Weekend Best Buy Discounts on Nintendo Products Revealed, as Target's Festive Deals Include Attractive Wii U Deal

Dammit. Now I have to buy Captain Toad at Best Buy since it will be $35

Both GameStop and Target near me had the Captain Toad demo playable yesterday if anybody wants to go try it out.

Finally a reasonable "deal" on Wii U. I'll let my brother in law know.

A whole$5! What a deal!

Also, Wii U bundle is $269.99 at TRU this week (starting tomorrow 12/7)

Buy 1 get 1 40% off ALL games and accessories, which I'm assuming means amiibos:

https://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/339568-toys-r-us-ad-127-1213-bogo-40-off-all-games-accessories-movies-and-cds/

Why are Wii remotes $39.99?

Still kicking myself for missing out on those 15 percent off eShop cards.

I hope this helps pushing WiiU sales, otherwise 2015 will be another year of Nintendoom press and how Nintendo should abandon wiiu (even with so many games coming)

@burninmylight @DiscoGentleman Remember when Best Buy regularly held 20% off sales for eShop cards? Then after DKC Tropical Freeze hit, the sales seemed to stop. That 15% off sale was the first I'd seen in a long time. Good to stock up on a year's worth (or more) when you have the chance. My rule is, I always grab enough to fill my eShop balance to the limit twice over. Because between the Wii U and 3DS- all the VC games at $8 a pop, indie games averaging $15-20 each, and the occasional Nintendo digital release, that balance dries up quicker than you think it will.

@the1andonlyIKY Wii remotes are so wicked expensive because of the Wii Motion plus built in. Without the Plus, they still go for $30. The ones with the plus inside normally go for $50. At that price, it does seem ridiculous. Especially since the Pro Controllers go for the same price.

I would love to buy a Wii U but I don't have a tv...and money

Wish I would have seen this before I went and picked up Captain Toad today.

Aw yeah, gonna save $5 on Captain Toad (assuming they're still in stock)!

@bstoppel but you have Captain Toad sooner. That accounts for something

@GreatHoneyBun
Money I can understand
TV though is optional

@DiscoGentleman I was about to say sorry to hear about your job, but I guess you already found a better one so all's well then!

Yeah, especially with DDP ending in a few short weeks, it's good to save money any way you can for eShop purchases. I really wish they made DDP a permanent offer, a little incentive to buy digital know what I mean? Ah well.

@burninmylight - free shipping on anything over $35 so if you buy a $50 eShop card next time there is a sale they deliver it to your door a few days later without having to step inside the store. Last year when they ran the 20% off promotion and this year for Black Friday I ordered a couple off my phone to stock up.

That Nintendo event sounds like a good chance to possibly get a lot of streetpasses - both the relays and real life ones. Hopefully, they will have a lot of free stuff!

Can someone tell me why the $249.99 32g Wii U Bundle wasn't a Black Friday deal?>>!>!>>!!>!!?!?!?!?!? I cannot comprehend.... was there a better deal that I'm not aware of that happened on Black Friday??

@Retro_on_theGo $5 on 5 games is $25...

@the1andonlyIKY better question is 'why are they still $39.99?'

@the1andonlyIKY probably the same reason pro co trollers are 49.99

@RoomB31 Because it can sell more units if an offer is available during a whole week, than just one day?

@DiscoGentleman congrats on finding another job so quickly. I hope you enjoy it better then your previous one.

Calm down Nintendo, my wallet just ate Smash Bros, Controllers, and the Wii U

@jariw

sure, but the whole idea of black friday is that everyone knows about it, the biggest shopping day of the year, so the most attention your product will get, put your best foot forward at that time, less people will know about this sale, or will be inclined to go out of their way to get it because it will not be publicized as much. Sure the gamers who want it will get it, but we want the gift givers out there buying it, and it seems like a missed opportunity.

@hoennfreak $39.99 for a WiiMote? What on Earth are you talking about? Best Buy sold WiiMote Pluses with FlingSmash for $25 years ago and two weeks later, they sold them for $19.99. Big Lots regularly sells Wii Party + WiiMote Plus for $25 and I just bought one myself at Wal-Mart plus a copy of Wii Party U for $25.

US only... it would be good if you guys posted Canadian deals as well... :/

I'm glad I held off for a Wii U bundle. Getting the 3D World bundle $50 cheaper is a reasonable price for me.

@NTELLIGENTMAN I think he's taking about the standard MSRP of a Wii Remote Plus, which is still $39.99. The ones in bundles are often cheaper with sales and clearances but someone who doesn't know any better will still see them for $40 in the accessory section.

I went to this event today and picked up a ton of free stuff: a Captain Toad jigsaw puzzle, an NES Remix poster, Pokemon keychains, a Mario Kart 8 keychain, Pokemon Art Academy doodle pad and some stickers. This wasn't publicized much so there weren't a lot of people there when i was, but i did see about four Wii Us sold in a half hour thanks to the Nintendo rep being there and answering questions from parents.

Just came back from the local event and the event itself was a little weak. I don't think they advertised it really. It was just a Nintendo rep standing at the Geek Squad counter with Captain Toad to play on the TV, Pokémon to play on 3DS XL, and the Pokémon Art Academy to play on a 2DS. Lots of free stickers, booklets and other items that were pretty cool. I got a Majora's Mask 3DS 2015 poster that you can peel off and stick on walls and counters that you can peel off and reuse. Oh, I picked up Captain Toad for $5 off as a gift for family.
@ericwithcheese2 The Captain Toad puzzle was pretty cool.

How do I get the coupon to work, some of the barcode looks cut off and I printed it out and brought it to Best Buy and they told me it was a fake?

@HeroOfCybertron The Nintendo rep had some already printed off at my store. Maybe you can get one from them? Otherwise just try to print it off better. You can also bring your 3DS if you have it and show them the Miiverse post. Nice name and avatar btw!

@Crillan But my Best Buy isn't even doing the event and I think the code looks exactly on the 3DS.

@HeroOfCybertron The rep told us the coupon would only work at the two stores that were having the event in our area, so I'm guessing it won't work at all stores =/

I went back to Best Buy with a bigger print out of the coupon and they took the $5 off of Captian Toad.

@ghasfarost IGN is already running that story in text and video formate. Because of poor day after/cyber monday deals on Wii U bundles. They state Smash couldnt save wii u why should nintendo try basically.

@HeroOfCybertron Nice!

I went to the Nintendo event. I got free stuff and Captain Toad for $35. I even had a long chat with the rep. It was good fun

@dauntless5183 damn, this is just sad... Why can't the WiiU catch a break?

@DiscoGentleman
I really hope you're right, because I'm going to load up on eShop games right before the year is over to take advantage of the DDP.