It's almost time for the Nintendo Switch to visit Lordran, a Gothic kingdom filled with dangers and creatures in all manner of monstrous forms. It's a place where you'll almost certainly die, over and over again. Okay, that might not sound like an attractive premise for a video game, but its war of attrition makes for one of the most rewarding experiences you'll ever play. From memorable boss designs to terrain that wants to kill you as much as its vicious denizens, Dark Souls: Remastered is a game like no other on Switch.
If you plan on picking this up for your new favourite handheld device on the 25th May, you might be interested in this cheeky bundle from the Nintendo Official UK Store which gives you not only a copy of the game, but an exclusive collectible metal plate as part of the deal. Not too shabby.
The Nintendo Official UK Store was also offering a bundle with the metal plate and the lovely Solaire of Astoria amiibo... but of course that sold out almost immediately!
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The nice folks at the Nintendo UK Store are currently running a prize draw where you could win a SNES Mini pack also. That's definitely worth a punt.
Let us know if you plan to pick up Dark Souls with this charming metal plate with a comment below...
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I'm good with my £25 preorder from Shopto, but its a nice little extra nonetheless.
Or you can just buy it £10 cheaper and save some space in your dustbin.
The Amiibo has already sold out, this is ridiculous, how are people supposed to get one?
Sold out after a few minutes - the one day where I decided to take my lunch break early! YOU DIED!
What's the plate for? Can I eat my food on it?
@Fazermint It's the plate the game hands your butt to you on.
The clickbait title ensures, I now won't be buying Dark Souls in any shape or form. Sorry Bandai Namco.
@sikthvash @StormtheFrontier Bandai still have pre-orders available but you won't get it on launch day.
https://store.bandainamcoent.eu/uk/product/468852/dark-souls-solaire-of-astora-amiibo
May can't come soon enough! I'm really hoping that there is enough fanfare (to those who are disinterested, please consider giving it another look, especially if you're into the Ocarina of Time style of Zelda game) to warrant a release of DS II: Scholars of the First Sin! I don't think that Switch could do DS III justice, but it would be nice to get the first two!
I was also thinking that it would be awesome if From Software did for Nintendo what they did for Sony. Sony got Demon's Souls and Bloodborne as exclusives. Maybe FS could create an exclusive IP that doesn't take place within the Nintendo universe!
@AcridSkull Thanks. I'm going to pre order there, the shipping is pricey, but it's better than scalpers and it looks like those are the only options available at the moment.
@AcridSkull Well spotted! Thanking you muchly tips hat Not getting it on launch day is not a major issue.
Want this game so bad with this amiibo.
Should have just been a steelbook.
This would be the first time I play of the Dark Souls series. Hopefully it's as good as Demon's Souls.
@AcridSkull Thanks for this!
£6.99 for postage is crazy, but I'd much rather pay for that than the £40+ asked for by scalpers.
@SmaggTheSmug
Claps that was an awesome response. Made me lol!
I remember when the Villager amiibo was out of stock and on eBay for £50. Recently Argos were selling it £4 or something equally low. Lesson: don’t buy the dark souls amiibo from scalpers if you missed it, just be patient
@gordjscott yeah £7 postage is obscene actually.
Oh yay. How useful. A metal plate.
I'm getting the game and amiibo from Amazon for a whole £7 less than what Nintendo are charging.
@XenoShaun Its £30 for me and I’m a Gold Member! Guess preorder price must have risen.
When is that free online demo? I'd really like to try this game before I decide if I want to buy it
I NEED that metal plate(because of drunken accident with a door, need something to cover that hole). Also haven't tried Dark Souls yet, so a MUST buy for me.
@NinjaWaddleDee Super glue and stick it on the box, problem solved.
@FX102A I had it pre-ordered day or so when it went live as it'll be a bday pressie to myself (Nice and stressful "break" from life). Its 25.86 to be more exact and am a Gold Partner. (Don't know if Partner and Member get slightly different rates but think they don't differ)
@BanjoPickles I'd really like to see a remaster of II where they atually finish the game. Not the game play but all the bare empty areas where they ran out of time to finish. the game play loop is still great but it really does not stand up to 1, 3 or Bloodbourne in enviroment
From still has a new release due very soon. I hope DS gets enough support for the switch to get in on what ever that is
@BarFooToo
It’s definitely the weakest in the series, but I still really enjoyed it. I think that III is probably my favorite (second favorite if we we’re counting Bloodborne).
@BanjoPickles 99% of the Souls community would disagree with that sentiment, but ok.
Forgot I hadn’t pre ordered it, so just did using Amazon Echo, I love tech, just using my voice to buy stuff is awesome, laziness 100%
I'll stick with my £29.99 pre-order from Amazon, ta.
A plate. Really? Ugh.
@Switch_will_fail
That’s fine. I don’t play games for them. 🤔
Why isn’t it May already?!
@BanjoPickles I’m obviously the 1%, as the 3rd one was my favourite. Still really looking forward to playing the 1st one on Switch though.
@Hughesy
Same here. In my opinion, it took what was great about every game that came before it, and expanded upon it. It also had some of my favorite boss battles in the series (Nameless King is in my top three all-time boss fights of any game)!
I would love to somehow see the entire series make it to Switch! Even if DSIII was released in a lesser form, it would still be amazing to have that game on the go!
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