I'd just posted word of this on the forums about 1 minute before this article appeared -- I also found an early review (in German), in case anyone is as curious as I am.

Well good to hear it's cheaper. I mean it's not even a real dictionary with that few words.

lol, do the people, who already downloaded it, get a refund? xD

@TourianTourist

They get 60% of any NES game for free.

@warioswoods

You're joking, right?

@KillTheHaterzzz

Nope, I'm completely straight-faced.

I'd probably get the first 60% of TMNT, since it's a struggle to make it past that point anyhow. Or I'd gift 60% of Mario 3 to a friend, and laugh when Mario disappears into a void near the end of World 5.

Wow that was fast.

The word lumberjack is not okay
It sleeps all night and it sleeps all day.

so, do people get the 300 points back?

lol @ warioswoods

it's hardly a dictionary if words like lumberjack aren't in it.. the camera function looks interesting, might be useful for signs in foreign countries, as long as it can recognize them, heh.

@Bass X0

It puts on women's clothing
And hangs around in bars.

Well at LEAST they had the decensy to drop the price, glad they realized it was too high. But still, what were they THINKING listing the price for 800 at first? I just feel bad for those who already bought it

I can see them updating it every now an then, but other than that, the dictionary will remain as small as it is. You won't be able to get the full Oxford English Dictionary translated into Japanese, ever.
Still, this the price it should've been launched at initially.

@WiiGuy. So far I've heard that the few people that bought this have so far received nothing Thanks Nintendo.

@Starwolf_UK We might assume the people who purchased it in the first place because it's worth a lot more to them than 800 points. 300 just sounds like much, because it's points. But it's fair for N to give some sort of compensation, so I hope they all get it eventually

@Bass X0 & warioswoods
It cuts down trees and wears high heels,
suspenders and a bra

I just checked the DSi store, I did not get a refound for the 300 points I paid too much.

Wish this had more asian languages or was up to par with the cheapo pocket translators you can get in HK. I guess it's cheaper than even they are though, but it's not really useful for me.

I'm interested to see how well the camera integration works. If it's reliable, it'd be worth the 800 points. But I'm speaking from an obviously personal perspective and, overall, I agree that a lower price equals more sales. I'm hoping that's the reason the price was lowered, and not because it's a hunk of crap.

@Chicken Brutus: I'm sorry but I don't know what "a hunk of crap" means, because my 6-in-1-Dictionary doesn't know words like these.
Personally, I think this is a very useless (and censored) toy that should be free because of it's limitations.

I was worried when I read the description stating it knows "thousands of words", for 6 languages that should be tens of thousands or even hundreds.

Good job Nintendo! Now it's an better deal!

I don't know why you think you should get a refund, If I go to GameStop buy a game for $30, then next week, it goes on sale for $20, I can't get refunded $10.

@metakirbyknight Because angry customers would simply stop buying crappy apps for 30 Euros per month. That's the reason.

I don't know why you think you should get a refund, If I go to GameStop buy a game for $30, then next week, it goes on sale for $20, I can't get refunded $10.

Because it held the price only one day or even less. When Ms dropped the XBox's price from the initial ridiculous 480€ they gave everyone who paid that much an apology package.

But this is Nintendo, not Microsoft!

True, but they should give the 300 pt refund in some form, like they did for the Internet Browser.

So, how is this any different from going to a free translation site (i.e. babelfish, freetranslation.com) on the DSi Browser?

Oh wait there is a difference...
The free websites can do whole sentences and most words (well, a gisted translation) and do it to and from 15 or so different languages.
This $5 app that some people payed $8 for only does one word at a time, and not many of them, to and from 6 languages.
...WTF?!

@dimlylitmonkey, Bass X0 & warioswoods
It skips and jumps, it likes to press wild flowers
It wishes it's been a girlie, just like it's dear mama...

_23. metakirbyknight 05 Sep 2009, 14:59 GMT
I don't know why you think you should get a refund, If I go to GameStop buy a game for $30, then next week, it goes on sale for $20, I can't get refunded $10._

Because Nintendo game some kind of

It's a 15.000 word dictionary (according to the "Help" section), so don't expect a great word coverage. Still, as I am learning japanese, I find this dictionary VERY useful, as you can write japanese and chinese characters and find the words you search very quickly. It's well worth 500 points, I would even buy it for 800.

@ShaMan:

There is only ONE advantage of this (hmmm... anyway weak) dictionary above the free internet dictionaries:

You can scan Japanese text into it with the built-in DSi camera, so you do not have to reproduce it by your hand.

And that is all, I am afraid (I bought it).