Arc the Lad Collection package, pricing details

[09.27.01] » You'll need a crane.

   Working Designs has finally revealed full details on the many extras that will be included in its upcoming Arc the Lad Collection. The company is calling it "largest console-based RPG anthology ever released in the world" and we're inclined to believe them.

   As previously reported, the collection will include six CDs: Arc the Lad I, Arc the Lad II, Arc the Lad III, Arc the Lad Monster Arena, and a "Making of Arc the Lad Collection" movie CD in PlayStation format. In addition to the games themselves, the package will come with a host of extras that will eclipse the company's previous Lunar deluxe editions -- and quite possibly the sun itself.

   The manual for all four games will come in the form of a 140+ page hardbound book. The Omake Box is set to include 21 character mini-standees, a custom embossed memory card holder, and four "analog thumb button covers," which snap onto the top of the PlayStation controller's analog sticks and feature portraits of characters from the games. If all of this is still not enough, pre-ordering the collection through participating retail outlets will also net you a limited edition Arc the Lad watch.

   Strategy guides for the collection will be receiving a similar treatment. Two hardbound guides will be released for the games, one covering Arc the Lad I + II, weighing in at over 450 pages, and another for Arc the Lad III, measuring a comparatively svelte 250 pages. Both books will include character and memory card stickers and an offer for a free Arc the Lad poster, a different one for each guide. The two guides are priced at $24.99 US and $19.99, respectively.

   The collection itself has also received an official price -- $74.99. Working Designs has also released media of all the goods that will come with the package. Though the picture below does seem to feature a preliminary box for the collection, somehow we're not sure it will all fit.