Buy ToV, Get Stuff

So, as you probably know, I'm already completely whipped over the upcoming Tales of Vesperia for Xbox 360. Well, apparently so is Japan.

Not only is there an already sold out (at least at Play Asia and Amazon.co.jp) Japan-only Premium Xbox 360 x Tales of Vesperia bundle, plus a special DVD with every pre-order, and a special meet-the-cast event, but there is also a sweepstakes with the game, with 2,003 prizes.

If you live in Japan and are planning on picking up (or have already pre-ordered) Tales of Vesperia, all you have to do is fill out a little survey included in the game package and send it out with a 50 yen stamp stuck on it and you could win some stuff. Admittedly, this stuff would probably only appeal to you if you were an exteremly hardcore Tales of fan, but it's still stuff nonethelss.

There are 3 "A" prizes which consist of a set of 6 recording scripts for the game, signed by the game's voice cast.

There are 1,000 "B" prizes which consist of a set of 8 B4-size, full-color ToV character posters.

Finally, there are 1,000 "C" prizes which consist of a set of 'Faceplate Seals.' (Basically stickers.)

Some of these prizes may be something of an eyebrow-raiser to many North American gamers, but hardcore fans of the series (especially in Japan) would be stoked to get most of these prizes (I can't say the stickers really look that great, but I guess free is free).

Since I don't live in Japan anymore, and will be getting the NA version of the game (I don't have a JP 360 at the moment), I am obviously out of luck on this contest. And let's face it, we'll be lucky if we get any kind of pre-order bonus at all in North America.

You can take a look at the prizes and read the details of the contest (you'll need to be Japanese-enabled) right here.