Submitted by Canad1Andrew t3_11ehzwi in gaming

Most of the time whenever you preorder a physical copy of a game from GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy etc, the preorder bonus it comes with is usually something small and cheap like a tiny plastic keychain or pins, a sticker sheet, a paper poster that would rip easily, or just a digital code for little in-game content. But occasionally you'll get a preorder bonus that's so awesome that it alone made it worth the purchase and long wait for the game, or at least made picking up the game feel even more special. Those kinds of preorder bonuses are pretty rare, but I'm curious to know, what would you consider to be the greatest preorder bonus you've ever gotten alongside which game?

For me, it would easily be the free Kaos figure I received with my Skylanders Imaginators Starter Pack!

To this day, no other preorder bonus I've received has ever came close to this!

Now this might not sound like much on paper, but it was kind of a big deal at the time. Not only was this at the time when Skylanders was still a hugely popular franchise (before it died out), but let's not forget that this was a Toys-To-Life game, and Toys-To-Life figures were pretty expensive. The Sensei Skylander figures for this game cost $15 a piece (or $20 in Canada), and I received this one for FREE! (And it's KAOS, the big main villain of the franchise, who finally got his own official figure, which also allows you to play as him in-game! You can probably imagine how excited fans were for this, I sure was)

Imagine if you got a free Amiibo as a preorder bonus with a big Triple-A Nintendo game that you were super hyped up for! This is basically the equivalent of that.

To this day, I've never seen (or at least received) any other preorder bonus that even came close to how incredible this one was!... But perhaps I'm wrong? If any if you have received a preorder bonus that's just as good if not better (in terms of value, quality and overall awesomeness), I'd really like to know. Whatever you'd consider to be the best preorder bonus you've ever gotten, feel free to share it down below.

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daskamania t1_jae70k2 wrote

A game that didn't need a day one patch.

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Dusteronly t1_jae6wii wrote

That stuffed yoshi form Yoshis story will always be my favorite

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Canad1Andrew OP t1_jaep1vc wrote

Nice! I heard Walmart offered free squid plushies as a preorder bonus with Splatoon 3!

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Leeono t1_jae54af wrote

Alduin statue and art book for Skyrim,

Ezio model from Assassins creed 2

Alan Wake that looked like a book that had a book set after the events of the game about someone who investigates what happen in Bright Falls

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Meathead704 t1_jae56gz wrote

For Dead Island I got a suitcase with a hotel room key, a zombie hand bottle opener, and a zombie hula girl.

For GTA V I got a bank bag, Los Santos hat, and a massive map of the city.

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Zodira t1_jae9pv6 wrote

Secret Agent Clank Came with a tiny Clank figure in a tux! It was adorable!

On a more practical side I loved that Final Fantasy Crisis Core for PSP came with a Shinra styled case to store the rather fragile game inside.

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taishiea t1_jaecuww wrote

Plasma cutter.

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therealpingspike t1_jaf19rg wrote

I still have my bonfire keychain thing from my dark souls 3 preorder. Probably that.

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