Same experience here.  I actually have three GameStop stores near here and all are different.  One is just OK, the other two are quite good.  Each also varies on the selection for certain platforms.

never had a problem with gamestop. but i first saw the preorder up on amazon and thats where i got it from when it first became available

There's around 5 or 6 GameStop stores in the town where I live, only been to 2 and the service was good. But what I don't like about them... Is what many people have mentioned before: They sell used games as new, they sell new games as used to price them higher, their employees get to sell games labelled as "new" with a smile on their face; while the game is kept in a drawer and some of them have been played by the employees themselves, they can sell you a game for $60... and you can try to trade it in two minutes later and get $25 for it (although this applies to every retailer)... And it goes on.

If any other retailer opens pre-orders soon, I'll bite and get the Limited Edition. If not, I can live without the USB with just 10 tracks, a box, and a photobook that I'll probably keep in bubblewrap for years without even looking at it more than twice.

Yes! The artbook is the main thing that I want (although that USB drive is sick). I'm a sucker for that kind of stuff (plus it's 100 pages, which is fantastic). Also, the packaging is very simple yet elegant, and it'll probably be one of two/three LE's in my Wii U collection (the others likely being Zelda U and Genei Ibun Roku #FE if they do one for it) when everything is said and done.

Thanks for posting this, btw! Probably wouldn't have been able to pick one up if you hadn't.

Pre-ordered about a week ago!

I used to be subscribed to GameInformer, but it was through my Dad.
I should look at getting resubscribed. Maybe I'll get lucky and get an issue close to December that talks about the game.
And I'd love an issue around Spring or Summer nest year that goes deep into Fire Emblem: Fates!

Thanks for reminding me! I finally got off my ass and Preordered because of this post.

Thanks!

I was too late on the Amazon wagon, so I'll definitely get this to secure my copy.

SMT x FE will definitely have some sort of limited edition... hopefully anyways. I mean its Atlus. Sure they aren't publishing it, but they will probably push for it. I mean if you pre-order it in Japan you get exclusive costumes for your characters (and I REALLY want those).

A LE for that game would also probably help it sell better. 

I don't think Zelda will get a LE though. Idk why. Nintendo generally doesn't do LE's. Which is why I'm kinda surprised there is one for Xeno X. (They will do promotions like with Mario Kart 8) but nothing like CD tracks and etc. 

And uyou're welcome! :D

It was the same for me. 

Sadly, I missed out on Amazon because I wanted to see if Bestbuy had it, they didn't so I went back to Amazong and by then, within those 2 minutes (and in 20minutes of it going live it sold out)