Walked into a Best Buy and picked it up -- of note, they weren't out on the shelf. I had to ask the.."Gaming Specialist" and he pulled a copy from below/behind the register.

Target was sold out but best buy had a few. Sale associate went to the back to get me one. She said she only had 4 more back there.

Preordered the 3DS bundle back in the beginning of January. Just called GS and they told me that all GS had shipping problems with the bundles and that they all got delayed until this Friday, Feb 8.

Not sure if this applies to all GS nationwide but at least for Odessa, Texas it does.

Got the last copy at my local Target.

This game is harder than I remember.

This is off of Gamestop's Facebook:

"Official Update Regarding Fire Emblem: We expect Fire Emblem Awakening to be available to our pre-order customers by tomorrow, February 6th. The Blue Fire Emblem 3DS system is expected to be in U.S. GameStop stores by this Friday, February 8th."

Originally Posted by ZeroFlame15 This is off of Gamestop's Facebook: "Official Update Regarding Fire Emblem: We expect Fire Emblem Awakening to be available to our pre-order customers by tomorrow, February 6th. The Blue Fire Emblem 3DS system is expected to be in U.S. GameStop stores by this Friday, February 8th."

3 local stores told me today if you did not preorder you will NOT Get them from gamestop... gamestop is only filling preorders and will NOT CARRY THE GAME


WTF


now got to see if amazon or gamefly fills my order (though i say gamefly will NOT SELL IT (NO KEEP IT)

hopefully amazon gets theirs tomorrow

replayed the demo and cant belive how bad SHADOW DRAGON looks to this game

slidecage, i can confirm GS won't be getting any besides what was pre-ordered.

if anyone lives in littleton colorado, they will have an extra since I am waiting to cancel my pre-order.

Just picked the game up at Best Buy in Wayne, NJ for anyone in the area.

GameStop is sad when it comes to stocking video games, I guess they rely on used sales for everything, but this isn't unusual as this has been going on for years at GS. Aka only stocking enough games for preorders and then never getting other new copies in, while expecting customers to buy the used one, if there is one. But for a gaming specialty retailer I expect more. Meanwhile you can go to Target or BB and find plenty of copies of whatever game you want on the shelves. My target had one copy today, I expect it will be gone soon.

Was able to grab a copy at Best Buy. As far as GameStop I've had this issue with a few other DS games I wanted. They just choose not to carry them because they were too niche I guess.

Target in West Dundee IL had some copies this morning.

Got the last copy from Target after work (Mission Valley). My Gamestop copy hasn't shipped.

Got my FE and art book at GS earlier today. The manager collaborates with the info that instock copies are for pre-orders only.

You guys are lucky. I think we here in Hawaii got the short end of the stick as usual. I went to one of the local game stores and the manager told me that he wasn't expecting shipments of the game to come in until Friday if they're lucky. He himself went to Wal-Mart in the morning but it wasn't there. Some guys who left the store just as I walked in were also hunting for Fire Emblem too and told him that Toys R Us didn't even have it. I went to Best Buy myself to pick up Blu-rays and it wasn't there either. (I didn't even bother with Target. The ones here don't even have well-known movie titles in-stock on release day.) At this rate, I'm just going to be a CAG and wait until it goes on sale for the eventual B2G1.

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I bought my copy online at BestBuy.com and then I got the e-mail that it was in the store ready to be picked up. Went after work and waited for 20 minutes while they tried to find a copy. After all is said and done I got the order cancelled and refunded. Complete bummer and I can attest to Best Buy selling copies that are supposed to be held / Best Buy being robbed. I really wanted the physical copy, but hard to resist just easily downloading it and playing now...

Hoping Amazon gets theirs. I mean if not I am pretty much ed, unless I preorder one at newegg.

It ing pisses me off that Nintendo is pulling this shit. I refuse to buy a downloadable copy of ANY JRPG unless it's on PC and well there are no boxed copies for PC.

Originally Posted by UndyingForce Target in West Dundee IL had some copies this morning.

You sir are awesome, I'll go grab a copy tomorrow for my gf who was worried she wouldn't find a copy.

Originally Posted by Sir_Fragalot Hoping Amazon gets theirs. I mean if not I am pretty much ed, unless I preorder one at newegg. It ing pisses me off that Nintendo is pulling this shit. I refuse to buy a downloadable copy of ANY JRPG unless it's on PC and well there are no boxed copies for PC.

If Best Buy and Gamestop are getting in their stock, I'm hopeful that means Amazon isn't too far behind No in-store deals and an extra $3.60 to pay in sales tax over here if I buy in-store makes me favor waiting for Amazon.

Originally Posted by V878 If Best Buy and Gamestop are getting in their stock, I'm hopeful that means Amazon isn't too far behind No in-store deals and an extra $3.60 to pay in sales tax over here if I buy in-store makes me favor waiting for Amazon.

Amazon hits me for sales tax which sucks but I have Prime. My problem is I wont be able to hit any store until Saturday because the route I take to and from work doesn't hit any stores besides supermarkets, gas stations and dunkin donuts, lol. So I am counting on Amazon to pull through. I just wish Amazon would say yes, we are getting stock in as a confirmation for me, and not have me wondering if it will get canceled.

Originally Posted by SaraAB GameStop is sad when it comes to stocking video games, I guess they rely on used sales for everything, but this isn't unusual as this has been going on for years at GS. Aka only stocking enough games for preorders and then never getting other new copies in, while expecting customers to buy the used one, if there is one. But for a gaming specialty retailer I expect more. Meanwhile you can go to Target or BB and find plenty of copies of whatever game you want on the shelves. My target had one copy today, I expect it will be gone soon.

Normally I'd agree with you, but I think, at least in this one specific instance, Nintendo is the one that made a mistake.

From what I've heard, Gamestop pretty much blew through their allotment from Nintendo on preorders alone. Based on the numbers other stores are getting, there is pretty much zero chance they could have gotten more this week.

It sounds like Nintendo seriously underestimated demand, and if the game is still out of stock 2-3 weeks from now, that will pretty much confirm it.