The Insane Emails I Send: Regarding Pokémon Gold

I’d like to use this weekly blog post to occasionally show off the bizarre emails that I’ve been known to send, usually complaining, to various companies and individuals. This is the email I recently sent to Nintendo, complaining about the death of my copy of Pokémon Gold.

Note: later research led me to discover that it wasn’t so much different battery-save technology, but rather simply, the inclusion of an internal clock that causes the game to die. Overall, the argument still stands, as the inclusion of such a feature did cause the game to have a limited life expectancy, and one shorter than normal cartridge games.

I purchased Pokémon Gold, new, when the game was first released. Recently, I went to play the game again and found that it no longer functioned properly. My save data had disappeared, and when I attempted to start over, found that the game is no longer capable of holding save data.

Researching this issue led me to discover that the Pokémon Gold and Silver games were made using different battery-save technology than your other cartridge-based games. This was an intentional design of the Pokémon Gold and Silver games, and the loss of functionality of these games must have been anticipated. I am absolutely dismayed to find that I was misled into purchasing a product with a built-in life expectancy. I have a long history of purchasing Nintendo products, and have come to trust in the quality of those products. In this instance, I have found my trust in your company to have been betrayed.

Your form asks that I let you know how you may help. I would like to be sent a copy of the game’s remake, Pokémon HeartGold, upon its North American release. I would accept this gesture as an apology for your grievous mistake, and an adequate recompense for the disappointment I have suffered at the hands of your product.

Magic Card of the Week: Armageddon

So, you’ve been looking at buying Magic cards, seriously thinking about what is and what is not worth the price. Sometimes, cards cost more than they’re worth, but you’re absolutely furious that you don’t own a playset of them.

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The Dungeon: Pokémon Gold and Silver

Pro-Con List of the Week: “Should I ‘Catch ‘em All’?”

This week’s pro-con list is my “Should I ‘Catch ‘em All’?” Pro-Con List, which I am currently considering since becoming addicted to Pokémon Gold.

Pros:

• Surely, such a feat would further cement my title of videogame ninja.
• What the hell else am I doing with my time?

Cons:

• That’s such a poorly defined goal. Catch all the Pokémon in what, Red and Blue? Gold and Silver? One of the newer games? All the Pokémon in all the games, even the ones I don’t have?
• Aren’t there 493 of them now?
• There are probably others things I could be doing with my time.

Screwy: The Party, Part 2

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