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Fire Emblem sold out/delayed at many retailers
- Thread starter gryz
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Someone spilled coffee all over the shipping controls at Nintendo HQ.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I hate you.
SloaneRisette
Member
Well this is incredibly saddening. At least I used a gift card... But still.
Yeah, and usually they're great about street dates. Not just the A-tier sellers like Mario and Pokemon, even stuff like Rhythm Heaven and Layton generally come to retailers in a shipping box clearly marked with the street date, a good week before said date.
The most cursory bit of buzz-monitoring should have told Nintendo that FEA has a comparative tsunami of hype for a B-tier title, yet it's the one title they fail to live up to their own standards on getting into stores on time? Very disappointing. Heads should roll.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Did Best Buy get their stock yet?
Do you love me if I said I'm not gonna play it until NoA has a decent colored 3DSXL?
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
A few Target stores in Michigan are reporting it's in-stock FYI. Don't think I'll be able to make it if continues to snow as bad as it did this morning, though...
bigwinnerx
Member
Yeah, in Northern VA, looks like Chantilly Target and a few others show in stock.
Got excited when I saw this but apparently all 20 stores within thirty miles of me don't have it in
Jawmuncher
Member
Got excited when I saw this but apparently all 20 stores within thirty miles of me don't have it in
Yeah just checked my target and none in stock. Sucks since its 5 minutes away.
Charoncaori
Member
Boyfriend just got back from Nintendo World with the special edition 3ds bundle.
Can't believe demand for this game is so high. Is the multiplayer any good or does it feel kind of tacked-on?
Can't believe demand for this game is so high. Is the multiplayer any good or does it feel kind of tacked-on?
grimshawish
Banned
Is it online? In everything I saw wasn't mentioning it so I assumed there wasn't any.
Charoncaori
Member
I think there are some kind of local co-op battle missions but I'm pretty fuzzy on the details.
robotzombie
Member
So my local mom and pop has it but the gamestop where I preordered doesn't seem to, oh well, I guess no artbook for me (maybe ill buy it from gs once they get it in and just return it so I can get the artbook...)
RPGCrazied
Member
Just called gamestop, they told me tomorrow. Oh well.
Oh well.
Rei no Otaku
Member
Lucky you. I worked at GS for about 6 years and never have stores in RI gotten their shipments prior to 10:30. Take into account processing the shipment and they're not going to know until 11:30-12.
The online checker shows stock as of 8am that day. So it pretty much shows what's in stock as of the store closing the day before. Can't use that to check anything arriving today.
Iorv3th
Member
It wouldn't show up until they closed the registers today. They have to receive them and check them into their systems and then the online polling happens at close for inventory.
How would you keep the artbook if you're returning it to gamestop?
DrAndonuts
Member
I got the same e-mail, but my Best Buy didn't actually get it. So, just a heads up.
Jawmuncher
Member
He picks it up and later that day just returns an unopened copy.
Plenty of people here on GAF have done that sort of thing before, they won't ask for the Preorder Bonus back.
ohhh, you mean scamming. I got it
So here's a GS question of mine that might be relevant for this thread: Any GS folk know what triggers the text that I get that says "Your preorder of game X will be ready for pickup tomorrow AM"? Is that tied into the shipping/inventory system and everything just kinda automatically works? Just curious...
robotzombie
Member
I don't really see what is scamming about it, gamestop gets them based on preorders, so technically one is pretty much "mine" since I preordered. It's not like I'm one of those guys who walks in and gets one without preordering because their friend works there or whatever
Thanks for the info, man. Gonna be headed there after work.
My store told me they would be actually calling each pre order customer personally due to it coming late
It's always a good rationalization when you have to end it with "I'm better scum than those scum"
Neuromancer
Member
What the hell is going on with this game?
So far I haven't heard a peep from my Best Buy. I was just going to go there straight after work but I guess now I should call first.
So far I haven't heard a peep from my Best Buy. I was just going to go there straight after work but I guess now I should call first.
robotzombie
Member
Wow, really? Scum? What the hell is up your ass weirdo? Did someone who returned a game after getting a gamestop preorder kill your dad?
Twenty7KVN
Member
Ok i just called 4 different gamestops in the nyc area.One in Brooklyn told me they're getting it Friday,the other one in Brooklyn told me they don't know when they'll get it.One in the Bronx told me they don't know and the other in the Bronx told between tomorrow and Friday.
It's your standard Nintendo non street-dated release, which always seems to trip people up. It was shipped/released to retailers today, and while some will be lucky and get it today most will have it tomorrow.
Neuromancer
Member
So Best Buy, Gamestop and Amazon are all delayed? Is that accurate?
I hope so! What do you mean non-street dated release? Like any retailer who got it in early could have sold it early?
¯\(°_o)/¯ It may be shady, but to be honest, you don't need to justify it. If Gamestop wanted to keep inventory of physical pre-order bonuses and slap them on the receipt so you can't return the game without the freebie, they have that option.
As it stands, they evidently don't really care one way or another.
Yeah, retailers can sell it when they get it. Typically if Nintendo street dates a product it's released on a Sunday.
Why didn't they just release the game on Sunday like they normally do? This way retailers would have had it shipped to them all last week in preparation for the weekend release. Whenever they do a non-Sunday release something always goes wrong. I seem to recall there being issues the last time they did this but can't remember what game it was.
YuriLowell
Member
my target is showing it instock.
Will swing by after work and look.
Will swing by after work and look.
InsaneZero
Member
Probably because of the Superbowl.
I'm sure all the preorders will be fulfilled it just won't be in a timely manner.