Forum member Attix recently posted in this thread stating that he had got himself a copy of Pokémon Pearl for the Nintendo DS a few days prior to its official release. Like clockwork, the standard "Pics or it didn't happen" quote came next. In a surprising twist, an undeniable photo sprang up showing the case, booklet, and cartridge with said forum thread in the background.
I contacted Attix and got the skinny on exactly where this transaction took place and how he has made children all over the globe green with envy with his stroke of luck.
The long and short of it is that apparently a store in Goose Creek, South Carolina had a few copies of both versions up on their shelves the day they had received them. Keeping calm, he grabbed one of the copies off the shelf, walked to the register, paid, and then proceeded to stroll out of the store having complete knowledge that he just took a figurative dump on its proposed street date. Hurray for retailers who don't know what they're doing!
For the rest of us, however, we're going to have to wait until Sunday or Monday to wade through an ocean of screaming children to pick up our copies. Oh well.
Contest:
8:18 PM on 04.19.2007
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Is anyone else irritated that the games aren't in colored cards like the colored cartridges for every other main game in the series?
maybe you should too...
;)
ive been dying for this game forever. i was a loser who could never trade pokemon w/ anyone or battle anyone due to lack of friends and gameboy cable. so the announcement that this was wifi enabled has had me awaiting this day w/ baited breath.
i want the damn honeycomb pokemon.
"User Attix, represented by the Destructoid staff, brought forth a claim that he had come into possesion of previous goods. The writ of Pics or it Didn't happen was enacted as was deemed legal in Internets v. Anonymous. Following proper procedure, pics were disclosed to the Jury, who, with the newfound evidence, reached a decision of pwnage, citing the breaking of street dates and the excitement surrounding the release as the main reasons why."
Awesome.
in fact, i did things in reverse
i paid for diamond
then a week later (today) bought a ds lite just in time
Anyway, I don't think I'll get mine any time soon. My stores will be sold out in an hour.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v177/hyper_goat/DSC00237.jpg
here's mine with a picture of someone else's in the background.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Indigo_inc/DSCN0128.jpg
I'm gonna take it down to the elementary school tomorrow and make some kids cry. Good times.
i cant wait any longer....want to trade now
gotta catch em all
Sure, download the rom. But you won't be able to play online. Or trade, I don't think.
It looks like I'm on a quest today to find it. K-mart is my best bet. I've purchased games early there before, like Mario Kart DS.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tag/314918608.html
craigslist i love you
I do like the 3-d esque. building and tress though