Available from this page (amazon.jp), UO players in Japan can now pre-order the Ultima Online 9th Anniversary Collection.

The ship date is November 9, 2006.

The machine-translated description:

Commemorating 9th anniversaries from start of service, from the United States the special package which is sold. Right and “the offering/accompanying set of traveling which” can use “the house tile of the crystal and the shadow” etc belong with the up-to-date version which present seven extended pack functions everything is included play, furthermore as a package benefit. This product is English edition, the manual in addition it becomes all English inscriptions.

Our interpretation of the machine-translated description:

- Commemorating UO’s 9th Anniversary.
- Includes Personal Attendants (sometimes refererred to as “traveling companions”)
- New house tile sets (”crystal” and “shadow”)
- Includes all previous seven expansions (including Mondain’s Legacy).
- English edition with English manual (I’m assuming this will change between now and when it ships).

Keep in mind this is subject to change between now and November - do not consider this the official word until EA says so! Also keep in mind that it will contain “special” items covering the past nine years of UO’s history. Those have not been set in stone - for more information, see the 9th Anniversary Edition page.

Note: Personal Attendants - hmm…is this the big surprise (remember, originally they were going to be made available back in August as microtransactions, and then the subject was dropped).