of gross self-importance. This post just baffles the mind, as it goes beyond the usual 'i'm bored on a friday i need something to write about' schlock into something even stranger entirely.

JB: I'm decrying the lack of context. If you're going to cover "news" it's only responsible to provide context. The Gamespot story (and others) lack any context whatsoever.

Yay: NDF!

How is it that all of the Vlad bashers missed the entire point of his post? He took the reporters to task for not providing context when they reported the story, not Reggie for the PR stunt. The PR stunt he readily admits is par for the course.

I realize that many of the Wii lovers here are very young, but reading comprehension should have been mastered by the time you got to junior high. I realize that with two major console launches just weeks away, fanboyism is running at an all time high, but everyone needs to take a deep breath and relax a little.

even curiouser is how joystiq is churning out really stupid posts lately.

nobody said anything about reggie doing something unprecedented. stop stirring up shit.

instead let's resume our bashing of sony for arrogance, microsoft's tardiness on diversifying their games libary and nintendo for still perpetuating a kiddy image ^_^

talk about hypocracy...every other Joystiq blog entry is doing the same thing. now if you'll give me a - star please ;)

Lame, lame post by Vlad.

Nowhere in the article does it say that this is unprecedented.

Going by Vlad's curious logic, it shouldnt be a headline when Sony releases a new console, since, meh, its already been done before...