Nintendo hasn't just dropped the ball in Korea. They've dropped it, stomped on it and then kicked it across the hall. Previously, we've covered how the game/console maker has left its goods in the hands of book publisher Daiwon, who have done a rotten job of handling Nintendo products. The demand is there, but the products and service are not.

Nintendo of Korea has been established, but the branch seems to be nothing more than a nebulous hole. Game site 4 Color Rebellion's Nick Rumas did a bit of digging and tried to find out exactly what NoK was, even going as far to paying a visit at the company office, located in the red light district. Nick writes:

The place turned out to be a total hole. His room is home to a staff of four...and I came to find out that they, most unfortunately, are all that exists of Nintendo of Korea at this point. One guy with this truly awful bleached hair looks like a wannabe Korean pimp in his late twenties, and that's not a good thing. The rest look anything but professional, and the workspace is a dump. Not a cool, gamer's dump. Just a dump. A "we don't give a care" kind of dump. So I start talking with Mr. Jung and friends, asking some questions about what exactly they're doing for Nintendo, how they're representing the company, etc. I'm basically met with blank stares. I bring up the customer service complaints and other bad reports that are making the rounds about Daiwon, and ask them what they have to say about these things. At this point, Mr. Wannabe Pimp With Bad Hair got really, really angry, and for no apparent reason. "We're not Nintendo!", he shouted. "Did you see Nintendo written on this building?! We don't ****** care about that ****!"

What do you say Nintendo, maybe you should rethink your whole let's-have-lowlifes-sell-the-products-in-Korea operation? Just a thought. Brian Ashcraft

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