Nintendo's Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Special Edition Sale Was a DISASTER!

[@pinewolfpresents]

Nintendo is stuck in the early 2010s on a multitude of issues

[@sethdavis2506]

@Not an internet troll Facts.

[@Mario123007]

Yeah, as if other companies sites never crashed am I right? Lol

[@bigchungus7870]

Wdym,explain?

[@JustJulyo]

*1893

[@Mario123007]

@Not an internet troll lol apple fanboys will buy everything from Apple, even a USB type c cable that costs 300$. My point being, all sites crashes before lol, Walmart, best buy, target, and gamestop, pretty sure their sites either crashes or have bits taken over. This isn't due to Nintendo "stuck in 2010s" lol

[@suzyocean7392]

It's a slap in the face for Americans especially when you realise meanwhile Australians were able to conveniently preorder for the whole day without any issues, they only sold out after midnight and more than 12 hours had passed giving everyone a fair chance

[@Mario123007]

And I think jp my Nintendo store is okay too, which is more weird when jp definitely has the most demand.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Yep, Australia had a better idea for shopping

[@Alpha4Sierra]

The hell, how did you buy the special edition in Australia?

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

@@Alpha4Sierra I live in Australia, so I accessed the my Nintendo store simple as

[@Alpha4Sierra]

@@haruhisuzumiya6650 I realised I missed it. I kept on checking the Nintendo store when it was announced and it wasn't up on the Aus store, even though it was up on the American store. I'm annoyed, but what can I do.

[@WaffleMenu]

You’re not being dramatic. This was such a disaster and infuriating from a consumer standpoint, especially because the site was just down with no communication for half a day. Which, were we supposed to wait around all day refreshing or checking a page? Insane.

[@badlatency9979]

he is being dramatic, it didn't sell out. the website crashed. So they decided to go into maintenance and try again later.

[@Rman1228]

@@badlatency9979 you can't be serious right? This wasn't a 1-4 hour debacle, this massive, website crashing issue lasted from near noon in the east coast to nighttime...I would know, I had to sit in that stupid waiting line all day. No matter how many copies are left, this just isn't good business whatsoever, especially considering how long it took them to finally decide to give up on the whole thing

[@badlatency9979]

@@Rman1228 I know too, I was there. Between the digital lines and the multiple crashes I was on it for 10 hours. My point is that he has a nice big clickbait thumbnail dramaing about _sold out_ and that was never once the case.

[@Rman1228]

@@badlatency9979 now I see what you're talking about, my bad 😔

[@7531monkey]

Hes totally dramatic and whiney about the whole thing.

[@SilverSpireZ]

After two months of constant Nintendo pings on Twitter when trying to go in blind and only a 24 hour notice to prepare, I was there for the full 10.5 hours and it was a huge nightmare. Wasted an entire day on this nonsense. It’s honestly more infuriating than anything else that it took so long to get a proper update. I could’ve actually been productive, dammit. This is unacceptable on so many levels when they had so much time to prepare and it could’ve been so easily avoided…

[@slayer01madness83]

I feel your pain, that was a terrible pre-order day. The only way I was able to get a pre-order in was thanks to Wario. Wario64 was a true nvp.

[@shinra2755]

First world problems.

[@ltb1345]

@@shinra2755 If you don't have a job, then yeah I guess. For me, with a job, I missed the whole thing to begin with.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Meanwhile in Australia I hit the post at 12:15 and got the email after 1pm

[@shinra2755]

@@ltb1345 Yep. Same here. I certainly don’t have ten hours sitting on a webpage hitting refresh all day. These people are suckers losing their minds over a cardboard box and an art book.

[@MonadoBoyFlameRock]

Nintendo Really overestimated their servers limits, they learned the hard way from crash & flood, And started a great war over a XC3 special edition. Xenoblade & Nintendo Fans vs Scalpers.

[@xXunknownXx0000]

When did the xc community get so large lol

[@MonadoBoyFlameRock]

@@xXunknownXx0000 What Helped most was Nintendo switch selling so successfully it has 107 Million Units sold as of now but you can't forget what these games bring in terms of fans when enjoyed Xenoblade Wii & 3DS the start Xenoblade 2 releases: growth returning / new xc2 fans Xenoblade 2 Torna: more xc2 fans and most old fans Xenoblade Definitive edition more exposure OG fans & xc2 fans & newcomers Pyra & Mythra Smash Bros era Smash bros fans OG fans XC2 fans newcomers XC3 announcement: game got too popular with XC1 fans XC2 fans Smash bros fans way more newcomers

[@bigchungus7870]

@@MonadoBoyFlameRock What the heck is torna?

[@ltb1345]

@@bigchungus7870 A Xenoblade 2 prequel game.

[@bigchungus7870]

@@MonadoBoyFlameRock Xenoblade came out on the WiiU not the Wii

[@slashclaw14]

I think the reason Nintendo is selling the collector’s edition themselves is because the game itself and the art book + steelbook are shipping at different times. The game will be shipped on release day but the rest won’t come until September. It’s fine print on the website and it’s likely this way because the release date got moved up. Coordinating that with other retailers would lead to disaster. Not sure how that’ll work with scalpers who have to wait until September for all the items 💀 Really unacceptable that Nintendo couldn’t get the website working properly for this. Hopefully there won’t be issues when preorders go live again. They know the demand is high

[@grantmortensonva]

Or just delay the game back to September

[@Just_Shaun]

I’m pretty sure that’s only for the UK collectors edition.

[@slashclaw14]

@@Just_Shaun nope. It’s been confirmed this is the case for North America, Europe, and Japan. There’s an article about it by Nintendo Everything that links to the sources

[@slayer01madness83]

This is most likely the case. Splatoon 3 was originally slated for July, but it was delayed until September. Splatoon 3 probable needs to be refined more before July, Nintendo not wanting to waste a prime time slot for releasing a game decided to look at their 2022 slate of games. When Nintendo aske Monolith about Xenoblade 3, Monolith was confident enough in their work to release the game early. So Nintendo, wanting to do a Special Edition of the game, did not have enough time needed to have a good amount of Xenoblade 3 SE made before release.

[@dandaman-]

Yes, in aus it was easy, no lag etc. picked up mine and in the description the game will be shipped by release date and the others will be shipped in spring (I’m in aus)

[@connorduffus]

As soon as I saw it was My Nintendo exclusive, I knew the website was gonna crash and nobody was gonna get an order. Feels like I know more about Nintendos audience than Nintendo sometimes.

[@ToonfieldAnimations]

Sooo Europe did not have this problem on June 8th... because we didnt get a preorder at all... check this: At first it would be around July that we could get the opportunity. It got pdelayed. THEN because of another delay they seperated the game and the items of the special edition, so you could buy the game and get the special stuff later. Everyone could apply their email to get a notification when we could preorder. Three months after this debacle and today out of nowhere EVERYONE (not just the people that left their mail) got told you could preorder. And guess what: the exact same thing happened. The store closed down because of high traffic. None of my friends could preorder. Hours later of refreshing i nearlh got it but at the checkout it went blank again. They had three months to prepare, they knew how many people sent their email so they could preorder, and STILL they failed. Nintendo just cant get it right.

[@SilverSpireZ]

Who’s here now that this exact same thing has happened twice?

[@rakurai4953]

I've got to be honest, I didn't realize how popular Xenoblade Chronicles is. I mean, sure I have the first two games but I wouldn't have expected this to equal Mario, Pokemon, Zelda and crash the servers, you know? It's always felt like a just below Metroid kind of game franchise to me.

[@ShurikanBlade]

I don't think it's because it's popular but because it's niche is pseudo popular. A more niche games will have less items or copies produced and they'll stop printing sooner. This creates HIGH demand and LOW supply which allows scalpers to capitalize a ton. Look at how much xenoblade 2 and torna golden country sell on eBay. Practically $300+ for a normal $60 game because they don't make as much because the market isn't as big.

[@ltb1345]

Its popularity skyrocketed in recent years.

[@Kingdom850]

@@ltb1345 Yup from Shulk being added to Smash 4, to Xenoblade 2 being one of the major holiday games for Switch in its release year, the original game getting ported to Switch, Pyra/Mythra joining Smash Ultimate, there's been a lot of attention on the series in just 8 years.

[@sabata2]

It REALLY took off being the main RPG for the Switch, as well as the big "new" series you could sink hundreds of hours into during the Covid Era. Gained a lot of new fans then.

[@ShallBePurified]

Xenoblade fans are one of the most dedicated Nintendo fanbases. I'd argue more dedicated than Metroid, Zelda, or even Mario. The series has been a sleeper hit for a decade now, and it's now surfacing with this whole debacle happening.

[@GladeXD]

This should never have been limited to the My Nintendo Store.

[@DulyDullahan]

THIS! It sucks because only US, Aus and Japan customers are able to pre order it (with UK/EU being end of July). What about the rest of the world? It’s unfair to the rest of us who don’t have an official My Nintendo store :(

[@ladynikkie]

Agree I felt if Nintendo did an open pre-order for at least a couple of months (they had three months to plan this before the July release) it would have given everyone a chance to reserve a copy

[@A.E.S.R]

Scalpers go after items that started trending and sad to say they will now keep their eyes out in the Xenoblade games thanks to Nintendo stupidly. A special edition preorder should be from a starting date to an end date. if you didn't get one within that time limit you're out of luck. Toy companies have started doing that for a while, some shoe companies, and heck other game companies do that.

[@RobertFierce]

This item won't do well for scalpers. You just get an unsealed box with 1 metal case and 1 artbook inside. That's all you get in this so called "collectors edition". Not even the game. This is nowhere near as good as Xb1 and Xb2 collectors were. Plus those came sealed and with goodies inside.

[@DulyDullahan]

@@RobertFierce doubt it. The fact that the website crashed due to a high volume and a ton of people willing to wait for hours and hours in line goes to show how high in demand the collector’s edition are (even if it doesn’t seem like much). XC has some pretty hardcore fans so I’m 100% certain scalpers won’t have trouble finding buyers. That is… unless Nintendo releases more stock for the market to be saturated.

[@RobertFierce]

@@DulyDullahan No the only thing this shows me is that money is high in demand for teens who got scalped like hell for the past few years on things like snickers, ps5, the switch, graphics cards etc, especially during the pandemic and given that they have no jobs, they want to make a quick buck for some easy money. But you forget you can only buy 2! No matter who you are. Scalpers buy in BULK. They don't buy 2. They buy 2000 or 20000. Scalpers DON'T GO for single digit investments. There were issues with the website from the game's fans alone and poor nintendo servers that's all. Regardless if people go crazy with postings of 1000$ for a single CE on ebay or not. You can only get 2 and you can be sure there will be enough stock to go around for all fans. Those who are interested in this anyway. I am not. From my point of view this CE is a joke. An absolute joke for 89$.

[@SilverSpireZ]

Hard to believe it's already been a year since the day of reckoning. Nintendo may have forgotten, but my PTSD never will.

[@CRT.v]

4:57 I'm pretty sure they disabled the ability to add it to your wishlist. I've tried many, many times yesterday and today (no, i don't think it'll work now to buy it, but I'd like to have it in my wishlist, y'know?), and about a second after the heart turns red, it just empties again. it's the only item in the store that I've seen that happen with.

[@Rman1228]

From what it looks like they reverted the game page for the special edition to what it was like before they opened pre-orders. You couldn't add it to your wishlist then either

[@ltb1345]

Yeah, they took away the wishlist option.

[@DanteCrowlley]

I'm not a collector type, never ever had any collectors editor before, but I feel the rage of everyone who gets problems with it, I would be surprise if Nintendo was actually able to hold everyone online tho

[@komodoblue3204]

I was very very lucky to be one of the few who got one. Nintendo really should’ve saw this coming from miles away, I hope everyone is able to get one during the 2nd wave. Good video

[@okenuth]

You should check your order history... it looks like mine has a missing product image.

[@cario0236]

@@okenuth According to someone else who also had this, apparently Nintendo Support says that they still have the order in their system.

[@okenuth]

@@cario0236 reached out to them today can confirm

[@cario0236]

@@okenuth no no, I didn't reach out, but there were questions like these elsewhere, and I remember reading that someonereached out

[@cario0236]

@@okenuth no no, I didn't reach out, but there were questions like these elsewhere, and I remember reading that someone reached out. But if you want to confirm, you should personally reach out.

[@whenthecrewchillstoohard3971]

Yeah, this wasn't fun. Wasted an entire day. I Was there before they even tweeted it was open, left with nothing. My biggest frustration is that I actually managed to get to my cart to pay at one point. The only problem? I had 2 copies in the cart. I tried to bring it down to 1, but the site was in such a shitty state that it wouldn't remove the second copy no matter what. So I took a gamble and refreshed the page to hopefully fix that. Got hit with another waiting room that I stared at until they took it all down. Fucking lovely.

[@Starcat5]

Next time around, I'll be sure to wear clown makeup, just in case.

[@QwixLF]

In short: "How to Orchestrate a DDOS Attack on Your Own Site" as presented by Nintendo.

[@bub777]

This feels similar to when characters like Cloud was announced for Smash. There was a clog that lasted for hours if not days related to downloading him to all those Wii U's. I get he wasn't "rare", but again the demand for him on the platform was MASSIVE! Also, f the scalpers.

[@Kingdom850]

Yup Joker crashed the eshop when he arrived for Ultimate.

[@SorasShadow1]

Hour four of attempt 2 and I'm seeing tweets saying it's showing up as sold out, we're still stuck in waiting room limbo despite being there within a few seconds of it going up. Unsurprising, but I'm still angry. Edit; After 5 hours I was able to get my copy, still says "processing" though so I might get a nasty surprise at some point. Honestly, I'm not even sure it'll be remotely worth it.

[@A-Nationverse8472]

I really think that Nintendo should’ve put the special edition of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 on all major retailers. That way, people will be able to pre-order it easily. The scalpers will try to find a way to buy all of the inventory of the special editions of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I do hope that people will be able to get it easily.

[@ladynikkie]

I agree if they did it that way and making an open pre-order it would have saved everybody the trouble

[@tallguy3500]

i have the other two collector's and I will be pretty frustrated if I can't get this one. I didn't need to rush to get either of the previous ones so this is stupid

[@gatst7680]

I'm one of the lucky few that managed to get one, but holy shit I didn't even feel relieved, I just felt angry. I was refreshing that fucking page for 6 AND A HALF HOURS!

[@ChiGuyGaming]

Congrats, man!

[@gatst7680]

@@ChiGuyGaming Thanks, it was well earned after the bullshit we all had to endure... I hope that their next attempt goes better.

[@Yannis280]

nice! Happy for you! 😃

[@raheeb7350]

i got one too i hope they dont cancel it and refund us lol

[@Jokerswylde]

Definitely a frustrating day. I just happened to be looking at the site when it went live, & I actually got it added to my cart, or so I thought. When I clicked on my cart, showing one item, it said it was empty. Then I got the red screen for a few hours, then maintenance for a few hours, then the red screen, then maintenance, then, at around 7pm, Wario! & the Wishlist trick didn't work. I didn't know about that til I watched the video, but I couldn't ever add it to my Wishlist. I clicked the heart several times, & every time, it turned red for a second, then reverted back.

[@chrisrichards2350]

I swear Nintendo loves to feed the scalping community.

[@brunovaleriomp4]

Well... I could'nt buy it anyway because i live in Brazil, and Nintendo don't give a shit about my country. But its really sad that's happening. As a Xenoblade fan, i really wanted to buy this Special Edition, so i can imagine the frustration. But... im quite surprised, i never imagined that a franchise as Xenoblade which have less fans than Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon, would eventually crash the Nintendo Shop. This shows the love for the franchise that Xenoblade fans have, that's for sure.

[@BEyondViewtiful]

I gave up on Nintendo a loooong time ago. They don’t care about their fans!

[@Nando75549]

This is why I mainly buy standard copies. Sometimes even used.

[@pwnsy584]

>poor

[@bubalackgaming8892]

@@pwnsy584 bait

[@pwnsy584]

@@bubalackgaming8892 >actually poor

[@bubalackgaming8892]

@@pwnsy584 More bait

[@ltb1345]

I missed the whole thing in the first place. OF COURSE it was in the middle of the week, on a Wednesday, when I was at work. Thanks Nintendo. Now I'm paying extra close attention, keeping the store page open on my phone as well, but it wouldn't surprise me if I miss it the second time around, assuming it's in the MIDDLE OF THE GODDAMN WEEK again.

[@sabata2]

Good luck if all you can do is your phone. 1) it'll be impossible for you to log in (as it logged everyone out prior to the opening) and 2) you need to keep your browser open AND RUNNING to "maintain your position" so you had better have a charger ready if you end up in the Red-Que-of-Disappointment

[@metroidcypher]

It's their fucking fault for not proving enough information for when the pre orders go up to allow people to prepare

[@skyeguy7914]

Man I still remember accidentally stumbling on a xenoblade 2 collectors edition at A GameStop way off in another state, and every time I’ve tried to find other CE, it’s been a pain.

[@idreadFell365]

It should be an eye opener for Nintendo, leading them to mass produce for I can have a higher chance at attaining one.

[@Naterkix]

I sincerely, genuinely, with the burning hot passion of a million suns hope there's a special circle of hell for scalpers.

[@mechaluigi7]

Honestly unless it’s something like Zelda or Metroid, I personally don’t care about special editions. Having said that as someone who really wanted the Majoras Mask 3DS XL and was forced to buy from a scalper because it was so hard to get, my heart goes out to Xenoblade fans here.

[@analystduelist571]

Another here that was one of the many that failed to get it. Got the notice within the minute it went up, had it in cart, but the being signed out stuff happened, and thus the hours of being queues began. Miraculously, around 5'ish EST, when reports were finally coming out that some were succeeding, I was out of the queue and at checkout, but after I put in my address, I couldn't get shipping options because it was removed from my cart somehow. Thrown back into the queue until the "We're doing this another day" tweet. In a Discord with at least 30 of us trying, only 1 NA member succeeded while another in Australia got it without issue. Just a terrible experience, but I will try again next wave.

[@miguelespinal2889]

Shouldnt Nintendo go after scalpers and force them to not mark up their product or face legal action? I dont know the legalities of it all but I feel like if scalpers could legally not do what they do they wouldnt do it

[@sabata2]

The scalpers "legally bought" the item from Nintendo. Nintendo doesn't care. The scalpers are breaking eBay's ToS, and often are just scamming (not actually having the item), but they just buy another "in good standing" account that has 10 years of unused history and put up another listing.

[@EnigmaBarry]

Why would Nintendo take legal action? What the scalpers do is perfectly legal because of the first-sale doctrine. The thing Nintendo should do is make more copies.

[@meowskull]

Nintendo pulled a Nintendo? You don't say...

[@LevantineR1]

Humble indie company working out of an uncle's garage, please understand.

[@aegisxiii2384]

Why not allowing preorders for a week, a bit before production and then they can launch the production knowing how many people bought it. Better than limited amount.

[@ladynikkie]

Yeah they should have took a page from limited run games have an open pre-order for about 4 weeks then close it. They had THREE full months plus most people were at work and were unaware of the live pre-order.

[@UltravioletNomad]

I'm assuming that based on the release schedule, production on these things are locked in, but they also didn't have any qualms about shipping this shit separately. They should just sell the book standalone, with the box.

[@jinsei1208]

Nice living in japan and having the japanese site run well. Got mine. I feel for everyone who didn't get one.

[@raijuu1939]

And I missed the second one -.- im dying

[@galenplatt398]

I kinda have a theory a pretty basic one but a theory Nintendo has been revamping their online store and I think they got cocky thinking they were improving their online relations because and figured since xenoblade is still niche (sorry everybody) they probably thought that they didn't need to have a large initial production given that they probably forgot about the past special editions I know I did Now when I say all that I'm definitely trying to he in Nintendo's head this was kinda stupid

[@thefinalskarm1754]

The only good thing to say about the Australian side after getting no info from a nintendo rep was checking for it after finding out the NA one went up, seeing an Australian news article linking to it. and bam, click click mine, don't worry I'm sure I'll see 50 spoilers by the time Australia post gets it to my door though and it'll come heavily damaged in the mail.

[@Thebluedud]

Let's be real, did we expect anything else? I saw this coming the instant they announced the special edition would be exclusive to MyNintendo.

[@ZaxFSO8083]

If online is going to be the only method to get a special edition then, A; limit it to ONE COPY not two, and B; mark a personalized system maybe by, you know, checking who put in up towards 100 plus hours in to the Specific Franchise and ask if they are interested in a Special Edition copy.

[@Lamasis2]

Not in Europe, it hasn't even started here.

[@idreadFell365]

The good endings are always the most unlikely, realistically speaking 😥

[@oscaryuen311]

Update: Nope

[@Rman1228]

Xenoblade haters/doubters and Nintendo themselves learned the hard way how popular Xenoblade Chronicles truly is. We may have wasted half a day on this nonsense, but crashing an entire website for 10+ hours is a really sick feat to put on our community resume 😌

[@ladynikkie]

They should consider this a wake up call jrpgs do not have a niche following like they used to and fans crashing the website proved it

[@bubalackgaming8892]

I mean like 80% of it was Scalpers doing shady shit with bots but yeah

[@RavenousSpectre]

I'm gonna rent the standard edition from gamefly and get it with my discount with the company. Done deal lol screw these special edition rat races nowadays

[@Abcgum64]

If Nintendo is so determined to keep it on the my nintendo store, They should make it open preorders for a week or two. Many may not get the game on release date if they cannot make enough by then, but at least everyone wins

[@rioasyari]

Nintendo should give us free steelbook for standart edition tho

[@TheFallenStarlight]

Scalpers won this. Expect these on eBay soon.

[@Justincredible_Productions]

I wanted to buy the special edition today to see that the special edition was currently out of stock. And also the other issue is scalpers trying to sell the game for higher prices. And I thought the game would still be available today. But I guess the special edition sold out on the first day since yesterday. What should I do? Will it be possible to buy it in a few weeks before release? I feel like a lot of people still wanna buy it that didn’t get the chance yesterday.

[@DrLockdown]

The Aussie store was easy. No queue. No lag. No payment issues. Just a simple two minute preorder. I think it's still up too.

[@atariboy9084]

This is not the first time Nintendo is way behind the times yet had done something that was way ahead of other gaming systems look at the time line on what they had done but never did anything in the US state: 1988 - Family Computer Network System: The Family Computer Network System, also known as the Famicom Net System or Famicom Modem, is a video game peripheral for Nintendo's Family Computer, released in September 1988 only in Japan. 1995 - Satellaview: The Nintendo Satellaview, or Broadcast Satellaview X (BS-X), is a satellite game and news delivery add-on for the Super Famicom, which was only released in Japan. It allows players to subscribe and connect to St. GIGA and download games and news updated from 4-7PM. The unit was released in 1995 and retailed for ¥14,000. Some games could only be played at certain times, while others were downloaded to the BS-X Cassette, a small memory cartridge. The service was supported up until 2000 with the last game release being in 1999. 1999 - 64DD: The 64DD, colloquially referred to as the Nintendo 64DD, is a magnetic disk drive peripheral for the Nintendo 64 game console developed by Nintendo. The system could connect to the Internet through a now-defunct dedicated online service called Randnet for e-commerce, online gaming, and media sharing. Calling it "the first writable bulk data storage device for a modern video game console" Nintendo seem to created many head of the time technology for there systems but never fully committed and this reminded me of how Kodak invented digital camera back In 1975 but Kodak killed it in favor for old films and but by the time others started to make cheaper and better digital cameras it was too late for Kodak to jump in the bandwagon and we all know how Kodak ended up.

[@SodiumWage]

I was there for June 8th, but it left a bad taste in my mouth and I'm probably not going to buy the SE now. It's just not worth the hassle to deal with Nintendo. I don't own SE editions of the XC2 or XC:DE so it's not like I'm missing out on "completing the set". I just wanna play the game.

[@slowpoke8585]

How many times is Nintendo gonna try and be cute about this limited quantities bullshit? They do this EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. That’s why they’ve been relegated to being the side bitch of gaming. I didn’t bother even trying to pre order it because I knew it was gonna be a disaster. I say people should pirate their shit or buy second hand. Deprive them of as much money as possible.

[@ladynikkie]

Nintendo should be ashamed of themselves. they knew the hype of this game and they had 3 months of planning, I felt it should have been available in all retail stores or at least do open pre-orders that would have helped. This is the last time I attempt to buy a collector's issue off that website I'll just stick with getting the standard edition.

[@marz7102]

Coming back after purchasing the Bayonetta 3 collectors edition yesterday. Super easy. Hopped on Amazon and bought it with no issues. Glad that they put it up on multiple platforms as it made it waaayyy easier to get before they sold out.

[@BoliLelly]

I just skip special editions. Almost never worth it just for a alt case and art book.

[@protoluigi2047]

They should have at least added a soundtrack CD since the OST for the series is beloved by fans.

[@TheSpeedfoever]

Well the website crashed so there you go and I need to get it still since I haven't played Xenoblade before I need to get all 3 now

[@Josephcavagnaro]

where was this in the direct?

[@humidificateurhydraulique3321]

I juste Hope it won't be the same for the european website but i'm worried because they said the pre-order will start in july

[@reggiefils-aime9798]

I was definitely among on of the first to be on the site and I STILL couldnt get in

[@domfabio8850]

Luckily for me this only seemed to be an issue for North America, everything went pretty smoothly in Australia and the rest of Oceania. Really sucks that this was a massive disaster in NA though.

[@hezitation4868]

Saw a Reddit post of a guy who had his order force canceled after he already purchased it because of “issues on their backend.”

[@seedofwonder]

I still prefer physical releases, but unless I'm mistaken, doesn't Nintendo refuse to issue refunds for digital pre-orders even if you want to cancel before the game releases? I don't understand why special editions like this can't be subject to open pre-orders for like two weeks, you pay immediately, close pre-orders at some point, and then they produce the exact amount that people signed up for. Maybe a few extra for people on a waiting list. No one would care how many copies end up in resellers' hands if all the fans that wanted one already had a copy.

[@fanohhh]

3:26 that was me, and guess what. I didnt get it. it was one of the worst experiences ive had with an online store. Its a shame it had to happen with a game i was looking so much forward to.

[@sharkt9877]

Update! The special edition is now GONE! It doesn’t exist and there is no link to the page! Horrray! I can’t complete my collection! I have to special ship the other two in from another COUNTRY ON EBAY ANFTHAT WAS EASIER

[@RobertFierce]

Actually I just decided. The collectors edition is kinda shit compared to XB1 and 2. No Soundtrack Disc, no LP, no Poster, no digital download code for digital tracks and most importantly NO GAME INSIDE! They just ship you an unsealed box with 1 metal case and 1 artbook. That's literally all you get. Not worth the money especially since I can buy metal cases and artbooks on ebay for cheaps. What was the actual point of this? Just gonna buy the digital copy. Have fun standing in never ending queues until you get the dreaded "sold out" or "timed out" screens after 10 hours!

[@jakeirako]

It does come with the base game. What are you talking about?

[@RobertFierce]

@@jakeirako No it does not, you get the normal game on release day at the end of july. And you get the box with the metal case and artbook sent to you separately in september.

[@jakeirako]

@@RobertFierce Yes I know that, but you said it comes with no game inside. Of course there is no game inside the steelbook case because the cartridge will be inside the regular box that was shipped to you in July.

[@RobertFierce]

@@jakeirako You don't get my point. When you get the actual "Collectors edition" at home it will arrive unsealed, with only 2 items inside, and no actual game" The fact that you get the standard game at the end of july makes no difference. By september you will be done with the game and have 100% it. Is it worth it that much to you to look through the artbook for about 5-10 minutes in september? Is that worth 89$? The most expensive thing in XB collectors was always the soundtrack because that on it's own cost upwards of 80-100. But this CE doesn't even have that. I'm just not interested in paying 89$ for 1 metal case and 1 artbook that cost 20$ for both and I can't even keep them as collectors items because they aren't sealed.

[@jakeirako]

@@RobertFierce okay I get you now though for me as much as I love soundtracks I am just used to these XC collector's edition not having any as in the case with XCDE or just having a terrible soundtrack if you can even call what the U.S got with XCX. I wasn't interested in the collector's edition for XC2 so I am not sure what came with that one so this edition being $89 and lacking a soundtrack isn't an issue for me personally.

[@GameRumble]

Anything "online" Nintendo't. Look at how arcane their e-shop is!

[@jayjaysheroah2485]

Now the question is. Is it gonna be a disaster here in the uk

[@rabnadskubla8594]

They already dropped the ball with the Three Hopes limited edition. Not releasing in America.

[@Eikonic_Heropon]

Funny thing is I had the special edition on my wishlist and when I was checking for the time to purchase my entire list was it later did come back but by that time it was too late 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Jediwhoever1]

I’ve been checking every single day and the page finally error out on me then I look it up just to find out it sold out!!!!! Errrrrr

[@Jediwhoever1]

I was looking forward to have the special edition

[@Midna78]

Meanwhile I - as a German Xenoblade fan - just pre-ordered the base game digitally.

[@ainz_117]

I missed the pre order i hate the exclusive online events I wish I could just go to my local target and pick up the special edition like I did for xenoblade 2

[@SuperNicktendo]

Their site has been garbage for awhile. I got locked out for a new 2DSXl refurb. Luckily I snagged one. Pretty frustrating to lock these collectors editions to limited quantities

[@Crono454]

I’m as pissed as anyone but it didn’t sell out, the site broke from the traffic

[@tristanneal9552]

Of all the collectors editions, this is the one I really want :/

[@Mitchy_Witchy]

Man, I can't wait until the Pyra and Mythra amiibo release.

[@jamesdorsey5503]

I’m looking at this video 1.5 yrs after release. The 2nd preorder day was just as bad if not worse

[@Shmeve0]

Why don't they just make them to the number of orders

[@matfhju]

It still says tbd on the store when i go to the spechial edition Page, but I live in Norway so mabe it is a diferent date in Europe

[@Minetourial]

Pre orders in Europe are supposed to be towards late July, closer to release.

[@matfhju]

Ok thankyou

[@AkioLX]

I actually got lucky and got a special edition , I really wish I would have got one for 1 and 2. Now I see their really expensive

[@lordcornelius]

I wonder how long they can put this off... Like it comes out next month.

[@DoT_TD]

I think In Germany we couldnt pre order yet

[@CEDL0W]

I managed to grab one for myself and a friend who had to work that day using that work around method.

[@sleepytwiggaming]

The good thing is Nintendo will release more! On another note my work around was putting a different item in my cart and reloading the cart tab. I luckily got a copy

[@bugaj187]

Don't worry I am sure the scalpers would love to sell this for $500 plus!

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

Damnit, I was hoping to bypass the crowd and get it early, saving myself the inevitable pain and I missed the to get the special edition already :(

[@zackanderson8126]

I was literally working all day. Had no idea they released. Really wish I could get it e.e

[@amead78]

I would laugh if Nintendo cancelled all those orders and screwed over the scalpers.

[@jumpnshootinmansredolderbr5031]

Nintendo is legitimately brain dead.

[@Eisentours]

Blame the scalpers for the heavy traffic.

[@metroidcypher]

For people wondering how xenoblade got so popular it didn't Nintendo's website is just that shit

[@bigchungus7870]

This video made me wish I worked at Nintendo so I can tell them this