Bobwatch Day 21: Things get kind of weird

This guy seems like a total tool developing a game stylized for a niche audience based on an idea he dreamed up in homeroom his freshman year of high school. Good thing he locked himself in a room.

He met all the requirements that needed to be filled by Nintendo to get an SDK,so send him the fucking thing.

Nintendo is really starting to piss me off with their smug,80's Nintendo attitude on this situation.

This guy is a fucking joke. This is all so unbelievably unprofessional that I don't imagine any legitimate company wanting to work with this guy.

Seriously, fuck this guy.

When you start releasing people's supposed private information over the internet, that makes you a douche. Even if he fills all the requirements to get the SDK, he just fucked up.

while he sits in his room whining about the SDK and building his KILLER APP, nintendo have already cemented his door shut.

sorry, we cant hear you...

http://gonintendo.com/?p=67891
"A portion of Bob’s latest post…

About a week ago I was contacted by a representative of a hacker-for-hire organization. They said that someone was attempting to hire them to take my site down, but they refused the job because they support me. My site is now being DDoS’d from a known commercial botnet and my servers are being scanned by another known hacker-for-hire group.

Those are some pretty big accusations, but I don’t see why Bob would lie about it. It would only hurt him at this point! Thanks to TechNick for the heads up!"

Umm yeah... Good luck I guess.

This moron's actions are equivalent to a 5-yr. old throwing a temper tantrum because he can't get his way. Time for a career change because you just sunk your own battleship.

The next human female Bob comes in contact with is gonna make him:

*jizz, in, his pants*

About a week ago I was contacted by a representative of a hacker-for-hire organization.
They said that someone was attempting to hire them to take my site down, but they refused the job because they support me.
My site is now being DDoS'd from a known commercial botnet and my servers are being scanned by another known hacker-for-hire group.

This is very serious.
Someone at Nintendo wants to silence me.
I wonder who it is?


wow, and this man wonders why he can't get a SDK? This man is 1 mail bomb away from being the Unibomber

some other things I enjoyed

"News of my protest has now reached several major Japanese gaming sites.
This means that Nintendo of Japan is becoming aware of what its Western branch has done-
and they are beginning to receive a great deal of negative PR on their home front.


In other words- because of what may be the decision of a single NOA executive for a personal reason-
Nintendo of Japan may now be at risk of some very serious consequences."

right. I'm sure NOJ will fully support NOA decision to deny you a SDK, you wacko.


"The interview was about how he was making it possible for small developers
to create games for the first time on a Nintendo platform with the WiiWare program.

The existence of my game directly contradicted his speech!"

uh, no. He was talking about WIIWARE, not some shitty fan-game you're trying to make for the DS.

Bob? Oh yeah...I forgot about him. I think Nintendo did too.
Good luck though.

At first I supported the guy.

When I heard about the lock in... well, I thought that was kind of childish.

Now: he can go fuck himself on his little web camera.

I just wish this guy had found a different way to say Fuck You to Nintendo. Nintendo is a little bitch of a company. Since day 1. I'm not being any sort of fanboy, don't even pull that crap. SNES is my favorite all time system. But Nintendo treats the developers who support their systems like dog crap.

Here is an interesting read on Nintendo's grip "since day 1," just to back up my most likely unpopular statements:
http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/maniac.html

They may have the right to this or that, but the bottom line is that they lock their systems down more than Apple locks their products down. If they weren't "just being dicks," they would have allowed the guy to buy one before this stupid stunt started. Now I'm sure they won't, because they don't want to support irrational behavior, or make people think that they will succumb to an averaje joe's will.

I don't know how he should have gone about it, but this isn't the right way. The only reason I still support his craziness is because I've grown to hate Nintendo more and more since they were my favorite company as a child.

Actually, come to think of it, I was a fanboy until I bought a PS1. I remember owning an N64, as well as ONLY Nintendo products, until the PS1.. and I actually felt bad for buying it at first. Whatever, I was a kid. I was a Vesper XD

Some of his stuff was already paranoid creepy when Joystiq first reported this. Now it's just getting worse.

I am a small business owner. If I was in a position to decide whether or not to do business with the dude, I wouldn't. I have ended up in business relationships with nutjobs, and in the end they have always cost me time, money and a little bit of my sanity.

What a sad little man.

I said this the first time I saw Bob's Game on Reddit, said it when Joystiq picked up the story, and I'll say it again:

His game does not look good. Bob is a pompous ass, and is now obviously not all right in the head. Fuck Bob.

"I'm NOT WRONG, and it WILL WORK."
Good point, psycho.

Also, "Someone at Nintendo wants to silence me."

lulz. He wishes. It's probably just 4chan being bored. They love messing with pricks like Bob.

If it was that difficult to get a game published on the DS, there wouldn't be 20 cheap pet sims, games based on pathetic licensed properties like John Deere brand tractors, or many of the other 600+ games that have been released for the DS. Many other no-name developers have successfully released games on the DS, and this guy probably could have too if he had the business sense to back up his game and followed the proper process from the start.

Kinda weird indeed.

I'm not so sure that threatening remarks or dropping internal e-mail addy's will help.

I agree with jerk face - maybe should have gone the PC route first, you know before spending all those hours working on a specific platform when you have nothing to say it'll bear fruit.

Maybe he's just thinking that since he spent the time doing the work, they HAVE to give him a kit?

Maybe I should make some sort crazy move like this with something in life - do it - then demand I get props and paid.

Is it just me, or is his way of giving himself compliments about his own game on the youtube video somewhat.. Disheartening?

I thought the game looked great until I saw how he complimented his own sidescrolling-technique. And the way he writes 'Yuu' instead of 'You'. I mean hell, even japanese people don't write it like that.

Quit giving this guy your sympathy/support/attention.

He deserves none of it.

He isn't releasing anybody's personal information, that address is the address for Nintendo's headquarters. Everybody knows that.

And the Reggie thing is a little joke he has on his site about Reggie not liking his game. Like he's calling him out.

I honestly don't see why everybody thinks this guy is so crazy. He just spent 5 years making his dream game on his favorite company's system. Now he's just simply asking for the Nitro SDK so he can have his publisher... well publish it. Nobody ever said that you couldn't release a homebrew game as a complete commercial product. Hell, Microsoft is doing this OFFICIALLY with the XNA community game service on the Xbox.

I mean, I can kinda see why Nintendo wouldn't wanna give him one because they probably get applications for the SDK everyday from random kids who just wanna play around with it. Yet in his case he has proven that he has a full complete product to use it for. He has even said in one of his podcast interviews that he has put together a team to use with his next game when this is all over. So it wouldn't be going to waste.

So I don't see any reason why Nintendo just can't give the poor guy the one and only thing he has asked from them in all 5 years of development. He has been talking to them since Feburary of 2007. And now even after almost 2 full years, the guy still hasn't gotten anywhere!

While I do agree that locking himself in a room is a little extreme, I blame Nintendo for letting it get to this point in the first place. They should have just gave it to him way back when he proved he deserved one, and we could have been playing this already on the system it was designed for, the DS.

Why is he still acting like such a kid when it comes to this?

"oh it has to be a NINTENDO system". I bet he spells it in caps too.

I wish that assault were legal in certain circumstances. Like this one.

Write your congressman. We can have a man beating Bob half to death with a DS within 2 months!

Personally if i was anyone from Nintendo i would Never work with anyone writing in the Quasi threat.

There are many developers here (even in madison .. don't wanna name names but you know who you are and i'm glad that your work has come so far as i've seen you develop)

But honestly, fuck em... this is equvilent to working at a record label and having some band demand i be signed onto their label for distribution and press or else im going to play the same 12 songs outside their office for a month straight.


I respect the fact that he will try so hard for his case with the lock in... but honestly a better use of his time would be

1 getting in contact with someone else to publish him

2 if not that work on some other professional or personal goals (therepy)

3 Contribute something else worth incentive to soiety
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In the long run how would this look for Nintendo if they DID give him what he wanted?
it would probably encorage more of the same and for what? giving some nerd his 15 minutes and maybe enough money to pay a lttle more mortgage?


But i guess stanger things have happened...

I'm actually quite crious to see where this goes from a cultural pychological perspective to the lone designer perspective.


Heres hoping for a decent into madness with an epiphany at the end...

If Bob can legitimately threaten to release his game, open-source, bypassing any potential producer profits, then go for it. However, saying he will damage Nintendo's bottom line is an auto-cratic death sentence = does he know how many ninja's Nintendo keeps on retainer? Cuz I sure don't. And for him, there will only need to be ONE.

If your game is worth it, man, it'll get out there. People will see it, and love it, and you might not get vast piles of money for it - was that your intention for making this game?

I lock myself in my bedroom all the time and my parents never give me what I want....

This isn't like "Baaaw why won't Nintendo publish my game", from what I can tell he already has a publisher, just no devkit so he can send the finish copy to them so they can print it.

If you were a musician and you had worked 5 years to make some song, then some store didn't sell you the recording equipment to record it so you can send the finished demo to the record company to get it printed, you would be pretty pissed too, why the hell do you have to "Apply" for a console SDK anyway, you don't have to "Apply" to buy Pro Tools or Ableton or any PC programming software.

It's gonna be great for video games when this guy blows something up.

Oh dear, sounds like the cabin fever is setting in.

No TV and no beer make Bob something something...

The best part about this is: not only will he never get his game published on the DS, but this stunt will prevent him from having a career outside of retail or construction.

Now he's threatening to brick DSi's via a "killer app" in a future homebrew kit. No company will hire this tool after this. Congratulations on destroying your future, Bob!

This guy is a flipping nut job and nobody would ever want to play a game as stupidly titled as "Bob's Game". Put on your tinfoil hat and start peeing your pants, dude. You've failed life. Go directly to the mental ward.

What a freak.

Are this guy and Jonathan Blow related? I applaud him for making his own game, but I think he is a douchenozzle by trying to strongarm Nintendo into buying his game.

Screw him, Nintendo doesn't need him, the guy should just send his game to community games on XBLA.

We ALL knew this person has gotten cabin fever when he stated to have a one hundred day "tensai"(what the hell does that mean) sit down.

I mean, he spent 5 days, 20 hours in his room, makin a game and I think all time spendin alone has made him craaazzzy. Being devoided of any social life (whether it is online or offline,) so that he can work on his game may have given him rose coloured glasses in thinkin how great his title is.

I assume he hasn't play any titles in the last 5 years to know that JRPGs are no longer popular. Not bashin the genre, there has been a lack of RPGS made or released in the US and the ones that are out, do not sell well despite being good. I mean Cry on was cancelled because RPGs are not what moving as oppose to non rpg american made titles like GTA4 and Halo 3.

Moreoever, other than the old Square games, there hasn't been a lot of RPGS that sold very well in the US of A. Sure, there are popular RPGS like "Phantasy star" and "Earthbound" but that is rare when there are a lot more of shovelware RPG games like "King Arthur and the Knights of Justice" or that one japanese style american made rpg with the blue haired gal (the one that tried to copy FF7)that came out for the pc many moons ago.

Seein that the game resolves around highschool, it seems that Bob's game is aimed for highschool teen, which might be a bad idea since most kids nowadays are more into xbox 360 shooters than rpgs.

Regardless of content, he seems like he full of s**t by commentin on his game, prasin' it as if it was the next big discorvery since fire. I mean he said his game is a masterpiece and that it is better than any homebrew stuff out there, which I find hard to believe. I doubt this game is beter than the upcomming King's quest 9 fanmade game that is in 3d, whom the fangame group professional got permission from Vivendi to make.

Bob claims that his game isn't homebrew and that it is a retail game, yet the game is made on one pc, by one guy, in his room. If that doesn't like a homebrew game, then I don't know what is homebrew.

The problem with a one man team is that he may not catch all the bugs he put in his game regardless of how long he spent makin game. I am sure he will not ppl to test bug his games in havin some crazy belief one of those ppl will steal his ideas.

I bet when this title is released, a lot of ppl will be disappointed for not livin up the hype Bob puts out about his rpg.

He should get Sega to publish it.

Because, as we all know, Sega does what Nintendon't.

...

Yes, I apologize.

Anyway, I believe Bob would have been better off if he'd kept on attempting to meet with Nintendo execs, at least American ones, instead of shutting himself off from human contact of any kind. You can really draw too many similarities to so many of the awful gamer/coder stereotypes that way.

And besides, adults throwing hissy fits is never funny. I mean, c'mon, if I had a nickel for every set of five years in a row I've wasted...

Pelloni is acting like a complete unprofessional. The naivete was somewhat endearing at first, but it is getting creepy. I want to see his game released, but this is totally not the way to go about it. Locking yourself in a room for 100 days? Releasing the addresses of Nintendo execs? What's next? Stalking these individuals when you emerge from your protest? I'm more concerned for the man than the game at this point, honestly.

All of the criticism towards Nintendo is mostly unjustified. The company set a standard back in the day with its licensing system. Its their system, they can put what they want on it. Like it or not.

This kid is a psychotic...its become apparent to me that, for whatever reason, Nintendo has good reason to sever all communication with him quickly.

NO company will come ten feet of putting this kid's product anywhere near the hands of retail or distribution outlets - nobody. He's unstable, uncertain, and most definitely a bit on the scary/crazy side. Not to mention completely unprofessional and a bit scary.

I've checked out his website... he needs to seek professional help now, before he becomes dangerous, or does something so illegal that he'll live to regret it. He's dealing/threatening a major super publisher with his immature and ranting antics, and it would be a shame to see Nintendo resort to pursuing legal action against him to protect their privacy. He's setting back independent publishing relationships, not to mention making it more difficult for legit developers and artists to pursue their dreams.

Bob - stop it. Grow the hell up, get out of your box, realize defeat, move on, and learn what it takes to be a damn professional and stop acting like a child. Release your game on the PC, or move it over to the iPod/iPhone, where the SDK is relatively cheap (or free) and sell your game there. You've lost Nintendo with your ridiculous posturing, and you'd better quit before they (rightfully so) unleash their wrath.

All this for game that doesn't look that interesting in the first place. :/

AUX CALL
push select to answer

Snake: Colonel?
Campbell: Snake, terrorists are threatening to release a "game" on a DSi flash cart.
Snake: A DSi Flash cart?
Campbell: Yes, apparently they have a chinese contact who has access to the carts.
Snake: .....
Campbell: You have to infiltrate the "production office" and steal the data of the game without the terrorists finding out.
Snake: Anything else?
Campbell: Yes, apparently the leader of the terrorist group likes to code the game while wearing little to no clothes.
Snake: .....
Snake: Alright commencing operation " GameDev eater"

i dont know what he is trying to prove
i mean if the game someday is published
by i dont know square for example a lot of people...
damm i have to practice my english
well...
they surely download the game for the r4 and nobody
gonna pay...well... maybe a few but not all
see ya
p.s.
really nice work