Pre-ordering Dissidia: what perks to watch out for

Yes, that's right Theodor: with the weeks winding down before the North American release of Dissidia, many different retailers have offered a few different preorder gifts with the purchase of the game. Among them are GameStop, Best Buy, and Amazon. While Gamestop as of late has been the only retailer to furnish Final Fantasy games with preorder gifts (the metal tin FFXII collector's edition box is delicious), two competitors have jumped in line with gifts for you as well.

Starting things off, GameStop is offering a different coverslip for the game. This is nice, because the cover we're getting is absolutely butt awful and generic. The GameStop coverslips feature Amano's designs for Cosmos and Chaos and are reversible for either one. I am enjoying this greatly, as we've never had a Final Fantasy cover for an American Final Fantasy game that has Amano's artwork on it other than the logo. I know I'll definetly be getting this. Take a look:

GameStop reversible cover preorder gift.

Next, Amazon. They're offering a preorder gift as well, a bonus CD with various selections from the game's soundtrack. Now, I'm sort of a completionist and if I'm getting music for a game, I usually downlo... buy the entire thing. Most of the people, in my honest opinion who would really want the soundtrack have already bought it during the Japanese release last December 18th or obtained it through other means...



Lastly, we have Best Buy. They are offering a calendar set with the game which is all well and good but, it actually comes with the Japanese import of Dissidia. And I'm not too keen on having two except for maybe bumming it to a lazy friend. Luckily though, I can tell you first hand that if you don't have it, it's pretty nice. It comes in a plastic case, that flips downward so that you can display it at your bedtable or the like. The calendar cards inside can be taken out and shuffled. The artwork is crystal clear, and features four characters per card along with the Cosmos and Chaos murals by Yoshitaka Amano. I'd say that if you don't have this already, and don't give a butt about the game cover and you have the soundtrack, to go this route so that your bases are covered.

Dissidia releases on August 25th.