NDPsycho

Thanks for the 2ds tip, was able to pick it up in store, which they didn't have last week.  There were over 8 in the case, and I was also happy to find the purple/orange joy cons for $69 that also weren't there last week.  Couldn't find them anywhere other than third party sellers when I last looked.

They did not.  It only ever went out with copies that went out in the first batch (i.e. before the CE shipped and before any copies that were purchased with other items).  It was apparently an error as the cover did not meet ESRB requirements as a character was pointing a gun outward.  My understanding is that they actually had to have the remaining copies restuffed with the approved cover.  I would estimate only a few hundred copies at most went out with the unapproved cover. 

Seems reasonable, given how infrequently it pops up.  I suppose LRG may not even know at this point how many they shipped.

WOW, I had no clue this game even had an alternate cover, and I wondered why my copy sold over $100+ a few months back when I listed it, and I guess now I know. LOL I wish I would have known, as I would have promoted it as such, but it sold for a good amount, so no complaints.

You're not alone.  I didn't know there was an alt either, as I had bought the CE version.  Given how wildly the price fluctuates on the sold listings, I don't think many people pay attention.  Makes it hard to try and determine what it's worth trying to get one for.  I only care because it's an actual alt cover and not just a reversible sealed the other way.  I don't generally try for multiple copies of the reversible cover copies as I don't keep all of mine sealed.

Does anyone know if LRG ever disclosed how many copies of the vita Metal Slug 3 shipped with the alternate cover?  Curious how many exist.  I was under the impression they only went out with the non-LE shipments.  I was also curious if that cover exists for the PS4, since I don't see any sold listings on ebay?  The vita one occasionally pops up for sale, but doesn't seem very common and it looks like they don't even mention it on their store listings that it had an alt cover.

anyone know if the 50% off and b2g1 stack

It did for me. I got Bayonetta 2, Snipper clips plus and Penny Punching Princess for around $45 total.

Got my Trails of Cold Steel 3 CE from NISA today.

Am I the only one that no longer gets shipping notifications from them? It showed up today as a surprise, was never notified it even shipped. Same happened to the last release I got from them too.

Lucky, I'm still waiting for a CS response to a PayPal invoice request as they still seem unable to handle PayPal payments on preorders. At least they always fail to complete for me. 10 days now with no reply to my 3 requests.