Star Fox Runner Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Just out of curiosity I tried to visit Star Fox's official site and its gone. When it was trying to connect it kept switching back and forth between these urls. www.starfox.com http://redirect.nintendo.com/domclean2.pl?www.starfox.com/ This could be a sign people, this could mean a new Star Fox game is coming! The only reason I can think of for taking down the site is to redesign it for the release of Star Fox Wii. Or I could be jumping the gun. Opinions please!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudRunnerLX Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 The page isn't redirecting properly Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. * This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Nope! It turns out that several Nintendo mini-sites have been taken down by Nintendo. The webmaster said that they are supposed to redirect to Nintendo, but are having issues. Until about 3 days ago, starfox.com would work for Mac users such as myself, but after bringing the Windows issue to their attention, they made it fail for all OSs. Good thing I was backing up the sites at the time. I have all the files, except for a couple. They will be posted up in a couple days, and other sites. Also, Metroid.com is down for Windows, as far as I know, so I plan to back that up too, since I can still access it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfBoy100 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I tried it out just now and I still couldn't get in. -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Complete backups are posted now! http://starfox-online.net/features/projects/sitebackups/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS-Games Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Complete backups are posted now! http://starfox-online.net/features/projects/sitebackups/ Did you get starfox.com/testflight? Not a lot of Star Fox fans even know about that part of the website. If you look a the cover of Nintendo Power issue 189 http://www.theconsoler.com/wiki/images/Np189.jpg there is a hidden text on the cover that reads /testflight. Apparently when you typed that into the starfox.com url up came a special website about the Star Fox Assault Blockbuster / Hollywood Video promotion. It was removed when the URL was updated for Star Fox Command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner/Technical Admin Sideways Posted July 24, 2008 Owner/Technical Admin Share Posted July 24, 2008 Is there a thread here with all the voice clips from Star Fox 64? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Did you get starfox.com/testflight? Not a lot of Star Fox fans even know about that part of the website. If you look a the cover of Nintendo Power issue 189 http://www.theconsoler.com/wiki/images/Np189.jpg there is a hidden text on the cover that reads /testflight. Apparently when you typed that into the starfox.com url up came a special website about the Star Fox Assault Blockbuster / Hollywood Video promotion. It was removed when the URL was updated for Star Fox Command. No, I didn't. And now it's too late to get it. -_- As for the voice clips, check out the main site: http://starfox-online.net/media/audio/voiceacting/sf64/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS-Games Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 No, I didn't. And now it's too late to get it. -_- As for the voice clips, check out the main site: http://starfox-online.net/media/audio/voiceacting/sf64/ That's too bad. I know there were 2 wallpapers you could download from there. I had my hands on them at one time but thanks to my stupidity of not backing up my data, I lost them. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner/Technical Admin Sideways Posted July 24, 2008 Owner/Technical Admin Share Posted July 24, 2008 Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 It's offical, the site is gone. The redirect has been fixed and points to Nintendo.com. Don't take this as a "we're getting a new game" thing. They wouldn't do it this way. Likely they have begun removing GCN game sites to regain disk space and other resources consumed by the sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner/Technical Admin Sideways Posted July 30, 2008 Owner/Technical Admin Share Posted July 30, 2008 I'd have to agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 It's offical, the site is gone. The redirect has been fixed and points to Nintendo.com. Don't take this as a "we're getting a new game" thing. They wouldn't do it this way. Likely they have begun removing GCN game sites to regain disk space and other resources consumed by the sites. No. Space isn't their problem. They had these sites when they weren't popular. They have more money now, there's no reason they need to be careful with their space. They are simply trying to consolidate all sites into one, even though they won't be doing a good job of it, so far as we've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Fox Runner Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 It's offical, the site is gone. The redirect has been fixed and points to Nintendo.com. Don't take this as a "we're getting a new game" thing. They wouldn't do it this way. Likely they have begun removing GCN game sites to regain disk space and other resources consumed by the sites. I know it doesn't necessarily mean that there is new Star Fox coming. But you can't stop wishful thinking. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I know it doesn't necessarily mean that there is new Star Fox coming. But you can't stop wishful thinking. That won't stop me from trying to crush your dreams!!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffNStuff Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 That won't stop me from trying to crush your dreams!!! lol Does your car run off crushed dreams as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Nope, my car runs off kittens. You can hear my car purring from miles away. On topic, I can still access Metroid.com. Can you guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 No. Space isn't their problem. They had these sites when they weren't popular. They have more money now, there's no reason they need to be careful with their space. They are simply trying to consolidate all sites into one, even though they won't be doing a good job of it, so far as we've seen. How much money the company has is not so much the issue as how important IT is to Nitnendo, and how much they decide to let IT have. If the executives feel that their IT infrastructure is adequate, they likely won't just give money to IT. Servers are not cheap. Giving them, say, $25,000 extra for the year will only buy one, maybe two depending on specs, good servers. Websites are marketing tools. Even if the game has lost popularity, if it is current, leave the site up. Obviously, the site isn't current anymore. If I were in charge of IT (or Marketing for that matter), I'd want it taken down (from a purely business perspective, of course). You could be right, but my theory still holds water too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Fox Runner Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 Yeah I still get metroid.com, they gave it a new homepage by the looks of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest krystal08 Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 and i was thinking that my Internet start too really suck! i was thinking "well, i have enough problems to get SFO so its just normal...i'll go to my cousin and it will be OK..." pfffff .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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