My WE came in today and I have to say, I'm impressed. Even the box, which I was planning to throw away, had a quality feel to it and I'm probably going to end up keeping it, despite the large dent in the back-left corner from shipping. The art prints are on a wonderfully textured stock and even the coin is larger and heavier than I was expecting. The music CD does have me a bit mystified though. As long as they're pressing a CD anyway, the inclusion of more tracks shouldn't have cost anything to add more, so it's odd that there's only 2 on it. But hey, I ordered it for the Wizards's Companion, so anything else is all gravy to me.
Speaking of the Wizard's Companion...WOW! It blew me away! I was expecting a spell list and beastiary; I was not expecting a 100% in-'character' guide with lore, maps, and goddamned short stories! I'm sorry to pour salt on wounds, but this thing is amazing. I paid my $110-ish for this, and I am not disappointed. Even though there's an electronic copy in the game itself, just having it in physical form is just so incredibly immersive (and that's the first time I've ever used that word). Namco really needs to set up a print on demand thing for this; everyone should have one!
Oh, and is it just me, or does plush!Drippy feel like he needs a hat?
So, the differences in regular and WE versions of the game case. Also, each version has different artwork on the disc, as previously mentioned.
Regular:
White boxart with logo
25-page B/W multilingual manual
B/W reverse boxart
Dual language rating/back of box
Normal UPC
WE:
Tan-ish boxart with logo
33-page color English-only manual
Color reverse boxart
Single language, English rating/back of box
UPC is all 0, Not for Resale
Single PSN code for Golden Mite/Drongo
Another reason I'm so glad to have the WE. Has there been any other game where the gulf between the regular and special edition was so huge?