May 2010 Finds

[Bojay1997]

I was going to post a topic on this in Modern Gaming but decided this is more of a find so here it is.

Anyway, I dropped by a GS where a friend of mine works and noticed they had a shrink wrapped Patapon 2 on their back counter. I glanced at it and noticed that the packaging was "off" from what I remember so I asked if I could see it. He hands it to me and I notice on the insert there's no mention of a download card so I shake the case a little bit.

My buddy is perplexed by my actions and semi-sarcastically says "Checking to make sure the voucher is in there?" to which I reply "No dude, I think there's a UMD in there." I peer into the side of the case and it looks like a sliver of white. I hand the case to him to and he sees it as well. We crack it open and sure enough, there's a Patapon UMD in the case instead of a voucher card.

I say to him "ring it up!" expecting it to come up at the $19.99 price point and he points out it's only $9.99.

I don't know how long they've had a UMD version available here in the states but it's nice to not have to import a EU copy or settle for the voucher. I'm assuming they put out the UMD version around the same time Fat Princess and Pixel Junk Monsters were released.

There is no retail UMD version of Patapon 2 officially released in the US. Apparently, the game was released in Mexico using the US/Region 1 case with a UMD.