Another week, another Switch eShop sale. While the various regional eShops often throw up different deals, sometimes there's one that's too good to pass up, even if you live on a different continent.
Stalwart video game news and deals sentinel Wario 64 noticed that rhythm game SUPERBEAT: XONiC is currently on sale for a just 89 cents on the US eShop, offering a whopping 97% discount on its normal price. There's also some free bonus DLC to download, alongside a selection of $4.99 bundle packs if you're into that sort of thing.
We were fans of the game when it released back in December 2017 and awarded it a rather lovely 8/10 - here's a little extract from our review:
With a club-ready soundtrack and brilliant rhythm gameplay, Superbeat: Xonic is an excellent addition to the Switch’s growing music game hit parade. It’s stylish, fun, and challenging in all the right ways, and does a great job easing players into its frenetic charts with forgiving timing and balanced progression.
Elsewhere on the US digital storefront, you can also pick up good deals on the likes of Transistor and Bastion (going for $3.99 and $2.99 respectively). With Switch's region-free set up, prices like these make it worth the trouble of creating more than one account to take advantage. Time to top up with some credit!
89 cents? What can you get for 89 cents these days? A great rhythm game on your favourite handheld hybrid, that's what! Will you be visiting the US eShop and bagging this? Let us know if you swoop in a pick this up.
[source twitter.com]
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Xonic is a great game, and for that price it is a steal. BUY IT!
Fantastic music/rhythm game. Well...those first couple hours are fantastic...until the difficulty curve slaps you in the face when you reach those 4-input, medium speed tracks.
That's the most ridiculous sale for a game I've seen on the eshop period with the exception of some pretty low tier indies. Literally anyone with even a passing interest in rhythm games needs to get this I mean come on haha
Wow, great deal. I'll go buy it now.
Definitely gonna pick up Bastion and Transistor for only $7. Thanks for the heads up.
Just a heads up on people with space problems, this and all the free dlc combined takes about 7.8gb of space
Welp, I’m down for this. I don’t think I’ll double dip on Bastion, though.
Those are some incredible deals. I wasn't that big on that music game but for 89 cents, I think I'll give it a revisit.
I have Transistor both free for PS+ and free from the Epic Store already, but I've been wanting to play it on Switch for the handheld experience, so I'm going to grab that too. But Bastion... meh.
Wow, thanks for the heads up! I picked up Superbeat: Xonic and Transistor just now!
Already have Bastion on switch and absolutely loved it.
Paid off with gold coins. Thanks for the tip!
I think I have a leftover buck or two left on my US account, Sure why not? Thanks for the heads up!
Speaking of the amazingly talented Super Giant Games. Hades, their latest release, is losing it's Epic Games Store exclusivity and coming to early access steam on December 10. That gives me hope that it will eventually come to the Nintendo Switch when it's finished. Looks incredible.
@JamesJose7 The developer and publisher is PM Studios though
EU version is only 20% off.
I would be willing to make a dozen other accounts to buy Transistor on if we could get Super Giant to port Hades. Also I just love Transistor with every fiber of my being.
@yoshi1 if you continue reading the article you would see that they speak of Bastion and Transistor.
I would get Transistor but I already preordered the physical edition. Oh well. I might pick up Bastion although I didn’t care for it too much when I bought it for the PS4 years ago. That said, those kind of games are much better (to me) in a smaller screen/handheld.
hmmm i like rhythm games but i need some kind of equivalent action on screen, not just prompts
That price is certainly tantalizing, but I must remain strong and stick with physical editions when available.
I’ll bite on all three at those prices, hot diggity dang.
Guess I'll look up a video on it...I got a few $1's left on the eShop...
EDIT: ...Eh, fine, whatever. lol
@Ventilator In Poland it's 25%, I think some EU countries have slightly different discounts.
I don't really want to make an account for different regions and have different money banks essentially sitting there so I won't go for this, unless it also happens to become a thing in Europe.
Bargain! Double dipped as already have it on vita.
@Yosher whole point of having different money banks is to take advantage of situations like this.
I bought $20 US eshop credit from PC Game Supply,, bought Phoenix Wright for $19.99 and then this with the gold points I earned. Super.
@Askalt Yes, looks like that.
... not sure I need more copies of Bastion and Transistor, but they’re tempting...
@Murbs ha I also had 100 gold points sitting in bank. Didn't need to top up.
Picked up Bastion recently at a less steep discount and it was money well spent. Great narrative action RPG loaded with quirk, originality, and excellent voice acting.
Taking the subway home now and will pick up Transistor right after I feed the cat!
€23+ over here, meanwhile the physical game was not so long ago €15 in my country.
For under a dollar yes I would get the Switch version, but I'm not getting it again because I already have the Vita version and the game is just meh compared to other rhytm games like Hatsune Miku or Taiko no Tatsujin.
However get it for that dollar, it is worth that but not more unless you're a fan of such games, it's not that the game itself is very bad, it's that the competition is better.
LOL I own Transistor via Humble Bundle AND PS+ and am still sort of tempted to download it here. Not played it yet. I really am more of a handheld gamer, y'know?
@Mycroft it's definitely not nice to play with the joycons. The touchscreen controls are best way to play but they are broken also.
I’ve always wanted to try Bastion. Will pick it up with that sweet deal.
I got it just because of the leftover money I have and it's a music game.
Eh, I dunno...it may be a bit too much for me. I like my music/rhythm games to have simple controls. I may mess with it later, but...eh. lol
FYI, instead of creating separate Nintendo accounts for different regions, you can easily change your primary account's region. The only stipulation is you cannot have an eShop balance when you make the region change.
I picked the game up, and it looks not that bad to me.
@Ralizah I had bastion on my ps4 cause I bought it for a couple bucks but my gaming is pretty biased on what my wife likes to watch. She likes big AAA titles, doesn't really have any respect for smaller titles like these. So when Bastion and Transistor went on sale I scooped them up quick!
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