Nintendo Of America Announces Cyber Deals eShop Sale, Up To 80% Off

Is it just me, or does seeing 75% off and the sale price still being $49.99 make you scratch your head and think no... no... hell no. lol

LEGO 2K Drive has been catching my eye! Time to buy!!

Pretty sure your Baldur's Gate info is wrong lol.

Nothing for me on this sale. Already have everything I want.

@Ralizah Lol 75% off and still $49.99

Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Editions price is 12.49$

@PharoneTheGnome @vortexeo @fizza I checked and it's wrong price it's $12.49 on sale

Portal Companion is only $6.79! Bought!

I picked up Portal and Talos Principle for ~$12 combined. I guess it’ll be a very puzzle Winter!

Nintendo sale! - Up to 80% off!*

*Nintendo games up to 33% off.

Fire Emblem Engage is tempting to me. I will think about that one.
Loved Three Houses, played all the campaigns on Maddening and loved every second, but heard that this last entry was bad in comparison, hence the hesitation

IDK - I've got too many other games I'm playing for these prices to entice me...

@tonyp1987 $12.49 is tempting.

The Castlevania and Contra collections are at $4 a piece. I recommend those to anyone that enjoys those retro titles

Skyrim worth it for 34.99?

There are a lot of games I want to buy. But fortunately in my country the dollar is 30 times higher and I have no money. nice

Dragon Quest Builders 2 is tempting since it doesn't go on sale often. Not to mention the download size isn't large. I played the jumbo demo this past summer and really enjoyed it! I might see if any other retailers will match it first though.

So is the Metal Gear master collection not on sale digitally?

@Diowine It's very good from mechanical standpoint but the story is painfully cheery and cheesy in a very cringy way.

@Fizza Your love of Ghost Trick has my curious. I already have it saved on my wishlist. I'm downloading the demo and will try it this week. What do you love about it so much?

@Diowine The game is a blast honestly. The maps and mechanics are more well realized than 3H, and the story is some campy anime goodness. Only bad thing I can really say is that the supports are 110% skippable and don’t really add anything meaningful to the game.

Not really seeing much that’s catching my eye that I don’t already own or is really worth going in on. I wanted to pull the trigger on Assassin’s Creed Ezio Collection and I would have gone for that had I not just found the physical release (yes I know AC2 is the only game on the cartridge) for $1.00 cheaper as part of Best Buy’s early Black Friday deal and picking up my store pick up order once I get off work in an hour. I found it amusing that Borderlands Legendary edition, handsome collection, and game of the year edition are all $9.99… not sure what’s going on there but I already have the legendary edition from the last time it was dirt cheap. Might be interested in Baten Kaitos but it’s still kinda pricey since it’s new. I’m sure I can hold out for a better sale in the future

Beautiful picture on this article. Obviously Bayonetta 3 is a must-play.
There's actually plenty of really good games with quite nice discounts. But I already have all the ones I'd want out of this list.
I just got back to try and finish the DLC for Cadence of Hyrule. The music is stellar, but the gameplay ... mwah .. and the difficulty is all over the place, a bit annoying (sometimes very).

@GalaxicGlobe I want to try that game but I’m concerned about how the performance is. If you end up picking it up please let me know if it’s worth it

Osdessy is tempting, idk if it’s worth in in 2023

Making a highlight list for myself now. An expected lot of headturners (with more reportedly to come in wave 2) and I don't even know how much I'll be able to allocate - there's the RF3S purchase goalpost I've been shamefully moving all autumn and THEN Bamco just threw a curveball with less than a month's notice of Taiko Drum and Fun delisting on the 30th (the DLC thankfully remains on sale but the announcement came conveniently after last discount, so that's still a 50 buck investment in the base game I'm facing now). Time will tell but I can at least windowshop through many peculiar offers like Azur Lane, Silent Sector, Skullgirls and Lego Star Wars for now.😄

@PharoneTheGnome was just about to ask the same question lol

@OctolingKing13 Odyssey is always worth it. Played it back when it released, and currently replaying it again and just was reminded of how incredibly fun the game is. Granted with how old the game is and how many copies are floating around you might be able to get lucky enough to get a used copy on eBay for less than the sale price perhaps

@PharoneTheGnome
Yeah I scrolled down the list and I was like… ?? Sale? Uuhhhh…. No

@Tyranexx Didn't those games have some irritating performance issues on Switch? I keep thinking about getting them for my kids, but I don't want them to get frustrated if it runs too slow

Not a ton here that catches my eye. I wish the 1st party stuff would hit 50%, but that'll just never happen. It's a brand value thing that Nintendo will just never allow.

As a gamer, Steam sales have just wrecked my sense of value. For just about any game on Steam, you can just wait a year until the next big sale and the game will eventually knock down to 50-75%. Even big name titles usually get a big drop at about the year mark on the next big sale.

Or, at least I wish more games had demos on Switch so I could get a better feel if I want it on Switch to play on the go, or just go with Steam and not worry about most performance issues.

@Darthmoogle thanks a bunch for the advice? Which one should I put on my Xmas list…Osdessy or Mario RPG?

PSA to buy all of the Xenoblade games including 3 although it isn’t on sale

Nice to see the DQ Builder games on sale. I’ll probably nab those since I really enjoyed the demos. There may be a few others too. Red Dead Redemption and Portal are at the top of the list

Ouch. I’m gonna check my wishlist to see if I fare better. I usually don’t like to pay more than 20 bucks a game during BF sales. Maybe 30 if it is newer or a nearly gone print run. Need to check and see if the DLC for DQ builders 2 is on sale.

@AlanaHagues This list has a few mistakes. For Baldur's Gate $50 is the normal price when it's not on sale. Bayonetta Origins is 30% off.

@Diowine Depends on what you're looking for. Fire Emblem Engage legit has some of the best (if not the best) combat and gameplay of the series. The game is ludicrously fun. Brought back the weapon triangle and the added innovation with the emblem ring/bracelet implementation and skills ended up adding a lot more strategies that work both for and against you, as bosses will have some of them in game. The maps are very well designed and the game is beautiful. The story is decent enough, but there are a few character standouts that make it worthwhile. (See Yunaka as my profile pic. She's very well written. Veyle is interesting too.) The game doesn't get bogged down with a lot of the superfluous fluff of the monastery segments of 3H, however objectively 3H has the better story. I personally prefer Engage over 3H, but both games are great and both should absolutely be played.

TL:DR combat/gameplay and graphics Engage>3H

Story and life sim 3H>Engage

I’m thinking of buying an RPG, and I played Xenoblade DE and loved it. Should I get 2 or Live A Live?

@Daggot If I recall, I believe both Dragon Quest Builders titles have some performance issues on Switch. Mostly the occasional frame chug from what I recall. Nothing really bothered me during my time with 2's jumbo demo. If you're not sure, you could always download it onto a Switch and try it out. Honestly, it's meaty enough that it could serve as a smaller games or video game lite.

The only other platform I own that I could play DQB2 on is PC, but I'm fairly certain my aging laptop couldn't handle it (Decent specs when I bought it, but it isn't built for intense gaming; I bought it for coding and general internet use). I barely managed Ys: Memories of Celceta on medium settings a couple months back. I beat that game, but there were a couple crashes later on.

Well that’s a bummer… I had $50 Amazon credit and you can no longer use it on eShop cards. Must have happened between now and September since that’s the last time I got one.

I just bought Xenoblade DE last week too. Dang it.

"Deals"...that's one way to discribe it.

Do you guys ever wonder why Hellblade never goes on sale? I haven't seen it on any sale in like 2 years.

@libersolis Dude, Skyrim is worth full price

@Indielink @BodkinDQ @SpoonySpoons thank you all for the feedback. From your comments I can reaffirm that the gameplay is superb (if you like FE ofc) but the story and all things outside of battle are a downgrade compared to 3H.
Well, story is always important but based on your comments I think I will give it a chance.
For example I am one of the few that preferred SMTV (Superb Gameplay and Challenge but tedious story and characters) than P5R (Great life sim and story, made too long, but almost no challenge and not as good strategy needed in battles; other than a couple gimmicky bosses)
I would prefer a better story sure, but in battles is where you spend most time in a FE game so it does not sound too bad.
Thanks!

@Diowine Hope you enjoy it! SMT5 vs P5R is exactly the right comparison here.

@Darthmoogle Will do man!

@Diowine You're in for a treat bud! As a side note the graphics are better in Engage and the game definitely has more strategy involved. Maddening the AI is smarter and won't target characters they can't hit or damage, mentioned this since you seem to like a challenge.

Anywho, hope you enjoy the game!

@cookiki Both are excellent games!!! And considering Baldur's Gate 3 probably won't come to Switch anytime soon (it would probably be a Switch 2 title) it would probably scratch that itch for a lot of people. Plus just being a pure classic CRPG by the mad lads at pre-EA Bioware.

@SpoonySpoons Thank you! I think I will

@BodkinDQ Yess, not sure If I will go directly into Maddening.
TBH In 3H I went first with Hard difficulty on Crimson Flower route. Then did the others on Maddenning in New Game. So I will test it out first.