Pokemon Just Can't Win With Its Preorder Bonuses

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Preorder bonuses are absurd in general, but Pokemon preorder bonuses might be the most nonsensical of all. Retailers need not collect preorders to more accurately determine demand. It’s Pokemon. Order as many as you can get and you’ll sell every copy. We have decades of evidence that support this, and at this point it feels like preorder bonuses only exist out of some kind of respect for tradition.

Maybe Amazon realizes that too, because the preorder bonuses it’s offering for Scarlet & Violet are laughable. If you’re willing to let Amazon hold onto $60 for a few months you can be rewarded with a download code for some potions, revives, and antidotes. Insert Dipper Pines’ “This is worthless” meme. There’s a similar item bundle available for preordering in the eShop, and if you splurge for the double pack they throw in 100 Poke Balls that will likely be useless after the second gym.

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There are better preorder bonuses for Scarlet & Violet out there. If you head over to the Pokemon Center you can score yourself a backpack for your character. It's unclear if this is a preorder-exclusive backpack, and it has a weird shape, but hey, free virtual backpack. The only problem is that Japanese players who preorder get an art book and a Pikachu promo card. Can you feel the gamer rage bubbling over yet?

The preorder rewards are terrible, but folks would be just as upset if they were too good too. Pokemon Colosseum is the perfect example. Its preorder bonus was a bonus disk that included the movie Jirachi: Wish Maker and a Jirachi that could be transferred to Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire. Seeing as how this was really the only way to get a Jirachi at the