I live in a smallish town with 350,000 people, so not a lot of people play Zelda, not like COD *rolls eyes* so I'm confident that I'll get a copy on day one even without pre-ordering. When SMG2 came out, there were tones of copies at EBgames right after release, so I'm feeling safe.
Yeah, now that there's a release date, I will pre-order it soon. Probably this Saturday. Also, my birthday is ten days before the release of Skyward Sword, so for my birthday I hope to go down to the nearest Gamestop (an hour an a half away...) pick it up at a midnight release. Or if by some miracle Wal-Mart (15 minutes away) gets a midnight release, I'll get it there instead. XD It's a possibility since OoT3D got one.
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SMALL-ISH? Geez. People's perceptions sure are different depending on where they live. My town is population: 5,000.