Flyer misprint makes us cry

Posted Dec 24th 2007 6:00PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

We're big fans of proofreading around here, particularly when it comes to things that could start nasty, heartbreaking rumors. The above sales flyer from J&R Music/Computer World, captured by Go Nintendo reader Iamsonny, illustrates the need for a good copyeditor. It's the holidays, guys. Don't get our little hearts racing with promises of hard drives in our Wiis. That's just wrong.

Tags: hard-drive, misprint

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-24-2007 @ 6:28PM

MemphisNET said...

If Wii ever does get a HDD, it will end up being something small like 8GB

12-24-2007 @ 6:57PM

Tyler said...

Ummm...are there really 2 memory card slots? Because mine only has one for SD. If they're referring to the GC slots, then that's also really misleading.

12-24-2007 @ 7:10PM

genoboost said...

if you enjoy terribly misleading ads. look at what the wii zapper is being released on dreamcast fans

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2936022

12-24-2007 @ 11:08PM

jason said...

The Dreamcast swirl isn't even supposed to be blue either.

12-25-2007 @ 5:29PM

daniel said...

my dreamcast has a blue swirl i think in europe some other company already had the orange swirl so sega couldnt use it

12-26-2007 @ 4:43AM

Think Adrian said...

Yup, it's a blue swirl in Scandinavia at least.

12-24-2007 @ 7:33PM

Psy said...

Best.

Caption.

Ever.

12-24-2007 @ 8:09PM

Michael_of_sweden said...

60GB Wii would mean?

Dreamcast on VC ofcourse :D

12-24-2007 @ 8:26PM

HellsHammer said...

Ha! Awesome. Next black Friday it'll be "Wii with 500GB for only $99!"

I couldn't count the number of times I read that recently. My mind hurts.

12-24-2007 @ 8:51PM

VENOM said...

If only...

12-24-2007 @ 10:48PM

Shadow31 said...

1) That hurts. A lot. Because a 60 gig Wii would be amazing.

2) I wouldn't believe it if I saw it, because Nintendo would advertise such a thing before it was out, not to mention going from half a gig to 60 with no price jump.

3) Taking point #2 into account, this leaves me in hysterics. What a horrible misprint. I feel sorry for the poor saps that believed that, if any do exist (which I assume some tech illiterate people have).

12-25-2007 @ 12:24PM

gevenstaines said...

only tech literate ppl know wat 60GB means.

12-26-2007 @ 8:50AM

Shadow31 said...

Hahaha, only tech literate? My grandparents know what 60 gig means, but I have to set the time on their VCR for them. Tech literacy has nothing to do with knowing how much harddrive space an item has. Granted, they might not be literate enough to call it harddrive space, but items such as thumbdrives, cameras, iPods, etc have educated the masses on at least what the number of gigs mean.

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