Topic: I need help regarding My Nintendo and saving money

If you are too worried about money, I wouldn't even think about gaming right now. I'd make a budget first before even thinking about spending

@TingLz: But I don't want to miss out on offers on the games. They don't last forever y'know. :/
The chance of Nintendo discounting anything I've listed again is 0.325%. #FiReference

That's a heck of a lot of info to take in at once, as an equally poor uni student in the UK I empathise with you, and will agree with what was posted above. You need to be in a position where you have 'X' amount of disposable income and budget accordingly based on what you have coming in and what you want to spend it on. I do something similar and wait for discounts and sales, different for Nintendo than it is for Sony and Microsoft, and I'd say you're doing that right. It'd be better for us giving you advice if you posted your taste in games so we know what to recommend, if you love Fire Emblem then I can't recommend Awakening high enough.

@TheLastLugia: I finally get a decent answer. (I also asked for help on another forum but not much help there)
Anyway, sorry for the amount of info. I just wanted to provide every detail otherwise I wouldn't get the answer I'm looking for.

I did post my taste in games by saying what I'm interested in that's offered by My Nintendo and the latest eShop discounts.
I know how popular Awakening is, but how should I go about it? I want to get the VC ones too, and I'm not sure whether to wait for those eShop codes to get back in stock on CDKeys or just use my Visa debit card. That would mean paying approx. £38, but I'm already pre ordered 3 games which goes around £75 which is insane. I could just get Awakening, but then I lose out on the VC ones which barely go on sale. Or I could just get the VC ones and pay approx. £12, but getting Awakening probably won't happen for a long while unless they turn it into a Nintendo Selects version.
I also want to take advantage of My Nintendo.

Honestly if you're hurting too much, I'd just go for Awakening. The VC discounts are probably not that substantial by comparison. Plus Awakening will keep you busy for a while if you love Fire Emblem

@TingLz: But wouldn't I be getting 3 games for a lower price?

I dunno. Awakening is pretty beefy in content, so it's hard to say. I'm making the point that you're saving about 20 pounds on Awakening versus a few pounds for the VC games. I'd go for the bigger bargain. Plus I have 300 hours in my Awakening game

Yeah in my personal opinion Awakening gives better value for money, a huge majority of Fire Emblem games before it left much to be desired, especially if one is playing them for the first time by today's standards. Even with the discounts I wouldn't recommend the older Fire Emblem games (including the Tellius duo which I am a fan of) over Awakening as the production value, accessibility and depth of content has never been higher in FE than what it is now with these 3DS games. Of course for Fates it necessitates buying the limited edition to get the 'full' experience but that's a horse of w different colour and I've been assured by people who only own one of the Fates games that it's still worth it just for that.

So yeah I'd say the 3DS ones are the best ones.

@TheLastLugia: Just so you're aware, Sacred Stones was my first FE but I never got to finish it. I loved it.
I had to do a Google search of 'Tellius duo' to find out what you meant. I already played Path of Radiance, and while I loved the story and characters, the difficulty was INSANE. I liked having a world map in Sacred Stones because I could train my units. I eventually gave up on chapter 12, which made me sad.

I understand both of your points about Awakening having a lot of content, but wouldn't I be able to get Awakening around the same price it's at on the eShop now in the future in a physical version? Nintendo almost never discounts the Virtual Console. I could get the VC ones now cheaper and get Awakening around the same price at a later time. And Awakening has a chance of being turned into a Nintendo Selects version right? Any game does, but even if it doesn't, I might get it cheaper anyway. Or there's always 3DS VC on NX.
This is all a matter of risk isn't it?

Ya know, I would like some help regarding the other things I mentioned. I was only recommended to get FE Awakening. E.g. What should I spend my future gold points on? Or should I save them? There's other things mentioned in the main post too......

Okay, sorry for the 3rd post in a row but I think I've decided on what to do. I actually did the math(Actually, I used a calculator a bunch of times) and the end result isn't too bad.
I'll buy all FE games on sale, Metroid Other M with the My Nintendo Discount, use the rest of my eShop funds on Link's Awakening DX since I never actually played it, then I'll use the rest of my gold points on Super Mario 64.
Sound good?
My end result came to be approx. £440 at least.
I do need a job though to get more cash, but there's nowhere local in my area that fits me.