Twiilere

Give it a try! The 3D effects on almost EVERYTHING gives me massive headaches, but Awakening was really pretty and not so headache inducing. In small doses. I usually turned it on for the first few turns and then turned it off.

The card's free. The only thing that costs money is an upgrade to the card, which gives you the magazine sub and better discounts on used games. The free card still gives you points.

The bundled 3DS is really beautiful. Absolutely worth 200 (and 300, since actually finding one is crazy). I love having the physical. My husband and I have hundreds of games, boxes, strategy guides, CE's, figurines, etc, etc. We're also avid steam users. Being able to get stuff we wouldn't normally buy for cheap is really cool. Both are great and have their purposes. Also, while distributors take a cut of game sales, I doubt it's much of anything. I remember reading for movie theaters, they get tiered percentages from movie releases. First weekend, 5%, next weekend 10% and so on. Which, if you think about it, is nothing. Most people go to the movies within the first week. Which is why soda is 4 bucks for a cup and popcorn is your firstborn child. So if digital sales were cheaper, it would murder physical copies into the ground. Gamestop and it's ilk are already sweating it big time because of all the new console rumors. ...however, I do agree that digital SHOULD be cheaper. There's nothing physically made so no manufacturing, no shipping, no third party. But how to work that out? I guess preorder bonuses for physical copies are one way, but those really suck. I remember when FF13-2 came out and one place had DLC, another had a novel, and the other had something else. If I had actually cared about the game, I would have been pissed. Because I'd want at least the novel AND the DLC. The entire situation is lose-lose right now, especially for the consumer.

Ick. While the scantily clad anime ladies aren't really my cup of tea, it doesn't bother me much. I'm a little disappointed that some of the other map types didn't make it in. The defend the throne fog of war and for so many chapters type maps really wreck my junk and I absolutely love them. I also thought that stealth map in FE9 was brilliant.

Yea, seems like us East Coasters really got the stick of things. Mine's coming in tomorrow, but the hubby's bundle won't be here until Friday. :/

Really? This is a bummer. I intended to play through the game once with English and then switch to Japanese because I prefer listening to it. But if I have to keep fiddling with the settings every time I reset, kind of annoying.

It differs from store to store. I've transferred pre order money and have gotten full refunds (in cash, no less.) Just go talk to them and for the love of all that's holy, speak to a manager. The part timers will most likely be unable to do anything, or just flat out not know and tell you some bs.

I'm not complaining that we didn't get it first, I'm complaining because it looks so shoddy. No one has any idea when they're getting it, the release date isn't exact, it's a "maybe, idk, sometime this week perhaps?" The fact that a ton of places released it before street date is a failure. It's not the wait that frustrates me, it's the way the entire fiasco is being handled that frustrates me. Getting stuck calling Gamestops in my area trying to get a coherent answer and knowing I wasted two vacation days because of this is a very valid reason to be upset. I do not think it's Canada's fault for our delays, I think it's Nintendo's failure to anticipate demand.

It IS a slap in the face than some Canadians got it four days earlier, and many Americans will be waiting four days AFTER release to get it. You can also throw first world problems hastags around all you want, but it's sort of irrelevant. The handling of this game's release is terrible and people do have a valid reason for complaining.

My issue at my Gamestop is that they haven't even received a notice that the game has shipped to them yet. So it's all up the air still and they're going by the rumors/info of other stores in the chain. He said it if ships tonight, over the weekend or Monday. But it's looking more and more likely that they won't receive any copies until the 8th. Whoever dropped the ball on this did a spectacular fail.

This is my exact series of events. Also in VA. However, when I called today they said they had artbooks and I could come get mine at any time..... wow gee thanks gamestop. They also told me that it may come in earlier, so to check back frequently.

Misery and he also wrote a book called "On Writing." I paraphrased what he said a bit, but the gist is there.