6th Gen How'd You Guys Get Your Games? Page 3

Started by destinedjagold November 21st, 2014 5:46 AM
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casynx

Female
everywhere.
Seen November 26th, 2014
Posted November 26th, 2014
3 posts
8.5 Years
I received my copy from Toys R Us.
There was a tiny line in waiting with most people waiting for Smash Bros since the midnight release of PKMN most people went to. I was fangirling with another girl about Attack on Titan because we both had Levi keychains on our lanyards till the doors opened. Me and the girl both had $80, ready to finish off the preorder payments when they hit us with 'it's only $65'.
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I also got my Charizard Y plush for preordering both games.

skyburial

Orca Hype

Age 32
Male
Colorado
Seen April 17th, 2017
Posted March 15th, 2017
892 posts
8.6 Years
Pre-ordered AS on the day that I went in to pick up my Shiny Gengar. Picked a Game Stop in the most bustling part of Denver because my fellow Pokemon Master and friend lives on the other side of town, and this city definitely has an epicenter.

Took me about 3 hours to get the game and get home in Friday rush hour, all things said and done.
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Moonlight Shadow

Age 31
Non-binary
UK
Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted November 25th, 2016
15 posts
8.5 Years
I'm in the UK so I'll start by saying I preordered Alpha Sapphire preloaded with the transparent blue 2DS on Shopto on the 22nd of November.Got an email earlier today saying DPD have got my package and it will be delivered tomorrow.Hoping it comes tomorrow,as I am at college and my dad said he will be home all day.
It came today love Shopto and must say love the feel of the 2DS as well.

CuteLittleBlack

Age 29
Female
Netherlands
Seen December 25th, 2016
Posted December 18th, 2016
438 posts
9.3 Years
I'm in the EU so the game will be released in a day now.. Pre-ordered it but there aren't any pre-order gifts here :(
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Male
Seen March 5th, 2016
Posted March 3rd, 2016
122 posts
9.5 Years
I'm waiting for Amazon to dispatch my games at the moment, I preordered Alpha Sapphire back in June, but decided that I'd preorder Omega Ruby as well this week. They are apparently going to arrive one day after another so fingers crossed I am playing both by Sunday! I'll keep you updated :P
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Age 32
Male
London, UK
Seen December 14th, 2016
Posted December 14th, 2016
435 posts
15.8 Years
I preordered Alpha Sapphire on Amazon, it says - Delivery estimate: Monday, 1 December 2014. I can't wait that long :(
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Rainflower

분홍신

Female
Southeast Asia
Seen November 26th, 2016
Posted December 23rd, 2014
439 posts
14.4 Years
Since neither me and my brother have the Paypal account to buy them from Amazon or e-shop, we finally went to our nearest (and our favorite) shopping mall for its local Gamespot. There are some other game shops, but apparently they have their stocks sold out/not yet available, so there we go, to the Gamespot!

Thankfully, they still have quite a lot in their stock, both OR/AS. It was sold for around $40.67 in my place so we had to re-think if we want to buy either or only one of them. In the end, we bought both and I started by Omega Ruby first. My brother was busy with his college stuff so he had to suspend his Alpha Sapphire for a little while (and it's still unpackaged!). I'm enjoying the nostalgia so far.
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Dunnydude

Too Spooky

Male
NYC
Seen January 5th, 2015
Posted December 25th, 2014
14 posts
8.5 Years
Here's my little misadventure:

I'm lucky enough to live in the city that has the Nintendo World store in it. This place has literally been my favorite store in the entire city for so many years.
Anyway, Nintendo World hosts many release events for new games that end up being quite fun to attend to. Last year I was planning to attend the X and Y early release event, but when I got there the line ended up wrapping around 6 blocks and wouldn't start moving until 10 PM. People were camping out there for a day or two, and I had no chance.

So yet again the store was hosting an early release event for ORAS and a few other games. I realized the possibility of there being another line, but I thought that since ORAS wasn't an entirely new Generation of Pokemon games there wouldn't have been a line. To my surprise, people were camping out for the past day.

I was so disappointed; I managed to miss 2 events in a row. I never attend events like these unless they are something I was really looking forward to.
So of course I returned to the store the next day and I was lucky enough to snag any remaining goodies from the event along with Alpha Sapphire itself.

That's my story. I'll be sure to be prepared for any disappointments if another event is planned. :)
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Alfieri

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Age 27
Male
New York City
Seen June 23rd, 2019
Posted June 23rd, 2019
2,850 posts
9.1 Years
Well, I bought it. With money.
Yay, a smartass.

I pre-ordered Alpha Sapphire and Smash Bros. Wii U at Gamestop and November 21st was a freezing day in NYC. It was totally worth freezing my butt off to get both games. I was in such a rush to get back home to play my new games that I completely forgot to remind the cashier to give me my pre-order poster bonus. Oh well, I hate posters so it's not a loss at all for me.

I did spent a lot of time getting the cover art perfectly aligned in the case before actually playing the games because I'm finicky and I hate that those Club Nintendo codes are printed on the cover.
Age 27
Britain
Seen December 14th, 2015
Posted November 22nd, 2015
419 posts
9.5 Years
Preordered the steelbook & figurine from the official Nintendo UK site- and I got it a day early (today, 27th). :D My friends are furious lol.
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DarkPoke001

Newfound Love For Togekiss

Age 24
Male
Hunting Shinies
Seen December 25th, 2016
Posted December 11th, 2016
177 posts
9.5 Years
it is currently 09:44 here in the UK, but hey it's OR/AS release day! so am i playing yet? nope. Do i have the game yet? yep. I am currently in the 6 form common room, having went to GAME at 7 to get the game, Omega Ruby is now in my locker...

School doesn't end till 3:15 pm

>_< how am i meant to survive ?! :(
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Pyrax

Midnight Guest

Age 27
he/him
UK
Seen 21 Hours Ago
Posted 3 Weeks Ago
1,520 posts
14.1 Years
I noticed GAME was open on my way to class, and was really tempted to risk being late just to buy it. Really fortunate that I didn't have the money on me.
In any case, I plan on buying it first thing tomorrow morning. If Alpha Sapphire is still in stock by then, cos I didn't preorder it oops
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Warspirit

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Age 28
Female
with a stunning male specimen
Seen November 23rd, 2015
Posted November 2nd, 2015
907 posts
8.5 Years
I ordered Alpha Sapphire off of Amazon last Saturday since it would be cheaper than to buy it in store and it just got here today! Super excited to play but I haven't yet since I'm just settling down from a busy day.
Female
Somewhere in Europe
Seen August 21st, 2020
Posted January 6th, 2016
2,316 posts
19.6 Years
I didn't pre-order because I saw no point. There are multiple stores which have video games in my area so there is no chance they are going to run out of them (this has never happened). Since I'm European, I picked up the game yesterday from a store.
Male
Seen January 14th, 2019
Posted November 29th, 2014
16 posts
12.4 Years
I didn't have a 3ds yet, nor the money to buy one, so I went to a small game shop near my house to sell old video games for more money. Luckily, there was a 2ds ther for 90 bucks. Somehow, I got roughly 70 bucks in trade in money, so I only had to pay about 18 dollars for it. This paired with my previous game selling gave me a surplus of about 80 bucks. Later that day, when I was going to the mall, I went to gamestop. I usually dislike that store, but they usually have what I'm looking for. I picked up Y and Omega Ruby. I had just enough cash to buy both, with the help of my friends powerup rewards card.

Thursday

Age 30
Male
South-East America
Seen April 6th, 2023
Posted August 9th, 2016
456 posts
13.3 Years
I preordered Alpha Sapphire from Amazon that allowed me to get it on the day it came up, while I downloaded Omega Ruby from the eShop. OR took 7 hours to download :\
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Tsutarja

Age 28
he / him
Florida
Seen 3 Hours Ago
Posted 1 Week Ago
27,325 posts
13.2 Years
I pre-ordered my copy of AlphaSapphire at a local Gamestop and received it at a midnight release event. I was the second person to pick up their copy out of everyone at the entire store (since I was in the front of the line at 9pm that Thursday night), and I began playing it when I got home through at least 4am.

Sheep

She/Her
Australia
Online now
Posted 1 Hour Ago
39,254 posts
16.6 Years
I was away on vacation from the 21st to 26th so I ordered my copy from Amazon and had it delivered a short while before I returned. Came home to my baby waiting in the mail, yaaay. She is a beauty!

Dedenne1

Changing Seasons~

Age 24
Non-binary
Mewni~
Seen September 30th, 2021
Posted March 4th, 2018
6,454 posts
9.6 Years
Ok so i never preorder ever i usually get it the day it comes out at 10 at gamestop but..... I had a blizzard to deal with so the stores were closed people trapped in their homes yay so 3 days later we went to gamestop and its closed cause the roof is caving in WELL OPEN UP AND GIVE ME THE GAME! Nope so we had to wait till the next day drive an extra 2 miles and get it from the other one this is the only year i didnt get it the day it came out
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Seen January 16th, 2015
Posted December 8th, 2014
11 posts
9 Years
I preordered back in October and I stood in the midnight release line for 1 freezing cold hour and met a pair of pretty cool guys. Got invited to join the Pokemon club at the university I don't go to and played it all the way home and until late the next morning.

One of the best parts of the night was the very first person who was in line ran out screaming, "Whoo! I'm gonna go quit my job!"
Seen December 15th, 2014
Posted December 5th, 2014
15 posts
9.5 Years
I had to wait 2 days before I could pick up my copy.

The pain was intense, I could barely control my killing intent, seeing as how many Youtuber's had started posting walkthroughs.

Then, after what seemed like an eternity at work (actually about 6 hours), I flew on my Pidgey across the shopping complex into an Electronics Boutique Games store, tore out my receipt and said "Excuse me, can I please pick up my copy of Pokemon Alpha Sapphire?"
Don't act like you don't have lewd fantasies regarding different Pokemon characters... Or different Pokemon for that matter...

Hiatus

Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted July 24th, 2021
12,283 posts
10.8 Years
I've pre-ordered mine on GameStop, and it arrived at my door the day it was released. I'm pretty lucky in regards to this, actually, as I didn't have to select same-day delivery option or anything of the like.

I have started playing as soon as I had gotten my hands on Omega Ruby (well, maybe not as soon; an hour or so later), and started enjoying; things were so intriguing, it was unbelievable. If you ask me, ORAS was certainly able to live up to its hype, and I'm glad it did. Have been waiting for Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald remakes for quite some time, and it's nice to actually see and play them.

As far as starters go, I've selected Mudkip, as I really wanted to try my hands on Mega-Swampert. Currently, I'm in my second run, and this time around, I chose Treecko. I'm very curious as to how Mega-Sceptile might perform and whatnot.