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BenKenobi88 on 04 January 2008

I would only reserve a game if it cut the price or gave me a sweet freebie. Otherwise reserving games is pointless...sometimes your store doesn't even get the game on day 1, and then you're screwed, because you're tied to that store.

If one Gamestop doesn't have Brawl on day 1, I'll go to another one, or a Target, or a Wal Mart...there's lots of stores out there. If it was a lesser known game, perhaps like Zack and Wiki, then maybe reserving has a point. But for SMG, Brawl, etc...reserving just ties you to one store.



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Faxanadu on 04 January 2008

no need - i live in Germany



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supermario128 on 04 January 2008

The only games I have ever reserved are SMG and pokemon diamond for the free gifts included. No gift with Brawl= No reservation for me. I'll still get it day one anyway though.




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souixan on 04 January 2008

I reserved it about two weeks ago from best buy a long with No More Heroes and I got Lost Odyssey reserved from gamestop because they have the freebie. Feb is gonna be a good month.



super_etecoon on 04 January 2008
BenKenobi88 said:
I would only reserve a game if it cut the price or gave me a sweet freebie. Otherwise reserving games is pointless...sometimes your store doesn't even get the game on day 1, and then you're screwed, because you're tied to that store.

If one Gamestop doesn't have Brawl on day 1, I'll go to another one, or a Target, or a Wal Mart...there's lots of stores out there. If it was a lesser known game, perhaps like Zack and Wiki, then maybe reserving has a point. But for SMG, Brawl, etc...reserving just ties you to one store.

 You can transfer the $5 at EbGames/Gamestop to another purchase if you don't pick it up.  I did that with Zelda: Twilight Princess....since I bought it with my Wii at Target on launch day at 7 am.  EBGames wasn't going to sell it until 9 am and I needed to play/go to sleep ASAP.  So I just pushed that towards Elebits.



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BenKenobi88 on 04 January 2008

Yeah, but generally I don't want to throw down $50 on a game I wasn't planning on getting...I don't usually buy games on a whim.



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I like Bacon on 04 January 2008

Yes. $5. and Soriku isn't human!!!!!!!! :O



super_etecoon on 04 January 2008
BenKenobi88 said:
Yeah, but generally I don't want to throw down $50 on a game I wasn't planning on getting...I don't usually buy games on a whim.

 Me neither.  Elebits was on my list since it's E3 showing.

To be honest, I don't know why I reserve games.  I think for me it is like taking one step closer to playing the game...as stupid as that sounds. 



Sullla on 04 January 2008

No, there's absolutely no need to reserve copies of highly anticipated games. I've never had any trouble finding major releases; it's the small titles (like a Zack and Wiki) that you need to call around for. BenKenobi already explained why I wouldn't reserve a game, so I won't try and repeat his arguments.

The gaming stores desperately want you to believe that you HAVE to reserve games or you won't get them, but it's all a big myth. (Hardware, on the other hand, is a smart thing to preorder.)



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Bodhesatva on 04 January 2008
slicktrick said:
I'll wait, maybe a great deal like the Toysrus Super Mario Galaxy deal will pop up.

 This is the only reason to prepurchase these types of games, and you usually won't know about those types of deals until 1-2 weeks beforehand. 



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