Based in the UK? Itching to get your hands on Pokémon Sword and Shield? Well, you'll be pleased to know that high street chain GAME is conducting a series of midnight openings on Thursday night/Friday morning across 65 of its stores, which means you can get your grubby hands on the latest title in the series a few hours earlier than planned.
The 65 stores are:
- Manchester (Denton)
- Manchester (Arndale)
- Manchester (Trafford Centre)
- Shrewsbury
- Wigan
- Cheshire Oaks
- Birmingham Bullring
- Liverpool (Lord St)
- Warrington
- Bradford
- Harrogate
- Hull (Prospect Centre)
- Leeds (Headrow Centre)
- Leeds (White Rose)
- Gateshead (Metro)
- Middlesbrough
- Monks Cross
- Scarborough
- Sunderland
- Teesside
- York
- Spalding
- Doncaster
- Derby
- Wakefield
- Sheffield (The Moor)
- Sheffield (Meadowhall)
- Lincoln
- Nottingham (Victoria)
- Chesterfield
- Scunthorpe
- Newark
- Long Eaton
- Leicester
- Banbury
- Coventry
- Coventry (Arena Park)
- Watford
- Reading
- Kingston
- London (White City)
- London (Wardour Street)
- Milton Keynes
- Stratford (Belong)
- Basingstoke
- Bracknell
- Hinckley
- Colchester
- Worthing
- Westwood Cross
- Clacton On Sea
- Peterborough (Serpentine)
- Swansea
- Bath (Southgate)
- Aberystwyth
- Portsmouth
- Yeovil
- Bognor Regis
- Worcester
- Pontypridd
- Waterlooville
- Stirling
- Inverness
- Glasgow Fort
- Belfast
Will you be popping along to any of these stores? Let us know with a comment.
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Damn, that screenshot was so obscured by all the text i thought it was N64 Link
I briefly hoped it was a surprise release of Ocarina Of time.
Edit different screenshot now
still sads about no OOT.
@KitsuneNight lol how? I wish but I want Majoras Mask HD or Wind Waker HD
If you're that desperate to play it at midnight, consider digital.
I'm hoping that my pre-order arrives on Friday, but there's no guarantee.
Jedi Fallen Order launching the same day helped this be possible. Midnight launches in the UK generally come as a result of big multiplatform games.
@PickledKong64
I saw a green hat on the side and my mind went HEY LINK !!
Wish I was close enough to my nearest Game shop to take apart. Never took part in these midnight launches because of the distance. :/
I used to go to midnight launches. Pokemon tends to have pretty big ones here in the city. Just staying home this time though and getting the game from Amazon, should be at the door by the time I wake up.
@RupeeClock digital never means at midnight. Not even at nicht. It's more like noon / afternoon. At least in Germany.
Shame it’s over a tenner more than everywhere else...
@KitsuneNight oh lol haha!
Yeah for something like £59.99 I bet 😂, don’t forget to pay for disc protection.......... 🤨
I used to enjoy going to a midnight launch at my local game but the nearest one to me on this list is Pontypridd and damn they suck. Not helpful and just can’t wait to get it over with.
Apparently my preorder is being delivered tomorrow (14th) by GAME online. Pretty lucky as well considering I'm working Friday & Saturday.. would be missing the whole launch!
My local GAME held a midnight launch for Sun/Moon. Was a pretty fun night!
@RupeeClock some people prefer to have physical copy of the game over digital download. Also if you were to resell your switch and you have all digital games, you can't exactly sell you Nintendo account along with the switch. So your are just selling a switch with no games.
Are midnight releases not a common thing in the UK or something?
Or maybe they just aren't popular anymore? I haven't kept up with them in recent years because I usually buy games online these days.
@Heavyarms55 They're rare for Nintendo releases. You get your usual CoD, FIFA and other big multiplatform releases having midnight launches along with some Sony exclusives (FFVII remake will probably get one for example).
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