Mercenaries Saga Chronicles dropped onto the Nintendo Switch eShop this past February, and earned itself a respectable 7/10 from our very own news reporter, Ryan Craddock. Well, if you're a physical edition collector, or if you've yet to try Circle Entertainment's turn-based strategy trilogy, then you'll be pleased to know a retail edition will hit shelves this summer.
Mercenaries Saga Chronicles is composed of the three entries in the Mercenaries Saga series - Mercenaries Saga: Will of the White Lions, Mercenaries Saga 2: Order of the Silver Eagle, and Mercenaries Saga 3: Gray Wolves of War - which originally released on mobile devices and Nintendo 3DS, and are now available in one convenient package on Switch.
So there you have it, Mercenaries Saga Chronicles joining the hallowed halls of weird-tasting game carts. Will you be picking one up later this year, or is a digital version good enough?
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Oooh...
Physical retail.
Excited to read any comments online from people who are totes perturbed they bought it digital.
The Switch is my first ever digital-only console. And it's going to stay that way. It's actually cheaper in the UK to buy from eShop (or the prices are the exact same on Amazon for physical copies) then it is to get a physical Switch game. Also far easier. My PC is also Steam only, so physical means very little to me in the Star Trek-like era of 2018.
I got it digital and it is definitely not something I feel I'd need clogging up my shelves.
I've yet to even finish White Lions... I play it with breaks and the last few missions feel super grindy, especially boss encounters. I'm at Chapter 21 and IIRC there's 22-23 Chapters depending on earlier decisions. But for now I switched to SteamWorld Heist.
Why can't people just bring out the physical straight away?
I do love these games and have now finished 1 & 2, however now ive started the 3rd one Im getting a serious sense of deja vu! im actually a bit bored now as the game is basically the same 3 times
@dunnyone That's kinda funny because living in Australia, I import a lot of my games from the UK because it's cheaper for me than buying locally or digitally most of the time.
@BenAV that is odd. Perhaps your exchange rate. I am in South Africa but use the UK store. It's either the same price or cheaper for me (now that the prices seem to be equal across most regions).
@dunnyone It's actually more expensive for me to buy from the UK eShop than the Australian eShop but cheaper for me to import physical copies. Works out well for me because I do prefer physical where possible in order to save space on my microSD which is getting pretty full anyway.
@BenAV MicroSD's extremely cheap in South Africa, so I have multiple 32gb cards waiting for service.
Okay, so Splatoon 2 is R750 (50 pounds) to buy online which is much better than R899.
What do you pay?
For me, I can get any Switch game from Amazon but the import costs are crazy.
@dunnyone I have a 256GB microSD in my Switch but I only have 67GB left so I'll need to either upgrade or start archiving sometime soon.
Splatoon 2's RRP in Australia is $79.95 (AUD). It'd cost me $91.68 to buy it from the UK eShop or $69.99 with free shipping to import a physical copy. I bought my copy of Splatoon 2 locally though because I wanted it on launch day, which turned out to be for the best because we're in a different region than Europe for Splatfest.
@Bunkerneath Probably because it's additional costs and a risk. But now the publisher is feeling more comfortable and probably wants to boost the game's visibility.
Source? Is it NA only?
@dunnyone I really disagree. I have managed to save so much money from going physical for my Switch collection. More often than not cutting the price by at least £5-£10. For me Physical is now the way to go for Switch
I’ll be getting this.
@Grandpa_Pixel lucky you. Games are R900+ in my zone of the world, so EU pricing online is the best option for me.
The gameplay style can best be described as a mirror of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, although it doesn't quite have the same level of depth.
The real Achilles heel of this series, as has already been mentioned, is the utter lack of an original, interesting story. Id love to see the developer's next product flesh out the depth of the rpg elements just a bit more, and also hire some actual writers.
Nice. I almost pulled the trigger on the digital last week. Now I'll wait for the physical version.
Glad I held off. Definitely would buy a physical version.
Very surprise that they would release a physical version. I brough it digital. Currently near the end off the first game. Nothing special. Would have been nice if they upgraded the games for the switch. Probably play the second/third games six months apart, so not to burnout on them
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