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    Default Zelda Ocarina of Time 3DS midnight launches??

    So none of the Gamestops here in my area are not having a midnight launch for this game. Which I find weird since they did it for Super Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart Wii. I know, I should wait till Sunday morning, but I just wanted it at midnight. So I've heard that payroll, demand and employee availablity determines whether there can be midnight launches or not. I'm curious, what else determines midnight launches?

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    I always heard part of it was tied to how many reservations a game gets
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    That's correct - # of pre-orders over certain amount = enough sales to warrant the extra payroll.

    Since so few people have a 3DS, midnight seems pointless.

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    Most of the Nintendo launches have gone to early sunday morning openings. I think it is due to the fact that (not to sound crass) but most Nintendo fans are younger and their parents do not want to go out to a midnight. Pokemon was always a 9 am Sunday open, there have been some others too but all Nintendo.
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    Dude the game is out go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGqhB...&feature=feedu and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR6wv...&feature=feedu to see footage and what the cart looks like with box.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Streetball 21 View Post
    So none of the Gamestops here in my area are not having a midnight launch for this game. Which I find weird since they did it for Super Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart Wii. I know, I should wait till Sunday morning, but I just wanted it at midnight. So I've heard that payroll, demand and employee availablity determines whether there can be midnight launches or not. I'm curious, what else determines midnight launches?
    I think that the Nintendo 3DS is selling poorly .... that should be reason enough to avoid a midnight launch.

    The game can be found in Mexico like a week ago, not officially but many informal commerce have contact with official distributors and they buy large lots underwater ....
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    This should have been a launch title, period. I think that the 3DS can still sell, but it will not be the smashing success of the DS until its price comes down to reality with its market of a younger audience.
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    I'm pretty sure that midnight launches can be "bought" by publishers. When Halo Wars launched at midnight, it was just me, 2 other grungy dudes, and the manager at my local Gamestop... I almost didn't go, but I was up anyways that night, so I caved. He said there were only a handful of preorders compared to their usual midnight launches, but corporate pushed the midnight "event" and allotted extra man-hours for it. I'm not knowledgable at all about Gamestop's inner workings, but it seems they wouldn't be above selling midnight launch slots.
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    Possibly I don't see why they couldn't be bought. I've never really cared about midnight launches simply because I have to get uP to go to work and all picking up a game at midnight would accomplish is that it would be sitting on my table at home until I get off work to play it the next day
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    Midnight launches are stupid, anyway.

    I've always wondered if the pubs kick in towards one just to generate buzz.
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    If this were a totally brand new LoZ game built from the ground up instead of a HD regurgitation of a N64 game I could better understand the need/demand for a midnight launch/early open.
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    I am not interested in a remake of a game I already played. The new master quest can't even be unlocked until you beat the game once.

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    Only reason I bought this game was for the OST CD bonus. I was looking for the pre-order poster, but no one has them...

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