LittleBigPlanet Pre-Order Bonus Details and the Thoughts That Followed

First things first, I'm not a fan of pre-ordering games (especially when Gamestop is involved, but I'll leave my feelings about them out of this). But when you can get some kind of sweet bonus item for pre-ordering, sometimes you have to do it. This brings us to LittleBigPlanet. The game looks incredible, but that's a discussion for another post. The Playstation Blog brings us news of what you can get for pre-ordering LBP. Depending on which retailer you go to you can get a number of different bonus items: mini-strategy guide (meh), sticker book (eh), pouch (eh), and then there are the two exclusive downloadable costumes (oh heck yes). Here they are:

Kratos Sackboy Costume

Nariko Sackgirl Costume

Those are great. I mean really great. While I realize that Kratos has the better games, Nariko's sackgirl is just so awesome. But it seems Sony wants to make me choose between them which I think is stupid. I mean I'm fine with that as long as you let me download the one I don't get. But of course, I want more. I'm hoping they'll have a bunch of outfits in a downloadable pack or something. How about a Jak with Daxter on his shoulder sackboy. How about a Ratchet with Clank backpack sackboy. How about Nathan Drake with the half-tuck sackboy. Solid Snake sackboys, Sly Cooper sackboys, Ico or Wander sackboys, and I could continue, but you get the idea. Plus, one look at those pictures above and you have to think about the idea of actual sackboy and girl figures (or toys or dolls, whatever you want to call them). Well hopefully LBP does well and Sony sees the opportunity for some of these things to come to fruition. I can see a Kratos sackboy climbing his way out of a 2D Hades in my head as I write this. Now, let me have the same opportunity with a Jak sackboy (not in Hades of course, you know Haven City, the Monk Temple, or something like that). Make it happen Sony (I'm always saying this, but really Sony make it happen).

(Thanks to the Playstation Blog for the info and pics. You can find the original info at the following link: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/08/05/littlebigplanet-pre-order-goodness/)