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Nintendo Responds To Gametraders On Skyward Sword/Super Mario 3D Land Situation

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11:45AM November 22, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Super Mario 3D Land is now fully available in most specialist retailers in Australia, ahead of its official release date this Thursday — a direct result of Gametraders’ decision to grey import European copies of the game. Yesterday Mark Langford, the Managing Director of Gametraders claimed that decision was made after stores were unable to purchase Limited Editions of the upcoming Nintendo title The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Today, Nintendo sent us a response to those claims. More »


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Gametraders Vs Nintendo And The Retail Stalemate

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5:00PM November 21, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Mark Langford sounds a little tired, and you can’t blame him.

As Managing Director of Gametraders, Langford’s company is at the forefront of another street date drama. After Gametraders grey imported copies of Super Mario 3D Land — selling ahead of Australia’s official release date — both EB and JB Hifi are reportedly selling official Australian copies ahead of Thursday. But according to Mark Langford, his company is just defending itself.

“If Nintendo would just do the right thing,” he says, “we wouldn’t break street date. More »


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The Retail Cold War: An Investigation Into The Strangest Street Break In Australian History

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1:00PM June 30, 2011 | Mark Serrels

According to all official statements from Nintendo, Ocarina of Time on the 3DS is on sale today – but most of us have been playing the game since last Friday. It was the strangest, most covert street break in Australian history – a street break that threatens to transform the way games are sold in this country. We spoke to all the major retailers, and Nintendo itself, to try and uncover precisely what happened, and why. More »


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EB Selling Ocarina Of Time Tomorrow, But Do They Have Nintendo’s Permission?

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4:32PM June 23, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Vooks has just gotten word that EB is set to begin selling official Australian copies of Ocarina of Time early, in response to Gametraders selling grey imported copies of the game a week early. The question is – do they have Nintendo’s permission? More »


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Gametraders’ Managing Director Comments On ‘Grey Imports’

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1:00PM June 23, 2011 | Mark Serrels

We’ve spoken to the Managing Director of Gametraders before, in our extensive pre-owned feature, but we were surprised to see him comment yesterday on our Gametraders Selling Ocarina Of Time Early, informing us of his reasons for buying video game stock overseas and selling Ocarina of Time before its scheduled release date. More »


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Gametraders Selling Ocarina Of Time Early

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3:00PM June 22, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Just to clarify, this is not an official street date break but, as reported by Vooks, Gametraders is selling EU, imported versions of Ocarina of Time in their stores, a week ahead of the game’s official release date in Australia. More »


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Bargain Hunter: Greetings, Northlander

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2:00PM August 12, 2010 | David Wildgoose

Apologies to anyone not living near Melbourne’s northern suburbs for this one. Gametraders’ Northland store is under new management and celebrating with some sweet, sweet deals. More »


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Bargain Hunter: Preorder Games, Get Fashionable

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11:00AM June 9, 2010 | David Wildgoose

Gametraders are offering free t-shirts for anyone preordering two of this year’s biggest games. More »


Bargain Hunter: Put These On Your Xmas List

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1:00PM November 9, 2009 | David Wildgoose

Those in the market for a new console this Christmas might want to make a note of these bundles at Gametraders during November. More »


Bargain Hunter: Faith Takes A Fall

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10:00AM October 27, 2009 | David Wildgoose

Mirror’s Edge was never a great game; it’s trial and error patterns were frustrating and the inclusion of firearms somewhat misguided. But it was interesting and very much worth checking out. More »