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Pre-ordering a copy of Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl in the UK could win you a collection of diecast Pokeballs.
2021 has been a huge year for Pokemon, and rightly so. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the franchise and it has been marked in more ways than we can count. The best celebration of all might be yet to come. The arrival of Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl which is now a little more than a week away.
The Diamond and Pearl remakes launch on November 19, but that doesn't mean you can't pre-order the games ahead of time. In fact, if you do so through Nintendo in the UK you'll get some goodies to go along with your games. Plus, as revealed via the tweet below, you'll also be entered into a competition to win some diecast Pokeball replicas.
The bundle includes a regular Pokeball, a Great Ball, and an Ultra Ball, and there are five collections up for grabs. All you have to do is pre-order a copy of Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl through the UK Nintendo store to be entered into the prize draw to win one of them. If you placed your pre-order with Nintendo before now, then you have retractively been placed into the draw.
The chance to win a collection of diecast Pokeballs isn't the only reason you should consider placing your Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl pre-orders through Nintendo. Pre-orders also come with a free Dialga or Palkia figurine and pin depending on which game you buy. Pre-ordering both will get you a free steelbook as well as Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl pins. If you're going to do it then do it now as by the end of next week, the games will have launched and pre-order bonuses will be gone for good.
If you do miss out on pre-ordering Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, all is not lost. The games also come with a Manaphy egg simply for picking up a copy of either game early. You'll have until early 2022 to claim your egg, which means even if you're waiting to receive one of the games as a holiday gift, you'll still get your egg.