When can one purchase a copy of ORAS? i.e. When is the actual time of the "release"?

[keniselvis]

ORAS releases on Nov 21st.

Does that mean that if there is a midnight release, that I can actually pick up the game at 12:00 AM Nov 21?

 

[Benzo]

Midnight is the 21st, correct. If a place is open at midnight to sell merchandise- then I believe it's with in the timeframe to sell items restricted to a release date.

 

[mahius]

A shame they don't have the simultaneous Worldwide release like they did with X&Y. I'm going to have to wait a week longer to get my copy over here in the UK. Minus a day, since I pre-ordered off the Official Nintendo Store and they ship their pre-orders to arrive a day before release. At least I'll know what to expect since everyone else will be talking about it. It's a couple of days/week off of release so people should be able to pre-order a copy no matter what region.