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Puchi Carat
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Volume Controller, Box (poor condition), European version of the game |
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Ace Combat 5
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Big box, Flight Stick 2, giant (~1 foot diameter) team patch
Once you attach the palm-rest to the joystick, it no longer fits in the box
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Final Fantasy 12
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Metal box, I do not own the game |
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Growlanser
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Heritage of War: OST, keychain, 2 holograms
Deluxe: Watch, OST, playing cards, ring and gems |
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Resident Evil 4
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Metal box, Making of DVD, Character cell, Individually numbered |
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Space Invaders Anniversary
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Space Invaders Controller |
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Star Ocean - Till the End of Time: Director's Cut
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Extra features, box slip cover, second disc |
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Assasine's Creed III
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A metal box!
I do not own the game
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BioShock 2: Collector's Edition
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Big box, Soundtrack in both CD and some giant black dead/archaic/inferior format, 3 mini posters, artbook
I do not own the game
No metal box? WTF?
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Call of Duty Black Ops: Prestige Edition
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RC-XD Video Surveillance Vehicle and Transmitter with 220 x 176 2" color LCD and speaker, Collector's Medal w/display case, Metal box, plastic display stand for the vehicle
DLC: Home avatar outfit, 4 extra playable co-op maps not in the standard edition
Takes 12 AA batteries (not included, of course) uses screws for the battery compartments, the inside of the box has so much tape it was destroyed getting it open, the outside also had tape
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Dead Space
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Artbook, anaglyph 3D glasses
Collector's Edition only released in extremely limited quantities (1000 total) and only for XBOX360
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Dead Space 2: Collector's Edition
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Released: January 25, 2011
Plasma cutter replica, Dead Space Extraction, Animation Cell, OST
No metal box? WTF? Outer box had tape on it, Plasma cutter was 1/3 the proper size, DSE can't be played directly from the disc yet requires the disc, batteries not included
Others:
Martyr (Novel)
Ishimura mission patch
Comic mini series
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God of War III: Ultimate Edition
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Artbook, Pandora's Box, I do not own the game
DLC: Skin, Combat Arena (7 challenges), Documentary footage, Trilogy and Metal remix OST (MP3)
No metal box? WTF? Outer box had tape on it
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Grand Theft Auto 4: Collector's Edition
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Metal Lockbox+key, duffle bag, art book, OST
Technically, the game didn't come in a metal box. But the metal lockbox, is technically a metal box... I could go either way on this.
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Hyper Dimension Neptunia: Gamindustri Edition
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Released: February 15, 2011
Art Book, Playing Cards, a cool box
No metal box? WTF? Playing cards are only available for the first 1000 online orders
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Hyper Dimension Neptunia mk 2 Limited Edition: Gamindustri Savior Set
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Release date: February, 2012
Art Book, Playing Cards, a cool box, OST
No metal box? WTF? Limited to online orders
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inFamous 2: Hero Edition
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Released: June 7, 2011
Sling Pack. 8.5 inch statue of Cole, DC mini-comic
DLC: OST, exclusive powerup (Kessler Skin, 24K Gold Amp, Electrocution Grenade Power, Lightning Hook Power) depends on which store you bought it at
No metal box? WTF?
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Killzone 3: Helghast Edition
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Released: February 22, 2011
Helghast Helmet Replica, Cloaking Marksman Action Figure, Art Book
DLC: OST, Dynamic Theme, Retro map pack (2 Killzone 2 maps), Double XP and full access to all weapons and abilities for the first 24 hours
No metal box? WTF? And DLC that only lasts for 24 hours? That means I have to wait for my day off to even use the voucher and download the rest of the stuff
Glowing-eyes edition was not sold to the public, nor can Same-generation levels be considered 'retro'.
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LittleBigPlanet 2: Collector's Edition
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Released: January 18, 2011
Sackboy Plushie, Book/Game ends, a box
DLC: 11 Sackboy costumes, 5 PSN avatars
No metal box? WTF? The box had tape on it
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Metal Gear Solid HD: Collector's Edition
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Released: November 8, 2011
Artbook
DLC: Possibly MGS1
No metal box? WTF? |
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Collector's Edition
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Collector's box, making of bluray, Metal Gear Saga Vol. 1, Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2, OST
No metal box? WTF? |
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Modern Warfare 2: Prestige Edition
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Night Vision Goggles, Individually numbered Head standee, Art book, Metal box
DLC: OST, Call of Duty Classic
Takes 6 AA batteries (not included, of course) uses screws for the battery compartments
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Resistance 2: Collector's Edition
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Collectable figurine, artbook, making of bluray
DLC: weapon skin
No metal box? WTF?
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Uncharted 3: Collector's Edition
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Released: November 2, 2011
Metal box (The first one for PS3 in NA, after 7 years) Replicas of Nathan's ring and belt buckle, Statue of Nathan, traveler's case
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Final Fantasy 7 - Crisis Core
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Shinra UMD Case |
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Metal Gear AC!D 2
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Stereogram divider (3D illusion) |
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Metal Gear Solid - Peace Walker: Limited Edition
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Exclusive artbook, collector's box |
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Parasite Eve 3/3rd Birthday: Twisted Edition
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Released: April 1, 2011
Exclusive artbook, collector's box, lithographs
Only available in Europe, no metal box? WTF?
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Prinny 2
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Prinny-themed thong underwear
Only 50 pairs released to the public |
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Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures Plus
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GBA to GCN link cable and collector's box
Japanese version of the game which includes Tetra's Trackers, which the US/NA version lacked
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Pokemon Box
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GBA to GCN link cable and red/blue memory card and collector's box
Only available online
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Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
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Scale replica Master Sword and Hylian Shield, OST |
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Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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Released: November 20, 2011
Wiimote with motionplus, OST
No metal box? WTF?
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Legend of Zelda: Collector's Editions
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Legend of Zeldas: Ocarina of Time, Master's Quest
Included when you preordered a copy of Wind Waker
Legend of Zeldas: 1, 2, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask
Included with a subscription to Nintendo Power
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Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
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Gold colored cartridge, holographic label |
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Rototech
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T-shirt, OST, lithograph, dogtag |
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Tales of Symphonia
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lithograph, artbook
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Arkanoid DS
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Arkanoid wheel controller |
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Legend of Zelda
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Phantom Hourglass Feather Stylus
Ocarina of Time 3D OST
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Sakura Wars
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JPN version of the game, Pocket Sakura (system) |
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Doom 3
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Metal box + Clear slipcover, Doom 1 and 2 |
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Halo 2
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Master Chief and Cortana action figures
Metal Box + Clear slipcover, Retail metal box advertising stand (similar to the metal box for the game, but on a cardboard stand and some of what was on the clear slipcover is printed on the metal itself) |
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Ace Combat 6
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Faceplate, Ace-Edge Flightstick
Once you attach the palm-rest to the joystick, it no longer fits in the box. What's worse is they made the same mistake years ago
What's even worse than that is due to MS's controller encryption, the game won't use the PS2 Flight Stick 2
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Dead Rising 2
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Metal box, Zombrex Dead Rising Sun Movie and Making of featurette, Syringe pen, Prescription notepad, Safety card, Zombrex Sales Brochure, Hard cover Artbook
The PS3 version gets a dynamic theme instead of a movie, a lower framerate, screen tearing, no shadows, and doesn't get the Case Zero or Case West missions
Europe got a better collector's edition with more content (Zombie and Servebot figurines)
Capcom's website offers another exclusive edition without any of the content from this one
The sales brochure comes poorly folded/damaged
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DeathSmiles
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Soundtrack, faceplate
No metal box? WTF?
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Gears of War
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Metal box, hardcover art book |
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Gears of War 2
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Metal box, Disc case/box, hardcover artbook (originally in French, you had to demand an English version), photo of character's wife
DLC: downloadable maps, weapon skin (which everyone ended up getting due to a glitch)
Exclusive Chainsaw-rifle available only if you purchased it from Amazon, and got it after the launch day
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Fable 2
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What we got |
Collector's slip cover, bonus DVD that shows all the stuff they didn't include
DLC: Halo armor (which everyone ended up getting due to a glitch), XBLA minigame
No metal box? WTF?
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Halo 3: Legendary Edition
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Legendary Helmet, Cortana action figure, SPNKr missile case, Halo 1/2 cutscene disc
Released in such high quantities that stores dropped prices by over half very quickly just to get rid of them
No metal box? WTF? What's worse is the regular Collector's Edition does have a metal box
The box claimed the cutscene disc was in HD, it was actually lower quality than the original games
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Halo Reach: Legendary Edition
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ONI "black box" holding the game disc, and an artifact bag containing Dr. Halsey's personal journal and various documents and effects that explore the history of the Halo universe.
10 inch tall, 10 pound diorama statue featuring the members of Noble Team, a flaming Spartan helmet for multiplayer, a UNSC-themed custom box, Halo lanyard, tape all over the box that makes it dangerous to open
DLC: an exclusive set of Elite armor for multiplayer (only if you have XBOX Live Gold)
No metal box? WTF?
There was a Halo Reach themed 360 released, that only came with the regular edition
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Otomedius Excellent
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Released: November 8, 2011
Art book, OST, pillowcase
No metal box? WTF?
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Perfect Dark Zero
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Metal box, lithograph, bonus DVD |
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Prey
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Metal box, 2 pewter figures
DLC: downloadable soundtrack (which I couldn't get) |
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Star Trek online
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Faux-metal cardboard box with holographic cover, art book, die-cast TOS badge, 3 1-day buddy cards
DLC: In-game uniforms
Fake metal box? WTF?
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Non-game Collectibles
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NES themed wallet |
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Giant Augmented-Reality card
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Club Nintendo, DS foam game case
Holds 9 games, comes with a rainbow colored set of stylus' fit for a DS lite.
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PlayStation Gamer Advisory Panel hat
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As a note: I have many controller+game bundles that probably should be listed on this page, but I'm too lazy to do so.
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