Square Enix has officially confirmed plans to release a limited Special Edition Collector's Edition of Final Fantasy XIII.
The pack contains the game, the official soundtrack CD, an art-filled hardback book, three art prints and a 'Brand of the l'cie' decal, all packed into a branded presentation box. There's no mention of price, but this seem to be the same Collectors Edition prematurely outed on the GameStop Italy website earlier this week, which prices it at €79,98 (about £70).
Final Fantasy XIII
Official trailer
4:39An extended English language trailer featuring the Leona theme tune
Final Fantasy XIII
Official trailer
4:39An extended English language trailer featuring the Leona theme tune
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Final Fantasy XIII
Official trailer
4:39An extended English language trailer featuring the Leona theme tune
Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces a Limited Collector's Edition of Final Fantasy XIII will be available at launch.
Final Fantasy XIII, the latest project in the multi-platinum Final Fantasy series will be available for both the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft on 9th March 2010.
The Limited Collector's Edition, which will be available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, will comprise the Final Fantasy XIII game; Final Fantasy XIII Original Sound Selection - an exclusive soundtrack CD featuring in-game music tracks especially chosen for the Limited Collector's Edition by composer Masashi Hamauzu; The World of Final Fantasy XIII - a hardback book featuring character artwork, CG rendered artwork and environments from across the game's production; Exclusive Art Prints - three highly collectable prints showing artwork of the Eidolons, the powerful summoned allies of the lead playable characters; and a Unique 'Brand of the l'Cie' decal - a collectible decal featuring the most iconic symbol from the game's storyline.
The Limited Collector's Edition will be available in a branded presentation box.
Larry Sparks, Vice President Brands PAL Region of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "Final Fantasy XIII is one of the most anticipated entertainment releases of all time and we're pleased to announce this Limited Collector's Edition for fans across PAL territories, the contents of which have been individually selected by the Final Fantasy XIII development team."
I was just about to say it was outed at that price on that site. hehe By the time i got to the comment page you beat me to the punch! I highly doubt that would be the retail price but if it is it'll most probably be as quickly out of stock as they can put them on the shelfs.
Most UK stores have it in their online catalogue now. GAME, Gamestation, Gameplay & Amazon have it online for £59.99 & ShopTo has it for a slightly nicer price of £57.85.
Found this image on ShopTo displaying the so-called contents.
I'm a sucker for an art book, so I just pre-ordered it from Game.
Didn't think about ShopTo though, has anyone pre-ordered from them before? I like their next day delivery, but I've always pre-ordered from Game, and got every one, bar Bayonetta, on the Thursday. Wondering if ShopTo are the same/better/worse...
ShopTo is very good, if you don't get it on the day they'll credit you £3 - mine usually turn up early. They do next day delivery and are pretty much always the cheapest as well, for example the standard edition is £5 cheaper than most places.
ShopTo is very good, if you don't get it on the day they'll credit you £3 - mine usually turn up early. They do next day delivery and are pretty much always the cheapest as well, for example the standard edition is £5 cheaper than most places.
That's pretty good of them to credit you a few quid back. Yeah, I do like their next day service, very useful when you absolutely must have a game the next day!
Cheers for the info.
As for your question about the OST, it sounds like the same thing SE did with Star Ocean: TLH, that was just a selection of tracks too.
Should I be interested? Loads of companies are producing special editions to bait more sales. I'll wait until the game's been out a while, so that the game has been played by quite a few people first.
Geez Special and Collectors Editions have really gone down hill in the past few years, with the prices are getting even higher, a few years ago CE's used to go for around £40-45 and you got some nice stuff with it to, now its just some music cd and the odd art book.
ME2 CE is the only decent one i've seen in a while, and priced fairly for what you get included in it.
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