Sam's Club, the members-only warehouse store owned by Wal-Mart, is going to start taking preorders of upcoming games. The first game to be tested with this program is Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which will be the reason for a midnight launch party at every store. What a great opportunity to pick up the game immediately and celebrate with ... other Sam's shoppers! Stores will even have a stock of twenty Wiis each.
The awesome part of this (assuming you don't find the prospect of hanging out at Sam's at midnight awesome) is that Sam's will be selling the game for only $44. The other awesome part is that you can get, like, these huge jars of red licorice while you're there.
Get Brawl and a gallon of soy sauce
Posted Feb 10th 2008 12:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News
Tags: fighting, sams, smash-bros-brawl, wal-mart
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-10-2008 @ 12:46PM
WhatIsThatThing said...
Are there other stores doing midnight launches? I was thinking of getting it at that time.
Also, on a kind of related note I SHOULD HAVE HAD IT TODAY. SAKURAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!
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2-10-2008 @ 12:59PM
Tristan said...
Whoa that is impressive that Sams Club is going to start doing this rather than selling the game in exclusive bundle packs with accessories and what nots like usual.
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2-10-2008 @ 1:16PM
Ping said...
My destiny is secure, I have my SOY SAUCE! :D
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2-10-2008 @ 1:18PM
Sisyphus said...
lol, I just want this game to come out so I don't have to keep hearing about it. I don't really get the button-mashing appeal of Melee and Brawl looks like more of the same.
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2-10-2008 @ 3:04PM
Dustin said...
Button mashing is impossible in SSB games. You will lose if you button mash.
2-10-2008 @ 3:21PM
Mr Khan said...
Agree. You can insult Smash Bros for a few things, but a button-masher it is not. Arguably, it is the anti-button masher when set against more traditional fighting games
2-10-2008 @ 1:35PM
phrozendouja said...
idk about this. i work at sams club overnights and i think it would be a little difficult to have launch parties while we're working....i mean i dont wanna get fired for running over a little gamer with my forklift while im trying to stock stuff...we havn't heard anything about this. its not going to happen.
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2-10-2008 @ 1:55PM
1UPMASTER said...
my gamestop is doing a midnight launch for proorderers.
Lucky me!
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2-10-2008 @ 2:45PM
vidGuy said...
I'm going to hold out for a deal like TRU did for Galaxy. As popular as this game is going to be, some store has got to do a $20 giftcard or something to pull in the customers.
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2-11-2008 @ 11:25AM
Shadow31 said...
I believe Circuit City is giving $10 gift cards with each preorder of Brawl. Good luck finding anything better.
2-10-2008 @ 3:34PM
GatorSax2010 said...
That is one of the greatest headlines ever.
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2-10-2008 @ 4:43PM
Nebinator said...
What about the spoilers? Or the deal at circuit city where you get a $10 coupon for getting brawl?
2-11-2008 @ 9:29AM
GatorSax2010 said...
Oh, not the story, just the headline. I just like the idea of pairing Brawl and soy sauce sold in bulk.
2-10-2008 @ 4:52PM
Crazylink said...
I only want Soy Sauce if it's from the world of John and Dave.
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2-10-2008 @ 5:20PM
OTAM said...
Smash Brothers Brawl + a pallet of beef jerky = awesome.
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2-10-2008 @ 5:29PM
shadowchaoscontrol said...
hope my local gamestop does this, but then again, i probably wouldn't be up long enough
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2-10-2008 @ 5:51PM
Just_a_guy said...
god da_n you Wallmart!
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2-10-2008 @ 7:31PM
Jay said...
I prefer Costco myself......but I won't be buying it there either.
As I will be on my way to Florida for spring break I asked my sister (who works at Disney) if she could reserve it at the Gamestop in Orlando and I'll be picking it up when I get there in the afternoon.
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2-10-2008 @ 7:51PM
Cyantre said...
I'm holding out for a launch event to be announced at the Nintendo World Store in NYC.
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2-10-2008 @ 9:22PM
mellojoe said...
I'm with phrozendouja on this one. I'm an electronics supervisor at Sam's Club, and this is news to me. I'd take it with a grain of salt.
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2-11-2008 @ 9:32AM
phrozendouja said...
thanks for the backing mellojoe. i talked to a coach today and they said that they might set up a pod or a small confined area to have the games played but thats even if they do it. it would be a huge distraction for us working at night and people would probably tend to wander off.
2-14-2008 @ 10:30AM
mellojoe said...
no prob. If they do do it, I only see them doing it at metro stores. I'm pretty sure they won't be doing it in our town of 50K. It's the worst time of year for retail to spend on extra labor. I call shenanigans on this story!
2-11-2008 @ 9:16AM
Michael Sliczniak said...
You will not find any licorice at Sam's be it black, brown, or red. You will find gigantic tasteless tubs of barely edible red plastic though. Taste or 'value' I guess, personally I'd rather eat the toilet paper, hey it's even cheaper and more fiber too.
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2-11-2008 @ 9:30AM
MoFro said...
This sounds sweet - if they let us do the reservation online, then we can use our $10 Wal-Mart gift cards from the pre-order debacle last month. =D
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2-11-2008 @ 4:29PM
Lars said...
Pick up SSBB and a Wii you can sell on eBay for twice the price!
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2-24-2008 @ 4:05PM
Doktor Moo said...
Thanks for the headline and all of the feedback. Full disclosure, I am the Buyer for Sam's Club Video Games. This will happen in ALL US clubs. We are VERY excited about this event. We have big plans for this and if it resonates with our Members, we can try it again and again.
@ Mello and Phrozen - Feel free to give me a call in the office or e-mail me if you have questions or concerns as you both work for Sam's Club. Very specific direction is coming via the WIRE in the next week or two. Flyers were just approved by Marketing (Sam's) and Nintendo. We want to ensure that everyone is fired up about this. I personally presented this to all club Management at the Kansas City meeting. We know it will be huge.
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