meh, I'll just get Super Smash Bros Melee.

You can keep blaming the stores around you for not having it...

I'll presume that was directed at others, not me, since I didn't blame anyone for anything.

phuck write of ewe type-o crytics
Psst: Dan = Fred. Pass it on.

Actually, stores DO NOT regularly get games before the date on the web. When stores get the games, they usually go up on the shelf as soon as possible. On very rare occasions, there is a street date and we can't put games on the shelf until then. Only few publishers do this (Microsoft is the only one that comes to mind). The date you see on the web is the date the game ships to stores, and there is usually a 1 day transit time. Only stores near a publsihers' warehouse will get the game same day, and that only happens if a store pays for same day shipping. So while it is true some stores will have the games on the day you see on the web, most won't have it until the following day, and usually those are your software specialty stores. So when you call up that store to ask for the game you saw released today on the web, don't be surprised when you are told it will be in tomorrow. Our Star Trek instant teleporter device is on the fritz, so we have to rely on more mundane shipping means like Fedex. TTFN

Overnight shipping isn't the same as same-day. You can keep blaming the stores around you for not having it, or cope with the fact that even most specialty stores pay for overnight shipping of games, not same-day.

Carrier pigeon or no, even people who ordered the game directly from Namco will be getting the game delivered tomorrow.

Are there any stores in Ontario (Ottawa...) that would have SCII in today? Calling around (EB, Best Buy, FS, Compucentre) it sounds like the soonest will be tomorrow. Grrrr.

Raven, take a breather. Shipping isn't done these days on a horse and buggy - or carrier pigeon (carrier Raven?). Ever order anything via overnight shipping?

Even worse are people that blame the stores for Blue's misinformation.

Even worse are people who are amazed by the fallicies in their own assumptions.

phuck write of ewe type-o crytics
Psst: Dan = Fred. Pass it on.

Stores regularly get games in before the ship date on the website, or even the in stores now! date on the ads. They just are not supposed to put them on shelves before the In Stores date, although they do have a policy where if another store in the area jumps the gun, so to put it, they immediately stock their shelves with said game. I know from experience.

Tron 2.0
I was playing the import at a game store and it's just another button masher with a background that you can really do anything with (well that was the level I played).

and btw, the bonus character from xbox is Spawn

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Any kind of proof?

http://www.namco.com/usa

Well, it says "Now in Stores" right below the SCII logo at the top of the page.

You seem so cynical...lighten up, have fun, etc...

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Somehow I knew someone would say...

Are you looking for a shooter or a fighting game?

I'm looking for a cool game. Anyway, there are a number of new releases that I want to check out now. Man, I hate being indecisive.

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I assume that you have a link? Press release? Any kind of proof? Really, you should learn what level of trust to give sites that don't provide sources for their "news".

I can give you links to ebgames.com and gamestop.com, both of which list the game's ship date as today.

Raven, if you'd looked around the net you would realize that the game is actually in stores earlier then expected.

rhat-bast-ads? Today was the ship date. It continues to amaze me when people like Blue expect to see games on store shelves the same day that they ship. Even worse are people that blame the stores for Blue's misinformation.

Really, how did you think it was going to get to the store? Transporter beam?

Haven't tried Tron, but feedback on the board has been good. SCII I have tried, and it kicks ass.

Guess it boils down to: Are you looking for a shooter or a fighting game?

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Soul Calibur II or Tron 2.0? Which one should I get?

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Xbox has...erm...to lazy to look it up

Spawn.

phuck write of ewe type-o crytics
Psst: Dan = Fred. Pass it on.

Actually, call before you head over to pick it up. EB still hasn't shipped my copy. The rhat-bast-ads.

Best Bi is saying Thursday, and Circuit City is saying Friday...

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I thought that Soul Calibur II is out for XBox and Gamecube as well. God I hope so, I have a GC and I'm planning on heading to the store after work today...

GO! NOW! I've been playing the (GC)import for months, and you won't be disappointed (plus the US ver gives you 3 extra characters not in the import ver!).

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yep, all 3 consoles.
only differences is 1 special character for each console.

PS2 has that old fella from tekken
GC has Link
and Xbox has...erm...to lazy to look it up

Yeah, it's out in all formats. It's not a PS2-exclusive.