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Australian Release Dates
Hi all,
according to a copy of the catalog of EB Games, the release date for Diamond and Pearl is the 7th of June at $69.95. Are you guys going to pre-order a copy or buy it after the release? I'm going to pre-order it if I have enough money. |
Awesome, Just a question everyone, Why is it always so god damn expensive in Australia, Its $35 American which = $43.32 Aus, So why does it cost so much more!
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Buy at release, myself. I can't afford to pre-order atm.
It really annoys me it comes out so late in Australia. It means I have to spend about 45 days hearing about it and I don't even get to try it without buying an american version or getting some of of emulation device. And on another forum they were gonna have a tourmament in May and I'm one of few who can't be in it. :( And pokemon games always cost heaps in Australia, R/S/E and LG/FR STILL sell for $59.95 in the shops despite how long they're been out. They haven't dropped a single dollar for nearly a year. |
Could you not just order the US copy off ebay since DS is region free?
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Maybe, but is it actually legal to do so?
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I think so, But you wont be able to trade it in at a shop as its not an AUS game.
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I asked the guys at EB and they said that it waas the official realease but they did offer me a week early realase
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Sorry, i just got worked up when I found out, I forgot to study up on the past realeases, since I have never bought a pokemon game as soon as its come out...
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Hey well if Aus is getting it possibly in June... I'm guessing the NZ release will be around then as well. I hope the prices will have dropped enough by Christmas to get the English version... xD
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Cool i live in Aus 2 months away now
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As I usually do, i'll keep an eye out. Starting from my birthday (April 19th). Hopefully us Aussies and New Zealanders are lucky?
But I doubt you'll see a price drop by Christmas thro. Drops in price for Pokemon games are as rare as hens teeth, from my experience. Of course i'm known to be wrong too.... |
Actually, I made a mistake, it is release during June, no set date, sorry.
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the uk date is 1st june well thats what Wikipedia says so the Australian could be before or after the uk date
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Yeah, I have seen that too. Like Emerald still costs NZD$80... original release price and its a GBA game!!! So I'm guessing this will be up there still too, unless Boxing Day Sales come and save me. Quote:
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for those who are wondering why it costs so much is because when you shp something from another region u need to pay the ship or airplane. so the extra money your paying is for the shipment to the city or country. none the less just get it inported =P
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I guess Australia gets thiers from the US?
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you get D/P in april 22nd. that is when it's released.
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Realese Dates
I know 2 Relese dates Already,
Australia: April 22. U.S: April 22. Yay, I live in Australia! |
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We have a thread discussing a possible Australien release date already, so I'm just going to merge these two. ~merged~ |
Eh! Sorry for the lack, A hacker was on.
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America: April 22nd 2007 Australia: TBA (To be announced) Europe: TBA (To be announced) It is out in Japan though, ONLY Japan. If it was already out in America, no-one would be talking about the release date. (Seriously sometimes I wonder how you get this info) |
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Well, this might not directly be related to Australia, but it's still good we're slowly getting to where we want to.
Apparently, as PPN has reported here, the European release date is finally here! While I've yet to receive a press release from Nintendo themselves, and I can't seem to find the game on NoE's games database, this date might actually be credible. Do note that there is still great room for speculation, as we haven't heard anything official from Nintendo yet. I just wanted to post this here since PPN actually reported it, so we never know, but this might be the real, feasible thing. |
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If it's not June, it could be July or August, I don't see NOE releasing P/D beyond August. |
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Pokémon Diamond Q3 2007 Pokémon Pearl Q3 2007 |
Well knowing Nintendo, it will be the latest date possible. Remember, Smash brothers was meant to be one of the Wii's launch titles... Too bad pal ds can only run pal games, or else you could have just ordered it overseas.
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^Uh... that's not true at all. The Nintendo DS is not region-locked, and you can import D/P whenever you feel like it. Please refer to my "Clearing Up the Confusion on Regional Differences" thread, in this same board.
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ZOMFG!!!! I cant wait 2 months!! I've heard soo much about it, i want it NOW!! 2 more days for the amerikanz!! Meh... around the 23rd, the english version will be all over the internet... So all i'll have to do is.... Get Torrent!! (i still cant be bothered downloading..)
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DS = not region locked. My friend has a Japanese copy of Pearl, works fine on his English DS.
Anyway, if it's anything like the last couple of releases, Europe's gonna get D/P about October. Australia's probably gonna be about the same time I'd think, maybe earlier since it's closer to Japan. |
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Yeh the release date for the au is june 7th.LOL only 49 days to go!!!
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Really? Then why not just buy the us version? Get it offline and you'll have it 2 months early.
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Ohh right. That makes sense. Well I don't see why pal games take song long to be released.
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Ah that makes sense. Still, no one likes waiting. I've even called my friend at Gamestop and convinced him to open a few hours early on Sunday :laugh:
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Okay... I guess you are right about the Euro version of PBR working with the USA P/D. But I'm not sure about the Pal Park yet. We'll see soon. |
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Let the countdown begin! |
Omg....I went to buy Diamond today and found out it hasent been releashed yet -_- dammit i read somewhere it was releashed on the 22nd of april
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Japan - Already released last year, September 28th, 2006 US - released only two days ago, April 22nd, 2007 Europe - June 30th, 2007 Aus - June 21st 2007 It's interesting that Aus gets it before Europe does xD |
I was texted by Noa today also stating that the date was pushed back yet again to the 21st of June. Damn. Now I'll have to get a copy whilst I'm in Sydney for Music camp over the holiday period. (Going down for a week with school from Brisbane)
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Well...
I'm officially steamed. June 21st? Ah well...I guess I should be more patient. |
Hey fellow Aussies, don't know if anyone has already said this but Gametraders have had Diamond and Pearl in store since April 28. They're obviously imported copies from America but they've got the Aus classification stickers on the wrapping. Not sure how many stores of Gametraders there are around Australia, or how many copies they'd have left around though.
When I bought it they were selling them for $74.95 so $5 more than the retail when it finally comes out, but not bad for 2 months beforehand. Probably cheaper than importing it yourself too. |
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