GAME Confirms Midnight Openings and Events for Pokémon Sun and Moon

Got my copy of Moon preordered, gonna walk into game on Wednesday after school, pick up my copy and hold it safely until I get home then I shall rip it from its packaging and gently insert the cartridge into my 3DS, thus my Pokémon adventure in Alola begins!

I can't wait. Literally. I'm going insane. Help me.

Game are pretty disorganised and I'll bet 90% of Game Stores will not have special stock, events, or even any knowledge of this promotion. They should have promoted this weeks ago, not just the night before.
Their price is full RRP too, and I've seen other vendors with 25% discount plus added extras.

I've never been to a midnight opening before, so this is tempting for me. However, I already have Moon coming in the post.

Nah I'd rather get from a place don't overcharge like Game. My local Game has Sun and Moon priced up for 45 quid, they can jogg on.

@PlaytendoGuy Obviously they've priced it wrong because it's £39.99 in mine

Preordered my copies at the Gamestop where I buy most of my games. Gonna pick em up before heading onward to university, going afterwards would be too hectic due to time constraints.

Amazon have already dispatched mine. I know a lot of people like the atmosphere of these events but I'd rather stay warm at home and have the convenience of the postman delivering it!

@riChchestM I don't know, I've already pre-purchased my copy of Sun & am attending the midnight event in my little town in Hampshire. If my nowhere town can get this event, I'm sure plenty of other places will.

Looking forward to getting my game early, though I've been warned not to connect to the internet in case Nintendo thinks our early copies are pirated. Not sure how I'll restart for the starter pokémon without Pokémon bank. :/

I'm looking forward to it. I am running the Basingstoke one and have started packing and preparing. I plan to have Pokken, Pokemon Snap, Stadium 1 and 2 up for people to play. Going to go and buy some food and drink as well. Having a free raffle to win an Eeveelution plushie of their choice. A gym leader who if you win you get a custom Gym leader badge. And an Amiibo music box that plays music depending on the Amiibo placed on top (one of them has the original Pokemon anime theme as I am sooo cool )

We at Streetpass Basingstoke don't mess around when it comes to throwing great events

@DanteSolablood My local (Westfield London) is listed too, but I've had terrible trouble buying Pokémon products from them in the past. There was a store manager over the summer who was pretty good, but there seems to be high staff turnover. I will ring them during the day tomorrow to see exactly what they will be doing. If it looks like fun then I'll take my girl there after school.

Hahahahahaha!! Why does Europe have to wait? US already has it. Spoiler, spoiler, spoiler.

@DanteSolablood Oh which town are you going to? I am curious which towns in Hampshire you'd say were little (I am a Hampshire guy myself and I'd only say Winchester was a small town)

Even being from America, myself, it's ridiculous that this delayed release date is happening. If they did it for X and Y, they can do it for Sun/Moon as well!

@Grandpa_Pixel Hey Pixel! Well Winchester is more of a City, I'm heading down to Fareham myself. It's so small you have to go into Portsmouth to find your closest KFC.

@riChchestM I'm quite lucky, one of the staff at Fareham GAME is a friend I made playing Pokémon GO so he made me aware of everything. From the chat I had with him, they're setting up an hour early. Doubt we'll have any cosplay contests or anything.. but getting the game early is enough.

@DanteSolablood Oh Fareham! Hah yeh I forgot about that one. Still you have Portsmouth nearby and with that Streetpass Portsmouth's group. Those guys are pretty friendly people. Rich came to our event last saturday. It was a Waluigi event. Possibly the most insane thing we have ever done. Waluigi weirdness everywhere...

SP Portsmouth are worth checking out if you are willing to go there for KFC

I preordered Pokémon Moon many months ago after hearing I'll get a promised Lunala figure, via Game UK. A purchase I'm becoming increasingly worrisome over because I feel they will slow my order and not give me the figure I so badly want.

If they mess this up I'll be more than miffed, (rant mode on standby...) but I'm so excited to play the game I've been waiting all year for!

@Grandpa_Pixel I think I met Streetpass Portsmouth himself a few years back at a Pokémon event (unless is was SP Southampton). I got to the event late & couldn't make the tournament... proceeded to beat EVERYONE that made it in between rounds.

As I said though, I pre-purchased, so have to stick to Fareham now.

@LegendOfPokemon I think X and Y is exactly why the delay exists. Lots of stores in Europe broke the street date and so this delay (and the ORAS delay) are probably punishment.

@Grumblevolcano That seems likely. (At least you guys have Pokémon Snap to play while you wait, unlike us...)

Wasn't it out last week??

I got Moon coming from Amazon and at £10 cheaper than Game are charging. Even if I didn't I'd refuse to go to Game because every time I go to get the Promotional Legendaries from my local store I'm informed Pokémon is a kids game and I should be playing a mans game like FIFA.

Already got my limited editions coming from the official UK store, they've dispatched so here's to hoping they'll arrive tomorrow! I'm pretty sure no one else would turn up to my local game because it's not exactly walking distance except for people in flats.

@Baker1000 It was in North America and Japan.

I've gotten my copy of Moon a wee early and I have to say that I'm really enjoying the game. Was never a big fan of the mainline Pokémon entries but I look forward to future installments.

@Jolt
It's beyond awesome! Your gonna love it. 😃👍

Both of my local GAME stores have become noticeably anti-Nintendo as of late... the Wii U is kind of understandable, but they're now giving the 3DS just as little shelf space, despite Sun and Moon coming up.
Pokémon merchandise as well is almost non-existent... it'd be a miracle if they got any of the new TCG stuff.
I was even in there with a friend of mine the other day, looking at nothing but the little Nintendo stuff they did have and a member of staff started talking to us about PS4 deals... and actually seemed insulted when we said we weren't interested.
Basically, I highly doubt they will be doing the midnight release in either of those stores, and even if they did they won't be doing anything special.

@DragonEleven Yeah my local GAME is the same. The PC section has eaten into what little shelf space Nintendo had. No Wii U and 3DS is just download or pre-owned, with a couple of rows of amiibo. Thankfully there's another GAME which treats Nintendo better in the next city over.

Wouldn't have been able to attend a midnight launch anyway due to work, but at least there's one in said other city if people want to go. Having Pokken there is a good move.

Confirmed London Westfield (White City) is on the list but is holding no event and not doing midnight opening. As expected another Game Stores fail. If they had any bricks and mortar competition they would have vanished years ago.

@Fandabidozi ahhh I can't wait. Tomorrow can't come soon enough ;-;

@Handy_Man I thought it was out in the UK as well? I've got UK followers on Twitter with it who ordered from GAME?