You may have thought the battle over the sale of used games was over. Digital distribution failed and DRM was a joke. However, Capcom may have anew, sneakier strategy.

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D for the 3DS features a rather puzzling save system. Instead of saving the user's progress to the systems internal memory, the game is saved directly to the 3DS cartridge. This directly results in the user being completely and utterly unable to delete the game save. One would think that this is Capcom's way of including a feature that would deter the re-saleability of the title, but in a recent statement to Eurogamer, Capcom said that the feature is no such indication of their desire to undercut used game retailers.
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    Shinobi_razor Jun 29, 11
    i laughed so hard when i heard about this. sucks for 3DS users lol! too bad Capcom's "brilliant" idea wont work on disc based games. try harder next time Capcom.
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      Hideo1 Jun 29, 11
      I know this is irrelevant but you know you have a shift key, don't you?
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        Big A2* Jun 29, 11
        "Capcom" and "3DS" would suggest he does.
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          Hideo1 Jun 29, 11
          So what's his excuse for not capitalising his Is and the starts of his sentences? If you'd please, Shinobi.
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          Shinobi_razor Jun 29, 11
          what are you, the capitalization police?
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          Hideo1 Jun 30, 11
          No. If I was, I'd have arrested you. I'm merely a civilian with a question; feel free to unbunch your panties and provide an answer whenever you're ready.
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          Shinobi_razor Jun 30, 11
          what question? why i dont capitalize things? maybe i dont feel like it. what's it to you?
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          Hideo1 Jun 30, 11
          Why are you getting so defensive? It's a simple question and I'm genuinely interested in the answer.

          Why do you people always get so up-in-arms and offended about things like this? And cry, "Capitalization police!" and, "Grammar Nazi!" Sorry, I mean cry, "capitalization police!"

          If I PoStEd LiKe ThIs AlL oF tHe TiMe PeOpLe WoUlD fInD iT aNnOyInG. PeOpLe... I can't keep that up. People would ask why I do it, because frankly it's wrong.

          I assume most everyone here has gone through/is going through a basic primary school education, in which the mind is programmed to write properly. When someone writes wrongly (nothing personal, of course, but it is wrong; if you entered an exam like that you'd fail, or if you applied for a job like that you'd be rejected) I'm simply curious as to the reason. I apologise if I've offended you, but try not to be too much of a little bitch about it, please.
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          Shinobi_razor Jun 30, 11
          because message boards are informal and therefore no need to capitalize everything that should otherwise be. at least i capitalize proper nouns other than "I", some people here dont even do that. if youre so anal that something like that bothers you, you should probably not be on the internet at all. the only one i see being a bitch here is you for needlessly getting butthurt over something trivial.
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          Hideo1 Jun 30, 11
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          if youre so anal that something like that bothers you, you should probably not be on the internet at all
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          butthurt
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          something trivial
          Oh right, there's my answer; it's because you're twelve years old. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
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          Shinobi_razor Jun 30, 11
          better to be 12 years old than an anal retentive douchbag *bleep* with no friends or sex life to speak of.
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          Hideo1 Jul 1, 11
          Okay, I take what I said back; clearly I was wrong about you being twelve. There's no way in hell you're any older than ten years old
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          Shinobi_razor Jul 1, 11
          you can believe whatever you want in your little magical world of fantasy, you have no idea what reality is like or what i'm like or how old i am. your petty name calling is not only embarrassingly horrible to hecklers everywhere but it doesnt bother me. what bothers me is your insistence on sticking your nose where it doesnt belong. i can write however the *bleep* i want. deal with it or GTFO.
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          Hideo1 Jul 1, 11
          Yeah, clearly you're not bothered. Your demeanour is entirely that of someone who isn't bothered, and is above the age of twelve.

          Good going little buddy.
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          Shinobi_razor Jul 1, 11
          i said you are bothering me didnt i? that means im bothered. learn to read please. you must be 5 with reading comprehension skills like that.
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          Drogo Baggins Jul 1, 11
          quote Shinobi_razor
          your petty name calling is not only embarrassingly horrible to hecklers everywhere but it doesnt bother me.
          quote Shinobi_razor
          what bothers me is your insistence on sticking your nose where it doesnt belong.
          quote Shinobi_razor
          i said you are bothering me didnt i? that means im bothered
          You kind of said you weren't bothered by one thing, but then said you were bothered by another... I can see where the confusion came from.
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          Shinobi_razor Jul 1, 11
          i dont see where it came from, its simple to understand. him insulting me every other word doesnt bother me, what does is him thinking he needs to go around calling people out for not capitalizing the first word of sentences. thats absolutely not anyones business except the person posting. Neo/Gamegrep is NOT a dictatorship whereby members have to write a certain way or face a reprimand.
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          Hideo1 Jul 1, 11
          Now now, Drogo, there's no need to bother him with stuff like logic and reason, as you can see mommy's little big boy here is easily bothered and has no need for logic or reason. In bothering him you are clearly "mad bro" and "butthurt" and will promptly need to "GTFO". He's already used his "l33t" skills to "pwn" me and make me "GTFO", I'd hate for you to end up as another casualty in his clearly effective crusade.
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          Neo/Gamegrep is NOT a dictatorship whereby members have to write a certain way.
          Agreed. I wasn't telling you how to act, I was merely asking why you're being grammatically incorrect. This is typical retard behaviour, "I have free speech to be an idiot, you don't get free speech to ask me why I'm being an idiot, hurrrrrrr."

          Well done.
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          Shinobi_razor Jul 1, 11
          i already told you why i not being grammatically correct, apparently thats not good enough for a whiny little *bleep*-suck like you.
          quote Shinobi_razor
          message boards are informal
          and
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          maybe i dont feel like it.
          im not writing a damn letter, novel or college paper so why do i need to write grammatically correct here? tell me one good reason why. you have not given a reason other than "because i said so." that's another sign of retard behavior right there.
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          Hideo1 Jul 1, 11
          Well there's your first fallacy right there; I haven't once said, "You should post like this because I said so," so either you've mistaken me for somebody else or you're projecting so hard you could point your tiny penis at the wall and play a film.

          Either way, you'll find that you are the one who has said that I'm trying to force my will on you, whilst I've done no such thing. I never once said that you have to type properly, I've merely stated that you aren't typing properly (which you're not, as you've agreed) and I've asked you why, and all you've done is kick and scream and insult me and cry, "Because I *bleep*ing want to," like a ten year old bitch, and then you've called me Hitler in another article, which is just hilarious.

          And no, "Because I *bleep*ing want to," isn't a good enough reason. If you can be bothered to capitalise proper nouns and use full-stops, then why not capitalise the starts of sentences? There has to be a reason. Is it because you're a cheeky rebel? You're trying to differentiate yourself from everybody else? Is it your way of being unique, because you otherwise have no personality or redeeming characteristics whatsoever?

          iknowwhydont weall justpost likethis if it doesntmatter letsbe hippiies w00t w00t lololol

          Make your next childish insult imaginative, if you know what imagination is. You started off as Carouselambra but you're quickly falling into Final Blade territory, Anne Frankly even you are better than that (get it? Anne Frankly? 'cause you called me Hitler. Fun).
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          Shinobi_razor Jul 1, 11
          fine. its because im a rebel. i rebel against the dictatorship of capitalization from grammar-Nazis like you. if thats still not a good enough reason, i feel sorry for everyone who knows you in real life, as you are without a doubt one of the biggest assholes on Neo. and that says a lot because TLA is a massive dick. ive seen you starting fights on nearly every article in GG. what's your deal man?
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          Hideo1 Jul 1, 11
          You started this. I asked a question about your typing habits; you turned this into an argument, not me.

          You also don't know what dictatorship means. And are a vapid little dick wart.

          Have a nice day.
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          Shinobi_razor Jul 1, 11
          oh no you don't. you aren't getting away that easy. you start arguments ALL the time. you have argued with just about everyone that frequents GG. don't give me this "i'm an angel" crap which you didn't come right out and say but it's what you meant.

          you asked a question that is of no consequence and doesn't matter, then insisted i give a reason after i already said i just don't feel like capitalizing. you could have just left it at that but you felt the need to keep prodding and throwing out laughably bad insults and insist i give a reason that makes you happy, when there's no need to in the first place. why don't you just not worry about things like that and let people post however they want.
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          Hideo1 Jul 1, 11
          But I am letting you post however you want. Am I stopping you from posting in your stupid way? No, I'm not. And you're meant to end a question with a question mark (it's one of these "?")

          Again, you're putting words into my mouth. I never said I was an angel. Clearly the one who can't let this go is you. Great job on not letting me get away that easy, whatever the *bleep* that means. Christ almighty.
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          Shinobi_razor Jul 1, 11
          so you answer me a question. why even bring up the issue in the first place? you're right you can't stop me from posting in my "stupid" way (which it isn't), so why even ask?
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          Hideo1 Jul 2, 11
          Because I was curious, and because I had you pegged for someone who wouldn't cry and act like a big baby over something so small. It's in my nature; if I see something wrong, I'd like to know why it's that way. As it's in your nature to take everything the wrong way, get offended and then go on some Fox News worthy rant of irrelevant bullshit.

          Don't worry though, now I know you're a retard so next time I won't bother.
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          Shinobi_razor Jul 2, 11
          you can think what you want but you know nothing about me. the way i display myself on the internet has NO bearing whatsoever on how i am in real life. if you think they are connected then you are the retard good sir. i love arguing so that's why i engage in piss contests like this whenever the chance arises. you put a big target on your back by asking an imbecilic question so i decided to have fun and start something. maybe if you got to know me you'd understand why i do what i do. The Living Angelus and i used to constantly fight, once we had a 15-20 day long fight over PM. it was hilarious.
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          Hideo1 Jul 4, 11
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          the way i display myself on the internet has NO bearing whatsoever on how i am in real life
          Which means you're insulting and a tough guy on Gamegrep, but a little bitch in real life.

          Well done.

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