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Video Games => Mario Chat => Topic started by: Zombie_Advanced on October 18, 2005, 02:22:02 PM

Title: waluigi.com ??
Post by: Zombie_Advanced on October 18, 2005, 02:22:02 PM
It is somehow strange but the domain www.waluigi.com ia a registered domain and it is linked to the official Nintendo website.
Does anyone know anything about this????

Maybe a Waluigi game?
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: HolyAarom on October 18, 2005, 03:32:37 PM
Maybr it's a fan site voicing their opinion on Waluigi's name.
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: Suffix on October 18, 2005, 04:20:20 PM
No, I'm quite certain it's Nintendo buying a domain so that people are redirected to their site after entering in one of their character names. I'm sure that if they had the chance, they would buy other domains with their primary character names and redirect them to the main site.
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on October 18, 2005, 05:19:10 PM
Waluigi.com was also listed as a Nintendo site in the old NP magazines.
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: Wumbo on October 18, 2005, 05:31:30 PM
When Mario Tennis 64 was released it had its site (mariotennis.com) and you can get to Waluigi.com there and it was just mostly about Waluigi during Mario Tennis
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: Luigison on October 18, 2005, 05:56:53 PM
I logged into Nintendo.com then refreshed Waluigi.com and was not logged in there.  It could be that someone is using it to harvest Nintendo usernames and passwords.

I haven't check the sites whois info yet, and therefore don't know who owns it.
 
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: Luigison on October 18, 2005, 06:03:34 PM
Registrant:
Nintendo of America Inc.
4820 150th Ave NE
Redmond, WA 98052
US

Domain Name: WALUIGI.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Melton, Scott webmaster@nintendo.com
4820 150TH AVE NE
REDMOND, WA 98052-5111
US
425-882-2040 fax: 425-882-3585

Record expires on 12-Apr-2006.
Record created on 12-Apr-2000.
Database last updated on 18-Oct-2005 20:02:25 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

DNS1.NINTENDO.COM 205.166.76.132
DNS2.NINTENDO.COM 205.166.76.133

Registry Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: Luigison on October 18, 2005, 06:43:17 PM
I checked http://www.waybackmachine.org/ and found that it was a site used to market Mario Tennis for the N64.



http://web.archive.org/web/20010201052200/http://waluigi.com/



Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: yoshimastar on October 18, 2005, 09:13:55 PM
I don't really get it...

What could they possibly have in a Waluigi website?

Games he appeared in....

A bullcrap story of his history with Wario..

And NOTHING ELSE?
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: HolyAarom on October 19, 2005, 07:22:20 PM
Some people like Waluigi.
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: Zombie_Advanced on October 20, 2005, 01:49:31 AM
Like me!
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: yoshimastar on October 20, 2005, 06:47:44 PM
Yes, though I don't quite know how.
Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: Glorb on October 23, 2005, 11:26:31 AM
"A bullcrap story of his history with Wario..."

Hahaha. So true.

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Title: Re: waluigi.com ??
Post by: HolyAarom on October 23, 2005, 07:08:14 PM
I like Waluigi too.