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[[File:MQ.jpg|link=The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|frame|Not available in stores!]]
So you've followed all the press about your favorite video game for months; watching every trailer, reading every interview, playing every demo, until you finally get a release date. You're anticipating this game so much that you head on over to your local [[Trope Co]] game store to pre-order, because you ''have'' to be the first person to play this amazing game. But that's not the only reason you preorder. Only the first shipment of 10,000 units is going to have the super ultra limited edition behind-the-scenes DVD and bonus cloth overworld map with limited-edition action figures not sold in stores! The game developers just lured you in with a
This is a limited bonus offered by retail chains or publishers to incite you to pre-order an upcoming game. Is commonly the game's official sound track, a free [[Strategy Guide]], "behind the scenes" featurette, a demo of another game, or the usual suspects.
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** One of ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'''s April Fools jokes was that pre-orders of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' would come with a remake of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'', done up in the former's more mature style.
* ''Manhunt 2'' had a very limited doctor costume including bloody scrubs and surgical mask if you preordered it.
* Many, many DS games offer a custom stylus as a
* Most ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' games offer a plush cow keychain. Yeah, I know.
** Now, they, and their [[Rune Factory|fantasy counterparts]], come with plushies. Usually, cows or chickens.
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*** In Japan, if you preordered them both, you'd also get an Arceus figure. Whilst game shops in the US and UK didn't do this, a special Trading Card Game set was released stateside that contained the Arceus figure
** Preordering Diamond or Pearl got you a stylus with a Dialga or Palkia topper respectively. They're actually quite durable and easy to hold.
* Many game retailers have different
* The preorder bonus for ''[[Luminous Arc 2]]'' have the game comes in a very pretty, shiny box, along with a soundtrack and artbook.
* ''[[Lunar|Lunar: The Silver Star Story Complete]]'' came with a punching doll of Ghaleon, one of the major characters. The PC release of the game was supposed to come with the Alex doll to go with it, but the game was never released, and [[Working Designs]] went bankrupt soon afterwards.
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* Preordering ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' at Gamestop gave early and free access to Shockwave in Escalation and use of his chassis in multiplayer. Doing the same elsewhere gave you similar rewards for [[Transformers Armada|Demolisher]] and Jazz.
* ''[[Dragon Age]] Origins'' had a [http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Downloadable_Content#Exclusive whole lot] of vendor-exclusive pre-order bonuses in the forms of various pieces of equipment. If you bought the PC version, a lot of these could be manually installed using special lines of code. If you bought the console version, you were SOL.
** Preorders of [[Dragon Age 2]] before January 11, 2011 were upgraded to the "BioWare Signature Edition," which included DLC codes for the Black Emporium, the Exiled Prince, the game's soundtrack, and five exclusive items. BioWare also got players to play the demo and follow them on Facebook by promising more items for it.
* ''[[Persona 3]] Portable'' had Junpei's hat.
* ''[[Portal 2]]'' had a reduced price and a free copy of the original Portal (which can be gifted if the buyer already owns Portal) when preordered on Steam.
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