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I'm in the camp that wouldn't care about a hole punch, but also the camp that ain't paying above retail for any release so... Maybe there's an answer in there.
 
I finally got a switch so now I can look at LRG switch games when they come out. So far all I want is golf story which I got one off ebay for a decent price and danmaku. Sadly I want danmaku also as I am a huge schmup fan but I cant ever afford 70 bucks, Id kill for that one but my budget is limited to like 40 bucks for a game.

 
I bought Abe's Oddysee for Vita off of Ebay and received a hole-punched copy. I didn't know what it was at the time and didn't complain or return it. So... if you're a crappy person, you can find a sucker. But don't be that crappy person, please.
 
dnl2ba said:
I bought Abe's Oddysee for Vita off of Ebay and received a hole-punched copy. I didn't know what it was at the time and didn't complain or return it. So... if you're a crappy person, you can find a sucker. But don't be that crappy person, please.
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Shouldn't copies like that not even be getting out for resell, I seem to recall someone over at lrg mentioning something about it at some point

 
Dr_dreadful said:
I finally got a switch so now I can look at LRG switch games when they come out. So far all I want is golf story which I got one off ebay for a decent price and danmaku. Sadly I want danmaku also as I am a huge schmup fan but I cant ever afford 70 bucks, Id kill for that one but my budget is limited to like 40 bucks for a game.
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Keep in mind that Best Buy has a few switch LRG games (Golf Story being one) so you can avoid the 'bay (Unless its cheaper there or you like the LRG artwork more!) I actually like getting them at Best Buy personally because I still have GCU

 
Evil_Gizmo said:
Yeah, those are supposed to be for Sony only, they aren't supposed to be selling them.
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There used to be a Sony call center in my town. When Sony closed it down a couple of years ago, all the games for employees to "check out" were just handed out to them in a free for all. It wasn't long before every pawn shop and gamestop in town were flooded with those copies. I wouldn't doubt many hit ebay, too. Perhaps something similar happened?

 
Sito said:
Keep in mind that Best Buy has a few switch LRG games (Golf Story being one) so you can avoid the 'bay (Unless its cheaper there or you like the LRG artwork more!) I actually like getting them at Best Buy personally because I still have GCU
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Ah I didnt know that, thanks. Sadly looks like bestbuy never got danmaku though.

 
Dr_dreadful said:
Ah I didnt know that, thanks. Sadly looks like bestbuy never got danmaku though.
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In case you were wanting to know these are all the games Best Buy has gotten from Limited Run Games. All are still available too.

Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe $34.99
Golf Story $29.99
Yooka-Laylee $49.99
Windjammers $29.99
Super Meat Boy $29.99

Celeste, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, and Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove will also be available from Best Buy at a later date.
 
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Markmallow said:
In case you were wanting to know these are all the games Best Buy has gotten from Limited Run Games. All are still available too.

Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe $34.99
Golf Story $29.99
Yooka-Laylee $49.99
Windjammers $29.99
Super Meat Boy $29.99

Celeste and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon will also be available from Best Buy at a later date.
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I believe Toejam and Earl will also be carried by Best Buy when it eventually releases.

 
Markmallow said:
In case you were wanting to know these are all the games Best Buy has gotten from Limited Run Games. All are still available too.

Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe $34.99
Golf Story $29.99
Yooka-Laylee $49.99
Windjammers $29.99
Super Meat Boy $29.99

Celeste, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, and Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove will also be available from Best Buy at a later date.
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Last month my BB had 40 copies of Yooka-Laylee. Today, I found three. I doubt they sold that many, but I haven't seen the price drop. Is BB sending to other stores, tossing them, or is YL actually selling at $50?

 
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n64ra said:
Last month my BB had 40 copies of Yooka-Laylee. Today, I found three. I doubt they sold that many, but I haven't seen the price drop. Is BB sending to other stores, tossing them, or is YL actually selling at $50?
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They are either backstocking to remove the optics of a TONS OF GAMES NOT SELLING, or they are being fulfilled with online orders. From my understanding Best Buy -like Target- often have retail store employees fulfilling online orders, rather than say a "distribution center". While there is still the need for some sort of warehouse or distribution center, having the stores fulfill orders is a fantastic logistics idea.
 
The Nintendo area in stores was expanded in the past month so they likely put them in the back to display other games.

And yes, if you buy a game from Best Buy that is more than a few months old then there is a pretty high chance a store is shipping you their stock.

 
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litepink said:
They are either backstocking to remove the optics of a TONS OF GAMES NOT SELLING, or they are being fulfilled with online orders. From my understanding Best Buy -like Target- often have retail store employees fulfilling online orders, rather than say a "distribution center". While there is still the need for some sort of warehouse or distribution center, having the stores fulfill orders is a fantastic logistics idea.
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That is for sure, my last Target order... all the games had gouges from the security cases on the back. I don't usually buy from Target, but when they had that buy 2 get 1 free sale I could not resist. So I ordered online thinking I would not get games with gouges from security cases.

Well played Target. Well played.

 
I'm new to LRG. 

I just want VA11-HALL-A. I probably want the limited edition. 

How do I know when this will go on sale? What do I do to track it?

 
yes the vita version was sold many months ago and is sold out. Your only choice is eBay or other 3rd party seller.

However, Va11 is having a ps4 and switch port coming out soon. I would follow LRG on social media, Twitter Instagram ect, or go to their website and sign up for their email list for news.
 
Got my Mystery Vita game from the Rewards program today and it was Rabi-Ribi.  Not bad, though its going to the trade/sell pile for now as I already own a copy.

 
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vic_x51 said:
yes the vita version was sold many months ago and is sold out. Your only choice is eBay or other 3rd party seller.

However, Va11 is having a ps4 and switch port coming out soon. I would follow LRG on social media, Twitter Instagram ect, or go to their website and sign up for their email list for news.
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Thanks for this info. Did not know that a Switch version was coming.
 
Odd description of the production run for Alone With You Vita... apparently 2000 copies, but the 400 "classic edition" are included in the total run size.

Standalone is 2 per person, classic edition is 1 per person... so anyone can order 3 copies?! Weird!

 
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Got my LE of Nurse. Will be nice next to previous game. These are lasting a bit longer (the LE and standard) because of the price, but still going relatively quickly. Other game is already sold out for Vita.

 
Got the boxed vita case and only 400 made

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Crazy, went through checkout, hit the shopify queue, got through it, got an error message page, tried to checkout a second time, got a page not found error, tried a third time, got a page not found again, tried a fourth time, made it to checkout, and placed order for Alone with You Vita classic edition before it sold out. Harrowing but successful.

 
Edzo04 said:
First item I've ever missed and I'm pissed about it. I hope I can get a Vita longbox version during batch 2
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There is no "vita" longbox. It's just the vita standard game with a separate longbox with a manual and soundtrack inside. All of the longboxes whether you buy them with the PS4, vita or bundle are exactly the same.

 
Got standards of both Vita games. Wild how quick everything's selling out. 1 minute for Alone with You's LE, 2 minutes for Alone with You's standard edition, 3 minutes for NLS's standard edition. NLS LE is still in stock, I'm guessing the price is a bit intimidating. Personally, I just have no room for or interest in most LEs.

 
bojay1997 said:
There is no "vita" longbox. It's just the vita standard game with a separate longbox with a manual and soundtrack inside. All of the longboxes whether you buy them with the PS4, vita or bundle are exactly the same.
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I know but I would prefer the Vita version over PS4. I'm thinking I'll try for PS4 instead later on as it lasted slightly longer. Should be fine when I'm on PC instead of mobile
 
I've never even heard of Alone with You before. Why the hype? Are people freaking out because (1) it's vita, (2) it's in a long box jewel case, or (3) it's a good game?

 
Tothoro said:
Got standards of both Vita games. Wild how quick everything's selling out. 1 minute for Alone with You's LE, 2 minutes for Alone with You's standard edition, 3 minutes for NLS's standard edition. NLS LE is still in stock, I'm guessing the price is a bit intimidating. Personally, I just have no room for or interest in most LEs.
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I think people were confused about what they were buying. Many people seem to have assumed that the longbox was an integrated LE like some of the past LRG releases. It's just a fancy soundtrack case that is completely separate from the vita or PS4 standard edition game.

 
bojay1997 said:
There is no "vita" longbox. It's just the vita standard game with a separate longbox with a manual and soundtrack inside. All of the longboxes whether you buy them with the PS4, vita or bundle are exactly the same.
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I decided to skip the Longbox version at the last minute since only the soundtrack/manual are housed inside (though I suppose you could replace the CD with the PS4 game). If I was going to get it though I would have definitely gone for the PS4 version of the longbox bundle though as I figured that one would sell slower than the Vita version (and it did).

 
We're winding down on vita releases so everyone is freaking out because of that.

Most things I prefer ps4 but from now on I'll go for the vita version simply because I know it's in hand and will ship sooner than 6 months from now.
 
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