Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Best Buy Pre-Order Bonus Revealed

Oddly enough, it looks nicer than the fabric poster from GameStop, and between the two retailers, I'd rather go to Best Buy for my gaming needs anyway.

I do wish they had some kind of art book or steelbook with these collector’s editions. That really sweetens the deal for me personally.

@KayFiOS : The fabric poster would be very tempting if it were available in Australia. It's certainly a more enticing proposition than a paper poster that's already been folded/creased to hell before you even get your hands on it. As a kid, I never saw the appeal of placing posters on my wall for that reason.

Aah, more future landfill content

A lot of waste plastic most people throw out after 2-3 days max. Honestly we shouldn't encourage companies that make stuff like this.

I really miss the days that bonus pre-orders meant that you'd get a sountrack cd or a bonus disc.

@SillyG I frame my posters, and only order them from places that know how to ship them in a tube (Limited Run Games can suck eggs!).

So just like Princess Peach: Showtime!, then. I preordered that game at Best Buy to get the acrylic stand (even taking my lunch break early to get to Best Buy right when they opened so I had a better chance of getting one), but when I went to go pick up the game, they said that it was for online preorders only. They had none in the store.

Well, this time, I preordered the game on Best Buy's website weeks ago, so I'll hopefully get it. I also preordered the game at GameStop when they announced their preorder bonus. I'll keep one copy for myself, and give the second copy to my girlfriend as an "I Love You" gift.

[EDIT]: Got en e-mail from Best Buy saying that they added it to my order, so fingers crossed that I get it!

@JohnnyMind For some, it's the fear of missing out. I'll admit, I'm much the same way. But sometimes, I end up missing out anyway.

Acrylic figurines are cheap and ugly

I never care about this stuff, but my daughter will be happy to get it. Mario Wonder and the TotK controller came with small art prints that I thought were really nice, that would be my preferred bonus

@JohnnyMind Whoops, I misread your comment. Sorry about that; I was still half-asleep when I read that, so I wasn’t firing on all cylinders yet. 😅

The UK's preorder bonuses are WAY better and it's official from Nintendo! A sick looking wall scroll and a cute keychain

I wish pre-order bonuses were more useful rather than display pieces. I recall several DS releases came with special stylus which were handy. Hell, give me a screen cleaning cloth with a design on it and I'll use the hell out of that!

I preordered yesterday from Best Buy. I doubt I’ll get the bonus since I ordered that late, but I am not too concerned about the bonus. I similarly did not get the Super Mario Wonder print last year.

I was a bit unsure of this game being too open, but I do prefer the puzzle element of Zelda games to the combat and after realizing that they have some tools (such as limited numbers of echoes and echoes maybe having different costs) to prevent the abilities from being ridiculously overpowered I have decided to give it a shot. Link’s Awakening and A Link Between Worlds are probably my favorite Zelda games so I am hoping there is enough influence from those in this game.

I like BOTW and TOTK, but I think having all the abilities at the beginning takes away some of the feeling of progression for me. I do have to get back to TOTK and finish the main story at some point. I really enjoyed it but stopped playing after ~45 hours.

Looks like something from Temu 😑.

SOLD! My daughter has enjoyed the Sonic Superstars and Princess Peach Showtime acrylic stands, so why not add another to our collection

@JohnnyMind I guess for most of us, it is just a nice little thing to have. Maybe it's for bragging rights. And as I said earlier, the fear of missing out on a limited-edition item. Who knows?

But I'm with you: I would never throw a preorder bonus out. Whoever would do something like that is frankly crazy, if you ask me. But it would be nice if they did something a little nicer than this.

@JohnnyMind Yeah, I'd always try to sell it before recycling it, and I'd rather recycle it before throwing it away. But personally, I don't do any of that. Why would I preorder the game if I didn't want the preorder bonus, after all?

At least GameStop has a fabric poster as their preorder bonus. I actually preordered two copies of the game: one from Best Buy, the other from GameStop. I plan on keeping one copy for myself, and giving the other copy to my girlfriend; she's quite excited.

I also preordered two of the Hyrule Edition Switch Lites, one for each of us. Basically, they're "I Love You" gifts for my girlfriend; no special occasion, it's just me wanting to give her something for the heck of it.

@JohnnyMind As far as I am aware, we don't get discounts here in the U.S. for preordering. We still pay full retail price. The only real benefit is that you are virtually guaranteed a copy Day 1 and not have to worry about lack of inventory.

And I'll be sure to enjoy the game. Been wanting a game like this for years, where Zelda is the playable protagonist (not counting the CD-i games). In fact, I had my own idea for one that took place in the BOTW version of Hyrule and the regions beyond, where Zelda had to restore her sacred powers after the Yiga Clan stole them from her to resurrect Ganondorf.

The attack on her would gravely wound Link, causing him to slip into a coma. So she herself would travel through Hyrule, the regions beyond, and even spirit versions of each, to restore her powers. At the end of the game, she'd fight a dark clone of herself (used as a vessel for Ganondorf's spirit, and uses corrupted versions of her powers), triumphs against her foe, then Ganondorf's spirit itself in the astral plane.

She'd use the last of power powers to revive Link, and she would spend the rest of her days as a normal Hylian, living with Link in Hateno Village while slowly restoring Hyrule to its former glory. Thus, the latest chapter in the epic saga that is The Legend of Zelda finally comes to a close.

Pre-ordering is going the way of the buffalo but could be boosted by resurrecting another practice that has already died off. I'd pre-order plenty of games if they came with manuals to clip into the Switch case. But they want to drive digital sales and so won't do that.