Special Editions of games are certainly not a rarity in the game's industry and it looks like Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep will be getting one aswell. The problem? North America will not be recieving it.

The Special Edition of Birth by Sleep has been seen recently on Amazon's French, German and English websites, but not on Amazon.com (their American site). Europeans on the other hand will be happy to know that the Special Edition of the game will be packed along with two art prints and a 48-page art book. According to Amazon.co.uk, the Special Edition will be a mere £5 (just over EUR 5) more than the standard edition, sounds like a good deal to any Kingdom Hearts fan.

Unfortunately fans of Kingdom Hearts in North America will be missing out on yet another special edition. Dissidia: Final Fantasy was the last Square Enix game to come with a region exclusive edition and it looks like it is becoming a trend.

Sorry North America, but look on the bright side, at least you get stickers if you pre-order at Amazon.com, Best Buy or Gamestop.

Update: According to the Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (EU) Facebook page, we now have the complete list of countries set to receive the special edition of the game: UK, France, Nordic countries, Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Benelux, Spain, Italy, Australia/New Zealand, Russia and Cyprus.

Thankyou to GamingUnion.net Forum member RedRose for the update.