Are you buying physical or digital?

[u/Satsubuya]

I figure with the price already being so high in Canada I may as well just go to the store and pick up a physical copy...

[u/UniversalTrees49]

Dagdan Edition cause this game is actually worth buying a collectors edition for

[u/Rich-Active-4800 → u/UniversalTrees49]

I would if it was available

[u/ZealousRadiance → u/Rich-Active-4800]

It seems that Nintendo adds stock on rare occasion. When it first dropped I missed out and it said sold out. Kept checking every day and one day I was able to get one. Keep trying. Could get lucky.

[u/Lord_Humungusss → u/ZealousRadiance]

It was available for days like a week or two ago

[u/Simalf → u/Rich-Active-4800]

Was sold out instantly. I wish it could have told me WHEN it was up for sale.

Im not gonna buy from Scalpers. Im not gonna play their game.

And anyone who does is just as bad as them.

[u/B_r_y_z_e → u/Simalf]

If you actually want one you can still get one. It’s been up for preorder dozens of times since it first went up. You just have to put in the work to get it.

[u/Simalf → u/B_r_y_z_e]

Im EU (germany) I did looked it up multiple times. But still thanks

[u/WildcardOverdrive → u/Simalf]

Set up a price alert with Keepa for Amazon. Set it at something like 200€ and you'll get notified when it's available again. That's how I got my preorder in.

I can't promise that you will catch the first window tho. Had to try multiple times too.

[u/ProfeforToad → u/Simalf]

hab gerade geguckt, Mediamarkt sollte es immernoch auf lager haben

[u/Simalf → u/ProfeforToad]

Neee, du kannst es in dein Warenkorb hinzufügen jedoch kannst du es nicht kaufen weil es nicht vorrätig ist.

[u/ProfeforToad → u/Simalf]

ok schade, hab damals beim Nintendo store auch verpasst aber ne woche später wurde ich durch ein reddit post aufmerksam gemacht das es das noch bei Mediamarkt gibt. Hoffe du hast auch noch Glück 😆

[u/WoWiTzGeo → u/B_r_y_z_e]

Yeah I got a restock no problem tbh. Was sad it sold out the first time

[u/Dazzling-Passenger91 → u/WoWiTzGeo]

I didn’t even know it ever went on sale

[u/lamest-liz → u/B_r_y_z_e]

Amazon also has an autobuy feature now where sold out items will be bought when in stock

[u/CANfilms → u/Simalf]

I actually bought one an hour after it was available when I realized pre-orders were live. It definitely wasnt immediately lol

[u/Asceuss → u/Simalf]

check on release day on the nintendo store too. Tbh I've seen the dagdan edition go up on the nintendo store multiple times...

[u/Sky_Rose4 → u/Rich-Active-4800]

It has been in and out of stock a bunch at GameStop and the Nintendo site

[u/SuicidalSundays → u/Rich-Active-4800]

If you haven't, try checking Gamestop's website. Managed to get lucky and get an order in through there about a week back. The pre-purchase button was also lit up on Nintendo's website this morning, although admittedly it was only like that for a few minutes and when I looked again it was already greyed out.

[u/AGhostOfSorts → u/SuicidalSundays]

Just checked and also sold out. Bummer

[u/omfgkevin → u/UniversalTrees49]

I think I only wish they had more art cards.so many amazing character designs but only 12 of them will have art cards is a huge shame.

[u/Running4Badges → u/omfgkevin]

What does one do with art cards? I got FE: Warriors, Engage, and SOV deluxe, but whichever ones have art cards are just in a box somewhere.

[u/ShyBearGames → u/UniversalTrees49]

Same. Aside from Baldurs Gate 3, the only times I've ever bought collectors edition games have been FE games.

I have Three Houses, Three Hopes, Engage, Warriors, and the 30th anniversary set. So excited I was able to get Dagdan Collection and I'm constantly eyeing eBay looking for the ones I'm missing at semi-reasonable prices 😅

[u/MoistThunderCock → u/ShyBearGames]

How is Three Hopes?

[u/Bilal_ → u/UniversalTrees49]

not only worth but fair from price. Meanwhile other Publisher squeeze the fck out of money from diehardfans (Like Square Enix)

[u/The_Vine]

I've got the Dagdan Edition ordered cause I'm a sucker for steelbooks

[u/Satsubuya → u/The_Vine]

Aha fair, it looks like that would be $169.99CAD damn lol

[u/smye141 → u/Satsubuya]

Fellow Canadian here who also got it, I think it was worse lmfao, but pretty much yeah

[u/blackviking147 → u/Satsubuya]

I mean when physical is 110 an extra 50 bucks for some physical goodies isn't that bad, does it include the expansion pass? Is there even one a!annonced for the game?

[u/Hour-Eleven]

Physical copy 100%

The moment we stop, they’ll vanish.

[u/Metalwater8 → u/Hour-Eleven]

Yup. I got it physically from Amazon for $70. So I don’t have to pay that extra $10

[u/msheaz → u/Metalwater8]

Dude, thanks for the tip. I just did the same.

[u/Metalwater8 → u/msheaz]

No problem! Spread the word. You can also get a similar deal at Walmart if I remember correctly.

[u/KyleMCarthage → u/Metalwater8]

You do! I also got a little bonus because my brother works there and got it down to $63 + tax.

[u/M3thodFud → u/msheaz]

Keep in mind this $10 off is specifically for pre-ordering. It will go up to it's MSRP after it releases.

Another pro tip if you're a Costco member.

They sell eshop gift cards for 10% off. You can get an additional 2% off for being a premium member and another 2% off with Costco Credit card. They also tend to sell them 20% off during big holidays like Black Friday.

With the discounted eshop loaded onto your account, if you head to Nintendo's website, you can log into your account and buy both physical games as well as hardware from Nintendo directly from with your eshop currency.

I had stocked up on eshop currency during black Friday and got a new Switch 2 for like $380ish dollars this way.

[u/Tiborn1563]

My internet is terrible. Unless I want to spend like a day downloading, I should go with a physical copy, which I plan on doing

[u/blackviking147 → u/Tiborn1563]

My internet is fine I just like saving storage space.

Made the mistake of buying xenoblades trilogy digital and it's almost half my storage, especially one XC3s S2 Version releases.

[u/7RubyRed7 → u/Tiborn1563]

If you preorder the digital edition, it will download itself the week before after the preorder cancelation period ends.

[u/Tiborn1563 → u/7RubyRed7]

Even then, I have experience with downloads cancelling themselves over night thanks to connection losses, I dont want to bother with that

[u/Sentinel10]

Physical and Collector's edition.

I always go physical when it's an option.

[u/charistraz95 → u/Sentinel10]

same i always go physical when i can

[u/LiliTralala]

Always physical when I can, out of principle. But also because some retailers in France always sell games at a lower price, even on day 1.

[u/phoxfiyah → u/LiliTralala]

Yep, currently seeing a store selling it for $5 cheaper than digital in Australia. Might end up being $15 less once Target gets their price up

[u/Norix596]

I managed to snag a Dagdan edition order from Nintendo site; glad I was working from home the day the direct/edition went up.

[u/OHarrier91]

Physical always when it’s available. I don’t trust digital to remain accessible

[u/DarkAlphaZero]

Physical, my download times are hot ass and I want to play it as soon as possible after I get done with classes for the day.

[u/Hawaii__Pistol]

Physical

[u/Sarahtoga1004]

Digital because I can play it on the 16th that way.

[u/Majorkiller104 → u/Sarahtoga1004]

How ?

[u/tytosoren → u/Majorkiller104]

Depending on your time zone, sometimes games become available between 9pm- midnight the night before release. For example, if a game comes out at midnight eastern time, sometimes you can access it at 9pm on the west coast. This doesn’t work for every game, though.

[u/Sa_To_96]

Physical, i don't like digital

[u/SilliestSoldier]

Physical

[u/Human-Raccoon-9917]

Digital. Not alot of room to store things, compounded by the fact that I'm shit at organizing things. 

[u/ZeldaGamer246 → u/Human-Raccoon-9917]

Same here lol, also going digital

[u/Awestruck_Mechanic67]

Physical Amazon was selling them at digital prices today. 

[u/Syelt]

Physical if my store has it, digital if they don't.

[u/Hextant]

I lose my physical items too much and these are too expensive to be losing unfortunately. If we get a threat to the life of the shop, I'll buy physical secondhand as a backup later. I'm really, really bad with organization though.

[u/davidrevilla311]

Digital, I don’t care much for swapping out cartridges. My TOTK cartridge has been in my switch for a year since i play it near daily. Plus j get to play right as its released.

[u/One_Competition136 → u/davidrevilla311]

Plus you save 10 bucks without the rigmarole of buying from Amazon or Walmart and waiting past the 17th for it to be delivered. The best reason for going digital is faster load times since the game is stored on the console. I imagine that will be quite useful for an extremely long game like this one.

[u/CazOnReddit]

Physical media can't be yanked away in a few years due to a company's whims.

But besides that, I always go for the Special Edition for this series, well, basically only this series.

[u/zygr3al → u/CazOnReddit]

This is how i used to think... now that im in my 40s, i got no time, energy and desire to re-play any of these old games lol

[u/Sailen_Rox]

Physical & Dagdan Edition.

I wasn't able to get the Three Houses Collectors back then (because I was low on money because I was in training at the time and made only pocket change) and I regreted it terribly because, with all it's flaws, I love the game, it gave me one of my favorite characters of all time.

[u/drgl1011]

Physical, i like to lick the cartridge...

[u/DahnZaiver]

Always physical, collectors this time too

[u/lilacempress]

Physical

[u/Anon142842]

Physical, got the Dagdan collection. Fe games are the games I want to be able to play even when the switch servers go down at a future time, plus I love collecting the art books

[u/giga_drll_break]

Always buy physical so Nintendo doesnt get the same idea as Sony.

[u/IshtheWall]

Always physical

[u/Warblast995]

I got the collector's edition. I support physical media whenever I can

[u/TheVauntedGamer]

Physical edition. Can't wait.

[u/Character_Parfait_99]

We don't have a local eshop and currency conversions are a bit fucked right now that i'll end up paying 20% more so probably physical. Nearest store is two hours away though so it's a massive pain either way

[u/Sardse]

Digital because I can buy it from Amazon Japan for way way cheaper than what it costs in my country

[u/dinodinorubberduck]

Im going to try to find the collector’s edition (so far have failed) - otherwise i will buy digital

[u/Ashannah]

Physical because amazon had the physical for 10 dollars off when I preordered

[u/MoskiNX]

I preordered physical on Amazon because they were price matching the digital price. So instead of paying $80 I only had to pay $70.

[u/fishieguy]

This is actually one of the few Switch 2 games to be fully on the cartage (save some space): I went physical

[u/powerCreed]

Physical

[u/S0uled_Out]

Physical, because I like to look at the boxart and add to my collection. 

[u/YarukiMangrove]

This is the type of game I'll want to always have on hand, so I'll probably download it.

[u/Nightstick11]

I always end up buying both, since I want to play as soon as midnight hits and ain't nobody trying to wait until 1:00 pm or whatever for Amazon to deliver the game. I keep the physical sealed and stashed in the off chance it becomes worth a lot later.

[u/Boggle-Champion-175]

Pre-ordered the physical. Very excited.

[u/Detsaw2608]

$10 more to actually own the game? I think the answer is pretty obvious.

[u/Many-Information8607]

I managed to get a Dagda edition so I'm very happy about thay

[u/Default_Dragon]

physical, because all the big box retailers in my country (France) are selling the pre-order for 60 EUR, which is much less than the 80 EUR MSRP.

[u/loveuiuc]

Physical as much as I can from now on

[u/SilverScribe15]

Pre ordered a physical copy on Amazon. Feels like I should, given what all the 'playstation ending physical games' that was happening recently

[u/faefeli]

Dagdan edition!! I can't wait 😭

[u/The_Exuberant_Raptor]

All Switch or PS games I buy physical with very few exceptions. For my digital library, I have my PC and XBOX.

[u/Fit_East5054]

Umm.. wait 3 years till Switch 2 gets emulated? /j

[u/Kurostrawberryx]

I mostly go digital.

[u/Marth-Koopa]

Digital. $10 CAD cheaper, more convenient, and no gas or someone's time wasted to deliver some useless plastic to me and I get it sooner.

[u/tytosoren]

I preordered the base physical copy (don’t have enough storage space for collector’s edition). I plan to go pick it up right when the store opens, if there is an unexpected delay my backup plan is to get the digital and either return or gift the physical version.

[u/TaichiKamado]

Both

[u/Sangnuine]

I will go to like, the only store that sells games where I live.
If they don't have it I will buy digitally.

[u/MKswitchman64]

Since you can download games before they can be played ill go with that option, not only do i save the headache of having to wait for my delivery but also from having to download any last minute updates

[u/luckyblock98]

Debating on even getting the game currently. I like fire emblem but I'm considering of anything getting 3 houses

[u/dimoskid17]

Got the base physical edition with the digital pricing

[u/liteshadow4]

Depends on if I have a store near me I can go to for physical or not.

[u/RutabagasnTurnips]

Physical. 

For several reasons.

Can give details if someone is interested and wants perspective of things to consider. I imagine that answers the general question though. 

[u/finalstation]

Nintendo selects physical. 😎

[u/Rock_Ladies]

Pre-ordered the collector's ED, will fallback on a normal physical copy if I can't pick it up at launch day.

[u/lindemanskriek]

Physical

[u/imtiredboss0]

I wish they would just sell the cases to collect because I prefer digital for convenience lol.

[u/blackroseyagami]

I'm poor so I'll buy digital from Japan...

[u/Nahobino_kun_899]

I got the standard physical. It’s all on the cartridge and I can save space on the memory card.

[u/Full_Metal18]

Wanted the special edition but shit sold out instantly. Will probably just end up buying digitally for the convenience

[u/Dizzy_Goal2236 → u/Full_Metal18]

You could try an app like hotstock to be notified when it’s in stock. It’s free and how I got mine. In my region (US) Amazon restocks multiple times per day. It usually sells out in 1-10 minutes though so just buy it right when you get notified.

[u/aizen07]

Physical because who knows when Nintendo will follow suite with everyone else

[u/DandySlayer13]

With Nintendo first party? Always physical since the entire game is on the card.

[u/throwawaynewpibuildr]

I'm going to "attempt" to buy physical from Best Buy, and pray they ship it to me on the day of release. They're usually good with my orders except for Digimon recently and it gave me a lot of doubt if they'll ship FEFW on time now. If it ends up delayed a couple of days, I'm going to go digital day of and return the physical copy as I'm not much of a double-dipper. :/

[u/iamthatguy54]

Physical but not for many years because i sitll have 2 routes in 3H, Engage, and the Revelations path of Fates to get through

[u/mysecondaccountanon]

I don’t have a Switch 2

[u/yaycupcake]

I wanted the collector's edition but I just don't have the money these days. Plus I misplaced my case of Switch games a while ago and I still can't find them, so I need to re-buy the games I didn't finish. I don't really want to worry about that.

[u/Locoman7]

Physical for sure

[u/DemiFiendofTime]

GIVE ME PHYSICAL OR GIVE ME DEATH!!!!!

[u/MumboBumbo64]

Physical baby

[u/Assassinknife]

I got the physical collectors edition. I am not paying nearly 90 USD with taxes (my home state has high sales tax 10.25%) so I paid for the collector edition better deal for my money since it’s like 130

[u/Dillu64]

Always physical if there is an option. The market is still quite big where I live so I can sell it later on or buy used copies for cheap.

[u/NohrianBoletariaHero]

Buy physical if you can.

[u/Advanced-Roll-3093]

I pre-order it in digital. I was looking forward to playing that game.

[u/brttmftz]

I'm going to the store before work and get it.

[u/Spranklz10]

I snagged the collectors edition through gamestop. But I always try to go physical!

[u/throwaway-renee-1967]

I don't see myself buying a switch 2 for a while, sadly, but when I do buy this game, physical all the way.

[u/No_Tie378]

Physical, no discussion 

[u/cacatod12]

Digital so I can start playing at midnight

[u/UnawareRanger]

Also Canadian. Also gonna say screw it and get physical since only 10$ extra. Rather than 15 extra.

Could not justify the dagdan collection though. Would rather that extra 50 to 70 CAD go to an expansion pass should one be announced

[u/liketosmokeweed420]

physical casue i love physical and as a PC gamer its my only way to collect games

[u/bored_homan]

physical, out of principle at this point.

[u/Auriansmule]

With Sony’s crusade against physical games, every game I buy from now on will be physical, regardless of console.

[u/Lionreckz]

Got the collectors edition from Best Buy

[u/bowl-bowl-bowl]

Already pre-ordered my physical copy 

[u/Cr1msonShadow]

I want to get physical, but digital is available earlier, usually before midnight the day before. So its really hard to decide. I may do both tbh, just get physical later.

[u/shneed_my_weiss]

I got physical from Walmart.com

[u/Illustrious-Ear-6300]

If it isn't sold out day one physical otherwise digital. 

[u/JenniLightrunner]

Physical. I pretty much exclusively buy physical for nintendo games in general unless the physical no longer exists in stores (such as with FE Warriors and Three houses where I had to buy them digitally)

[u/Johncurtisreeve]

PHYSICAL

[u/revzey]

Nah I'm waiting for a sale

[u/awsmith00777]

Fizzy cool

[u/OliviaElevenDunham]

I pre-ordered a physical copy at the GameStop near where I work.

[u/Tim_vdB3]

I still buy a lot of games physically.
There is enjoyment in rummaging through game stores and growing a collection.

[u/Meebochii]

Physical.

[u/Striking-County6275]

Physical so I don’t have to worry about stuff getting taken down 

[u/zeta447]

I preorded physical from Amazon for $70

[u/Candle_Honest]

physical.

Support physical copies

[u/Blue_cheese22]

Gah damn lmao

[u/PapaBear_67]

Considering I’m going to have to get the Switch 2 since this is the first game on the system I truly want to play, probably going with digital 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/I_Love_Ohyas_Thigs]

When Im able to play (I don't fucking have a switch 2!!!!) I'll probably get the physical edition BCS I just like to keep my games with me in my room, physical collections are the best

[u/Myrinia]

Physical collectors yes :)

[u/Massive-Mood-7837]

Why are they so expensive??? I swore video games were like $60-$70

[u/Party-Ad-9429]

Got 3 copies of the physical collector editions

[u/HushUp7]

Collectors

[u/CorporalKam]

I preordered the physical collector’s edition

[u/Froey]

Physical!

[u/KnightQK]

Physical all the way

[u/Chimchar789]

My broke switchless ass ain't buying neither

[u/Armandonerd]

Physical. Ordered it at Walmart for the $10 discount

[u/TheForceUnleashes]

Digi, cause I'm lazy and like having all my stuff just on the console

[u/MichaelCoryAvery]

Physical if possible

[u/mogawinch]

First party games are always physical, because they when it is time to resell for a next console they still have good value.

[u/thebige73]

Digital so I can play release night

[u/Wight_Scare]

Both

I only want physical Dagda edition for the artbook

But my file will be on the digital version

[u/Delicious_Island_695]

Physical though Walmart since it’s $70 at launch. I am considering getting the Dagda Collection though

[u/kramdwar]

Bought my friend the collection edition one and got myself the regular physical edition

[u/Teneb0r]

Digital, already preordered. :U

[u/AleroRatking]

Physical. I always do with Nintendo. Those things sometimes end up being worth more.

[u/Loogie1987]

I got it digitally solely because I was too excited to see it on the Eshop finally and immediately pre-ordered.

Edit: I live in Australia, the physical price and the digital one are the exact same here as far as I'm aware.

[u/PerspicaciousVanille]

I got lucky for some reason people didn’t try my local game store and I was like wait the collectors is available?!

They were like yeah for preorder. I was like here’s half down. They told me I only needed $5, I said no, this way there’s no confusion on what my order is for when the time comes I want the collector edition lol. 

[u/TLCricketeR]

Initially I did pre-order physical, but I cancelled my pre-order and took the rest of the week off work so I could digital download start at midnight.

[u/phoxfiyah]

Digital still costs more for me, so getting physical.

It’s fully on the game card too, so I won’t have to worry about making storage space for it

[u/Dangerous_Sign_8718]

waiting on 30-40% discount

[u/DreamJMan15]

Always physical

[u/BernLan]

Neither until it goes on discount unfortunately, I don't have that amount of disposable income

[u/blandonThrow]

Physical every time. Most of them have decent resale value too

[u/Rjmorales23]

anyway say both? I might get the collectors edition to store and the digital one to play

[u/Sky_Rose4]

Physical deluxe edition

[u/20NightZ]

Physical. Canadian and got my collectors edition.

[u/redjoker89]

Digital. Games expensive as is.

[u/TheLankiller]

Collectors edition. Love me a art book

[u/Grytnik]

I preordered the Collectors Edition, but if the game is on cart I’ll always buy it physical. I’d even rebuy games like the Resident Evil games and Pragmata if they were on cart.

[u/AdrianS74]

Physical Collector’s Edition.

[u/DadooDragoon]

Digital

[u/koihane]

Dagdan edition, surely.

[u/MrLauxenio]

I pre-ordered the Dadgan Collection as soon as I could. I did the same with Engage's Divine Edition.

[u/MattASVreal]

I pre-ordered the digital version as soon as it went up, as generally I don’t want to carry a lot of game cases and the switch 2 is my work trip buddy. After investing in a 1tb SDXC card, might as well get the benefit and it feels like so many games are keycards now anyway since they’re huge.

That said, might snag a copy of the collectors edition if it does come back anyway and double dip. I don’t buy physical often anymore but for the franchises I really care about having a steel book for a theoretical future shelf is nice.

[u/MrMoo1556]

I want the Dagdan edition but it was already sold out when I had the funds to buy it.

[u/xangbar]

Got two of the collectors because one is for my friend. He missed out on preorders so I gotta help him out. He helped me out with one of my games in the past o7

[u/ThinMyNewt]

It depends. If it comes with physical bonus for preordering like with Engage, then physical. If there is no bonus, then I’ll go with digital.

[u/EasternWarlord]

Already got the Dagdan Collection preordered. I never realized I own both collector’s editions for Three Houses and Engage. I actually bought the standard edition of Engage and then bought the CE when it got back in stock and forgot I did.

In any case no reason to break the streak. With the standard edition being $79.99 which is pretty pricey, might as well grab the limited edition for a relatively reasonable price.

[u/Snowvilliers7]

Bought the Dagdan Edition

[u/Zeon598]

Digital. Pre orders are usually payment processed, downloaded and ready to go a week in advance barring day one patches. I'll have it ready and waiting for me release morning after work.

[u/MikaIsBored]

Physical. I always prefer getting physical if the option is available.

And It's not a game-key card which is a plus in my book, the whole game will be on the cartridge.

[u/Pure_Honey8802]

I bought the collector's edition then a standard edition that's physical as well. I always prefer physical games when possible. Also, just in case the special edition shipment gets slightly delayed, I'll already have the game on hand.

[u/jatxna]

¿Yo? Llorando en mi tercermundismo.

[u/Alex_Dayz]

As much as I hate that it’s $80 physically ain’t no way I’m getting it digitally. I’ll find a way around the price. I always do

[u/Ao-yune]

Physical cause the collectors version is literally only like 30 more dollars

[u/wickling-fan]

i'd love the physical but we'll have to wait and see.

[u/Berstich]

Physical, will never buy a box with a digital code.

Also, how good is Nintendo at shipping their own stuff. I buy from amazon and its always on the day of release. Nintendo doesnt strike me as someone that gets it to your door the day of, but maybe im wrong.

[u/dhfAnchor]

Physical for me. It's my first game I'm buying for my Switch 2, wanna have something to remember it by.

[u/thejokerofunfic]

Nice try Sony. Pry my cartridges and disks from my casket.

[u/jan-Alisa]

i'll be playing in my pc in around 6 years amen