@JaxonH Yeah, I can put myself in that group! I really enjoyed the ARMS Testpunch event - way, way more than I expected to actually - and easily enough to earn it a place on my Switch Wishlist! I just haven't gotten around to picking it up yet because I wanted to ensure that I had other bases covered first...the demo event certainly left a big impression on me though - it was something different & a lot of fun to play - so I'm one more future customer they can (pretty much) rely on (especially if they put it on sale one day - **hint hint, Nintendo!**)
ARMS will never go on sale. You should know this. Splatoon 1 is still going for 59.99$
@Samus7Killer
They still had sales for Splatoon. I grabbed an extra copy a year or so ago for $29.99 at BestBuy. Might not be that big but, I'm sure they'll run a 44.99 sale at some point, which with GCU is $35.99
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@JaxonH Yeah, I can put myself in that group! I really enjoyed the ARMS Testpunch event - way, way more than I expected to actually - and easily enough to earn it a place on my Switch Wishlist! I just haven't gotten around to picking it up yet because I wanted to ensure that I had other bases covered first...the demo event certainly left a big impression on me though - it was something different & a lot of fun to play - so I'm one more future customer they can (pretty much) rely on (especially if they put it on sale one day - **hint hint, Nintendo!**)
ARMS will never go on sale. You should know this. Splatoon 1 is still going for 59.99$
Sure? Splatoon 1 was always 39,99€/new in Germany (standard edition without amiibo) and usually games in the US cost less. Mind a game that costs 39,99€ in Germany is almost always $39.99 in the US.
Splatoon 2 is the one for 59,99€ (and there's just that one standard edition without amiibo).
@SKTTR Splatoon was/is $60 in the US. They were the exception, we (and Japan) got the game for a ''budget'' price.
Oh, I really didn't know that. And it makes me think about why we and Japan got it cheaper. Probably because online gaming was more popular / already big in the US a couple of years ago.
@SKTTR Splatoon came out in 2015, not 1995. I don't think there's even a difference in online gaming in Europe and the US. It got discounted because NOJ and NOE decided the price should be lower for whatever reason. Maybe because it released with limited content or maybe because the Wii U wasn't doing as well in Japan and Europe, so the discounted price would help to convince people to pick up the game in those two regions as well.
@JaxonH
Everyone keeps saying that the Prime discount on games only works for pre-orders, but I ordered Splatoon 2 last week and still got the 20% discount.
@DarthNocturnal
I know you can't order from BestBuy and have sent to Canada (not without a forwarding service anyways), but Amazon US ships globally. Would signing up for Prime on the US site be worthwhile or no?
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They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Got Sonic Mania which is kinda weird when you think about it. The Switch is a Nintendo console and Nintendo are, if anything, known for their various platformers. Mario, Kirby, Yoshi, Wario, Donkey Kong etc. Most of which I will generally buy without giving it a second thought because I love platformers. But then the Switch comes along and months after it being out I buy the first platformer for it and it's Sonic.
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@SKTTR Splatoon came out in 2015, not 1995. I don't think there's even a difference in online gaming in Europe and the US. It got discounted because NOJ and NOE decided the price should be lower for whatever reason. Maybe because it released with limited content or maybe because the Wii U wasn't doing as well in Japan and Europe, so the discounted price would help to convince people to pick up the game in those two regions as well.
I guess there was a difference in online gaming! Not just for Nintendo and their view on the different markets but also for their vocal fanbase in Europe and Japan that complained at the time when the largest portions of a game were accessible online only, while in the US people were already so accustomed to online-only gaming that Nintendo could get away with full price.
However, it might not be the reason and we might never really know. But checking the facts, Splatoon and Super Mario Maker were Nintendo's first online-focusing games and they both came at 39,99€. Other games were priced at 49,99€ or 59,99€ (except a couple of smaller titles like Game & Wario, Captain Toad, and Kirby).
Pretty sure Wonder Boy was the first platformer on Switch...
Pretty sure Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove / Specter of Torment was the first true platformer.
Launch games Snipperclips and Metal Slug 3: a puzzle-platformer and action-platformer/run&gun.
Then came Blaster Master Zero, Snake Pass, Metal Slug 1, and LEGO City Undercover that all have a good chunk of platforming elements.
And then Wonder Boy came along. So I wouldn't exactly call it the first platformer. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap is designed like a metroidvania.
@SKTTR Since when though? How was North America more used to online gaming in 2015 than Europe (or Japan)?
I just don't think it's a coincidence that they put a much lower price on their very first online-focused games in two of their biggest regions. I don't know the answer, I'm just guessing by looking at the facts. I would ask Nintendo, but I don't think Nintendo would like to elaborate on old marketing matters. The 3 regions all have their own presidents and decision makers.
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