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A rather well-known YouTuber who does a lot of Pokemon vids. I honestly can't say how big a figure she is in the fandom however, so I'm with you. I'd pretty much think that Masuda himself would say whether or not he was disappointed with this but that's just me.Uh, guys,
https://twitter.com/TamashiiHiroka/status/385187314407723008
Anyone heard anything about that?
(Note to mods: I know this should ~technically~ be in the rumors thread, but I wanted to avoid spoilers of the leaks, so is it ok if I post this here? Thanks!)
Who the Hell is Tamashii Hiroka? Until we hear anything from the horses mouth, treat anything but as false.
As for the stores breaking the street date:
It happens. I work for Walmart and someone dropped a pallet of the last Left Behind book about two days early. I myself had to yank Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen toys off the pegs because they were put out before the street date. Human error happens.
Now the main difference between a smaller mom and pop store and a national chain is this--in a large chain store, the registers themselves can be set to lock out the sale of an item before its intended release date. How do I know this? I had someone try and buy the Left Behind book at my register and I got a "Sale Not Allowed" warning. In other words, if GF is really concerned about this, they could delay the shipments to the smaller stores in order to circumvent the leaks from occurring. The chain stores would still get them early since they can't sell them, but the "troublemakers" are left out in the cold.
Granted, it seems unfair to the smaller chains but it is what it is.