My girlfriend got me Splinter Cell on XBOX for my birthday.Maybe she saw me playing Splinter Cell on my XBOX and thought I'd like it.
Mom got me Call of Duty 3 for OG Xbox and not 360. She laughed about it and we returned it and got the right one that day.
We should see how many of these "mistakes" were in the favor of a cheaper game.
That, and being an incredibly ungrateful child, I was furious when my parents bought me Mario Party DS instead of New Super Mario Bros or Mario Kart DS for Christmas one year.
Your 6 year old self had very good taste to ask for Dragon Warrior II
Holy cow. I just posted my story and it was the exact same thing. I wonder how common this was?
I got PAC MAN World 2 instead of Resident Evil REmake i wasn't a pleased child
I got gifted Lord of The Rings on Gamecube once because the guy at the game store said it was like Zelda.