Rumor: The early-Brawl-selling side of Sears

Posted Feb 27th 2008 7:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Rumors

A GoNintendo reader, PRC902, reported that Sears was selling Super Smash Bros. Brawl early, and provided the above picture as evidence. The picture comes from NeoGAFfer Tenbatsu, who may or may not be the same person, and doesn't actually explain where the game came from, which is not much confirmation that the game is out on Sears' shelves. We did some journalism and called our local Sears, who didn't have the game in stock. So that's the end of that chapter.

Or is it? Sears' website lists the game as in stock and, in fact, accepted our order (done also for journalism). If it ships within the next couple of days, there's a pretty good chance we'll be receiving it early. We will, of course, let you know what happens. We're hoping for either an early copy of the game or a $10 gift card.

Tags: brawl, preorder, sears

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

2-27-2008 @ 7:17PM

Eternal Warrior said...

Yeah, they've already disabled it...just tried and couldn't get the game to display.

2-27-2008 @ 7:25PM

therpham said...

DO WANT! Too bad the Sears in my town is too far away to bother driving to if they don't have it...

2-27-2008 @ 7:32PM

Joe Cart said...

ahh hell i'll savor it till march... though a little sample of the game couldnt hurt ;)

2-27-2008 @ 7:33PM

Broward said...

Good luck with that. Sears.com listed Lost Odyssey in stock a month and a half before release, yet did not ship till the release date.

2-27-2008 @ 7:44PM

Sonic_13 said...

I find this hard to believe as don't stores usually only receive game shipments a few days before their release at the earliest?

This would mean that stores already received their shipments 1.5 - 2 weeks ahead of launch.

2-27-2008 @ 7:46PM

Sonic_13 said...

Now displayed on the Sears website:

"You have reached this page because the product you selected is no longer available on our site, or is temporarily out of stock due to high demand."

2-27-2008 @ 9:04PM

eblob88 said...

It's a lie!!! I just called SEARS and they didn't have any. When I asked them when it's coming out, they said March 9th.

2-27-2008 @ 9:28PM

Sonic_13 said...

It doesn't necessarily mean that it is a lie. It is entirely possible that one Sears store jumped the gun and started selling copies.

2-27-2008 @ 10:08PM

JC Fletcher said...

The online bit's not a lie, at least. They removed the product listing from the website. I was able to put an order in before it went down, though I'm not confident they'll actually ship it out tomorrow.

As for in-store, I fully believe that some Sears stores got their shipments and accidentally ignored the ship date. It happens with a lot of big games.

3-04-2008 @ 5:28PM

bobbyszy said...

i called my local sears at the mall and they in fact do have brawl in stock, in fact they said there next shipment is tommorow, wed the 5th and my friend is going to get two copies (if i can get a refund because i already bought the game. the funniest part is that the mall is also hosting a tourny the day of realese right below that sears. hope gamestop doesnt find out.

ps the sears i called is in pa 15108 at the robinson mall in pittsburgh.

2-27-2008 @ 9:12PM

Julian said...

Well I called my local Sears here in Colorado Springs, CO and apparently they have all there reservation copies in stock, but they're not allowed to sell them until March 9th.

2-27-2008 @ 9:42PM

(01) said...

nice guys, you almost got me off my couch running to the nearest Sears....unfortunately, it's totally untrue. I can't even find the game on their site, let alone the ability to buy it. 10 days....

2-27-2008 @ 9:47PM

michael said...

I confirmed with two different Sears, West Hartford, CT and Enfield, CT, that they did sell brawl today. However, Manchester, CT and Meriden, CT claimed to know nothing about it. I guess it varies from store to store

2-27-2008 @ 11:03PM

yippy skippy said...

SO WHATS EVERYBODY GONNA FREKOUT ABOUT NEXT, AFTER THE RELEASE OF BRAWL DOES HAPPEN?,....WHATS IN THE PIPELINE?

2-27-2008 @ 11:18PM

rdjl27 said...

Most likely something that has nothing to do with caps, or random grammar and spelling mistakes.

2-28-2008 @ 3:02AM

samfish said...

I DONT NO Y DONT YOU TELL US WHATS NEXT SO WE CAN FREKOUT ABUOT IT PORPORLY WHEN THE TIME CUMS???

2-27-2008 @ 11:33PM

Jay said...

As I found out my sears doesn't even carry games at all.

At least it was nice to get off campus for awhile and then go chill at walmart later

2-27-2008 @ 11:43PM

Cyantre said...

I think I may just do a sweep of the area at a bunch of different outlets to see if I can't get my hands on a copy of this game a bit sooner.

2-28-2008 @ 12:29AM

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) said...

well im almost glad it didnt work cause i just put money down on it at GameCrazy this afternoon. it would be the Mario Galaxy thing all over again. i cant risk not getting it on launch day by not preordering it though and im not to keen on waiting outside in the cold for stuff (i was able to walk in Toys R Us on launch day and pick up my preorder Wii. doesnt get better than that.)

2-28-2008 @ 8:41AM

CHRIS AUGUST said...

Sorry about the caps, and sorry for asking questions, not that i might actually find anything out. Too bad nintendo doesnt have a disc for interpersonal communication.

2-28-2008 @ 3:08PM

Gerwurztraminer said...

I would say MKwii, although it doesn't have nearly as much hype as Brawl has had (what with the daily DOJO updates and all).

I can't think of anything with as much hype as Brawl right now. Although, I can think of someone out there who would say the MSG4-PS3 bundle is the next big thing.

Personally I think it's the return of Betamax.

2-28-2008 @ 3:15PM

slothbot.com said...

I called all local New Hampshire Sears locations and this is what I got:
Manchester - Not Selling
Nashua - Not Selling
Salem - Not Selling
Derry - Not Selling
Concord - Not Selling

we lose.

2-28-2008 @ 7:46PM

Ouch2x4 said...

I asked my friend that works at sears and he says they might be releasing it early but hes not 100% sure.

2-28-2008 @ 9:43PM

Dman said...

well i called 3 different sears in my area (not telling where :D)

THEY ALL HAD IT
THEY ALL SOLD OUT

one guy told me they only got around 4 copies, which is odd, but my friends and i were told their next shipment comes this SATURDAY

were gonna go and check it out, hopefully this guy was right.....

2-28-2008 @ 11:09PM

Zeromus said...

Well...I did a little digging the good ol'e Interwebs last night and found that several companies might be shipping a little early. I wont reveal who here, because you can search for yourself. With the Sears bit, I telephoned the various ones within a 90 mile radius and guess what happened on the last one: Sold out.

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