Nintendo games/consoles even more bargain alerts thread

skerry

CastorTroy wrote: »

Don't have the Switch handy at the moment to check, but how much is the Mario & rabbids DLC?

Think the Donkey Kong Expansion is €7.50

Eduard Khil

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles down to €12 on eshop anyone know is it still broken or is it worth a gamble at that price

RobertFoster

Sky: Children of the Light released yesterday and is currently free on the eShop - https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Sky-Children-of-the-Light-1742945.html

It's a port from iOS/Android but it's made by Thatgamecompany so I don't know what it's like.

mrcheez

RobertFoster wrote: »

Sky: Children of the Light released yesterday and is currently free on the eShop - https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Sky-Children-of-the-Light-1742945.html

It's a port from iOS/Android but it's made by Thatgamecompany so I don't know what it's like.

Multiplayer only, so I guess this is just to build up a player base?

Fysh

mrcheez wrote: »

Multiplayer only, so I guess this is just to build up a player base?

It's free on mobile as well with some sort of optional in-app purchases (I think cosmetics but could be wrong). Personally I'm delighted it's on Switch, I loved their previous games and prefer my phone-games to be simple puzzle affairs.

Mr E

Mr Driller Drill Land is down to €4.99 (75% off).
Great game, loved it on the Gamecube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEusH4aLtDY

mrcheez

€3.74 в России-матушке




I adopted the earlier suggestion of learning Russian

CiDeRmAn

Mr E wrote: »

Mr Driller Drill Land is down to €4.99 (75% off).
Great game, loved it on the Gamecube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEusH4aLtDY

An absolute must have.
I have the original version of this on the GameCube, a friend brought it back from a trip to Japan.
Of course, I have the bonus of the wonderful Japanese GameCube packaging.

Edit: just bought, thanks for the heads up

CiDeRmAn

Holy shizt balls
Raiden is finally out on the Switch!
That's the original game, and it's out on the Japanese eShop for about €8.
Hopefully this is a sign that Raiden II and later sequels are on the way, fingers crossed this will include the Raiden Jet spinoffs too.

RobbingBandit

Definitely getting Mr Driller best digging game since Digger T. Rock

Yeah I'm old big whoop wanna fight about it

Doodah7

Katamari Damacy Reroll is down to a fiver!

Eduard Khil

Yokus Island €9.99 in GameStop rare auld game now especially box and cart.

Grassey

Amazon doing £10 off (min)£25 for first 5000 orders.
Picked up Toad Treasure Tracker for £18

Use DISCOUNT10P at checkout.

skerry

Grassey wrote: »

Amazon doing £10 off (min)£25 for first 5000 orders.
Picked up Toad Treasure Tracker for £18

Use DISCOUNT10P at checkout.

Think its account specific. I used it on my main account the other day to get Trials of Mana for £17. Tried on secondary account though and no dice. I got a notification on the app for it the other day. Definitely worth a try though

Grassey

Ohhh Trials of Mana would have been a way better purchase - dammit!

skerry

Grassey wrote: »

Ohhh Trials of Mana would have been a way better purchase - dammit!

It was a toss up between that and SMT Nocturne but I went for the more lighthearted option.

RobbingBandit

Two Point Hospital €15 in Smyths Jervis store specific price its the original not the jumbo

Grumpypants

Mario kart live is discounted on Amazon again. €65.

apache

I'm new to this and I didn't think the games would be so dear to buy brand new. I thought they would be cheaper.

FileNotFound

Grumpypants wrote: »

Mario kart live is discounted on Amazon again. €65.

Thats actually not bad, might take a look.

Thanks

FileNotFound

apache wrote: »

I'm new to this and I didn't think the games would be so dear to buy brand new. I thought they would be cheaper.

All games for all consoles have been expensive for years..

But there are sales where you can pick up good deals, just might not play a game when its first released

SMC92Ian

apache wrote: »

I'm new to this and I didn't think the games would be so dear to buy brand new. I thought they would be cheaper.

Just Nintendo, Xbox and PS games can be gotten very cheap after a few weeks/months.

Fysh

apache wrote: »

I'm new to this and I didn't think the games would be so dear to buy brand new. I thought they would be cheaper.

Nintendo's 1st Party games are typically very spendy - you'll generally only see the digital versions go on sale (because they can't be resold) and even at that 20-33 % off is the most you'd generally see.

Other titles tend to both not start off quite as expensive and drop price over time, and also have a better chance of significant discounting while on sale.

mrcheez

Fysh wrote: »

Nintendo's 1st Party games are typically very spendy - you'll generally only see the digital versions go on sale (because they can't be resold) and even at that 20-33 % off is the most you'd generally see.

Other titles tend to both not start off quite as expensive and drop price over time, and also have a better chance of significant discounting while on sale.

worth the OP noting that Switch games are not region-locked as well, so it's possible to setup an account in South Africa or Russia and get extra savings from the cheaper rate.

Russia account is a bit more hassle due to language differences, so requires Google translate either via the web or via phone, but often better for additional savings.

Go to https://eshop-prices.com/ to see what I mean.

apache

I'll have a look at the games around €30 and see what's in the store.
Any recomendations for mystery games?

CastorTroy

Do you want to stick with digital only?
You can pick up some games cheaper physically.

Like Mario & Rabbids is 19.99 in Smyths
https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/nintendo-switch/nintendo-switch-games/mario-and-rabbids-kingdom-battle-code-in-box-nintendo-switch/p/193047

It's a code in the box apparently so still digital.

And if planning on more digital you might want to invest in a micro SD card

apache

CastorTroy wrote: »

Do you want to stick with digital only?
You can pick up some games cheaper physically.

Like Mario & Rabbids is 19.99 in Smyths
https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/nintendo-switch/nintendo-switch-games/mario-and-rabbids-kingdom-battle-code-in-box-nintendo-switch/p/193047

It's a code in the box apparently so still digital.

And if planning on more digital you might want to invest in a micro SD card

I just bought a 250GB SD card.

I'd like to stick with digital ideally. It came with Animal Crossing and Minecraft which went straight in the bin. Anyone know what they would get for in a CEX shop? I think Gamestop are all closed now? Any other shops where you can get/sell second hand games?

So it comes with 32 GB storage. Zelda nearly takes up half of it!

CastorTroy

You can check cex prices on their site
https://ie.webuy.com/

apache

CastorTroy wrote: »

You can check cex prices on their site
https://ie.webuy.com/

Nice one. Better money in my pocket than in the bin. I'm off to rescue them.

Doodah7

apache wrote: »

Nice one. Better money in my pocket than in the bin. I'm off to rescue them.

Why would you chuck them out in the first place? Did you even try the games? It seems to me you bought a Switch without doing any research on it first.