Suikoden 4 Merchandise and Where to buy...

[Sasarai]

Gensousuikoden IV - Regular edition
Release date : Thursday, August 19th 2004
Price : 7329 Yen ( Consumption tax included )
Where you can get it:
Himeya - Pretty safe,secure and fast(based in Japan): $69
Play-Asia - Never ordered there(based in Hong Kong) : $59.90
Yesasia - Safe, secure but kinda slow(based in Hong Kong) : $61.40 (€49.45)
Lik-Sang - Never ordered there(based in Hong Kong) : $59.90 (€49.35)

Gensousuikoden IV - Limited edition
Release date : Thursday, August 19th 2004
Price : 9954 Yen ( Consumption tax included )
Features : Original illustations x 4, Artwork book( 100 pages ), Rune of Punishment Luminous Keyholder
As far as I know, only Konamistyle, Tsutaya,Toys'r us.co.jp and PS.com were able to take preorder. However, this limited edition will be avaible at Japanese stores but there will only be a few quantity.

Cell phone strap
If you preordered S4, you will get a Cell phone strap. There are 9 straps.
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The preorder campaign is now over.

Mug
If you preorder S4 on http://www.jp.playstation.com you will get an Original Mug with Ted and Hero 4 on it.
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Playstation 2 - 8Mb Memory Card Premium series - Gensousuikoden 4
Release date : Thursday, August 19th 2004
Price : 2940 Yen ( Consumption tax included )
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Where you can get it:
Lik-sang: $29.90
Play-asia: $28.90
Yesasia: $29.36

Phone Card
Release date : August 21st 2004
Price : 1500 Yen
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Dengeki PS2
Release date : July 23th 2004
Price : 1470 Yen
Features : Suikoden 4 demo

Gensousuikoden 4 - Prelude
Release date : July 25th 2004
Price : 1100 Yen
Features : 64 pages - Some characters illustrations, System details, Music CD with main theme and maybe more, Coba interview.
ISBN: 4861550165
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Where you can get it :
Amazon Japan ( Games CANNOT be ordered there ) : 1100 Yen Link

Rune of Punishment Tattoo
If you go to a Japanese event, you will get this tattoo ( I got one lol )

Gensosuikoden 4 Guide book First Edition
Release date : Aug 19th
Price : 1200 Yen
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[Stallion]

Gensousuikoden IV - Limited edition
Release date : Thursday, August 19th 2004
Price : 9954 Yen ( Consumption tax included )
Features : Original illustations x 4, Artwork book( 100 pages ), Rune of Punishment Luminous Keyholder
As far as I know, only Konamistyle and http://www.jp.playstation.com were able to take preorder. However, this limited edition will be avaible at Japanese stores but there will only be a few quantity.

I have already pre-ordered this from NCSX.com, so it looks like it can be pre-ordered on any site with Japanese connections.

[Sasarai]

Good for you
However I would like to point out that I had a hard time preordering the limited edition. I also find it quite strange that that site was taking preorder since in Japan, only Konamistyle and PS.com were selling it ( on Konamistyle, they ran out of stock pretty fast and PS.com preorder campaign was over after a few hours...). Even if Konami stated that a few quantity of limited edition would be avaible in some shops, I did some research and found only one shop selling it ... for almost 20000 yen which is actually twice the price of it. I am very happy that you were able to get one, but I'd like you to be careful.

[Schtolteheim Reinbach IV]

I hope this is the right place for that...

I've heard that Suikoden 4 is on a DVD9 media (9 Go against 5 Go for a normal DVD). Is anyone could confirm this ?
If it's true, could I boot it with the Swap Magic ?

If it isn't the case, I would be awfully disappointed...and I will sell my copy (the true game, not a back up) to anyone who want it...

Edit : No it's okay, I can swap it

[Eao]

is this just for the Japanese version? will the Other (and American) versions have pre-order perks? I got a teeshirt (2 acctually) for FF-7

[jjrrs]

I am about to get the phone card as a bonus for free for buying the LE, I was told it is not used, is it even a good collectable? Also I was offered the entire set of straps, how much do you think would be a good price for that?