I have been searching for The World Ends With You for a long time. Since the day of it's release in Australia in fact.
I saw it on that day for $AU70. I was unwilling to pay that price, and most games are normally discounted on release by certain stores. So later on that day I went and checked other outlets and found they all had the same price.
I went away for a week and decided I would suck up the price and get it. It was gone. From every store.
I have spent literally weeks and months trying to find a copy of the game in stores remotely close to where I live (including all major games stores in Central Sydney. Having checked perhaps a dozen stores, I walked into my local EB games where I had originally seen the game on day 1. I asked the guy at the counter if the title was in stock and he said that it was, and went out the back to retrieve it. He came back and said "sorry mate, someone put our only copy in the hold section, I can't sell it too you." At this point I was desperate so I said, "What if I gave you ten dollars on top of the retail price?" He said, "sorry mate, I can't do that, and I don't normally work at this store so I don't know how their system works."
Bitch.
Anyway, that was about a week ago, and I have since checked a dozen other stores looking for the title. An hour ago, I was walking past the EB again and thought "screw it, worth a shot." I walked in and asked the girl at the counter if they had the game and she said "yes. "Actually I was just going through the hold section this morning and someone didn't come to pick it up."
So now I have TWEWY for $AU70. For reference, I have never paid more than $AU47 for a DS game, and that was The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I have a week to return the game if I don't like it. All I can say is this better be a bloody impressive game, or I am taking it back.
/rant.
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