6th Gen Pre-order or wait for the release?

[Pepperton]

Since the old one hasn't been posted in for over a month, decided to start anew. We all have our own rituals when Pokemon games come out, like waking up as early as four in the morning to get to a store before everyone else and be the first one in line, or pre-order as soon as the option is available and get that out of the way. My question is, what will you do for ORAS?

 

[Cerberus87]

I'll wait until people have already played through the game because I want to see what's in it. It was fun to play through X blind but I don't usually do it.

 

[ilias_]

Pre-order as soon as I can! I'm sure the day of the release I'll wake up so early and I'll be so hyped about the game!! {XD} Can't wait!!!

 

[Umbreonz]

ill wait to see if there is any pre order exclusive bonuses for places

 

[Shrew]

I've never pre-ordered a video game before, and I haven't had problems not pre-ordering. I'll just buy it regularly, unless if the pre-order bonus intrigues me.

 

[Kikaito plush]

I will pre order it if there's an bonus for doing so if not then I'll just buy it on the day.

 

[Brendino]

Like a few others, I've been holding out to see if there's going to be any pre-order bonus before I make up my mind. If there is and it's something worth getting, I'll pre-order it, otherwise I'll get it a day or two after the release date like I do with most other games.

 

[Salzorrah]

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna wait for the release because my parents won't be buying the game on the date haha xD ;;

 

[Hikamaru]

I'll wait for the release, which has been a tradition for me now in terms of getting Pokemon games.

 

[Judge Mandolore Shepard]

I most likely go end up pre-ordering Pokemon Alpha Sapphire the next time I go to GameStop. It seems it has been quite common for me to pre-order certain Pokemon games since I have been doing it since mid-fourth gen.

 

[MrRaptorTurtle]

Probably pre-ordering both, although I'm not sure why because chances are I won't be playing one of them until I've well completed the other version!

 

[PlatinumDude]

I've been considering pre-ordering OR/AS for quite some time, though I haven't gotten around doing it.

 

[pippitha]

I only pre-order if there's some special thing you get extra for pre-ordering.

The last time I pre-ordered something, it was a nightmare though. >_> I pre-ordered the pikachu 3ds and gamestop confirmed that it was ok for me to pre-order this item with my game. The day I went to pick it up, they sold all their copies and and a different guy was working there and told me the other guy lied to me and you can't pre-order limited edition game systems. So I went to every gamestop in town, the last one I went to in tears because it seemed to hopeless and they had TWO COPIES LEFT and someone came in behind me to buy one. So I lucked out (if you can call that lucky), but I just have an irrational hatred of pre-ordering now. lol

 

[cmtthws92]

I already pre-ordered the game on Amazon but I'm thinking about canceling it and instead downloading it at midnight from the eshop.

 

[Cyclone]

The options:

1. Pre-order, pay the $5, get to go to a midnight release party (maybe) where you can Streetpass other users and collect lots of puzzle pieces in Puzzle Swap, while also playing some games with people in line to pass the time, then get the game for the rest of the cost and go home, or
2. Wait for release, go in, pick up, go home, and start playing.

One seems more fun than the other.

 

[pippitha]

oh yeah, i forgot I download most of my games from the e-shop now. never have to leave your house, and you always have the game with you :D and you get it right when it comes out. so much better than going to the store the next day.

 

[Kagu-Chin]

I always wait for the game to be released. Just a tradition for all my brothers and sisters.

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

I'm thinking of waiting for the release right now. I don't think I'll pre-order unless there's something great they're giving out as a pre-order gift.

 

[BlueWyvern4]

I'll probably reorder Ruby on Amazon and if Gamestop reveals it has preorder bonus' for Sapphire then I'll preorder Sapphire at Gamestop and switch Ruby over to Gamestop, or else I'll just order them both on Amazon.

 

[SparklingMistral]

I'm going to pre-order, but I'm waiting until we get closer to the launch date. A few of the local GameStops here (we have quite a few; wooo cities~) did midnight launches for X/Y, and I ended up having to move my preorder from one GameStop to another so that I could go to the midnight launch. @_@ If I wait, I can preorder (and possibly pay it off so that I can just go in and chill the whole time I'm there) at a GameStop that's doing a midnight launch so that I can go to that; it was actually pretty fun when I went for X/Y, and I certainly wouldn't mind going again. c: