Oh, Canada! A Wizard's Canadian Wish List

Did I mention in my last blog post that I live in Canada? Well if I didn't, I just did now! I live in Canada, which is a wonderful country and full of many kind people, fresh air and interesting places. The only real downside to living here though, has always been the fact that as a Wizard101 player, I just couldn't get those amazing cards or mega bundle packs up here.

Imagine my delight when KingsIsle announced that they were going to finally be bringing the cards to Canada! They haven't said whether it's going to just be the $15 and $20 cards, or if they were also planning on bringing the mega bundles here as well, but I really hope so. My husband and I were fortunate enough to have a friend throw us a bone by sending us some card codes from the states so that we weren't completely left out, and whenever I visit the states to see my family I stock up on the $20 cards at Target.

My speculation (and hope) is that when the cards finally do travel up to the northern region, they hit the following stores:

Futureshop

Gamestop

Shoppers Drug Mart

Toys 'R' Us

Best Buy

These stores would make the most sense, since they are everywhere, and while I know that it isn't typical for these cards to be sold in super markets I would love to see them appear in the Canadian Superstores. KingsIsle also mentioned that there would be unique Canadian pets (!!!) on these cards, and I have been having a lot of fun dreaming up the possibilities of what they could possibly be. I'm hoping for the following:

A patriotic piggle - make him white, and slap a red maple leaf on his tummy!

Canadian leprechaun - Much like the USA patriotic leprechaun, only with red and white and maple leafs. Yeah, I know...the maple leaf motif can only be used so much before it gets seriously boring.

A beaver - Okay, cliche much? Yes, I know. But it would be cute to see some new models for the pets and I think a beaver would be an obvious choice.

Mini Moose - Another cliche choice but there aren't that many animals that spring to my mind that say, "Canada!" like a Canadian moose.

Of course there would be serious problems implementing region-only pet models, as many players would feel badly they couldn't get a moose or beaver too and so I would never expect KI to do something like this. Still, it's nice to dream, isn't it? What do you think the exclusive Canada pets will be? Do you think it's fair to limit pets to specific region or not?

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Featured Comment by Deirdre Rosethorn on June 30, 2011 at 6:20pm: I totally forgot about Wal-Mart, Jasmine! We have one of those...but then I also totally forgot about Canadian Tire, too. I would like to see them make an appearance over there as well. Heck, put cards EVERYWHERE! I will go out and collect them all, and so will my hubby (he has this horrible addiction to leveling up pets...he has several ancients and none of mine are beyond adult status!). Yeah, we definitely need a maple leaf piggy. I think we should all e-mail KI with this request, hehe.

Comment by Jasmine Smith on June 30, 2011 at 2:50pm: Hehe I almost questioned why you left out Walmart, but our Walmart is nearly in front of our Shopper Drug mart so it wouldn't affect me much xD! Yes, I'd LOVE a piggy with a maple leaf on it. Celebrate my pride as a canadian wizard. All I know at this point is that I got 20$ from my mom's boyfriend to spend on anything I want, and I am saving it for when the cards come out. Also, LOVE the moose idea but not as much as the flag piggy. OOOOOH What about a wildclaw type pet with a canadian flag on it. :)

Comment by Katherine Light on June 29, 2011 at 8:17pm: Oh my goodness, I would SO buy a card for the moose. Another Canadian Mom here, btw! :D I'm excited to be able to buy the cards (without harassing my US friends) as well.

Featured Comment by Deirdre Rosethorn on June 28, 2011 at 2:40pm: Plushies are a great idea! That reminds me of what Blizzard sells in their shop - baby wyvern and baby gryphon plushies that have pet codes attached to them for in-game use. I would love to see something like that make an appearance as merchandise. I'll be honest - I really do wish KI had a bigger selection of merchandise outside of the Zazzle shop. Nothing in the Zazzle shop really appeals to me. And yeah, right now someone is getting the short end of the stick, by not being able to get the gift cards so maybe different pets wouldn't be so bad after all. Maybe they could be like a, "sorry we took so long to give you guys gift cards!" kind of thing. Who knows.

Featured Comment by John SpiritShade on June 28, 2011 at 2:28pm: Hmm.. I think the Canadian pets will be more like variations of existing gift card pets, however I would beg Kingsisle for a Mini Moose!!! And I will be surprised if the maple leaf doesn't make an appearance somewhere, haha.

It probably is a little unfair if they were to have completely different pets in Canada, however I can't get the gift cards where I live, so you could argue that is unfair ( but I don't mind!) and even if they did, they would only work for the UK version which I don't play! I think it would be a brilliant idea if they also sold giftcards or other merchandise ( PLUSHIESS!!! ) online, maybe each with a code, so anyone on the world could get cool stuff. I would love to have a wizard101 plush toy!