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Pre-order or eShop?
Just a small question I've been having on whether or not I should pre-order Pokémon X/Y or buy it from the Eshop.
I've never done either so I am not familiar with how exactly it works, but I guess they are both self explanatory. My only worries about pre-ordering is that it will take a few extra days to deliver to my town, and seeing as I am impatient I would like to play the game on the 12th. Where as the Eshop I would get it ASAP (I am assuming.) On the other hand if I buy from the Eshop I wouldn't have a physical copy of the game. What do you guys propose is the best solution? And just so this thread stays relevant, how are you guys getting the games? And when as well I s'pose. |
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E-Shop does mean you don't have to worry about a game, but the 3DS has save data backups and the ability to make a game you already own, a digital copy, so you really don't have to worry about it. Pre-order has the added Pre-Order Bonus, which for the U.S. is a nice Poster, (the u.k. got lucky, and gets cool Pokeball Game Cartridge holders) I already pre-ordered my copy through Gamestop. |
All you do with pre order is go to a place where you want to buy it (Wal-Mart/Gamestop, ect.) and put a payment on it usually it is 5 or 10 dollars or you can pay for it and full. The day of release you go and show them the receipt they give you and they will give you the game after you finish paying for it.
The Eshop you have to use a credit card such as VISA and it will come out of the bank account and you will have to download it to you 3DS. I don't know exactly how it works, but I would get the game at a store so you will always have it and say if your 3DS breaks or is stolen, you will not lose all your memory. You will have to re download it to the new system if this happens. I am not sure if you have to pay for it again. However, there is probably a type of back up so this will not happen. I would still get a copy of the game and not a digital. I always hated the idea of digital copies. |
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Damien is right, if the memory is lost or even if you lose or change a SD card you can download it again free of charge if you bought it in your account. I did this this month upon getting a new SD card with Fire Emblem Awakening. It also works for the DLC btw ;).
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I think it would be better if you just pre-order the game, haha. Where I live, I get my games delivered as soon as they're released if I pre-order online. You may get the same results, but I'm not exactly sure. You could download this game from the eShop if you like, but you're going to need a large memory card to hold all of that data. D:
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Quick question: Has anyone pre-ordered a game from Amazon? If so, do they usually get shipped the day of release, and therefore, arrive a couple days afterward. Or, do they send the games out a day or so early?
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Personally I feel more comfortable buying physical copies but I don't have a huge problem with downloading when it's the only option.
I think the main issue with downloaded content is that you're not as in control of it as a physical copy. As long as you take care of a physical copy it will last a long time, whereas if nintendo suddenly decide they don't want to offer save transfers when the 3ds successor comes out, that's the end of the road. I'm not saying that's likely, just that we don't know. I was thinking a potential benefit of having a downloaded copy might be that if they don't have an app for migrating pokemon and it turns out that you need two 3ds to do it...having a download copy would free up the cartridge spot for a 5th gen game so you'd only need one 3ds to migrate. Just a theory though. As for preordering, I'm picking up my preorder on the 14th after. I don't get them delivered but depending on the place I hear you can get the game a bit early. |
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I can almost guarantee they will have a Midnight Release event, just because of the sheer popularity of the games. The delivery thing is mostly for those that preorder from the internet, like from Amazon. |
Well they both have pros and cons really some which you already stated, pre-ordering would mean you would have the physically copy but it might not arrive on release date which can be a little grueling when others are playing whilst you're waiting. The digital version you can guarantee that you'll have it on 12th assuming it is released simultaneously with the physical copy, however it does require a lot of blocks and an excessive amount of space (14,000 Blocks / 1.7 GB to be exact) but it's upto you.
With mine I pre-ordered a few months ago from GAME in which I gave a £5 deposit and in exchange they gave me a receipt confirming my pre-order and on the 12th October 2013 which is the release date, so I can go in and pick up my copy which they will keep safe for me on that day. Not sure if they do that in your city but you could try that? If not then just get the eShop version if you can't wait. |
I pre-ordered both X & Y way back in February.
I wouldn't use a digital copy for Pokemon for a few reasons: - If I had both downloaded to one 3DS, I couldn't trade between them. - I really do not trust Nintendo's "accounts" system on the 3DS eShop at all, so I am wary of purchasing games on there. It's fine when you do a system transfer (I did one between 3DS & XL and it worked well), but if I lost my 3DS I don't know how that would work at all. Also as somone else mentioned the save files may not be backed up with the game to prevent duplication. I can't risk losing a Pokemon save file! - They take up a lot of space on the SD Card. Aaand I just like having the physical copy. Just feels good. |
I hate to sound like a broken record...but how does online shopping, Amazon for instance, factor into pre-order arrivals to home?
Do orders usually arrive to the home on the day of release, or do they usually get shipped on the release date? |
I think getting a physical copy is more worthy, you know, if they had lower prices on the eShop then yes but since the price is actually the same with the copy you will buy in stores it is not worthy at all.
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Oh, and yes, I preordered both games in physical form. Since I'm getting another 3DS, I like to be able to play any of the two games on any of the two consoles, which isn't possible with 3DS digital releases. |
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Great! Thanks for letting me know about Amazon's pre-orders! It's good to know that the game should arrive on the 12th.
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My only problem with pre-ordering, is that some day, there's a 99% chance (for me at least), to physically lose the cartridge. I'm not actually familiar with how the eShop works, but I wish I'd have dl'ed my New Leaf instead of pre-order, since those cartridges like to hide from me.
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If you have your cartridges strewn all over they're just asking to go missing. |
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I will download through eshop, but my case is different from most of people.
In my country nintendo games very expensive, and ordering from other countries is annoying, so eshop is my best option. Also I will probably loose my physical copies |
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With regards the eshop, aren't the games supposed to be about 2GB each or something? So straight away you'll need to upgrade from your standard SD card if downloading, which is an extra cost onto it. Something to consider... |
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From this forum, as well as the Amazon forums, it seems like most people will either recieve their pre-orders on the release date or 1-2 days afterward. However, there are a handful of people who also receive orders significantly late, such as yourself. Though, it might be the shipping differences of US and UK, my Amazon orders (not from other Amazon users) have always been done through UPS and arrives when on time, so that might boost my chances so long as that is the expected date of arrival. I was just not certain if the expected arrival date is on the date of release for pre-orders. Though, if the manufacturer or delivery service doesn't come through, I wouldn't be horribly upset. I guess I should be prepared for the chance that the order could arrive later than the 12th. |
I'm actually planning on making this my first retail eShop purchase. I think it would be super convenient to have the game always on my system and no have to search for the cartridge when I want to play. Plus, I can have it as soon as it releases.
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I always buy the cartridge so that is what I am going to do.
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What I'm doing (and I'm not sure how many others can do it) is going on release day to get my copy. Yes, I am making that risk. The reason is that I live in a (reasonably) large city and I can get to BestBuy, GameStop, Walmart, Target etc. pretty easily by bus when I decide to wake up. The pre-order bonuses being offered now don't really entice me enough to pre-order and I don't have a large enough memory card to download the game(s).
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I'm not pre-ordering as I may not have a 3DS until sometime in October after release. I won't buy X on eShop either because Pokemon is one of the few games I like to own physical copies for.
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I preordered X from GameStop. I don't want to download from the eShop. I love physical copies of games. I like to smell them and perform rituals. But anyway, I probably won't preorder Y. I only preordered X because my friend works there and it helps him out, so yeah. I'll just buy Y in store on release day, if my funds are sufficient. If not, I'll still have X to tide me over, so no biggie.
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Going to pre-order the physical copy. Eshop does seem most convenient but the filesize is pretty big and also I like having the box/booklets ;3
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Be careful with pre-ordering on amazon, as I read on reddit that since pokemon X/Y are being released on a Saturday that they won't ship on that day as its not a business day. They said the earliest amazon can ship out the pre-order is a Monday as that's business day. Here is the link
http://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1kggm3/a_warning_for_those_of_you_wanting_to_or_have/ - warning for those who are/is preordered on amazon Hope this helps :) |
How much will Pokemon X cost on eShop?
I have a question, how much will Pokemon X (or Y separately) will cost on eShop?
It might cost more than 40£, for example? because in most of the sites the game doesn't cost more thab 40£ usually. |
Mostly retail prices and eshop prices are the same or the latter being cheaper.
There's a section just like the quote below from the index page of PC. You may use it as reference. ;) Quote:
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The games will cost the same retail price as they do on the shelves at a store. So if the games are 40£ on the shelf of your local gaming store, it'll be that price on the eShop.
I believe all the American ones are $39.99 on the eShop. Nintendo themselves control the price so there really isn't much chance of it appearing lower than the price they set without some kinda special promotion going on. This is how its conducted here though. I don't know how the market works in other countries. So essentially, store retail and eShop download will cost the same. |
It'll probably be $39.99, however it could change in the future.
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As has been said by the above posters, the price for the games on eShop will likely be the same as their retail price in stores. While there isn't much else to say about that, I'm going to go ahead and merge your thread into the "Pre-order or eShop?" discussion since it's not far off-topic there. Plus I'm sure the thread could use a little love right now.
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In Amazon it's a few cents cheaper but like by 3...other than that it's the same practically everywhere.
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I've already pre-ordered Y. I don't see a point in getting it from the E-Shop, since if you reset your 3DS, you kinda lose your game. And if you pre-order it, you can sometimes get it for a cheaper price. I don't really see you why people get retail games on E-Shop, but I can say that it's good if you frequently lose games. :)
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Thanks for the answers!
But I have another question. Will the games be available on 12th Octocer on eShop in the U.S time? I mean, it might be added at 13:00 PM NY time, but in Europe/Asia at a different hour? Because for example 13:00 in East U.S is 19:00 in central Europe. So it's a bit late in Europe. I think it should be released in Europe's morning hour. |
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I'll hopefully be preordering it. I don't think the E-Shop will instantly update the second the game is released, and because I want this to finally be the game that I can beat my friend in (even though he always transfers his higher levels) I'm going to try to get it as early as possible, even if it means a few minutes earlier.
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Edit: I double checked and I did get that game on the 3rd while it's official date was the 4th of February...so it seems those of us in West Coast may have same update times as the East coast. |
I pre-ordered from a different content continent, so waiting a few days is a given...
I might buy a Z game, if they'll make it, through E-shop. |
I have pre-ordered Pokemon X, personally I never use the e-shop because the price is the same in the shop. Have a packaging (and physical copie) is more beautiful than have data on an SD-card.
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I've pre ordered both on amazon, my previous experience with amazon is that all deliveries were on time or early, but none of these were pre orders, just general purchases, hoping if it does come on the 12th it's before 12 because I'm out all day after that and would like to know its there
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I'm going to pre-order X sooner or later, but I better hurry up lol. :)
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E-Shop for me, or maybe it's just the fact that I don't have a 3DS yet? I don't know what's the better option really, although I'm certain that the price will go down when you E-buy it five years later or so.
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I think you should get the physical copy of the game, koff~
Something like that is the best. You can hold it, move it, read the manual and sell it off (I don't think I'll ever do that) so if you lose your passwords and such, you still have it, koffi~ |
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I preordered my copies from two different places: X from GAME (Online, I'll make it up to my local shop by buying the guide book from them) and Y from Amazon.
In the past Amazon always delivers on release date for me, though I always get their release date guarantee which is free. GAME is a bit more shakey, I have had games before release, on the release day and shortly after release from them... I'm hoping for an early release from GAME, as I'm out all of the 12th- Though my parents can sign for my copy, so if a copy arrives early I can play it on the train to London! (I've not got my hopes up though, I'm already prepared for an all nighter on the 12th to make up the lost time!) |
For me Amazon say I will get it the 18th.
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They said mine will arrive by the 17th...so I'll proably be buying a copy from Game Stop or Wal-mart and return the pre-order copy.
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I've pre-ordered Pokémon Y version on GameStop. I have pre-ordered another game from GameStop once before, and it arrived at the front door of my house exactly on the release day. I'm expecting the same thing to happen with Pokémon Y. :) If I don't get it on the release, then I will most likely get it the next day.
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I preordered from GameStop, and since my 3DS likes to lose its data, I'm not trusting it with downloaded games. plus I'm camping out my GameStop for a Midnight release on said preorder.
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I will get a boxed copy but most likely not before a few weeks into the release.
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I'm planning on going to the midnight release, koff~
I've never wanted to go to a midnight release before, but I think I'll go this time. I'm sure to get something good, koffi~ |
I have pre-ordered mine because I like to have a physical copy and then I will actually feel like I "have" something for my money :)
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gonna get the eshop copy so I don't have to worry about changing cartridge to transfer it to pokemon bank :D
EDIT: oh yeah got a question, my 3ds is pretty much used and got a eshop account already so what happen if I delete the old E-shop account? can I make a new one? |
i just dont know.... i mean sure i guess i would like a hard copy but i know as soon as it comes out on the eshop at midnight im not going to be able to control myself. And i guess the way i look at it is that Neither X or Y will be my main game ....it will be the last game of the generation , kinda like i had BW abd B2 but W2 ended up being my main game. So ill justify getting it on the eshop by saying ill get the next one on hard copy.
What nintendo needs to do is release cards that you can transfer your digital games onto to make them physical |
A bit off-topic, but does anyone know if a 8GB SD card will be enough for this game? (from eShop)
note that I don't have any other game on this SD card. |
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I all ready fully paid my pre ordered |
I think that I'm just going to get it on the day it comes out, and won't bother Pre-ordering. Plus, the release date for me is a Saturday, so I can spend my whole weekend playing it :D
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yeah I'm just gonna wait til it's saturday so I can buy it already on Nintendo e-shop
not gonna get out of the house again just to go to the mall to fully pay my pre-order :D |
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I am thinking of getting one version on eshop via Game UK because you get Pokedex 3D Pro as a free bonus download and I haven't got it yet and the other version as a physical. I'll probably order the physical version from Shopto because they deliver a few days early usually.
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I'm with you MrGriszell...I proably will end up buying the e-shop version if I'm awake at midnight...as I'll be too anxious... |
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I preordered my X version last month. I might get Y on the eShop if I get enough money for it.
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I'm tempted to get my copy on the eShop, same as I did with New Leaf. I don't really have a problem losing games, but I like not having to carry around a cartridge for each game, instead I can just toss my DS in my pocket or backpack, and I'm good to go. If one of my local Gamestops are doing a midnight release however, that may change my mind, as being able to meet some local Pokemon fans and trade friend codes would be worth the trip for me.
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Pokemon X and Pokemon Y e-shop
I got a question it'll be the release at 12 AM at October 12 in the Nintendo e-shop right?
is it gonna be in what time zone? |
As far as I'm aware, the release is tied to your own home timezone.
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I've pre-ordered a copy. Never considered buying on the eShop due to the inflated prices and the lack of a account system (seriously, what the **** this is 2013 and it's been standard for nearly 10 years wake up Nintendo)
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so what's the best timezone? should i set to?
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I can't understand why the European eShop releases games only a few days after the American eShop. There are so many people in Europe/Asia that can't buy games on the day it comes in US.
But does that mean that X and Y will be released on the European eShop only after a few days, and not on the 12th? |
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Even if they do transfer( it wouldn't be a copy) it many other people it's no different than lending out a regular copy |
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If I were to buy the game right now, I would rather pre-order it at a local GameStop or Best Buy. I'm still not too fond of downloading the game from an online store as I'm extremely paranoid that I may lose the whole game due to a technical error.
I'm not getting the game now though. Sometime later after the release. |
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Though I am also worried about there being no X&Y listings on the EU E-Shop... |
I pre-ordered both but now that I know about Pokemon Bank I might just download Y after I buy X. It's convenient to have both of them on one console so I don't have to bring a game case when I bring my 3DS out with me.
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I'm paranoid about downloading games. I've preordered a hard copy, and I get a neat pokeball cartridge holder anyway so it's awesome. :3
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And if anything happens that is outside the usual scenario (i.e. not a console upgrade or accidentally deleting something), you can call Nintendo and they will most likely be able to help you out. Also once you buy one game online, you kinda get hooked, cause it's sooooo convenient. You can swap in another game, but you'll always have the game you downloaded on your 3DS regardless of the game you have in the cartridge slot. |
eShop. I don't need the boxes for this game, it was different when I was younger but now I just don't care all that much about the boxes.
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Changed my mind and decided to pre-order since my local Gamestop is doing a midnight release. Figure I can make some new friends among fellow Pokemon fans and exchange some friend codes, that's worth the trip for me.
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Finally got our pre-order cards in at work so I put in a pre-order for both copies. Now to pray every night that I'm off next Saturday.
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For now amazon say between 17 to 18 october. But they can ship it and I could get it early. It took me 1 day between my order and delivery for my 3DS when they said it would take 3-4 days.
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Hopefully they will send it early.
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Hopefully they will send it early.
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I know I'm asking this again, but has someone (from Europe) ever checked if a 3ds game that was released to retail on the same day in US and EU, was also added to the European eShop at the same day? Because many people are not sure if X/Y will be on the European eShop at the same day.
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I guess I'll go ahead and answer the OP here and say that i am getting a physical copy of Y when that comes out on October 12th.. I pre-ordered it just to secure a copy of the game should a sellout occur (which I know shouldn't happen, but still..), and I chose to go with a physical copy of the game instead of e-Shop should I change my 3DS XL out for something or if the 3DS XL's memory/SD card becomes corrupt. And I also don't want to waste space on my SD card either for memory of the game, too.
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Even though it the fact their is nothing about the games in the eshop seems weird to me, really hope that it will be released in the 12th like it should be. |
I found out that not all games come out at midnight in the e-shop...so I'll proably wait and see if my pre-order arrives. Though I don't believe there's mail on saturday...sure hope it comes a day early if so...
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