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A Rare, Collectible, Plush Squirrel
Posted by Mike Fahey at 12:40 AM on October 7, 2008
Look! It's a rare, collectible, plush squirrel! Do you even need me to tell you what game this an Amazon-exclusive pre-order goody for? No, of course you don't, not because it's obvious, but because you will buy ANYTHING to get your hands on a rare, collectible....did we mention collectible? A rare, collectible, plush squirrel. This isn't just some average, run-of-the-mill, mass-production plush squirrel. You don't give a squirrel like this to a baby and let it chew on it for hours. No. This is a vacuum-sealed in a glass case squirrel. *drools*
Where was I? Oh yes! This is a pre-order bonus for Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for the Nintendo DS, and you can only get it at Amazon.com. You might want to set up your order now before this baby winds up on eBay's ridiculously inflated rare, collectible, plush squirrel aftermarket.
NATSUME ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER GIFT WITH AMAZON.COM FOR RUNE FACTORY 2: A FANTASY HARVEST MOON FOR NINTENDO DS
Order The Game Now And Receive A Rare, Collectible Plush Squirrel
Burlingame, Calif., October 6, 2008 - Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that it will offer an adorable squirrel plush as an exclusive pre-order gift for customers who order Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for Nintendo DS from Amazon.com.
"There are gamers counting the days until they get their hands on Rune Factory 2, and we wanted to give them a little something special for being the first to order the game," said Hiro Maekawa, President and CEO at Natsume. "Fans of Rune Factory and Harvest Moon have loved the exclusive plushes that we have created for the series over the years, so we know that they will be excited to get their hands on this one and add it to their collection."
Rune Factory 2 will be available for the Nintendo DS system in U.S. retail outlets later this fall. The Rune Factory series combines the fun and rewarding Harvest Moon gameplay that fans know and love with the fantasy and excitement of an action-RPG, offering Harvest Moon fans and traditional RPG players the best of both worlds.
Rune Factory 2 is set several years after the first game. The evil Sechs Empire has been defeated, and the Kingdom of Norad is once again at peace. Things may not stay that way for long, however, as strange disturbances in the earth warn that a great evil is stirring. It's up to player to uncover this new threat to the land and bring peace to the kingdom once more. Over the course of the story, players will build and develop a farm, befriend townspeople, raise monsters, take on quests, and find a wife.
In a first for the Rune Factory series, the story of Rune Factory 2 is multigenerational. Players begin the game as Kyle, a strange man who comes to Alvarna Village.
Eventually, players will take on the role of Kyle's child, opening up a whole new adventure. It's an innovative feature that allows players to follow the story of their family and the townsfolk over two generations!
Rune Factory 2 is rated E for Everyone by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).
To order Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon and receive the limited addition squirrel plush, please visit http://www.amazon.com/Rune-Factory-Fantasy-Purchase-Nintendo-DS/dp/B001BWRBA8/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_1.
For more information on Natsume's titles, please visit www.natsume.com.
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Chilly Hollow
Posted 2:12 AM 7/10/08
@Godz_Mercenary: Rabbits are not red and they don't eat fabric acorns. Ditto squirrels.
What we have here is the rare red stuffed what-cha-ma-call-it.
Chilly Hollow
tralfaz23
Posted 2:09 AM 7/10/08
@Lazlo: hahahhaa
who cares, where's Conker :D
tralfaz23
Godz_Mercenary
Posted 2:07 AM 7/10/08
That's a rabbit. I think the people who made it got confused. That is no way a squirrel.
Godz_Mercenary
Lazlo
Posted 2:06 AM 7/10/08
@tralfaz23:
It's a Rare collectible, not a collectible for a Rare game. ;)
Lazlo
MangaDragon56
Posted 2:00 AM 7/10/08
@wild_world_girl: Really? And here I thought they taunted the broke like me! It's sad when you don't even have five bucks to throw down on a game.
MangaDragon56
ThursdayNext
Posted 1:59 AM 7/10/08
@Ghede: Ahaha! Quote of the week contender right there for you. :)
ThursdayNext
WatchAndWarrant
Posted 1:58 AM 7/10/08
Wait - amazon lists the release date as Nov 18 - everyone else says Oct 21. Did it get delayed?
Squirrel or no, the first Rune Factory was a great game.
WatchAndWarrant
Ghede
Posted 1:58 AM 7/10/08
How could it be a rabbit? It's holding an ACORN! Everyone knows squirrels hold acorns, and there are absolutely no other defining characteristics of a squirrel. Why, I saw a ten foot tall grey squirrel at the zoo. It was holding an acorn in it's long nose.
Ghede
tralfaz23
Posted 1:58 AM 7/10/08
I was hopin for Conker
where's Conker?
tralfaz23
ThreeLeafIvy
Posted 1:56 AM 7/10/08
Gah, and I just ordered Persona 4 and Luminous Arc 2 from Amazon yesterday... Doubt I'll be able to snag this too.
ThreeLeafIvy
ThursdayNext
Posted 1:55 AM 7/10/08
@EmeraldDragon: lmfao. That's brilliant.Back off David Attenborough. There's a new king of natural history in town and his name is Hiro Maekawa.
ThursdayNext
hahnchen
Posted 1:54 AM 7/10/08
My money is on it being a squirrel. The thing it's holding is a nut.
It all depends on the tail...
hahnchen
cowboyshootist
Posted 1:51 AM 7/10/08
The only thing I think are collectible are dollar bills and coins. :)
PS-That's a rabbit...really dude you got to get outdoors a little more.
cowboyshootist
QualityJeverage
Posted 1:50 AM 7/10/08
I don't understand why we need to be told that something is collectible. I've never seen anything that said "NOT COLLECTIBLE" on it.
QualityJeverage
EmeraldDragon
Posted 1:49 AM 7/10/08
That is a squirrel? Looks like a rabbit.
EmeraldDragon
wild_world_girl
Posted 1:44 AM 7/10/08
Preorder bonuses punish procrastinators like me.
wild_world_girl
dowingba
Posted 2:31 AM 7/10/08
@Edge of Blade: Exactly what I was thinkin'. If they sold that, and maybe some Tediz...
dowingba
ThreeLeafIvy
Posted 2:29 AM 7/10/08
@Edge of Blade: hahaha oh wow
ThreeLeafIvy
Edge of Blade
Posted 2:22 AM 7/10/08
The only Rare squirrel I know of isn't cuddly.
Edge of Blade
Axel
Posted 2:20 AM 7/10/08
Rabbit? Squirrel? I don't see any teeth...
Axel
Xeneizes
Posted 2:49 AM 7/10/08
@Edge of Blade: Comedy gold.
Xeneizes
cheesecake000
Posted 2:44 AM 7/10/08
@Ghede: You've gotta be kidding me right? It's not a squirrel or a rabbit. He's not holding an acorn either! He's holding a jar of honey therefore it is a bear named Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh. Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff he's winnie the pooh willy, nilly, silly old bear tra-la-la-la-la
cheesecake000
Lazlo
Posted 2:43 AM 7/10/08
@tralfaz23:
No joke.
*Gets down on knees*
God, if you give me a next-gen version of Conker so that I can blow enemy Teddiez heads off & get get off to topless sunflowers, all in glorious 1080p, I will be your servant forever. Much love, Lazlo...
Lazlo
ComputerMonkey
Posted 2:38 AM 7/10/08
@Chilly Hollow: Or as my Father would say "it's a chummy-jigger for catching woolly-birds" this one just happens to be red and holding a nut...
ComputerMonkey
Lemon Goo
Posted 3:19 AM 7/10/08
Look! It's a rare, collectible, plush squirrel! Do you even need me to tell you what game this an Amazon-exclusive pre-order goody for? No, of course you don't, not because it's obvious, but because you will buy ANYTHING to get your hands on a rare, collectible....did we mention collectible? A rare, collectible, plush squirrel. This isn't just some average, run-of-the-mill, mass-production plush squirrel. You don't give a squirrel like this to a baby and let it chew on it for hours. No. This is a vacuum-sealed in a glass case squirrel. *drools*
Getting paid by the word now, Fahey?
Lemon Goo
FeatherNET
Posted 3:14 AM 7/10/08
@Edge of Blade: Brilliant, man. Just brilliant.
FeatherNET
BryanH
Posted 3:43 AM 7/10/08
What kind of game is this anyways? Is it like the other Harvest Moon games? Like you're just running a farm or something?
BryanH
Killalaz
Posted 4:10 AM 7/10/08
@Ghede:
I think it's pretty obvious that it's a serial killer rabbit carrying a severed nipple glued to a mud covered tennis ball.
Killalaz
Killalaz
Posted 4:00 AM 7/10/08
Was this article some kind of attempt at making a plush squirrel version of "Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man" or "proton powered electrical tentacled advertising droids"?
Whether it was or wasn't it seems like a bit of overkill to me. It was kind of humorous with the sarcasm at all but then the author keeps drilling it into my brain, to the point that it becomes annoying.
Also, it looks nothing like a squirrel, at all.
Killalaz
nlangan
Posted 4:21 AM 7/10/08
So you're saying I should pre-order this, promptly sell the game on eBay, and bask in the awesomeness of my lame pre-order bonus? I'm pretty sure that's what you're saying.
nlangan
Strong Arm
Posted 4:14 AM 7/10/08
Squirrels do not have blue eyes, not that i should care about this, England has mainly grey squirrels, so we will get a grey one. Oh wait.. no one gives England free collectives, if we are lucky we will get the game two years later and a stamp to put on our foreheads saying 'Epic Fail!'. =(
Strong Arm
TempestOblivion
Posted 5:32 AM 7/10/08
New from Nintendo, The Adventures of Squirbbit-kun! This is clearly some advanced promotion for the upcoming game...
TempestOblivion
munkah
Posted 5:26 AM 7/10/08
Kinda looked like a rabbit, at a glance...
munkah
AoE
Posted 7:34 AM 7/10/08
@cowboyshootist: I'll take your 20's, I collect those :)
AoE
squirrelz
Posted 8:46 AM 7/10/08
Do. Wants.
He can join my legion of ninja squirrels, fighting the injustice that is Australia's retarded classification scheme.
squirrelz
cholinms
Posted 8:57 AM 7/10/08
I'm with most people here in not seeing a squirrel. From the looks of it this thing would go just fine with my other Rare Collectable Plushies, Ryo-Ohki(Cabit) and my Bumble lion(Wuzzles).
cholinms