Error in Pre-Order Bonus Artbook

Camus the Noble · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject:

I don't know about every Gamestop. The Gamestops around here didn't receive the artbook package, and, as far as I know, never, ever, got the Suikoden IV artbooks in. Actually, I had preordered my Suikoden IV at a Gamestop, and on the day it came in, there was no artbook. I went to the EB Games, and they had one extra artbook and were kind enough to let me have it, free of charge. This time, I knew better, so I preordered from EB Games from the start.

allsongstaken · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject:

I hope this doesn't sound like I'm being a smart-ass, but I'm a manager at a Gamestop in New York. Yesterday we got an e-mail about how the artbooks were on their way and the quantity of them, which is why I speak with so much certainty about their arrival.

Besides, Gamestop and EB have merged, so it's all one company now anyway.

Camus the Noble · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject:

Oh, okay. Still, I was talking about the competence of my local game shops, which is far superior at the nearby EB Games. It really just seems to be a case of poor employees at the local Gamestops. I wasn't attempting at all to impugn Gamestops nationwide.

allsongstaken · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject:

Meh, I wouldn't care if you were (I'm not a company man by any means). I just wanted to make sure people knew how the artbooks were being allocated, since it doesn't seem like any other retailers are getting them in.

Jowy108 · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject:

I yelled at the artbook very loudly when I saw the errors. That takes some major carelessness.

Dr. Chaos · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject:

Other than the obvious mistakes, it's a nice lil bonus.

Adelaide Silverberg · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:07 am Post subject:

ninjakoriku · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:00 am Post subject:

El Regrs · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject:

Hmm... kind of odd they spell them "Lymselia," "Lorelei" and "Zewig," but they manage to get "Fuwalafuwalu"?

Also, I noticed Lorelai's right next to Zweig in the characters section of the artbook. Not that I'm picky about these things ~~yes I am~~ , but I figured she'd be next to Killey. That's not an error, is it?

Camus the Noble · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject:

I don't know. In fact, I don't think Killey is even in the artbook... Wait, actually, he is. He appears on page 12 in a large art piece, right next to Lorelai. But he doesn't have an individual portrait, like the others.

Falcon Critical · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject:

Not meaning to rain on this crusade but seriously you should be happy you got an artbook regardless of typos. Yes they should have got it right, but since this is only offered from EB/Gamestop perhaps its something those companies were in charge of ? Anyhow after the fiasco that was Limited Editions from play-asia with most people ordering months in advance then getting their orders cancelled, how about we be happy these are actually coming through?!

I pre-ordered Suikoden V on Gamestop.com a couple of weeks ago, and at the time there was no mention of a bonus. More recently I noticed:

Bonus Offer! - Order Suikoden V and recieve the Suikoden V Artbook and music CD as a special Gift with Purchase! Offer good while supplies last.

So I checked my order and sure enough the artbook had turned up. The status was "backordered" before, but now they've upgraded it to ships in 24 hours. They haven't charged me a third packaging cost so I'm guessing they're going to package it with one of the other two items.

Quite frankly after I preordered the LE 3 months in advance then got slapped in the face with a wet fish when they cancelled my order, I'd be happy to get an A3 printout. It was good of Gamestop to offer these bonuses to online orders as well, I'm starting to get happy with them. Time will tell of course :p

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Calvin · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:18 pm Post subject:

Alkazar · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject:

A quick note, the "Blue Moon Rune" really isn't an issue, as "Blue Moon" pretty much is a translation error to start with. It's only called the "Tsuki no Monshou" in Japanese or, quite simply, the Moon Rune. If you don't believe me, you can see it labelled as that in the Japanese artbook...

On the other hand, at least they're sticking with the translation on the Pale Gate now that they've made it once. Seems like the Suikoden III translations are holding as more official over those in II now. Still amusing considering it's clearly "Aoi Mon no Monshou", but still Pale Gate isn't the worst name in the world.

As for the errors, it's whoever did the layout messing up and not correctly placing things. It happens quite often, especially when things are rushed into production. It would usually be repaired in later printings, but since this is basically a one run thing, it's unfortunate that they didn't catch it.
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hoonn · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject:

I think I'm the only person around my area who knows about the artbook. I went to my local EBgames today to pick it up and the worker there told me that even though they had only received two artbooks and got a few preorders, no one came by to pick up the artbooks.

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