Wii VC/WW Secret Santa 2009: All gifts accounted for! Who wants egg nog?

BTP

(Forgive me if this gets screwed up. It's my first time. And I hope no one minds me pretty much ripping off the 2008 thread's OP.)


Welcome to the Virtual Console / WiiWare Secret Santa 2009 thread!



(Fortunately for you, I am not Div.)

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Soon the Great Assigning will begin. Keep an eye on your PM boxes as your Santa/Santee info will be sent sometime in the near future.

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Welcome to the THIRD annual Virtual Console Secret Santa Thread. Thanks to the "Gift" function on the Nintendo Wii's Shop Channel, it is possible to send other Wii owners classic games from consoles of yore, as well as new games created specifically for Wii Ware. Best of all, it means we can get our Secret Santa on!

The process is easy. In a nutshell... first, everyone who is interested in participating joins up and throws their name into the virtual christmas hat. I then will draw names at random for all participants, matching up Santas with Santees. Gifting ensues.


OFFICIAL RULES OF ENTRY AND PARTICIPATION (MUST READ):
Important stuff!

Two rules which must be obeyed at all times: Wheaton's Law, and Gabe's PA Ping Pong Rule #6

If you can't check the links, these two rules are summarized here:
- "Don't be a dick".
- "Players must bring their A game. We will not allow any weak shit in our house. If someone is caught bringing weak shit we will exclaim in a very loud voice “Yo, why you bring that weak shit up in my house!”"

This is how you bring your "A" game.

GROUND RULES:

I am not going to accept anyone with a forum join date later than November 1st 2009. This is to prevent abuse of the Virtual Console Secret Santa program. Sorry, but there is always the risk that someone will join up only to receive a gift without any intention of ever giving one.

SUGGESTED Gift Value: 1000 Wii Points. No one is going to hunt you down if you decide to give MORE than 1000 Wii Points worth of Virtual Console games, but there is NO requirement of ANYONE to spend more than 1000 Wii Points. This is to ensure EVERYONE has the budget to participate. If you go nuts and buy your Santee every N64 game on the service, and you only get an NES game from your Santa, tough cookies!

Gifts are Country Locked. For whatever reason, Nintendo has restricted the Gift feature to people who live within the same country. This means your Santa and Santee will be forumers who live in the same country as you. This is why you must post what country you live in (More on that in a moment). Don't sweat it, I will match people up based on country so there are no problems. Unfortunately, if only 1 person from a particular country participates, that person will not be able to participate. Sorry, but there isn't much I can do about that.

This thread IS mod approved. HOWEVER, it is not their problem if you get ripped off by some turd burglar who doesn't send out a gift. Sorry, but thems the terms. This is just one more reason I'm encouraging a spending cap of 1000 Wii Points. LET IT BE KNOWN that if you gift something that costs 0 points such as the news or weather channel or the WiiWare demos, you will be considered a deadbeat santa and beatings will ensue. (Please note that if you wish to send these 0 Points items in addition to your gift to your Santee, you are more than welcome to do so.)

If you are okay with all of the above, then here is.....

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

Step 1: Ensure your Wii is capable of accessing the Wii Shop Channel

This is one of those no-brainer rules. If you can't handle this, don't bother signing up. The last thing we need is someone going "Um, I can't connect to the Wii Shop Channel, and I don't know why." at the last minute because that would suck. It would also break the first two rules that must be obeyed at all times.

Step 2: Sign-up

Everyone that wishes to participate MUST post the following information AS SHOWN IN THE QUOTE BELOW:

ADD ME!
Username / Wii Message Board Code / Country

(Just copy the quote code if you have to!)

These things are very important, and if you do not post all of the required information then you are not participating.

Any additional information you wish to post, put it in a spoiler. Other helpful information includes what games you already have, what games you would like to have, what games you don't want, and how many points you're willing to spend. It will also serve as a nice guide to your Secret Santa as to what kinds of games you like!


Step 3: Fill up your Wii Address Book

This is where I'm going to have to ask for a little bit of extra work from the Santas, but nothing you can't handle. You will notice at the bottom of this OP is the "Grand List of Secret Santas". It is here where I will collect all the information of those who wish to participate. What ALL SANTAS MUST DO at the end of registration is to ADD YOUR FELLOW SANTAS IN YOUR COUNTRY BY THE DEADLINE STATED BELOW. I will be giving you only the Wii number to whom you send a gift by PM. This way you will not know who your Santa is (at least not easily) until you receive your gift, and if there is a problem, it can be worked out discreetly. By having everyone fill in all Santas Wii Message Board Codes, if a Santa were to post that they can't participate after the deadline has passed, it will take minimal effort to fix the problem.

If you're not sure how to use the Wii Address Book or even find your Wii Message Board Code, here's two sets of instructions to help educate you.

Quick set of instructions: Watch this video, starting at the Wii Main Menu. (I'm not sure why there is something involving the Mii Channel at the beginning, because that doesn't matter.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WIUVhlcZSM


Long and detailed set of instructions: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/messageBoard.jsp#accessAddressBook

Step 4: Fill up your Wii Shop Account with Nintendo Points

Because you can't send gifts without those Nintendo Points!


Step 5: Congratulations!

You are now ready to be one secretly jolly S.O.B.! How does it feel?


DEADLINES

December 11 at 11:59pm Eastern Time: Deadline to Enter. You must post with your correct information BY THIS DATE AND TIME.

December 12-15: Last chance to register all fellow Santas in your country as listed in the Grand List.

December 15*: You will receive the Wii Message Board Code to which you will play Santa and give a gift to that 16 digit number.

January 2: Your Santee must receive his or her gift by this date. I'm extending it to January 2 because if you can't get your gift out by Christmas, I think it would still be cool to send it for New Years. How cool would it be to wake up to a new year to find out your Wii is glowing with a gifted game?

After January 2: I analyze the thread to find out who sent/received their gifts and PM those involved where there are discrepancies. Basically, I find out what's up. (They could have sent/received their gift and just not posted about it, as an example.)

January 10: Deadbeat Santas (if any) are announced.

*December 15 deadline isn't set in stone, but it is what I'm aiming for.

Other Important Stuff

Don't complain about who you got for a Santee! Further, don't complain about what your Santa got for you!

If there are any problems, let me know ASAP! PM'ing me is probably best.

I will be linking this thread to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection thread OP, just like I did last year, just in case something strange happens and no one can find it.

The most important rule: HAVE FUN!

Grand List of Secret Santas:

darunia106 / 6170 4518 8672 6870 / USA
Niceguyeddie616 / 3984 5248 2526 7889 / USA
Junior Yank / 0894 5514 0637 0583 / USA
Damagemanual / 2382 1210 8036 9053 / USA
Daedalus / 4872 8858 9508 0919 / USA
Yellow Ranger / 0648 5289 3525 1646 / USA
pablo_price / 4655 3291 5861 3526 / USA
Riokenn / 1613 5377 5657 3352 / USA
grim123 / 1669 7449 1979 3153 / USA
AaronKI / 2352 9327 8465 5101 / USA
jclast / 5029 0895 6066 9865 / USA
Elin / 6461 6343 2830 8694 / USA

BTP / 5320 0349 4035 0196 / Canada
ScrabbleDude / 1893 2893 7764 0124 / Canada
I Needed A Name To Post / 8376 2526 0059 8324 / Canada

eecc / 6845 5103 1794 3433 / New Zealand
Jandaru / 1156-8561-9917-5928 / New Zealand

plufim / 3558 6926 4231 6241 / Australia

gijohn13 / 3676 7441 1345 0500 / Ireland

I will be updating the Grand List as often as I can, so hopefully nightly(ish). If you want to be extra sure I get your info, PM me.

This all worked out fantastically last year, with no deadbeat santas* and nothing but happy gamers all around. Lets make it a 3 year perfect streak!
(* I think we can forgive what happened)

The rest of this thread may be used to discuss, post what games you have, etc.
Do know that simply posting "I'm in!" doesn't grant you entry. If you've read this far, you already know how to enter, so there's no excuse.

Now let's get festive!

(Would it be poor form of me to want to also be a Santa this year? I kind of want to join in, but then I'd know who my Santa is. Hmmm.....)

THEPAIN73

I think full lists of games people own should be posted.

That way we get a good idea of taste and that way we don't gift them what they already have.

Edit: It wouldn't be poor form, you should however have someone pick your SS for you first. That way you still get the surprise but also keep your neutrality. I mean only so many people can want JAEF haha.

darunia106

I don't think it would be in poor form to join in, Doc Holliday did.

PM sent. I'll post my list of VC games once sign-ups end.

jclast

For those of us who are bad people and have neglected our Wiis where do we find our message board code and how do we fill our address book? I want to join, but I'd feel like a tard for joining if I can't guarantee that I can do those basic steps.

BTP

jclast wrote: »

For those of us who are bad people and have neglected our Wiis where do we find our message board code and how do we fill our address book? I want to join, but I'd feel like a tard for joining if I can't guarantee that I can do those basic steps.

Quick set of instructions: Watch this video, starting at the Wii Main Menu. (I'm not sure why there is something involving the Mii Channel at the beginning, because that doesn't matter.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WIUVhlcZSM


Long and detailed set of instructions: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/messageBoard.jsp#accessAddressBook


I'll add this to the OP as well.

Niceguyeddie616

THEPAIN73 wrote: »

I think full lists of games people own should be posted.

That way we get a good idea of taste and that way we don't gift them what they already have.

Edit: It wouldn't be poor form, you should however have someone pick your SS for you first. That way you still get the surprise but also keep your neutrality. I mean only so many people can want JAEF haha.

Full lists of games are of course a good idea, I'm gonna be posting a full list later on. You can't gift stuff they already have though, the Wii doesn't let you do that.

So yeah, I'm excited this year! woo! I hope we get a few more people, the list seemed a bit small last year.

BTP

Um......okay, there's something I need to nip in the bud. And I'm sorry if I come off as a dick doing it.

Step 2: Sign-up

Everyone that wishes to participate MUST post the following information AS SHOWN IN THE QUOTE BELOW:

ADD ME!
Username / Wii Message Board Code / Country

(Just copy the quote code if you have to!)

These things are very important, and if you do not post all of the required information then you are not participating.

Any additional information you wish to post, put it in a spoiler. Other helpful information includes what games you already have, what games you would like to have, what games you don't want, and how many points you're willing to spend. It will also serve as a nice guide to your Secret Santa as to what kinds of games you like!

It says to POST your Wii info. Nowhere in there does it say to PM your code to me. If you want to PM your code to me to make sure I don't miss it, that's fine, but please post your info in this thread.

If all you do is PM me, everyone will have to wait until I edit the Grand List to see your info, and I admit I may not always be here every day to update it. If you post your info, anyone can see it at any time (and they need to because of Step 3), whether I've added it to the Grand List or not.

So please, post your info, and use the format I've shown to make your post stand out and be noticed. I'm just trying to keep this as idiot-proof as possible. The last thing I want is to miss someone's code altogether and ruin a part of Christmas for them.

anoffday

Sounds fun. I'll post my info later.

SirUltimos

I'm probably in, but I don't know for sure yet. I've participate din the past two years to great success, but I kinda blew my load on the forum secret santa. I'll see if I can scrounge up the money so that more people can get some little white bundles of Christmas joy!

Jandaru

Ooh, ooh. I want to join in on this, but my Wii is currently sitting in a moving van somewhere. Hopefully it arrives in the next few days...

Junior Yank

Let's see if I do this right:

ADD ME!
Junior Yank / 0894 5514 0637 0583 / USA

Stuff that I already have (according to Wii Shop Channel):

Boingz
Bomberman '93
Donkey Kong Country
Dr. Mario Online Rx
Gunstar Heroes
Kirby's Avalanche
Mario Kart 64
Mega Man 9
Paper Mario
River City Ransom
Street Fighter II Turbo
Strong Bad Episodes 1-5
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario RPG
Super Punch-Out!!
Tetris Party
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Wario's Woods
World Of Goo

BTP

Yes, Junior Yank, thank you.

There's one other thing I'll be doing to the Grand List. Each Santa that posts their info will have their line of info in the Grand List linking back to their post, in case they have any extra info like Junior Yank did.

Niceguyeddie616

Okay, I'm ready. Let's do this shit.

ADD ME!
Niceguyeddie616/ 3984-5248-2526-7889 / USA

And Now...

The Bigass Spoiled List of Stuff I already have on VC/WiiWare

WiiWare
Bit.Trip Beat,Core,Void
Contra Rebirth
Mega Man 9
LostWinds
Strong Bad episode 1
Pokemon Rumble demo
FFCC: My Life As A King
FFCC: My Life As A Darklord demo
World of Goo

Virtual Console (Giant List Incoming)
-NES
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Lost Levels)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Kirby's Adventure
Ninja Gaiden
River City Ransom
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse
Excitebike
Kid Icarus

-Master System
Sonic The Hedgehog

-Turbografx 16
Air Zonk
Bonk's Revenge
Soldier Blade
Star Parodier
Gate of Thunder
Bomberman '93
Bomberman '94

-Sega Genesis
Comix Zone
Earthworm Jim
Gley Lancer
Toejam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Dynamite Headdy
Gunstar Heroes
Phantasy Star IV
Landstalker
Pulseman
Streets of Rage 2

-Super Nintendo
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Donkey Kong Country
Legend of Zelda: LTTP
Super Metroid
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
R-Type III
Super Castlevania IV
Contra III: The Alien Wars

-SNK Neo Geo
Samurai Shodown

-Nintendo 64
Mario Kart 64
Starfox 64
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Sin and Punishment
Pokemon Puzzle League
Paper Mario

Despite the fact that I have a metric fuckton of VC games, It doesn't mean that I don't want more VC games. I'll be happy with whatever I get! Mostly I prefer action games but I'm also a big RPG fan and classic shooters are awesome too. So are adventure games, and really pretty much every genre minus sports and RTS.

A couple of things I don't want are,
- Sonic games. Any of the Genesis ones. I've got the whole mega collection on Gamecube, not to mention a billion copies of them through various compilations, so I don't need them, and Sonic 2 is my brother's.
- The original Metroid. I already have this through GBA as well as Metroid Prime, and it just frustrates me to no end. I've never been able to beat it.
- Zelda: OOT. I already got this through the Gamecube disc.
- No Metal Slug either. Already have the Anthology disc with 1-6.
- No Street Fighter II, I have this game twice on Live Arcade, both Turbo and Super HD versions.

Other than that, gift away!

Edit: The "Add Me" thing messed up, but whatever

AbsoluteZero

Man, I'm glad someone took up the reigns this year, I just been too damn busy. I'm not sure if I'm going to be in or not yet on account of my car just shit out to the tune of $1400 and I'm already participating in the regular secret santa..... buuuut I might.

BTP

Niceguyeddie616 wrote: »

Edit: The "Add Me" thing messed up, but whatever

Just as long as it's big and red. Centered isn't a big deal. :P

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

Man, I'm glad someone took up the reigns this year, I just been too damn busy. I'm not sure if I'm going to be in or not yet on account of my car just shit out to the tune of $1400 and I'm already participating in the regular secret santa..... buuuut I might.

Yeah, I was just getting a bit, I don't know....annoyed?, that something for this wasn't up yet. So I did something about it. ;-)

Ouch at your car, though.

BTP

Really? Just three people?

C'mon! Step up and be secretive!

Damagemanual

Count me in this year.

ADD ME:

Damagemanual / 2382-1210-8036-9053 / USA

And my Big ass list of games....

Wiiware:
Strong Bad Ep.1
Monkey Island Ep. 1
Excitebike World Tour
Madstone
Alien Crush Returns
Family Mini Golf
Arknoid Plus
Bust-A-Move Plus
Pop
Tetris Party
World of Goo
Defend Your Castle
Cubello
Orbient
Rotohex

NES:
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Zelda
Metroid
Kirby's Adventure

SNES:
Super Metroid
Contra III

Genesis:
Toejam & Earl
Streets of Rage 3
Phantasy Star 4
Columns III

TG16:
Alien Crush
Devil's Crush
Military Madness
Soldier Blade
Gate of Thunder
Bomberman 93

N64:
Yoshi's Story
Sin & Punishment
Mario Kart 64

Please don't send any Sonic or Metal Slug games.
Thanks!

Jandaru

BTP wrote: »

Really? Just three people?

C'mon! Step up and be secretive!

I am totally in as soon as the moving van with my Wii in it pulls up at my new place.

And cross my fingers that there are some other Kiwi Wii users reading this thread.

Daedalus

ADD ME

Daedalus / 4872-8858-9508-0919 / USA

mere_immortal

Live and PSN really need too add a facility to gift stuff.

Yellow Ranger

ADD ME!
Yellow Ranger / 0648 5289 3525 1646 / USA

I missed out on the G+T Secret Santa this year, but no way do I skip this. I love me some old games.

Here's the VC stuff I already have:

Wii Ware
Bit Trip Beat

NES
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros 3
Kirby's Adventure
Metroid
River City Ransom
Megaman 2

Genesis
Gunstar Heroes
Sonic 3

Turbo GrafX 16
Bonk's Adventure
Gate of Thunder

Master System
Alex Kid in Miracle World

Super NES
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Donkey Kong Country
Diddy's Kong-Quest
Act Raiser
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Super Mario RPG

N64
Super Mario Kart
Wave Race
Yoshi's Story
F-Zero X

I know the fun in this is that you don't know what to expect, but please no Sonic, sports games or N64 games. I would prefer something on the SNES or Turbo Grafx -maybe an obscure favorite of yours- but I'll be happy with whatever I get. I feel bad even giving stipulations, but I must own the Sonic games 30 times over by now.

gijohn13

Add me

gijohn13 / 3676744113450500 /I reland

Games i already have

N64
mario 64
paper mario
sin & punishment
zelda ocarina of time
mario kart 64
star fox 64

Super nintendo
super mario world
donkey kong country 1, 2 & 3
super metroid
legend of zelda: a link to the past
Super Mario RPG
super ghouls & ghosts
actraiser
Kirby dream land 3
secret of mana
mario kart

Nes
metroid
legend of zelda
super mario bros
super mario bros 2
super mario bros 3
castlevania
castlevania 3
megaman
megaman II
megaman III
Zelda II
contra
contra C

sega genisis/ megadrive
sonic 2
phantasy star II
streets of rage 2

Turbo Grafix
Soldier blade

wiiware
defend your castle
megaman 9

Please oh please God don't let me get another rejection pm this year

SaraLuna

ADD ME!
pablo_price / 4655 3291 5861 3526 / Country

Games already owned:

Adventures of Lolo
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Mega Man 2

Bomberman '93

Gunstar Heroes

Donkey Kong Country 2
Secret of Mana
Super Mario RPG
Super Metroid

Sin & Punishment
Star Fox 64

Defend Your Castle
Dr Mario
Lost Winds
Penguins (Hey, That's My Fish)
Toki Tori
World of Goo

In addition I have:
Gamecube Zelda Collection
Gamecube Sonic Collections
X360 Sega Genesis Collection
physical copies of pretty much every first-party nes/snes/n64 game

edit: Country = USA
apparently I have become an arrogant american that strait up forgets about the rest of the world.

Niceguyeddie616

So how's the weather up there in Country? :P

SaraLuna

wait, there's more than one country in the world? let me fix that...

Riokenn

Alright, first year to be a jolly mother fucker. Let's do this.

ADD ME!
Riokenn / 1613 5377 5657 3352 / USA

I SUMMON FORTH THE GREATER PLANES OF VIRTUAL CONSOLE AND WIIWARE TITLES FROM MY BACKLOG!

Virtual Console
Alien Soldier
Bomberman '93
Castlevania
Gunstar Heroes
Harvest Moon
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Kirby's Adventure
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
M.U.S.H.A.
Mega Man
Mega Man II
Mega Man III
Metroid
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Paper Mario
Pulseman
Punch-Out!!
Puyo Puyo 2
Sin & Punishment
Star Parodier
StarTropics
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Super Punch-Out!!
Ys Book I & II

WiiWare
Dr. Mario Online Rx
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Mega Man 9
My Pokemon Ranch
TV Show King

You can check out my backlog to see what game goes with what system if you can't figure it out.

Quite possibly the only things I do not want are Sonic games and sports/RTS genre games. I have too many sonic games on countless platforms and welp, I just hate those genres.

plufim

ADD ME!
plufim / 3558 6926 4231 6241 / Australia

Here's the stuff I already have:

Wii Ware
Cubello
My Life as a King
Tetris Party
Orbient
World of Goo

NES
Super Mario Brothers: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Brothers 3

Megadrive/Genesis
The story of Thor

Turbo GrafX 16
Bomberman '93
Neutopia
Soldier Blade

Super NES
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Castlevania 4
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario World
Super Metroid

N64
Paper Mario
Sin and Punishment

Pinfeldorf

This sounds like something I'd be interested in doing once my Wii gets back from 'the shop'. Third time I've sent the fucker in, they keep sending it back to me without actually testing it and it is driving me BEE A ENN A ENN A ESS.

BTP

Okay, I think I have everyone on the list up to now.

Ireland? Wow. gijohn13, could check your Wii settings menu to see what country you've chosen for your Wii upon its initial setup, please? (If you're not sure how to do that, click here.) I could be wrong, but I just have a hunch everyone in Europe can't be THAT restricted in gift-giving. If it's something other than Ireland, please let me know. HOWEVER, DO NOT CHANGE YOUR WII'S COUNTRY!

The deadline to sign up is approaching fast, people! I hope we get more sign-ups! While I'm at it, we need some Canadian representation! I'm joining in!

ADD ME!
BTP / 5320 0349 4035 0196 / Canada

I will add the rest of the info later tonight.

Edit: THE REST OF THE INFO! (Kinda big)

What I have:

NES: Blades of Steel, Bubble Bobble, Punch-Out!, Super C.

SNES: Contra III, Street Fighter II Turbo, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario RPG, Super Metroid, Super R-Type, Super Street Fighter II.

N64: Sin & Punishment

Turbo-Grafx 16: Bomberman 93

WiiWare: Bust-a-Move Plus, Defend Your Castle, Tetris Party (and the demos of Bit Trip Beat and World of Goo).


What I think I would want:
- Anything that would work awesomely with a Hori Fighting Stick


What I WOULD NOT want:
- Any more Street Figher (Exceptions: Unless there is Super SFII Turbo on Virtual Console Arcade or a not-so-HD Remix. Street Fighter III: Third Strike is also okay.)
- World of Goo: I tried half the demo and was pretty meh about it. I guess it's just not for me.
- Bit Trip Beat: As soon as I get points added on my Wii, I'll be buying this for myself anyways. :P
- "Namco Museum" games: I've got Namco Museum on Gamecube, so I have no real need for them.
- N64 games: Of what's available, I already have the carts of what interests me. (Exception: Paper Mario. I have PM:TTYD and SPM in the backlog. If it's really important I play the first Paper Mario, then maybe. Otherwise, I have far too many RPG's in the backlog already to add another one.)
- RPG's: I just said why. (Exception: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. I would buy this after I get around to playing FF4DS.)
- Zombies Ate My Neighbours: Have the cart.
- NES Zelda games: Just not interested in them.
- Kirby's Adventure: Have the GBA version.


What I'm not sure to put in either list:
- Anything from "Super Mario All-Stars + SMW" and Zelda: ALttP. I already have the carts, but I would definitely have these games if weren't for that. I have considered getting them eventually anyways. I just don't see myself needing them right now while I have an SNES still alive and kicking. Heck, I'm even in the middle of replaying SMB 3.
- Anything "Sonic". I've had multiple opportunities to buy the Sonic Mega Collection for Gamecube, but I just haven't. Partly because of my backlog, partly because I've never really played a Sonic game except for a couple of times many years apart. If I get gifted a Sonic game, make in the best one. Like, the only Sonic game I'll ever need.
- River City Ransom: I think I played this when a friend rented it back in the day and had fun with it. I distinctly remember those character sprites anyway. I'm just not sure if I'd have fun with it now.
- Super Dodge Ball: See "River City Ransom".

If I think of more, I'll add to and and let you all know.

AaronKI

I plan on entering this year, but I want to buy a some points first. I'd hate to post my info and then find out that wal-mart and gamestop are sold out.

grim123

ADD ME!
grim123 / 1669-7449-1979-3153 / U.S.A.

I don't have much super metroid, megaman 2, tales of monkey island chapter 1. and I have mega man 9 on the ps3

gijohn13

Ireland? Wow. gijohn13, could check your Wii settings menu to see what country you've chosen for your Wii upon its initial setup, please? (If you're not sure how to do that, click here.) I could be wrong, but I just have a hunch everyone in Europe can't be THAT restricted in gift-giving. If it's something other than Ireland, please let me know. HOWEVER, DO NOT CHANGE YOUR WII'S COUNTRY!

Well its set to Ireland alright. Why? Did you detect a problem somewhere with regards to this?

BTP

gijohn13 wrote: »

Ireland? Wow. gijohn13, could check your Wii settings menu to see what country you've chosen for your Wii upon its initial setup, please? (If you're not sure how to do that, click here.) I could be wrong, but I just have a hunch everyone in Europe can't be THAT restricted in gift-giving. If it's something other than Ireland, please let me know. HOWEVER, DO NOT CHANGE YOUR WII'S COUNTRY!

Well its set to Ireland alright. Why? Did you detect a problem somewhere with regards to this?

No, there's no problem. I know the restriction in gifting is that you can only send it to within your own country. I was just wondering if the Wii settings had "Ireland" strictly, or something else that might have given you a little more freedom in gifting. That's all.

I've updated my post to include my info. It's in the spoiler.

AaronKI

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Alright. I have some points and I'm ready. This will be my first PA secret santa, so I'm giddy with anticipation. Giddy.

Games I own and stuff to avoid:

Update for my Santa: I forgot to mention, I do own a Classic Controller and a GameCube controller.

NES:
Kirby's Adventure
Punch-Out!!
StarTropics
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3

SNES:
Donkey Kong Country
Super Castlevania IV
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Zelda: A Link to the Past

Genesis:
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Comix Zone

N64:
Mario Kart 64
Super Mario 64

WiiWare:
Lost Winds
Mega Man 9


Things to Avoid:
-Sports Games
-Strategy/RTS/Sim/god games
-Any WiiWare game that has a PC version. (World of Goo, Strong Bad, Monkey Island, etc)
-Zelda 1, Zelda 2, OOT, and MM (I have the GameCube Zelda collection).
-As strange as it sounds, any first party Nintendo games on the NES.
-Zombies Ate My Neighbors (I have the cart and play it regularly)
-Donkey Kong Country 3
-Tower Defense games
-I already own Earthworm Jim: Special Edition for Sega CD, and Earthworm Jim 2 on the Sega Saturn.

Other than that, I'm up for almost anything. Maybe something you think I would like, something you think I need to play, or a favorite classic of yours.

Xenogears of Bore

This is the easiest SS ever, just give everyone SMB 2. It seems that basically none of you have it!

AaronKI

I think my giddiness level dropped a little. :P

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This is a reminder to everyone that hasn't signed up that you have approximately 42 hours to sign up and be a Santa and perhaps not give the shaft to people in three countries.

AaronKI

Would adding an abridged version of that to the thread title possibly help draw in a few more people?

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AaronKI wrote: »

Would adding an abridged version of that to the thread title possibly help draw in a few more people?

It's worth a try. Thanks. :P

urahonky

Can't you change your region to gift a game that way? I did that last year for someone in Canada I believe.

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urahonky wrote: »

Can't you change your region to gift a game that way? I did that last year for someone in Canada I believe.

Don't do this.

I'm sure you could just change it in the Wii Settings Menu, but there's three problems to this from what I've read in various forums during this gen.

1) Any points you already have in the Wii Shop Channel become lost.

2) Any games that you have that are not available in your "new" region will not show up on your menu, and it is entirely possible for your region to be locked into the "new" region (if it already hasn't happened, in which case you can't change your region, making this all moot.)

3) (And I admittedly say this without much specific knowledge) During the time I was hesitant to upgrade the the Wii Main Menu to 4.2, I read around that changing your Wii's region at this point is "asking to brick your Wii". I'll see if I find what I saw of this to clarify what I mean.

Basically, don't go Nike on your Wii. Just DON'T do it.