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Xenoblade Chronicles X: NA Special Edition announced.

Not really a limited edition kind of guy unless it really blows me away, but it's the only phsyical edition of something I'm buying this year so why not
 
Ah fuck...I can't pass up a Xenoblade artbook.

Still on media blackout 'cause I've seen enough, so glad I caught this.
 
Pre-ordered, its a good thing its not selling out, maybe nintendo had more in stock then we think.
 
10 tracks are bad enough knowing that NOA won't ever release the full soundtrack in the US.

Why doesn't Nintendo just throw up soundtracks on iTunes or Amazon Music in MP3 format? Low risk it would seem.
 
10 tracks are bad enough knowing that NOA won't ever release the full soundtrack in the US.

Why doesn't Nintendo just throw up soundtracks on iTunes or Amazon Music in MP3 format? Low risk it would seem.

Nintendo likely doesn't completely own the music or perhaps doesn't own it at all. I imagine the rights are split between Hiroyuki Sawano (composer), Defstar Records and Sony Music Marketing (they released the soundtrack in Japan) with maybe some Nintendo thrown in there.
 
10 tracks, obviously a sample. The full one is... well I don't know the number, but its wayyyyyyyyyyyyy more than 10.

55 tracks spread across 4 discs. The whole soundtrack's been out since May. There's a lot of great content that will be missed no matter how they decide to cherry pick this music. :\

This LE annoys me. Not a CD, a USB stick, and they can't even throw more than a basic sampling on it. And no steelbook. Instead, some little art card.

I'd prefer the EU one. At least the price is right.

Wonder if it'll go up on Canadian amazon at some point, our exchange is making the prospect of ordering this thing off of .com extremely unattractive. I weep for those of us who will be ordering it there.
 
I pre-ordered this on Amazon. Hopefully I can get it at Best Buy instead. this is probably going to be one of those rare CE's.
 
Nintendo likely doesn't completely own the music or perhaps doesn't own it at all. I imagine the rights are split between Hiroyuki Sawano (composer), Defstar Records and Sony Music Marketing (they released the soundtrack in Japan) with maybe some Nintendo thrown in there.

Nah. Nintendo owns it. The Japanese CDs say "Licensed by Nintendo." They just don't feel like bringing it over just like all their other OSTs. Just like the ones Europe gets in their Club Nintendo.
 
I'm very happy they didn't go with a steelbook since I just dump all those in my closet as they look so out of place on my shelf. I always rip my music tracks anyway so having a usb drive I can reuse is also more practical than another CD that gets boxed away. As long as they don't skimp on the artbook I'll be pretty content with this.
 
That was a solid 3.5 hours. And that was only one retailer!

I'm sure it will go up again once Best Buy puts theirs up and everyone with GCU switches over to save $18.
 
The USB looks pretty cool and is probably the only useful Video Game limited edition exclusive I can see people actually using on a daily basis.

Still the bundle is pretty lackluster for what it offers. :/

I wish there would had been a bundle with a model of a Skell (with perhaps an amiibo NFC in it.)
 
Just now found out about this and of course Amazon's sold out already. Hopefully Best Buy comes through and adds this at some point where I can quickly buy it using GCU.
 
The USB looks pretty cool and is probably the only useful Video Game limited edition exclusive I can see people actually using on a daily basis.

Still the bundle is pretty lackluster for what it offers. :/

I wish there would had been a bundle with a model of a Skell (with perhaps an amiibo NFC in it.)

I doubt we'll get amiibo for this game, but at least Kotobukiya is working on those Skell kits.

http://www.mechadamashii.com/toyski...ease-xenoblade-chronicles-x-skell-model-kits/

No idea when those are coming out but they look shit hot so maybe they'll be cool in the future.
 
Just now found out about this and of course Amazon's sold out already. Hopefully Best Buy comes through and adds this at some point where I can quickly buy it using GCU.

Yeah same here I just go it on Amazon just to play it safe. I'm really hoping Best Buy puts the Special Edition up for sale soon.

EDIT: Special Edition is up again, grab it while you can.
 
Of course as soon as I find out about this 4 hours later it's sold out already -_-. I'd be shocked if it doesn't become re-available again though or I might just pre-order it at Gamestop or something (I don't have Prime anyway). Kinda on the fence at the price, at $79.99 sure, $89.99 is pushing it for me anyway but I'd like to get it just to support it, especially since Nintendo doesn't do CE's very often.

Yeah same here I just go it on Amazon just to play it safe. I'm really hoping Best Buy puts the Special Edition up for sale soon.

EDIT: Special Edition is up again, grab it while you can.

It doesn't seem to properly be in stock or something, F5ing the page has it load as available once every 4-5 tries, and when I try to add it to my cart it takes me to the next page but says my cart is empty.
 
The fact that I have this preordered is filling me with immense amounts of hype.

Just a little over 3 months guys, can't freaking wait.
 
It doesn't seem to properly be in stock or something, F5ing the page has it load as available once every 4-5 tries, and when I try to add it to my cart it takes me to the next page but says my cart is empty.

If it's going in and out of stock, probably from some people cancelling their order.
 
I can't believe people are pumped for this special edition. It's extremely disappointing, I was hoping for a steelbooks that included xenovlad Wii.

This is really shitty in comparison to my hopes.
 
I can't believe people are pumped for this special edition. It's extremely disappointing, I was hoping for a steelbooks that included xenovlad Wii.

This is really shitty in comparison to my hopes.
I'm preorder in part because I know that Nintendo is going to release this in limited quantities.
 
Yeah, after about 8-10 failed attempts to add it to my cart when it is showing available giving up. If I can't get it in the morning off Amazon or pre-order it at my local Gamestop or Best Buy in the morning not bothering with this. Between Amiibos, how they're handling AC Home Designer, and a bunch of other stuff I've really really soured on how Nintendo handles a lot of their retail stuff over this past year. Which sucks because they're doing great stuff lately otherwise (ie Splatoon).
 
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