Emily The Strange Limited Edition available for pre-order at Amazon UK
This one seems to be gone under the radar, but Amazon.co.uk have listed Emily The Strange Limited Edition. It’s been listed under PQube who are the UK Publisher for games such as Blazblue and the recent Guility Gear XX.
In terms of details all there is at the moment is a picture, however it seems to include the following:
- Branded T-Shirt ( images looks to indicate it’s a female T-Shirt)
- Branded Key Ring
- Emily the Strange: dark Times novel
- Emily the Rose Poster
- Standard copy of the game ( NDS)
The price is quite steep at £89.99 and will be released on the 10th June 2011. It’s not known at the moment if the contents will be in a single box or individual items similar to Balazble Continuum Shift Fan Edition.
A request for more information has been made from Pqube and will update as it comes available.
You can Pre-order it here: Amazon UK PQube Emily the Strange Limited Edition
Emily the Strange Limited Edition Amazon UK NDS Pre-order
Update: 09 – May -2011 13:10 GMT
I receive an e-mail back from Pcube, this is what they say.
“The Limited Edition will have a reporters notepad – image attached. I will get a press released sorted this week and include you in the mail out.
There will also be a Special Collector’s Edition – contents to be confirmed, but again, I will make sure you are aware of the package as soon as it is confirmed.”
picture is below.
I have just contacted Kevin Hutchinson (Marketing and Sales) at Pqube for more info, he will get back to me on Monday.
£90??? It better be numbered.
Which leads me to wonder - Will this come all specially packaged in a unique box, or is this just related merchandise which will be bundled into a shipping box alongside the standard game?
I don't quite understand where they get the £89.99 from, seeing as the hardback Dark Times book can be purchased separately from amazon for only £5.49:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emily-Strang...im_sbs_vg_h__2
The game itself is only £17.99:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emily-Strang...im_sbs_vg_h__1
Game + Book = £23.48
So you're telling me that a T shirt, keychain, and poster are worth £66.51 between them? Like fuck they are!
Which leads me to wonder - Will this come all specially packaged in a unique box, or is this just related merchandise which will be bundled into a shipping box alongside the standard game?
I don't quite understand where they get the £89.99 from, seeing as the hardback Dark Times book can be purchased separately from amazon for only £5.49:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emily-Strang...im_sbs_vg_h__2
The game itself is only £17.99:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emily-Strang...im_sbs_vg_h__1
Game + Book = £23.48
So you're telling me that a T shirt, keychain, and poster are worth £66.51 between them? Like fuck they are!
Which leads me to wonder - Will this come all specially packaged in a unique box, or is this just related merchandise which will be bundled into a shipping box alongside the standard game?
I don't quite understand where they get the £89.99 from, seeing as the hardback Dark Times book can be purchased separately from amazon for only £5.49:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emily-Strang...im_sbs_vg_h__2
The game itself is only £17.99:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emily-Strang...im_sbs_vg_h__1
Game + Book = £23.48
So you're telling me that a T shirt, keychain, and poster are worth £66.51 between them? Like fuck they are!
In my opinion, this set is at least £40-£45 too expensive for what is actually included, and the price of certain items separately.
Plus it is still unsure whether this is a legit CE or whether these are just related items bundled together with the game like that BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Fan Edition
I agree with Gemini on this one, the price is way out. I haven't heard anything from Kevin yet, but it's early in the morning.
Update: 09 - May -2011 * 13:10 GMT
I received an e-mail back from Pcube, this is what they say.
"The Limited Edition will have a reporters notepad ? image attached. I will get a press released sorted this week and include you in the mail out.
There will also be a Special Collector?s Edition ? contents to be confirmed, but again, I will make sure you are aware of the package as soon as it is confirmed."
Picture of the notepad is above.
Ahh well that changes everything. The price is now perfectly justifiable.
Seriously better get some decent stuff or thats just sad panda
Ok, so a notepad. That still makes this at least £40 shy by my calculations, so whatever else is included it had better be justified by the extra cost
Also, I don't think it's right that Amazon should be able to list items like this so early that they don't even have the full details of what's included - It puts potential customers off. If i'd spotted that and didn't know there were more items still to come, I wouldn't bother checking it again
Could you also ask Pqube if we're also able to order directly, or do we have to order from Amazon? I would also like to know whether this comes in some kind of a presentation box as well...
No problem, I have already requested information about the packaging, all will be revealed in the press release they are making for us this week.
I will ask if we can order direct, forgot about that.
For £90, I would expect something very fantastic, and also expect this to be extremely limited and numbered as well! If this is going to just be a load of merch which can be bought cheaper separately, then I think I might pass, so it'll have to include something unique to this CE in order to get me to bite
As I previously pointed out, the game and novel can be bought for a reasonable price separately, and the rest of the items announced so far equal small change, so if they expect us to pay £90 for a DS CE, they need to really be adding something exceptional to this package to make it worth the effort and cost
Hi everyone
My name is Andy and I'm the Product Manager for Emily the Strange at PQube. I'm just stopping by to try and clear a few things up -
The Collector's Edition listed on Amazon.co.uk is changing (the old one is still listed but no more stock is available) and will be removed asap.
A new collector's edition is being listed and will retail at £49.99:
This features:
- Emily the Strange secret locking diary
- Emily the Strange stylish reporters notepad
- Emily the Strange badge pack
- Emily the Strange key ring
- Emily the Strange “Strangerous” for Nintendo DS/DSi
It will ship in a presentation box and they should be numbered 1-200.
There is also available a Limited Edition version at www.emily-game.co.uk and this is retailing at £34.99 (full RRP):
This features a stylish Emily the Strange reporters notepad.
For reference there is also a competition to win a Nintendo DSi at www.emily-game.co.uk/competition.html
Any questions give me a shout at andy@pqube.co.uk and I will try and clear them up for you.
Andy thats great ,cleared a few things up ,and the price is now more realistic,will pre order this now.
Thanks Big Gav!
The new Collector's Edition should be on-line within the next couple of days on Amazon. The Limited Edition version can be pre ordered at www.emily-game.co.uk (via the Pay Pal button).
Any problems, please don't hesitate to contact me either here or directly at andy@pqube.co.uk
Thanks very Andy for all the info, you been a big help.
No problem gurpswoo1, I will get the press release to you (as promised) when it has been signed off.
edit: I have received your competition entry as well!
Yay for limited and numbered, thanks for the info. any pics of the box it will all come in?
When I have an image I will upload it - just finalising everything at the moment!
Just to confirm, they should be numbered but aren't confirmed numbered. I will confirm that probably Monday.