Just under 3 weeks for those of us in Europe, due to the delay here. But it's all good, means it hits after payday instead of before.
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Ni No Kuni Collector's Edition for EU/NA [failure level well beyond critical mass]
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Just under 3 weeks for those of us in Europe, due to the delay here. But it's all good, means it hits after payday instead of before.
Audioboxer
Member
IIRC, the game should be out on PSN on the same day.
DrAndonuts
Member
mejin
Member
Really?! Well, that's pretty much settled then.
If you don't plan to to check out the demo look at what's out in that period that you want. In a way that could be more important than just the scores (and the worst one seems to be positive anyway).
usually packaging is alright. just hope it doesn't take them 2 weeks to ship it out, heh
Dead Prince
Banned
doesn't matter which carrier. usually the delays came from the warehouses.
darkressurection
Banned
I'd just be dealing with the crowded period and my own skepticism (Level 5 really does have a long history of "pretty yet boring" games) for that book if it weren't for the fact they had to go with Digital River and make it a site exclusive.
Was it really that hard to negotiate an online exclusive that GameStop/Amazon/whoever else would have? Hell, an online exclusive at GameStop alone would be preferable, at least their shipping's reasonable quality, won't charge until delivery, and there's codes for free shipping from them.
TimeEffect
Member
2 weeks!?? Is Digital River the one Namco is using?
I want to play this NOW.
I want to play this NOW.
I worry the copy in the WE will be stupid and say "Not for Resale"
whitelighter89
Neo Member
I can't wait for this game. Got the WE ordered from GS Ireland. Are NA still getting all those extras over the EU version?
whitelighter89
Neo Member
My version of Halo 4 I got with the Halo 4 Bundle says "BUNDLE COPY" on it :/ so I wouldn't be surprised.
RPGCrazied
Member
This week is going to go by so slow. :/
Yeah I'm still worried about that as well. I hope Bamco puts out an unboxing video soon. Another worry is that the game may not come wrapped in the box. >.<
Hmmm, I'll just buy from Gamestop, get the steelbook, then return the game unopened. That way I'll be covered on multiple fronts.
Dead Prince
Banned
Decided to play the demo again. The over world. Anyone have any idea how big it is
Yeah, I think the pre-orders only lasted until the first week of September.
dark_preacher
Member
i think digital river handled thq's store at one point in the past. not sure if they still do, but i didn't have any kind've troubled out of them at all, this was during the 40k - space marine release, though.
It was a separate edition that was only available for pre-order in NA on Namco's site: http://store.namcobandaigames.com/s...h-–-Wizards-Edition-Club-Namco-Exclusive.html
Also, for those wanting to buy elsewhere, then return this version, the cover looks different for the game case than what you'd buy at a store. Just my thoughts on it: http://drh1.img.digitalriver.com/DRHM/Storefront/Company/namcous/images/NNK_Lockup_112712_v5_575.jpg
To be honest, I mainly just hate them for the IDEA of needing to pay insurance to redownload anything I get through them. Fortunately the only two cases game-wise (Pinnacle Station through $5 EA credit and the Intel free copy of AC:Brotherhood) have since been transferred/integrated to their publisher's primary services, and for Windows 7 I just went ahead and got the backup DVD.
I wasn't very fond of the idea of paying way in advanced and including that expensive shipping for somethign that wasn't guaranteed at launch either however.
I didn't realize that was DR as well forgot about that mess, Capcom made up for it with the free guide which was nice. I'm sort of glad I'm getting the Europe version but would be nice to get the US extras and hopefully have it earlier.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Uhhhhhhh, you're like half a year late. It hasn't been available for ages.
I thought it was a bit disappointing that the US version of the Wizard's edition was the only one to get added extras (art cards, cd, coin) and also the steelbook version, which I quite liked the look of. Just doesn't seem like a great deal for the extra money. I'm still inclined to keep my pre order though, managed to get it for £65 last month. Some retailers here are charging £80 for it now!
Lucent
Member
I dunno, I personally think the book is an awesome idea. Another $40 for the book (if you ignore the other extras) isn't too bad considering it's over 300 pages and how much the crazy strategy guides cost.
KeioSquad2
Member
Yea, anyone know why the strategy guide is 40 bucks.....?
Order it from Amazon.com. It's much cheaper there:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/030789598X/?tag=neogaf0e-20
The issue with the WE in NA is that it was more limited due to it being exclusive to Namco Bandai's site. I only wish the steelbook actually came with the WE, but alas. The book is the main draw, for me at least.
Re-post!
Temporarily, then the money was credited back, so payment is still not complete.
Many thanks!
Me too. After they delayed the euro release, I decided to go DD and hope they release a proper art book sometime.
Why do they make these limited sets so limited anyway, I mean to they make less money on them? If it was sold out in NA in Aug, why not do another pressing?
It costs them money to put out all of these books, so they only made what was pre-ordered, it seems. Otherwise they'd have a bunch that might not even sell. It was only sold out because they put a date on when pre-orders were stopped, not a specific limit.
Fair enough. I don't know their business at all, and I'm sure they know what they are doing.
It just seems from the outside that they are leaving money on the table.
They probably did leave some, but with printing the books, the cards, making the coins, etc, they had to leave time to make all of the stuff for the WE before release. If they allowed further pre-orders they'd have to guess at the numbers, so they could be short or over.... It likely would have been a debacle.
Well they must have changed something... including the limit of 1 per person, because someone on eBay has sold nearly 150 and still has more coming... apparently directly from Namco.