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Final Fantasy VIII Early Shipment Holds True

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As previously reported by this site, Final Fantasy VIII was scheduled to ship to retailers one week prior to Square's release date, September 9. Some stores like Toys R Us and Electronics Boutique were scheduled to receive the game on or around August 31st.

The news titillated some fans and made others suspicious. Myself, being the author of the article, became a victim of numerous hate mails and flames from fans mislead by the truth. On the other hand, I was also attacked by a daily and constant barrage of emails from fans demanding to know if FF8 was going to be released early in his or her area, like I would know.

Anyway, the news turned out to be true. Lo and behold we received a shipment of brand new FF8s on our weekly Tuesday pickups at our local Toys R Us in Fairfax, VA. The public has been left clueless to the fact that we have them, however. The reason behind that is a strict demand made by Sony Computer Entertainment of America stating that any and all retailers are to hold any and all copies of Final Fantasy VIII until September 8th. Why? Obviously to take some steam away from Sega's Dreamcast release one day afterwards.

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18 Dec 2004 23:10 staff Matt BahaMatt online \| PM \| e-mail	OBVIOUSLY.
09 Feb 2005 06:34 staff Rahul Face of Square Haven online \| PM \| e-mail	You vapid buttmunch!
07 Aug 2007 22:03 staff Matt BahaMatt online \| PM \| e-mail	It's our oldest recorded news article! Wow it's old.
08 Aug 2007 05:25 Veszerin Vapid Buttmunch online \| PM \| e-mail	I liked FFVIII
08 Aug 2007 10:54 staff Matt BahaMatt online \| PM \| e-mail	Then why not write a reader review? This topic is not about FFVIII, it's about the article on the early shipment of FFVIII. Stay on topic, please.
08 Aug 2007 18:12 vip Bob King of Sass Class online \| PM \| e-mail	Early shipment my ass. I got the game preordered all nice and neat at Target, but alas, on 9.9.99 it wasn't there! So they took off the preorder-price and told me to come in next week. Came in, STILL wasn't there. Took off the same amount of money. Ended up paying a total of $30 at the counter. Kinda worth it, I guess. freaking target.
14 Aug 2007 23:58 staff Matt BahaMatt online \| PM \| e-mail	I think you still got ripped off. I think we all got ripped off with Final Fantasy VIII.
15 Aug 2007 04:54 vip Xavi Lord Spaniard online \| PM \| e-mail	I still liked it more than VII or IX, so I have to disagree :D
15 Aug 2007 08:07 staff Ziyad Nerd Patriarch online \| PM \| e-mail	You have a twisted taste, Xavi. Did FFIX kill your father and rape your mother?
15 Aug 2007 09:11 vip Xavi Lord Spaniard online \| PM \| e-mail	I liked it alright, specially the graphics, but I just didnt care if all the characters died in a fire.
15 Aug 2007 15:14 staff Matt BahaMatt online \| PM \| e-mail	But it has Qina, one of the best characters conceived in the history of fiction. Final Fantasy VIII had... a cowboy or something?
15 Aug 2007 15:57 vip Xavi Lord Spaniard online \| PM \| e-mail	A cowboy with a cool jacket Last edited by Xavi on August 15, 2007

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