Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin preorder bonus.

Soul4ger · (09-15-2006, 08:29 PM)

Is this old news? If so, ignore. But I just found out, and I thought it was awesome. If you preorder PoR in GameStop or EB, there's a bonus: a 20th Anniversary Compilation CD of Castlevania music. Konami's CD bonuses are great. :)

CajoleJuice · (09-15-2006, 08:30 PM)

Oh shit, that's pretty ****ing sweet.

Might have to preorder a game for the first time in a while.

castle007 · (09-15-2006, 08:30 PM)

AWESOME

Vic · (09-15-2006, 08:30 PM)

Track list if possible?

datruth29 · (09-15-2006, 08:31 PM)

Whoa! That is ****ing awesome!!

jj984jj · (09-15-2006, 08:32 PM)

OH SHIT! Vampire Killer & Bloody Tears should be there right? If so, PRE-ORDER GET!

Gigglepoo · (09-15-2006, 08:32 PM)

**** yeah!

Error · (09-15-2006, 08:32 PM)

anyone knows what songs are going to be there?

anyway this is ****ing sweet!

bluemax · (09-15-2006, 08:36 PM)

Dammit I was gonna get it from Amazon (<3 Amazon Prime) but this is too good to resist!

_dementia · (09-15-2006, 08:37 PM)

AMAZING
I'm so there.

Do you get it when you put the money down?

robut · (09-15-2006, 08:45 PM)

I work at EB and haven't heard anything about it. I'm off today though, so it might've just got announced in the emails. Freaking awesome if true.

Jiggy · (09-15-2006, 08:47 PM)

That's fantastic, yet... it's EB and Gamestop.

Do you get the CD when you pick up the game or pay for the preorder? I've gotta hope for the latter here.
Or that the preorder bonus later extends to other stores. >_>

Neomoto · (09-15-2006, 08:52 PM)

Serieus question: Can I (from the Netherlands) pre-order and import the game with that awesome bonus cd? Or do you have to live in America (and have to get it at EB or Gamestop yourself?).

Ranger X · (09-15-2006, 08:54 PM)

shit.

**calls**

GhostSeed · (09-15-2006, 09:05 PM)

Awesome! :)

Snaku · (09-15-2006, 09:11 PM)

Was just checking ebgames' website for confirmation, and I noticed they're taking pre-orders for a reprint of Dawn of Sorrow. If you haven't picked the game up yet, now's your chance.

Farore · (09-15-2006, 10:03 PM)

I hope someone rips it... I doubt this pre-order bonus will be available where I live... :(

Originally Posted by Snaku:

Was just checking ebgames' website for confirmation, and I noticed they're taking pre-orders for a reprint of Dawn of Sorrow. If you haven't picked the game up yet, now's your chance.

Nice... it definitely deserves more sales :) ...

Drakken · (09-15-2006, 10:03 PM)

Awesome bonus! I wonder what songs it will include, and whether there will be any arranged versions. :)

Gigglepoo · (09-15-2006, 10:04 PM)

Wait a second... when was Castlevania delayed until December? Bah!

Ganondorfo · 10:10 PM

Can someone please post here some mp3 from castlevania portrait of ruin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8KAA...elated&search=

Music from this gameplay video, the intro level and the town level.

Tarjeta Prepagada · (09-15-2006, 10:07 PM)

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?...%5Fid=B180197A

$39.99???

Doesnt seem like a bonus to me at all.

robut · (09-15-2006, 10:09 PM)

Originally Posted by Tarjeta Prepagada:

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?...%5Fid=B180197A

$39.99???

Doesnt seem like a bonus to me at all.

It's been known to be that price for a while now.

Aurora · (09-15-2006, 10:11 PM)

Originally Posted by Neomoto:

Serieus question: Can I (from the Netherlands) pre-order and import the game with that awesome bonus cd? Or do you have to live in America (and have to get it at EB or Gamestop yourself?).

2nded.

Tarjeta Prepagada · (09-15-2006, 10:11 PM)

Really?

Wow that sucks. I hope it doesnt become the standard

jgkspsx · (09-15-2006, 10:17 PM)

First non-cutout game I've bought in a while (or will buy for a while) from the evil empire. I can't say no to soundtracks, especially Castlevania ones.

CajoleJuice · (09-15-2006, 10:19 PM)

Originally Posted by Tarjeta Prepagada:

Really?

Wow that sucks. I hope it doesnt become the standard

Yea, I didn't know it was going to 39.99. Damn. The soundtrack is worth the 5 bucks.

flammie · (09-15-2006, 10:22 PM)

Gamestop/EB needs to stop marking up their DS games. This game is only $34.99 on the bestbuy website. I don't know if the soundtrack is worth the extra $5.

ethelred · (09-16-2006, 05:21 AM)

Originally Posted by flammie:

Gamestop/EB needs to stop marking up their DS games. This game is only $34.99 on the bestbuy website. I don't know if the soundtrack is worth the extra $5.

It's Castlevania music. It's worth 5$.

Preordering this for sure. I can't wait for Portrait of Ruin.

bumpkin · (09-23-2006, 03:45 AM)

Oh hell yeah it's a sweet incentive. I actually wasn't going to reserve the game, but once they told me about the soundtrack, I plunked down a deposit. It will go next to my SotN soundtrack with pride.

TurtleSnatcher · (09-23-2006, 03:49 AM)

it may be bundled with the game btw..

not much is known yet.

and prices are always subject to change.

Zeed · (09-23-2006, 03:51 AM)

Originally Posted by Jiggy37:

Do you get the CD when you pick up the game or pay for the preorder? I've gotta hope for the latter here.

Someone answer this please.

Soul4ger · (09-23-2006, 02:44 PM)

You get the CD as soon as they get it in. It doesn't hurt to preorder, so you guarantee that the home office SENDS one of the bonuses to your store. Sometimes, if there aren't any orders, they don't bother to send the stuff 'cause it just gets thrown out. But they don't have the CDs in yet.

Symytry · (09-23-2006, 03:07 PM)

Originally Posted by Gigglepoo:

Wait a second... when was Castlevania delayed until December? Bah!

Castlevania isn't the only date that changed...

Contact moved up a week to Oct 17th
Yggdra Union has moved into Nov 14th
Super Robot Taisen is now Nov 21st

Everything is so goddamn compressed its ridiculous. Atlus might as well just delay those GBA titles until spring now.

Soul4ger · (09-23-2006, 03:10 PM)

Seriously, if you're choosing, willingly, to release a medium to small-scale title in November at some point, you clearly hate yourself.

banKai · (09-23-2006, 03:18 PM)

Originally Posted by Neomoto:

Serieus question: Can I (from the Netherlands) pre-order and import the game with that awesome bonus cd? Or do you have to live in America (and have to get it at EB or Gamestop yourself?).

IIRC i couldnt order anything form there, i live in austria.. so i dont think they will ship to europe, but i could be wrong

Jiggy · (09-23-2006, 04:52 PM)

Originally Posted by Soul4ger:

You get the CD as soon as they get it in. It doesn't hurt to preorder, so you guarantee that the home office SENDS one of the bonuses to your store. Sometimes, if there aren't any orders, they don't bother to send the stuff 'cause it just gets thrown out. But they don't have the CDs in yet.

Excellent. Then I'll preorder from EB/Gamestop, but actually buy the game at Best Buy so I don't have to support EB/GS and their markups in any way.

Symytry · (09-23-2006, 04:59 PM)

Originally Posted by Soul4ger:

Seriously, if you're choosing, willingly, to release a medium to small-scale title in November at some point, you clearly hate yourself.

Super Robot Taisen and Yggdra union aren't even on the scale. They'll sell maybe 1000 copies each.

Daigoro · (09-25-2006, 04:42 PM)

sounds worth 5$ to me.

someone let us know when they arrive in store please, thank you.

Naked Snake · 05:17 PM

Sold!

Edit: I just tried preordering it from EBGames.com but they're refusing my credit card, it used to work in the past (sometimes), aarrgh! I want the soundtrack CD :(

brandonh83 · (09-25-2006, 05:04 PM)

I'm happy about the pushed back date, it'll come out right around finals week.

I mean, of course, I can wait until after finals for Christmas break to play it =)

Aurora · (09-25-2006, 05:24 PM)

I guess the delay benefits me in some way. My November is already crammed to the brim with games.

firex · (09-25-2006, 05:25 PM)

damn. I preordered this months ago before any announcement was made, solely because I figured it'd be hard to find if I didn't. I hope I get one of these CDs!

jetpacks was yes · (09-25-2006, 05:58 PM)

Originally Posted by flammie:

Gamestop/EB needs to stop marking up their DS games. This game is only $34.99 on the bestbuy website. I don't know if the soundtrack is worth the extra $5.

Extra $10, actually. Don't forget about the $5 BB coupons.

Wario64 · (10-16-2006, 01:04 AM)

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=B180197A

Order Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the Nintendo DS and receive a Castlevania 25th Anniversary Gift Pack FREE! Gift Pack includes a Soundtrack CD, DS Stylus, DS Game case that holds 2 games and a Castlevania art book! Offer good while supplies last.

brandonh83 · (10-16-2006, 01:08 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=B180197A

Order Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the Nintendo DS and receive a Castlevania 25th Anniversary Gift Pack FREE! Gift Pack includes a Soundtrack CD, DS Stylus, DS Game case that holds 2 games and a Castlevania art book! Offer good while supplies last.

Holy crap is this in-store as well?

edit: doesn't look like there's an image

Synthesizer Patel · (10-16-2006, 01:09 AM)

Picture is 404 there--any images of the stylus and case?

Mejilan · (10-16-2006, 01:09 AM)

Whoa, I didn't know about this! Awesome news, totally preordering, even if it's an extra $5.00

On a related note, can anyone suggest why the "main content" portion of EB and GS' websites won't load on any of my browsers (Firefox or IE 7)? They both only show the left, right, and top frames, but not the main content that's supposed to show in the middle.

Main pages, direct pages, miscellaneous product pages. Nothing shows up. I even tried disabling NoScript in FF. Of course, I have no such extension in IE, so I didn't think that was it regardless.

brandonh83 · (10-16-2006, 01:12 AM)

Do they charge your account as soon as you pre-order, or when the item(s) ship? I've ordered before, but never pre-ordered.

bluemax · (10-16-2006, 01:12 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=B180197A

Order Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the Nintendo DS and receive a Castlevania 25th Anniversary Gift Pack FREE! Gift Pack includes a Soundtrack CD, DS Stylus, DS Game case that holds 2 games and a Castlevania art book! Offer good while supplies last.

Link is dead.

Mejilan · (10-16-2006, 01:14 AM)

When it ships. Nothing gets charged beforehand.