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CBBXD October 6th, 2013 10:49 PM

What is your local GameStop Cool enough for?
 
So is your Gamestop Doing Anything for X and Y?

Mickeycricky October 7th, 2013 12:31 AM

My Gamestop never does anything for Pokémon related things :(

metalhand October 7th, 2013 12:37 AM

I don't shop at gamestop, but not because its bad or anything(I shopped there and was very pleased when I was in miami), just becuase there is no gamestop in my country.

Kikaito plush October 7th, 2013 12:42 AM

my country has no gamestop, but we do have GAME which only does midnight releases for CoD or new game consoles like the PS4. so no X and Y midnight release.

Dakotah October 7th, 2013 1:05 AM

The only thing my local store is doing is giving out a two-sided poster on release. As far as I am aware, they are not planning to open early on release day.

Adryel October 7th, 2013 4:04 AM

our local game shop here is called Datablitz
the only thing you get is a battle disc card pokemon
so I prefer buying it on the e-shop

Tseng October 7th, 2013 11:58 AM

I have like friggin 3 gamestops all within a 5 min drive with each other. One of them is inside a mall and there's one right outside of the mall. Don't know why... But I don't stop at those 2. The one I shop at is having a midnight release. Thank god!!! They said they had like 300 pre orders. I always ask them if they have a midnight release everytime I go in there. And when I bought the pokemon 3ds xl. They told me. SOOOO I'm happy! Just gotta do my calc 3 exam that day first!

Agallion October 7th, 2013 12:03 PM

Pokemon isnt popular enough in my town/city to warrant a midnight release.

300k population and hosts a major public university (35kish students).

They only do midnight releases for major major titles like Call of Duty, Madden and things like that. I believe they did World of Warcraft at one time but stopped shortly after I quit playing.

Killjoy October 7th, 2013 12:04 PM

Not sure. Never know until I buy something.

The last thing I got from our EBgames(GameStop) was a Fallout NV key rope thing which I wear constantly

americandreamer October 7th, 2013 12:17 PM

Midnight release with some cool events starting at 9pm!!! The employees had to fight hard for it. They are gonna dress up, have a pokeball catching contest, ugh son!!

Tsutarja October 7th, 2013 1:26 PM

I'm not completely sure if my GameStop is doing anything or not for X and Y, but I do know that the GameStop I go to alot does show promotional posters for events relating to Pokémon when they're going on.

JP October 7th, 2013 1:40 PM

I don't believe my GameStop is doing anything as far as midnight releases for this game. Regardless, I'm not even getting my copy there. Getting mine at my place of work for a nice 15% off.

CBBXD October 7th, 2013 2:59 PM

Well I live near Gamestops and only one might have one if they hit another 25 pre-orders. I wish I didn’t pre-order it there and drove to a small business game store called Level-up. They were having a tournament with the winner receiving a free Game. Only problem is I don't want to dress up like Ash in down-town Santa Cruz at midnight. Most GameStops have early morning releases cuz I wouldn't want to be the manager who has to "Entertain" 7 Year Old kids who are all rowdy and watch all the teenagers blesh cuz theyre buying pokemon

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Originally Posted by ZachLMedia (Post 7870234)
I'm not completely sure if my GameStop is doing anything or not for X and Y, but I do know that the GameStop I go to alot does show promotional posters for events relating to Pokémon when they're going on.

GameStops do events based on Pre Order sales. The coolest GameStops have partys while the lamest do nothing.

Ic3Kreemz October 7th, 2013 3:30 PM

My gamestop nearby won't do a midnight realease :/. But i have to wake up early to go to the gym anyways so maybe Ill buy it on my way home on the same day. So it doesnt realy matter for me lol

mewman October 7th, 2013 5:12 PM

mine said that they not doing it because they mostly get kids and close it one to me is like 30 minutes away in the city. don't want to be their at night so i just get it off the eshop.

Iceshadow3317 October 7th, 2013 5:15 PM

I don't know what my Gamestop is doing, but for Diamond and Pearl they opened an hour early (7am). I live in a small town. I was surprised how many people were there though that early in the morning. Think I was 2nd to get my copy and there was like 20 others.

hiff8 October 7th, 2013 5:17 PM

Midnight release for the cool kids, I send you all pictures!

Xander Olivieri October 7th, 2013 5:36 PM

I don't think a lot of gamestops are doing anything special. Pokemon, although is a great seller, isn't good enough. The 5 around me barely have any pre-orders for them. The fan base just isn't large enough for most communities.

Azire October 7th, 2013 5:37 PM

CBBXD could you please stop using that font? If you don't change it and don't stop acting childish I will look into how to block somebody on here so I don't have to see anymore of your posts.

On topic, my GameStop didn't get enough pre-orders. If I drove to the larger city about 20 minutes away I could have gotten the midnight release but my work is hard, Monday-Friday so I'll probably fall asleep early and wake up after GameStop opens.

xseed October 7th, 2013 6:02 PM

mine gamestop aint doing nada zippity zoop lol.(as far as I know). but oh well. I am going to be at my gamestops front door as soon as they open at 9:00 A.M Lol

Suicune October 8th, 2013 4:11 AM

I have two Gamestops, but ended up pre-ordering from one at a nearby mall (awesome service) so I don't think they will be able nor willing to do an early release. They will be dressing up as different trainers and a Xerneas though. XD

blue October 8th, 2013 4:58 AM

The UK equivalent of Gamestop (GAME) is currently holding pre-order bonuses which are Pokéball 3DS game card holders.

http://i2.cdnds.net/13/31/618x416/gaming-pokemon-x-and-y-container.jpg

They look nifty and I should be getting one since I pre-ordered from GAME back in May, now just four days!

Tielur October 8th, 2013 5:11 PM

I work at a locally owned game store, sadly we will not be opening at any special times. HOWEVER I do work Friday and Saturday maybe i can do my own unofficial midnight launch heeheehee!

DamienHelvian October 8th, 2013 7:09 PM

The one I preordered at has a midnight release, and are doing a little bonus thing for people who come early.
I'll be dressing up, in what..
I'm not saying >.w.>

CBBXD October 8th, 2013 8:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Suicune™ (Post 7871434)
The UK equivalent of Gamestop (GAME) is currently holding pre-order bonuses which are Pokéball 3DS game card holders.

http://i2.cdnds.net/13/31/618x416/gaming-pokemon-x-and-y-container.jpg

They look nifty and I should be getting one since I pre-ordered from GAME back in May, now just four days!

Lucky Ducky! In USA GameStop gives us 1 poster if we get X or Y and a time-line if we get X & Y.

BakingBluePotatoe October 8th, 2013 8:43 PM

In previous years I've gone to the Gamestop near the Walmart in town... this year I went to the one inside the mall and preordered it. I got a Keldo poster when I preordered, since apparently that particular gamestop somehow got a bunch of them in a box and decided they'll give away said poster for preordering. This was back in June.

So, a few days ago, I went back there to pay off the rest of my game and pick up the double sided poster that all gamestops get. so I got that, and then the lady that was working there was telling me about how they're going to have to have a Launch Party on the 12th at this coffee shop called The Boston Beanery. So, yeah, I'd say they're pretty cool, I might go back to that one again. x3

_ANDY_ October 8th, 2013 9:09 PM

Midnight Release!
not sure if I'll go to it, but I'm definitely considering it

lealvenom October 10th, 2013 4:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay_37040 (Post 7869141)
The only thing my local store is doing is giving out a two-sided poster on release. As far as I am aware, they are not planning to open early on release day.

There might be some midnight releases in Toronto. Eshop is having a midnight launch.. And you don't even gotta leave the house! ;) AWESOME!

Dakotah October 10th, 2013 4:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lealvenom (Post 7874825)
There might be some midnight releases in Toronto. Eshop is having a midnight launch.. And you don't even gotta leave the house! ;) AWESOME!

As much as I love travelling by GO Train, I don't plan to head off to Toronto. But I do have to correct my earlier statement. My local store is opening a whole hour early, at 9am instead of 10am! That means a whole extra hour of play!

Bluerang1 October 10th, 2013 5:09 AM

Woot! I heard mine are doing a midnight release!

KittenKoder October 10th, 2013 5:13 AM

My local Gamestop has no choice but to wait until 9am at the earliest, sitting in the middle of an upscale mall. I don't blame the Gamestop for this, but wish there were more options locally.

Tseng October 10th, 2013 5:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KittenKoder (Post 7874861)
My local Gamestop has no choice but to wait until 9am at the earliest, sitting in the middle of an upscale mall. I don't blame the Gamestop for this, but wish there were more options locally.

Hmm weird. A game stop in my mall has done a few midnight release before. Maybe it was a bigger game. I know the did halo 4 and CoD.

Zethremar October 10th, 2013 5:50 AM

Sadly, where I live we don't have any midnight releases only early 8:00 am openings, but oh well I'd probably too tired to play past 1:00 am in the morning anyway.

Treecko October 10th, 2013 6:28 AM

Unfortunately the closest Gamestop to my city that is having an event for the games is 2 hours away from me. My nearest store is opening earlier at 9am instead of 10am though so nothing extremely special. They are also having the special timeline poster and Kalos map with pre-orders. That's probably because this is Pokemon we're talking about and not Call of Duty.

LaVida October 10th, 2013 12:03 PM

Some Game Stops around here had the game 2 or 3 days earlier xD That's the coolest thing in my opinion.

Greenbeans October 10th, 2013 12:25 PM

Haha my gamestop has nothing cool going for it right now ^_^

KittenKoder October 10th, 2013 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tseng (Post 7874897)
Hmm weird. A game stop in my mall has done a few midnight release before. Maybe it was a bigger game. I know the did halo 4 and CoD.

Depends on the mall and the location in the mall. If there is street access for the store, they don't have to worry about the mall's hours and policies at all, the local one here does not have that. It has to wait until the mall opens the doors before the employees can even get into the store. Downtown Seattle is a pretty screwed up place for commerce, everything still follows 1950s hours. Only a few modern businesses actually have the freedom to open when they please, but the whole city shuts down at 2 am and doesn't open back up again until 6 am, and then, only restaurants and cafes are open before 8 am.

FireOfExile October 10th, 2013 2:42 PM

I just got a message on the phone, apparently my Gamestop will have a midnight release tomorrow night! :D Also they mentioned events at 10 PM, so I'm going to have to look into that.

kenzen October 10th, 2013 3:55 PM

they're giving me the timeline poster even though I didn't pay for both copies at same store

Psywing October 10th, 2013 6:37 PM

No GameStop in my country. There isn't even any gamestores in my country that do these kind of things for games. It sucks living in the Caribbean.....

KittenKoder October 10th, 2013 6:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Psywing (Post 7876062)
No GameStop in my country. There isn't even any gamestores in my country that do these kind of things for games. It sucks living in the Caribbean.....

Well .... at least you have nice weather ther-...... oh, Caribbean.

MudkipBoy October 10th, 2013 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agallion (Post 7869969)
Pokemon isnt popular enough in my town/city to warrant a midnight release.

300k population and hosts a major public university (35kish students).

They only do midnight releases for major major titles like Call of Duty, Madden and things like that. I believe they did World of Warcraft at one time but stopped shortly after I quit playing.

You don't live in Cardiff by any chance do you?

Brendino October 10th, 2013 10:35 PM

My EB Games/GameStop isn't doing anything for the X/Y release- they didn't even give me the poster from pre-ordering the game. Actually, there was only one EB Games somewhat near me that was planning to do a midnight launch, and I wasn't going to go anyway since I preordered at another location, but it looks like they've cancelled it.

MarinoKadame October 10th, 2013 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Brendino (Post 7876381)
My EB Games/GameStop isn't doing anything for the X/Y release- they didn't even give me the poster from pre-ordering the game. Actually, there was only one EB Games somewhat near me that was planning to do a midnight launch, and I wasn't going to go anyway since I preordered at another location, but it looks like they've cancelled it.

I pre-ordered on EBGames thinking I would get the game faster than on Amazon and it ended up to have the same shipping Policy. At least they gave me a poster compared to Amazon who gave nothing for it. I don't know why you didn't got the poster tho.

atomtanned October 11th, 2013 6:44 AM

I live in an area of the city that is mostly college age and older, so there probably weren't enough preorders for a midnight release. Mine is opening an hour early though, so at least there's that.

I didn't get the poster when I preordered, but I'm not really interested in that anyways. Would have loved if the Gamestops got those cool Pokeball holders like GAME did. Might try to buy one on eBay at some point.

Faye Rose~ October 11th, 2013 7:39 AM

My Gamestop isn't doing anything which sucks. In my area if its not CoD or GTA it doesn't see the light of day.

CoffeeDrink October 11th, 2013 3:00 PM

Apparently not so much, koff~

They did midnight releases for Grand Theft Auto V, Call of Duty: Ghosts, and Assassin's Creed Black Flag. They told me they're only able to do three a year, but two of these games are just utter garbage. And Grand Theft Auto V is taking out the trash, koffi~

Meganium October 11th, 2013 7:57 PM

Earlier I went to go check out my local GameStop for any Pokemon XY events but they told me that they are just gonna operate at normal hours. Kinda sucks though. They're not much of a Midnight Release kind of store, they also told me that not very few people had pre-ordered the game from them.

Bronyta October 11th, 2013 9:31 PM

Waking up at 9, leaving at 9:45. Waiting is sooooo haaard.

Birthday Thunder October 11th, 2013 9:34 PM

Is my Gamestop the only one doing a midnight release? Dang, maybe my area is just full of pokemon lovers. Sucky part is, I have work early in the morning until 4:00 PM PST, so it's almost like I have to wait a whole 1 more day for it! Life is funny like that sometimes.

Astinus October 11th, 2013 9:36 PM

My local Gamestop had a midnight release. There was a line that stretched past several storefronts of people who had preordered the game and were just waiting for midnight to pick up their copy. That's why they were willing to do the midnight release, because so many people preordered that it was worth it to stay open the extra hours.

Birthday Thunder October 11th, 2013 9:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Astinus (Post 7878010)
My local Gamestop had a midnight release. There was a line that stretched past several storefronts of people who had preordered the game and were just waiting for midnight to pick up their copy. That's why they were willing to do the midnight release, because so many people preordered that it was worth it to stay open the extra hours.

That's probably the reason mine is doing it. I'll be there, but I hope that the line is relatively small and not stretching over the next few blocks. ^__^ Either way, super excited to get the games, even though I will have to suffer one more day without playing them!

CBBXD October 12th, 2013 9:05 AM

I went to a different GameStop with a Midnighter. A 7 year olds Mom was confused as hell when X and Y didnt fit in the DS Lite..........Then Superhero 2DS saved the day........and injured Super Moms Paycheck :)

TRGrunt October 12th, 2013 7:25 PM

The Gamestop that I normally go to (and pre-ordered my Pokemon X from) didn't do a midnight release. I did, however, get my poster and when I picked up my game this morning, they were giving out these sugar cookies with the icing made to look like poke balls. It was so cool, I had to take pictures before I ended up eating it.

~RNC~ October 12th, 2013 7:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRGrunt (Post 7879414)
The Gamestop that I normally go to (and pre-ordered my Pokemon X from) didn't do a midnight release. I did, however, get my poster and when I picked up my game this morning, they were giving out these sugar cookies with the icing made to look like poke balls. It was so cool, I had to take pictures before I ended up eating it.

That is soo cool, did you get the pokemon time line poster also?

TRGrunt October 12th, 2013 7:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ~RNC~ (Post 7879418)
That is soo cool, did you get the pokemon time line poster also?

Thanks, but sadly I didn't get the time line poster. They were only giving those to the people who pre-ordered both X and Y, and I only got X.


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