Author Topic: CONFIRMED: Portrait of Ruin to have best preorder bonus ever (Read 12185 times)

TrueNerd · « **Reply #25 on:** October 24, 2006, 09:43:36 PM »

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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
Wind Waker's preorder bonus was better.

Ooh, forgot about that one. I suppose the never-before-seen Master Quest is better then this.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #26 on:** October 25, 2006, 03:08:25 AM »

I weep for the fact that you guys will get this and never even look at it while KDR will (most likely) have to settle for downloading illegal PDF files.

I don't care about the PDFs, I want the soundtrack! That's the best part of Castlevania!

If it's like Wind Waker the first so and so many copies will come with the stuff, I didn't preorder WW but still got OOT.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #27 on:** October 25, 2006, 04:49:17 AM »

I pre-order everything I really want, i do this automatically, since it's easier to have them shipped to me instead of me going out of my way to a store to buy a game. especially now since that I live in Colonial Beach and there is nothing around here, the Wal*mart is in Fredericksburg, and I haven't been there yet. So online is the way to go.

Artimus · « **Reply #28 on:** October 25, 2006, 07:59:38 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
So today after work I checked out my local EB. The clerk had never heard of it and suggested that it was only available in the United States. Sh!t. If anyone from Canada has been able to get some clarification about this let me know. There is after all a remarkably good chance that the clerk was just spazzed.

Uh oh, that's not good. I'm heading to the movies today and EB Games is my first stop when I arrive at the mall. It's a huge mall and a busy EB, so if they don't know then no-one does.

I'll be preordering this online if I can't get it in store, but in store will save a LOT on shipping. You might want to do it online too, Ian. But I'll get back to you this evening.

vudu · « **Reply #29 on:** October 25, 2006, 09:15:40 AM »

That's doesn't necessarily mean all hope is lost. The clerk at the EB Games store I went to didn't know anything about the pre-order bonus either. He just said if it's on the website, we'll probably get something when we get the games. So you still might have a chance. Probably not; Canada sucks.

JonLeung · « **Reply #30 on:** October 25, 2006, 09:22:58 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
I weep for the fact that you guys will get this and never even look at it while KDR will (most likely) have to settle for downloading illegal PDF files.

I don't care about the PDFs, I want the soundtrack! That's the best part of Castlevania!

I would think that the soundtrack would be easier to get a hold of as illegal .MP3s than the artbook as illegal .PDFs.

I hope the soundtrack is worth it. Many of the best CastleVania tunes (especially the recurring ones) have been remixed to death at OverClocked Remix (and are really good even without remixing). I would hope that an official soundtrack CD would be better overall but will it really?

Artimus · « **Reply #31 on:** October 25, 2006, 02:32:57 PM »

I can now confirm that as of now, the offer is not available in Canada. However, the EB Games I went to was familiar with it and they are hoping they'll be getting it. Check back next week or the week after.

On a more depressing note, there was, literally, not a single Wii anything in the store. NOTHING.

therat · « **Reply #32 on:** October 25, 2006, 03:32:50 PM »

do you get all these goodies as soon as you preorder?

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #33 on:** October 26, 2006, 04:24:27 AM »

I guess it depends on the store and what there policy is and whether or not they have it available before the game's release date. Some stores in the past have given out pre-order bonuses when he made the pre-order, while some you get when the game comes out.

chaingunsofdoom · « **Reply #34 on:** November 03, 2006, 11:06:32 AM »

Not sure if it will ever show-up here in the Great White North, but I've pre-ordered it directly from konami.com (cheaper shipping than EB)

Ian Sane · « **Reply #35 on:** November 03, 2006, 11:48:56 AM »

I asked a different EB today. They at least heard of it and I got to speak directly to the manager (real hefty chick that probably would be pretty nice looking if she wasn't so hefty) who told me they don't know if they get it but the safest way to ensure I get it is to pre-order anyway. That sounds like corporate talk to get me to pre-order it anyway. I'm getting this a Christmas present for my brother so I might just pre-order anyway. It's just a bummer because I really don't like EB and usually support a local Vancouver area chain.

Kairon · « **Reply #36 on:** November 03, 2006, 05:25:50 PM »

The GS I pre-ordered this at said that they hadn't gotten the goodies in yet and that they would probably just have to give me them at the time I pick the game up.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

NWR_DrewMG · « **Reply #37 on:** December 07, 2006, 06:00:56 AM »

Just wanted to say that I picked up the pre-order set today and it is pretty damn awesome.

Pale · « **Reply #38 on:** December 07, 2006, 06:24:14 AM »

I got it too. I'm listening to the soundtrack now, which is awesome. The extendable stylus and art book are cool as well. The DS game case is stupid... two games? It holds only two games? ugh.

vudu · « **Reply #39 on:** December 07, 2006, 06:45:39 AM »

There are only two Castlevania games for DS; makes perfect sense to me.

TrueNerd · « **Reply #40 on:** December 07, 2006, 07:45:23 AM »

CONFIRMED: Extendable styli with the original Castlevania logo emblazoned on them are way cooler then the standard issue styli.

I haven't even started playing the game yet because I was too excited about the preorder stuff.

31 Flavas · « **Reply #41 on:** December 07, 2006, 06:09:42 PM »

When I went into pick up my Castlevania pre-order at EB I saw something I figured i'd never see. Xbox and 360 games all shoved to the very back of the store. All things Nintendo had been promoted to the leftside of the store. Xbox/360 and PS2/PSP had been previously competing for space at the very front of the store. With the introduction of PS3, I guess, Microsoft got 86'd, but i'd never have expected Microsoft would be put all the way in the back...

KDR_11k · « **Reply #42 on:** December 07, 2006, 07:50:15 PM »

It's coming in February...

matt oz · « **Reply #43 on:** December 08, 2006, 11:56:16 AM »

Got mine in the mail today. Damaged, of course.

I don't pre-order in stores, because I've been burned in the past by not getting the bonus gifts.

So I pre-order online, and the stuff comes in VERY inadequate packaging, and gets all damaged during transit. EBGames.com actually charged an extra $5 for shipping. I assumed it would come in a box, not a gigantic envelope that didn't secure anything in place.

I'm cancelling my pre-order for Elebits right now.

Ceric · « **Reply #44 on:** December 09, 2006, 02:29:16 PM »

But Elebits is a Plushie.

matt oz · « **Reply #45 on:** December 09, 2006, 05:28:36 PM »

Which I'm sure would be mangled, crushed, or somehow damaged upon arrival, so I won't even bother.

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Author Topic: CONFIRMED: Portrait of Ruin to have best preorder bonus ever (Read 12185 times)