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Of course, you usually have to pay US$5-$20.
Worth it? Depends on the individual work, as well as who you ask. In any case, this is a good marketing strategy, because it feeds into many people's compulsion to own the "best" version. It's particularly clever if you can get people to buy the "ordinary" version, discover how cool it is, and then go shell out ''again'' for the [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]].
Occasionally the souped-up edition is the ''only'' edition for the first few months of a new release (or may be received as a [[Preorder Bonus]]). Conversely, the special edition might not be released until a couple of months after the regular edition to squeeze more money out of die-hard fans.
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In recent years one of the most insane marketing gimmicks is to call a ''digitally distributed'' version of a game with pre-order or other bonuses a ''limited'' edition. Despite being distributed online. Which has no limits. The least they could do is call it a special edition.
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.
<small>'''[[Lousy Alternate Titles|Also known as]]''' [[Lost Forever|Limited]] [[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Augmented]] [[New and Improved|Deluxe]] [[Palette Swap|Gre]][[Green Aesop|en]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Super Special Awesome]] [[Infinity+1 Sword|Ultra]] Extended [[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3|Premier]] [[Violence Is the Only Option|Combat]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Commando]] [[Alien]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]] [[Vin Diesel]] [[Dragon Ball|Widescreen]] [[Gotta Catch Em All|Collector's]] [[Unrated Edition|Unrated]] [[South Park|Uncut]] [[Command & Conquer|Kane]] [[Hellsing|Ultimate]] [[Rule of Sean Connery|Sean Connery]] [[Pani Poni Dash!|Game of The Year]] [[Cosmetic Award|Editor's Choice Edition:]] [[Author Appeal|Director's]] [[Re Cut|Extended Cut:]] [[Colon Cancer|The Lost Scenes:]] [[Neverwinter Nights|Gold Platinum Diamond Chaotic Lawful Evil Good]] [[Baldur's Gate|Saga]] [[Starcraft|Bat]][[Warcraft|tle]] [[World of Warcraft|Che]][[Diablo|st]] [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Megapak]] [[Spore|Galactic Edition]] [[Half-Life 2|Ora]][[Portal (series)|nge]] [[Team Fortress 2|Box]] [[God|Omega]] [[Department of Redundancy Department|Limited]] [[X Meets Y|With]] [[More Dakka]]: [[Blade Runner|Final Cut]] [[Street Fighter|Champion Edition]] [[The King of Fighters|Ultimate Match]] [[Yes but What Does Zataproximetacine DO|Heartburn]] [[Square Enix|Inter]][[Final Fantasy|national]] [[Kingdom Hearts|Final Mix]] [[Precision F-Strike|Fucking]] [[Halo|Legendary]] [[Final Fantasy IV|Spoony]] [[The Spoony Experiment|Bard]] [[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings|Dark]] [[Overly Long Gag|Edition X]]... [[Don't Explain the Joke|Do you get it because there are tons of these limited edition box sets for a single movie/game/book Edition]]</small>
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** A recent trend is putting CDs normally released separately, such as [[Image Song|image songs]] and the soundtracks, with the DVDs, giving more incentive to buy them.
* Hellsing Ultimate does this with multiple releases, there's the single disc version, with just the OVA, there's the Two-Disc Version with commentary and a special features disc, there's also the Two-Disc Steelbox which comes has the two discs in a nice steelbox case, and sometimes comes with an artbook. You can still find the Steelboxes for a decent price brand new, but all the other editions are just as expensive.
* Each disc of the US release of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' came out in both a [[Vanilla Edition]] and a [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]], with the latter version including soundtrack CDs and bonus DVDs featuring the episodes presented in original broadcast order.
** This was also done with the US release of ''[[Lucky Star]]'' (except for the last volume). Turned out it was almost a money black hole for the producer.
* When ''[[Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin]]'' was released in certain European countries in the 80's, it went through several cuts due to censorship and attempts to fit the series on four VHS tapes. Eventually over 100 minutes of the original material was left out from this release, causing the dubbing to be least of the worries. Later, when Finland and Sweden received uncut DVD releases with original soundtrack and voice acting intact, it was marketed as Special Edition of the series.
** ''Nagareboshi Gin'''s sequel, ''[[Ginga Densetsu Weed]]'', got a Collector's Edition box set release in Finland and Sweden, too. In addition to including the entire series it also comes with a Weed phone strap and a leaflet with extra information on the characters.
* With the US release of ''[[Code Geass]]'', Bandai planned out three different releases, specifically targeting the different levels of anime fans. For casual fans, there's the [[Vanilla Edition]] single DVDs and "volume packs" (two DVDs packaged together). For the real fanatics, there's the [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]], which is a two-pack plus [[All There in the Manual|a Sound Episode CD]], an official soundtrack CD and a volume of the spinoff manga.
* Although it sometimes occurs with later DVDs, the first volume of most anime series gets released as a DVD-only and as a DVD in an artbox designed to hold the entire series.
* .hack//sign did this when it came out on DVD in the US. They had the [[Vanilla Edition|regular DVDs]] and then they had the special edition ones with a Soundtrack CD in each. Except the last two. Second to last had a box to put the previous CDs in, and the last had an extra disc with a few special features on it.
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** Some copies of ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]'' came with a working replica of the Luxo Jr. lamp seen in Pixar's [[Vanity Plate]], with a base that could display up to eight Blu-Ray Discs. (By the time of this set's release, six Pixar movies received Blu-Ray releases, and a compilation of HD shorts came out as well.)
** After the third ''[[Toy Story]]'' movie came to Blu-Ray and DVD, the whole trilogy received a 10-disc set<ref>containing Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital Copy versions of each movie and the extra features disc of ''Toy Story 3''</ref> packaged in a replica of Andy's toy box.
*** Despite the high disc count, the door still seems open for ''another'' [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]] of the trilogy; the 3-D versions and some of the extras from 2000's "Ultimate Toy Box" DVD are not included.
** Do you want [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005AUWY4A/ 11 discs] of the ''[[Cars]]'' movies?
* Not only the [[James Bond]] series gets some rereleases (''[[Casino Royale]]'' itself has the one, two, and three disk editions)... but a few decide to offer the whole collection (currently [[Long Runner|22 movies]]) [http://www.cashgenerator.co.uk/action-adventure/james-bond-attache-case-44-dvd-box-rare-new-sealed-hs497 in a case] (a model known in some countries as a "007 case", to increase the pun) instead of a box.
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** The [[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]] special edition seems to have had little more than some new art added. It's still pretty nice, though.
* ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' was re-released for the film in a complete collection with new material detailing what Will and Lyra did, will do, or might do, depending on how canon you take it.
* The Easton Press produces fine leather-bound collector editions of books. These are specially made for
* ''The Last Hope'', the [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', has an "Enhanced Edition" e-book available for purchase alongside the [[Vanilla Edition]]. The Enhanced Edition contains videos of the other talking, an [[Preview Piggybacking|excerpt of the fifth Super Edition]], ''Yellowfang's Secret'', notes that reveal things such as [[What Could Have Been|ideas that never made it into the book]] and an exclusive game.
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** 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.
* [[Epica]] did this in 2007 with "The Divine Conspiracy" featuring a high-quality hardbound digibook, and again with their 2012 release, "Requiem for the Indifferent." There are a few editions but the super-high-end "Mailorder Edition" includes the album, an instrumental version of the album, postcards featuring album art, and a certificate of authenticity indicating which copy out of a limited run of 500 the customer has received, all wrapped up in a pine box with the Epica logo and album title woodburned into the cover. Interestingly, these may wind up proving valuable in the future, as some early releases went out with an unfinished version of the album's closing track, "Serenade of Self-Destruction", that was missing most of its vocals and so may be considered collectible sometime in the future. Ebay jockeys, start your auctions.
* Fans of [[The Hunger Games]] film have at least three soundtrack albums releases to choose from: the "Original Score" CD (which contains [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] - the actual scores for the film), as well as ''two'' different versions of the ''The Hunger Games: Songs From District Twelve and Beyond'', which was a collection of [[Captain Obvious|songs]] with vocals all of which either appeared in the film (if only in the closing credits), or were "inspired by" the film. The latter includes some lovely indie rock, folk, etc., by people ranging from [[The Decemberists]] to [[Taylor Swift]] (with many critics noting the latter's tracks were more interesting and "mature" than some of her previous releases), and was overall critically well-received. However, its [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]] was little more than shameless marketing: the only new ''content'' you get is a download code (!) for a single bonus song, "Lullaby"; everything else is [[Feelies]], but they consist only of "nine collector's cards" (which are really just little more than a nine-piece double-sided puzzle of two of the movie poster designs), and a not-so-exclusive poster, which though nice, is both a common promo poster design and''printed on the back of the song guide''. Which does not have lyrics included, and which by default means it is not a standard poster size, either. Luckily, said "special edition" is only a few bucks more.
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*** It came with a shirt.
** ''World Driver Championship'' came with a shirt.
* In general, popular inclusions for a video game's Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition now in this era include some combination of a "making of" disc, a soundtrack or soundtrack sampler, a metal disc case, an art collection (either a book or stand-alone files), [[Revenue Enhancing Devices|content that is otherwise available via download]], and a figurine of a character from the game.
* Proving they've had a [[Heel Face Turn]], EA brings us the ''[[Dead Space 2]]'' Collectors' Edition. It comes with a replica plasma cutter, a special code, the soundtrack and the game (and one other thing). The Replica Plasma Cutter is awesome and actually holdable (and the trigger can be pulled). It's only $80.
* The console version of ''[[Street Fighter]] IV'' has a Collector's Edition that comes with the game, an art book, an [[OVA]] and the box itself was a diorama featuring C. Viper and Ryu.
* ''[[Painkiller]]'' actually inverts this with their "''Special''" Edition, a budget pack version featuring only 12 of the original game's 20 or so levels, some missing music files and lack of multiplayer. All for $5. They also play it straight, though, with their "''Black''" Edition, which contains the usual extras (a poster and some behind-the-scenes featurettes).
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* ''[[Gears of War]]''. The second game had a Limited Edition that included an art book, an extra DVD with "making of" designs and such, a code to download a golden Lancer for use in multiplayer, and a physical picture that plays an emotional role to the character Dom in the game.
** Aside from the usual limited edition extras, Gears 2 could also be ordered with a FULL-SIZED PLASTIC LANCER RIFLE. Subverted in that you could [http://www.amazon.com/Gears-Amazon-com-Exclusive-Lancer-Xbox-360/dp/B001CLYL24 buy the rifle separately.]
* While "Ultimate" in ''Ultimate [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' refers to [[Ultimate Spider-Man|a comic book series]] (which the game is a [[Spin-Off]] of and [[Canon]] in the comic book continuity, being plotted by the same writer as a part of the series), there was still a Limited Edition released, with, among other things, a mini-sized Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition reprint of the comic introducing Venom.
* Sony and Microsoft liked this strategy so much that they applied it to their systems themselves: both the [[Xbox 360]] and [[PlayStation 3]] come in a "basic" version and a more expensive "premium" version.
** To be perfectly honest, this practice dates back to the very earliest of game consoles: it was called a bundle (games, controllers, carrying cases, [[Blatant Lies|robots]]...). The only difference is that now it covers more important features like hard drives.
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** ''[[Skyward Sword]]'' had a box version which contains a gold and Hylian-themed Wii Remote Plus, with first releases of both the vanilla and boxed version containing a 25th Anniversary audio CD.
* When ''[[Mother 3]]'' was first released, it came in both the standard game-only edition, as well as a Deluxe Box: it contained the game, a limited edition red Game Boy Micro with ''MOTHER 3''-related decals, and a [[Defictionalization|replica of the Franklin Badge.]] Unfortunately, since this is ''MOTHER 3'' we're talking about, [[No Export for You|guess who doesn't get to release it!]]
* The Limited Collectors' Edition of ''[[Doom]] 3'' on the Xbox came in a metal DVD case with developer interviews, a making-of documentary, concept art and [[Embedded Precursor|the full versions of]] ''Ultimate Doom'' and ''Doom II''.
* ''[[Fallout]] 3'' has the special edition with a lunchbox and a Vault Tech Bobblehead.
** Taken to new heights with pre-orders for ''Fallout: New Vegas''. Along with the standard Collectors' Edition - which contains poker chips from Fallout: New Vegas casinos, a deck of cards, a graphic novel, and a making-of documentary DVD - Bethesda is offering a total of four different Equipment Packs, each of which contain unique items that are otherwise unavailable in the game world. The catch? Each pack is offered at a different retail outlet, which means if you want them all you'd need to ''pre-order the same game at four different stores''.
*** New Vegas followed the similar-Mass Effect 2 store-exclusive DLCs and these equipment packs are available on [[Xbox]] Live/PSN for a few dollars (Courier's Stash).
* ''[[Sim City]] 4'' had both the [[Expansion Pack|Rush Hour expansion]] and the original game packaged in the ''Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition'', which was cheaper to get than each one individually. it was re-released a few years later in the [[Sim City]] Box, which is also the only way to get the Destinations expansion to [[Sim City]] Societies (aside from digital download).
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* ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', now with bonus "Behind the Scenes" disk, five inch vinyl Mickey figurine, Oswald-themed Wii Remote shell, and Mickey and Oswald Wii skins.
* ''[[Dead Rising]] 2'': Zombrex Edition. Packaged in a classy metal case and includes a 'making of' DVD and a Zombrex syringe pen along wtih the game itself.
* ''[[World in Conflict]]'''s Collectors' Edition came with, among other things, an ''authentic piece of the Berlin Wall''.
* Limited edition copies of "Michael Jackson The Experience" for the Wii came with a replica of Michael's trademark sparkly glove.
* [[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]] got the Hopper Edition in Japan. It had the game, a DVD with a short called No More Heroes 1.5, a soundtrack, and a fan book. Also, preordering would net you some erotica.
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* Ladies and gentlemen, I present [http://www.slashgear.com/duke-nukem-forever-collectors-edition-revealed-11132924/ The Duke Nukem Forever Balls of Steel Edition!]
* Both [[Mass Effect]] games thus far have had special editions, but special note must go to the second game's [[Stealth Pun|Collectors' Edition]], which comes with special armor and weapons based off the main enemies, an art book, comic and bonus features disc. Note the apostrophe. <ref> For those who haven't played the game, the main [[Mooks]] are a species known as [[The Collector|the Collectors]].</ref>
** The Collectors' Edition of the [[Mass Effect 3|third game]] comes with a tin case, a hardcover art book, a soundtrack, a comic, an N7 fabric patch and a lithograph of the Normandy. The game ''itself'' includes alternate outfits, an exclusive weapons pack, a [[Robot Dog]] for your off-mission time, and a secret character with their own mission.
* [[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.
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