Is it possible to "miss" getting Al-Cid? I read in a FAQ that he is supposed to join your party at any town after the quest "A Dashing Duel," but he never did. Does anyone know what went wrong?

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No, you just proved my point--that it doesn't matter what else is around. The reporters can make their own decisions and predictions of a game based on their first-hand experience with it, not on what other games are there. You see, those other games were there at E3, and it didn't impact their experience with the Conduit at all. In fact, the only comparing I saw in the articles I believe was in IGN's, and they said that people were confusing the Conduit for a 360 game.

Look, I'm not saying that you have to like the game. But I'll believe the people that have sat down with it over anyone else until it comes out.

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The number one reason why I am not concerned about the Conduit failing:

Every single person that has actually played the E3 demo (unlike ANY of us) has highly praised it. We can all sit around and nit-pick the Internet screenshots and videos (which are never as good as seeing it in person), but the bottom line is that those that have played it say it's awesome.

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...for a wii game among a very thin showing. But FPS like Resistance 2,Farcry 2, Project Origin, Killzone 2, and Valve's Left 4 Dead easily eclipsed it. Let's not even get into TPS. When they weren't talking about Wii, they didn't mention Conduit.

You're saying that their reports are only positive in comparison to the rest of the show. So, those same reporters would think much less of the Conduit if your aforementioned games were at E3?...hmm, that's some great logic. And with your argument methods, I can just as easily say that those games you mentioned aren't ever mentioned alongside the Conduit, so they aren't worth noting.

The number one reason why I am not concerned about the Conduit failing:

Every single person that has actually played the E3 demo (unlike ANY of us) has highly praised it. We can all sit around and nit-pick the Internet screenshots and videos (which are never as good as seeing it in person), but the bottom line is that those that have played it say it's awesome.

It took about a week, but I'm not exactly certain it'll be the same in your case. If it's like mine, the sound fluctuated from louder to quiter back to louder again. Is that what yours does? Also, I'd call Nintendo or send them an email before sending it in, just in case they can help you without having to send it in. I've sent them an email before, and they responded in a timely manner, so it might be worth it.

Just out of curiosity, does it make the sound with all of your games? And could you say which games make the sound? Mine made the sound with games that required constant disc-reading, like MP3 and and LoZ:TP (after MP3 started making the sound, that is).