Originally Posted by dgwillia006 I just meant I find it funny that the game sells out before the "Limited" console

Ah I see.

Well if you think about it, are you willing to pay $40 for the game or $199 for the console with the game? I think more people would be more inclined to buy the game on its own than the console with the game.

you think gamestop might get more in

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Tried to pre-order the game in store this morning, and no-go. :/ Game pre-orders are definitely sold out. Bummer!

According to what the guy just told me, it sounds like Nintendo just didnt expect this much demand for the game. He was cool and said that if they did get an extra, or pre-orders came back he would put my name down for it.

Also tried to pre-order at Best Buy, apparently they dont take pre-orders for it instore <_<. Now to decide whether to do an instore pickup for Best Buy, or wait and see what happens with GS.

I plan to pre-order the bundle w/ art-book today anyway, so I guess I'll just pre-order the physical copy at Best Buy. I can't believe pre-orders for this game actually sold out! That's awesome news to hear for what I believe will be an absolutely amazing game. Great and bad for Nintendo just because it sold out lol!

Originally Posted by dgwillia006 According to what the guy just told me, it sounds like Nintendo just didnt expect this much demand for the game. He was cool and said that if they did get an extra, or pre-orders came back he would put my name down for it. Also tried to pre-order at Best Buy, apparently they dont take pre-orders for it instore <_<. Now to decide whether to do an instore pickup for Best Buy, or wait and see what happens with GS.

i would go ahead and preorder at bestbuy, if you really want the game. instead of taking chances

I was gonna wait and check again tomorrow when the usual guy is there to see if I can do an instore 5$ pre-order. Really didnt want to have to pay the 40$ now when I'm not even sure where I'm gonna buy yet. If not, then I'll trade something and just do Best Buy

I was able to preorder the game last Sunday, the clerk said I had ordered in plenty of time and would be getting one for sure. I guess the hardcore are looking for a good long game to play on the 3DS.

As far as the pikachu 3dsxl I am not really a fan since its white on the bottom and that will surely get filthy dirty with the matte finish. It would be good if I had an extra $200 to spend and didn't mind keeping it for collectibility only in the box but that kind of defeats the point of a gaming system. Overall though its not one I would want as a system to play games on and carry around.

I ended up just doing Best Buy instore pickup for now. Much better than nothing, and I can always cancel if the situation changes at GS

ordered it from amazon for now, but probably will preorder it at gamestop if they start preorders again.

Originally Posted by krashhole Would have been better if it was a XL

Nah, the original 3DS is much classier, thus more suited to this game.

You guys are making me nervous now. I planned on walking in to BB tomorrow and dropping $5 on it, but it sounds like the game may be in short supply. I might have to make a trade tomorrow so I can do store pickup and pay it in full. I think the demo changed a lot of people's minds about passing this one up.

Originally Posted by dgwillia006 Just fail, apparently Nintendo underproduced the game or something. GS had to take down the pre-order for just the standard (And somehow not the system?) Figures it'd happen the night before I was going to preorder

The bundle actually comes with a digital copy, so if the problem is that the quantity of FE:A carts was under-produced that shouldn't actually affect the number of 3DS bundles available.

Would Nintendo massively under-produce a game so as to encourage more downloads? If so, they would only take the risk on a game for hardcore gamers, because they are most likely to use the eshop compared to other demographics. I bet the cartridge is rare for a little while (i.e. Pokemon Conquest) before being readily available.

Originally Posted by Ryouko Tried to pre-order the game in store this morning, and no-go. :/ Game pre-orders are definitely sold out. Bummer!

What?! How could they possibly not have this thing made en masse? Glad I got mine in yesterday

Might be better off walking into target or Walmart on release day and hoping they have a copy if there are no preorders elsewhere. I am guessing that a lot of people probably preordered in the last week or so after playing the demo. I am also guessing that pretty much everyone who isn't a kid and who has a 3DS probably preordered this game, some kids are probably getting this too but it's not really a game they tend to buy en masse. Evidently there are a lot more adults with a 3DS than I originally thought.

That or Nintendo just didnt expect it to do this well, and didnt produce enough copies. Don't remember ever seeing anything of this sort happen to any other standard game in recent time

Every FE game tends to get a little rare after awhile. Maybe this one will do it before it even comes out.

Just got back from GS from pre-ordering the bundle, and yep, out of stock for the physical copies. Does that mean it'll be rare? I mean at least until they reprint it of course.

It just came to my attention that the bundle was available (it's now sold out) on Best Buy's Canadian website, but not the US one. Odd.