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Note that, with regard to video games, this should not be confused with [[Updated Rerelease|updated rereleases]], because that's when a game is rereleased with brand new content and significant alterations to the gameplay. The [[Limited Special Collectors Ultimate Edition]] comes out alongside the regular edition and just adds bonus content separate from the core game.
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* Each ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' movie was released as a vanilla DVD followed by a four-disc special edition a couple of months later. ''Advertised in the 2 disc set, no less'', eloquently informing the buyer that, yes, [[You Suck]]. A couple years later, Limited Edition versions of the films were released, containing a brand-new documentary on each disc, which also featured the standard and extended editions. Yet, there's still more deleted footage that hasn't shown up on any edition yet.
** As a knowing nod to the double-dip, the [[DVD Commentary|director's commentary]] on that four-disc special edition features joking comments by [[Peter Jackson]] that more features and footage will be in the (fictional?) 25th Anniversary Version.
** The first Blu-Ray set contained nothing more than the theatrical version of each movie in HD, and the bonus features that accompanied those versions' initial DVD releases. A 15-disc box set of the extended versions came a little over a year later.
* The special edition of ''[[Memento]]'' (released a year after the [[Vanilla Edition]]) added the ability to watch the movie in chronological order...despite the fact that this was already possible via an [[Easter Egg]] on the original DVD. In other words, a special edition counting entirely on the idea that [[Viewers are Morons]].
* The ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies have been released several times over the years in numerous editions (although, many of them have been double-dip releases). The various [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Limited-Star-Wars-Executor-Collectors/dp/B000QVT2PM VHS releases] of the films contained a boatload of extra material, including BTS documentaries, trailers, and (in the case of the laserdisc edition) a hardcover book chronicling Lucas' work. The most recent editions are the original theatrical films from with nothing more then video and sound clean up, no actual changes. All six films are set to be released on Blu-Ray in a massive collection, complete with even more BTS footage that hasn't seen the light of day until now.
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* [[Covenant]]'s ''Modern Ruin'' has a limited edition with a bonus EP titled "Wir Sind die Nacht"(We are the Night), which uses samples from the 2010 German horror film of the same name.
* Hoo boy, [[David Bowie]] reissues. Not only have there been quite a few reissues that count as these, some albums have had more than one, and gathering ''all'' the bonus material a particular album's had over the years may well neccessitate much searching and a deep wallet...
** It started in [[The Nineties]]. Most of the Rykodisc rereleases of his 1969-80 back catalog over 1990-92 had bonus tracks (alternate takes, demos, unreleased songs, B-sides, etc.), and EMI/Virgin followed that up by giving his 1983-1989 output the same treatment in 1995.
** At the [[Turn of the Millennium]] his newest albums had special editions available alongside the standard versions, and most of his solo output from [[The Nineties]] had bonus track-heavy and/or 2-disc versions (''Black Tie White Noise'' made it to three discs, but the last was a DVD). 2-disc reissues of three of his [[Glam Rock]] albums turned up as well. His first two live albums were given additional tracks and reordered to match the original setlists, and ''Young Americans'' included a bonus DVD of a 1974 TV interview and performance.
** In [[The New Tens]], there's been two-disc versions of his first two albums from [[The Sixties]] and a ''Station to Station'' reissue that, in Special Edition form, includes two extra discs for his much-bootlegged Nassau Coliseum concert from 1976...and in ''Deluxe'' Edition form includes an additional two CDs (one with the mix the 1985 CD version had, one with the single versions of the songs), a DVD with a new surround sound mix of the album, three LPs for the original album and the concert, and from there such items as replicas of the tour's press kit, the official fan club folder, etc. from this period.
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* Blizzard has expansion packs for all their games (except possibly ''[[Warcraft]]'', the first one) and is fond of releasing them in "Battle Chests", bundles which include the original game, the expansion, (usually) a strategy guide, and (in the case of their [[RTS]] games) teching charts. Some the later ones even include the entire series; one ''[[Diablo]]'' Battle Chest included ''Diablo'', ''Diablo II'', ''Lord of Destruction'', the strategy guide...
** [[World of Warcraft]] and its expansions have the collector editions. They include artbooks, mousepads, sound tracks, trading cards and ingame collector pets.
** The $100 Collector's Edition for [[Starcraft]] II comes with the game, a behind-the-scenes-and-cinematic DVD, a 100-page hardcover artbook, a comic book, a soundtrack CD, guest passes for [[Starcraft]] II and [[World of Warcraft]], a [[WoW]] [[Feelie]] in the form of a creature, ''and'' a dogtag-shaped USB / keychain that contains the original game and the expansion. Oh, and there's a Hardcover Collector's Edition [[Guide Dang It|Strategy Guide]] too that comes with a MP map clipboard. Needless to say, Blizzard's Collector's Editions tend to be quite generous.
* The [[Tom Clancy]] franchise games (''[[Rainbow Six]]'', ''[[Ghost Recon]]'' and ''[[Splinter Cell]]'') have been all released in collector's editions. They contain the original games and their expansions, clothing (a hat, shirt and belt), a messenger bag, and an "exclusive" extra (SC mousepad, RS book, GR making-of DVD), housed in a metal case.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[Majoras Mask]]'' was released in a "Limited Edition Adventure Set" that contained the game, the soundtrack, a special watch, a t-shirt, two pins mimicking badges from the game, wallpaper and a certificate of authenticity. The set itself only had a print run of ''1000 units''!
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* [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Star Wars:]] [[Star Wars: The Old Republic|The Old Republic]]: Two different ones: First, ''The Collector's Edition'' includes in-game items (plus a pet exclusive to this version), a Statuette of Darth Malgus, and other items, [[Crack is Cheaper|costs $150]] (was sold-out, but sales have resumed). Second, the ''Digital Deluxe Edition'' costs a more reasonable $80, and has just a couple of in game items.
* At least the European version of [[Shadow of the Colossus]] had an full-art cardboard case and included couple of postcards.
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] with [[The Witcher]] 2. The Premium Edition includes a Making Of DVD, soundtrack CD, a game guide, a map of the game world, two pieces of papercraft and a physical version of an in-game pamphlet and a coin. The catch? That's the base version for your standard 50 bucks, and there's no plans for a [[Vanilla Edition]]. The digitally distributed version also has a digital version of all the above minus the coin (and there's no digital vanilla edition yet). Played straight with the Collector's Edition, which throws in a 200 page art book, a set of five dice with a bag, a guide to cheating in dice and card games, a special set of playing cards, another coin, another bit of papercraft, a set of stickers and marble imitation sculpture of Geralt's head on top of the Premium Edition.
** The [[Updated Rerelease|Enhanced Edition]] carries on the tradition of giving you free stuff for the base price: all copies of the game, regardless of whether it's for PC or 360, includes a soundtrack CD, game guide and a world map, on top of a bunch of gameplay improvements (with is a free patch for all non-Enhanced PC copies of the game). The Dark Edition, the limited edition this time round, throws in the making-of DVD, three stickers, an art book, and a medallion of the wolf logo on top of the standard Enhanced Edition contents.
* The [http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/05/limited_edition_catherine_copi.php "Love is Over" Deluxe Edition] of [[Catherine]] comes with your standard art book and soundtrack (the same preorder bonus as the Vanilla Edition), but also includes a t-shirt, a pillowcase, and a pair of boxers, all packaged in a pizza box. They are all story-relevant.
* The [http://nintendoeverything.com/67054/ boxart] for ''[[Bit.Trip]] COMPLETE'' claims that it "includes limited edition soundtrack CD with 18 full songs".
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' had a special edition which came with a "Making of" DVD, special digipak packaging for the game, Crime Alley DLC, and a replica of the game's Batarang.
* The Collector's Edition of ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' packaged the game with a fancy slipcase, the [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2|Casino Night]] Pinball DLC, the "''20 Years of Sonic Art''" book, the "''20th Anniversary Sonic Soundtrack''", the "History of Sonic: Birth of an Icon" documentary, a commerorative Gold Ring, & a statue with Sonic in both his classic & modern incarnations. This was for the Xbox 360 & Playstation 3 release of the game, limited to 12,000 copies, and [[No Export for You|only released in Europe & Austrailia]].
** The Special Edition comes with a crystal cube featuring Modern Sonic with the Classic Sonic TV as the indentation, but was [[No Export for You|only released in Japan]].
* The Limited Collector's Edition for ''[[Forza Motorsport]] 4'' gives you 5 exclusive cars, the 10 car "Muscle Pack" (normally 560 MS points, or about $7) for free, a metal case (with an [[Nintendo Hard|impossible to release disc holder]]), and a art book with some of the cars from the game's Autovista mode. In-game, you get a crown next to your name (you're a "VIP"), and auctions started by VIPs are listed before non-VIP players. VIP players also get some exclusive events to win rare "Unicorn" cars, which are exclusive performance versions of some cars (i.e. the stock Mazda RX-7 is in-game, but the RX-7 Spirit-R is an exclusive unicorn car) that cannot be acquired normally. VIP players occasionally receive "gift cars" from the developers, usually Unicorn Cars or existing cars with exclusive vinyl paintjobs - though players are often quick to replicate the paintjob on a separate car to sell on the storefront.
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