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Absolitude March 28th, 2007 10:34 AM

That's what the target guy said, and another reason to pre is that the stylus works well with Pokemon ranger for some reason. I recommend getting your pre at target 'cause while your there, they have every single ds game at $24 each. Just another reason the pre there. =D

WaveBurst March 28th, 2007 12:28 PM

I'm rather lucky...Since I am from England I would have waited until like June 30th but thanks to ebay I can it the same time as you guys I've already put £100 in my paypal JUST to make sure

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ March 28th, 2007 1:41 PM

Yea I'm also getting mines a day early

:t354:~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~

Abby3563663 March 28th, 2007 5:18 PM

Most places that offer pre-orders tend to use overnight shipping on their stock, so yeah, if you pre-order, you should get it sooner. If you really want the game, it's almost guaranteed that you'll have it by release if you pre-order it. You should go ahead and do it, unless I've missed a reason why you can't. o.o;

karl 557 March 29th, 2007 6:45 AM

Same here, i live in england but now i have pre-ordered i should get it at the same time as the usa for a cheap price.I am crazy about this game,i can smell the games in the air.I wonder if ill get the free ds stylus...

Innagadadavida March 29th, 2007 11:18 PM

I just pre-ordered. They were out of Diamond, so I had to settle for Pearl.

Is it just me or is Pearl looking like the Blue version of this generation? Less people interested...

Anyway, I got my super cool Palkia stylus. Something about playing Metroid with my new stylus makes me rule ten times harder at it.

I love Pokemon.

Samson March 29th, 2007 11:32 PM

teehee i knew pearl would sell less... that's why i ordered it! XD

WaveBurst March 30th, 2007 12:34 AM

Why is that?....Do people prefer the Box Art lol

Neko March 30th, 2007 7:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WaveBurst (Post 2426936)
Why is that?....Do people prefer the Box Art lol

Well they could also prefer Dialga over Palkia too y'know. ;P

Plus yeah. Everyone wuvs blue lol and if they do get Diamond I would see why they choose it for the color/Dialga, because what else is different from the two?

Innagadadavida March 30th, 2007 9:44 AM

More people chose Red version because it had Charzard on the cover.

Palkia looks weird if you're not used to it. Dialga looks less odd at first, I think.

Plus, Diamond, is the hardest substance on Earth. Definitely more notable than Pearls.

Midnight Beat March 30th, 2007 3:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samson (Post 2426911)
teehee i knew pearl would sell less... that's why i ordered it! XD

I'm right there with you. Besides ruby I have always bought the less popular or 'blue" version first.

Ho-oh arabia March 30th, 2007 4:03 PM

ho-oh says
This is what i know
1. You must deposit 5$ for the reserve
2. for gamestop, you get the stylus after the release of the game. at target, you get the stylus of your choice as soon as you preorder.
3. Usually, pokemon games cost 35$
4. The reserve copy is held 2-4 days after initial release
hope this helps,
ho-oh

Innagadadavida March 30th, 2007 4:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ho-oh arabia (Post 2427507)
4. The reserve copy is held 2-4 days after initial release

But it's always better to pick it up on release day. Some stores will sell the copy they reserve for you if they are out of stock, and hold another copy for you when they get another shipment.

Ho-oh arabia March 30th, 2007 4:30 PM

Of course it is. just pointing out the max number of days before the game is taken off hold.

typeZERO March 30th, 2007 5:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Absolitude (Post 2424738)
Scratch what i said earlier. I have just pre-ordered from target yesterday, and i got the stylus and a cool looking gift card. I think if you have atleast $5.00 then go and pre-order. It is really worth it, not only is the stylus and gift card cool, but with target they hold your game for 7 days so that you can wait out the crowds before you get it. Plus i'm getting it a day earlier on the 21st. =]

Heh heh exactly why I'm reserving there =)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Absolitude (Post 2425518)
Well when you get the card the guy gives you a receipt that says how much money you put on it. Keep it, and when the day comes and you go there show them the card, and receipt for proof of purchase. If you have no receipt they can only vouch for about $5.00. I'm keeping them in a top secret place (under my clothes stack) =] No one will ever know...

Same thing with when you reserve other games. Like how I reserved GTA San Andreas and a guy gave me a reciept and I put around $50.00 on it. Yeah , Toys R' Us and Walmart do the same thing but Target is way cheaper =P

diamondisgonnarock April 7th, 2007 7:45 PM

Paying it off fully when i go to is more convinet 4 me cuz i dont need to worry about not spending my money b4 the game comes out and not having enough to get it the day it comes out and il be mad so i just pay it off all they when i go to pre order

Empass April 8th, 2007 8:52 PM

I reserved Diamond but now that I think of it, I'm gonna go back to my local Target and see if I can switch my preorder to Pearl instead. Reading that Pearl would be unpopular, there would be 2 advantages to it:
1) All the Pokemon I like are on Diamond (the version exclusives) but I figure, if there are less Pearl versions out there, that would make finding trades relatively easy
2) Probably, if I didn't pick up my copy the day after its release, I could probably have a better chance of finding Pearl copies rather than Diamond.

I think too much don't I? >.>

But what is all this talk about Target releasing it on the 24th for preordered customers? I don't remember them telling me that when I reserved my copy >.>

Myzou April 9th, 2007 4:52 AM

I went down yesterday to preorder... after noticing the only people in the mall were near hometown buffet, I remembered what day it was -.- The ONE day I have time to go and preorder, and it HAS to be easter -.- store closed

and to above poster, people who preorder online have to wait 3 days for it to ship to them =P

Empass April 9th, 2007 10:04 AM

OH! those are for those who preordered online... I see, that makes sense.

That sucks though, the only time you're free is on Easter? =/

But still, even if it ships on the 21st for them, UPS/USPS/FedEx don't deliver on Sundays, so they HAVE to ship on the 21st.


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