Reminder: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Available With A Switch Game Voucher

I purchased my last 2 vouchers for Z-A and Prime 4. Would have maybe gone with physical instead if I knew the file size in advance but I guess large file sizes is the new norm. It's not like I can fit everything in the first place.

I will need to see the reviews before I decide on this one. Nintendo may have missed the mark on this one, but I’ll see what the consensus is before I buy. The voucher and upgrade route will be the way to go if I bite. The only other 1st party Nintendo game that I want and don’t yet have is Pikmin 3. I was hoping that and DKCR would both get good Black Friday deals…otherwise I would have vouchers them both. Since DK had a good sale, I was gonna wait for a future deal…but Metroid with upgrade gives me something else to get with the second voucher. Thanks for reminding us about that option Nintendo Life!

I’ve been saving a voucher for this game and will buy the $10 Switch 2 upgrade, just waiting on the reviews of the game before I pull the trigger. The game looks amazing but a few things (marines who annoyingly detract from the game with excessive dialogue and empty motorcycle driving areas) made me decide to hold off of a pre-order and gauge the quality of the game before I move forward. I’m excited we get to find out soon and I’m hoping the game is another amazing entry in the series.

Got vouchers to buy the ZA and Prime 4 Switch 1 games and upgraded to Switch 2. Will likely clear out the first party games I missed before the vouchers are taken away.

Genuine question : I don't understand the concept behind these vouchers. If you decide to go the digital way, why not just buying the game directly from the eshop ? Vouchers are cheaper ?

My plan is to get the NS1 version with the voucher and upgrade to Switch 2.

In the Uk

Using game vouchers + shopto gift card 5% discount the game cost is £40. This is £50 on the eshop. Probably worth it if you want Zelda BOTW or TOTK as the other game.

Curry’s physical edition £39 or £45 for switch 2.

cancelled my pre-order just in time.
as soon as I heard about the quippy yellow dude, I used my voucher on Advance Wars 1+2 instead.
dodged a bullet here.

I'm relatively interested in Prime 4, but I'm going to wait and see if they announce anything new that I can a use a voucher on that interests me even more before my last one expires.

@John_Deacon Oh, ok. Good to know, thank you for your answer, friend !

Personally, I keep chasing the good physical deals - one of the reasons why I also tend to buy game-key cards. For example, I managed to secure the GKC of Assassin's Creed Shadows for only 43 bucks ! Can't wait to try it next week !

I'm locked in with my voucher preorder and NS2 upgrade pack. Game is preloaded on my Switch now, just ready for next week.

It's about to get real nerdy in here!

@MJF I mean, Advance Wars is fantastic, so either way, you're in for a good time.

EShop cards are on sale at Costco in America. They’re normally only 10% off but are 20% off right now (thru Monday, iirc).

@MJF I'm really curious, but right now I can't imagine that the quippy guy can be more of a turn-off than the art style is in AW 1+2. AW's style worked beautiful on a small screen in sprite form, but this "HD" adapation of that style looks like Bob The Builder playing at war ... can't do it.

I was thinking about it, but I do not have a 2nd game I want to buy on the list before the closure of the service, so I just got the Switch 2 edition.

With that file size, and with it being a single-player game I likely won't return to much after finishing, I can't justify getting it digitally.

@Ralek85 it's way less annoying than a Navi/Jar Jar Binks character who can also get killed.

Perfect time to get Pokémon ZA and Metroid prime 4

@electrolite77 Damn right it is ^^ Where I live, you have to look for sales in the big shopping centers : they usually put a very attractive price the very first days of release (or if you preorder) in order to get you there, to get you physically IN the mall, hoping you will also do there your shopping of the week at the same time.

Anyway, Assassin's Creed at nearly 40 bucks is a great price, indeed. I did got Outlaws for the same price, and I'm still playing it right now - a very great game if you ask me.

I would be all over this if I hadn’t seen like half a dozen deals for the Switch 2 physical version for close to €40 at this point. I actually prefer digital but for that price I couldn’t jump in.

Yep, I used vouchers on Z-A and a Prime 4 preorder.

Im surprised to hear this, I can't even find the vouchers on the eShop

@MJF This gotta be a troll

@MJF Navi ... as in OoT? The most commonly named greatest game of all time?

Sounds like totally reasonable comp for sure!

I’m amazed so many of you have such a thorough understanding of the game before release. It’s honestly impressive. Have you considered running a YouTube channel?

This us what I did. Pre-ordered Switch version with the voucher and purchased the Switch 2 upgrade. They are now pre-loaded on my Switch and Switch 2.

Don't usually pre-order and have some concerns about Myles and the desert, but the game otherwise still looks good.

I've had a voucher sitting since January I need to hurry up and find a use for. I guess it'll probably end up being Xenoblade X - what I originally intended to use it on before deciding I wasn't super interested (not really invested in its premise or aesthetic, and with four other Xenoblade games that I'd rather play over it and also Torna I have a hard time seeing myself bothering to make the time for it) - but kind of keep trying to convince myself of some other option. ARMS and Bayonetta 2 were my main considerations but I found good deals on them elsewhere, so now it's mostly between Xenoblade, Miitopia, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and maybe Brothership.

Wow this is a good deal. In Canada it ends up being $81.50 + tax instead of $99.99. And then the other voucher could be used for Xenoblade X, which would be a great contender for a Switch 2 upgrade, hint, hint, Nintendo.

Screams of desperation for it to sell considering they are ending the tickets.

@nintendolife Can you run a poll on whether people are doing the voucher or going physical!?

I'm starting to feel converted to the digital side now that others here told me physical won't necessarily last forever.

I need a nudge! And I'm starting to get over swapping carts over. I think handheld future might be digital for me.

,,, and g'day from down under!

@sevex You are pitting the Switch 1 voucher price against the Switch 2 price.

Still gotta add the 14.99$ upgrade to that 81.50$ voucher to reach Switch 2 level, so the difference is insignificant.

@Shmicko
Hey my friend. For over 10 years I was physical only, and a collector. I bought 600 physical NSW1 games from 2017 - 2025. I ultimately sold them all, and am now 100% digital only for NSW2.

What converted me was getting my NSW modchipped (not for piracy, but to output the docked image on the handheld screen to ensure 720p minimim portably, and to overclock and ensure locked framerates). I dumped my entire collection and installed digitally (though many I had bought digitally also), and the convenience is wild.

Since having my entire library digitally, I feel unburdened... free, if you will. You know how many times I allowed myself to get upset because a game wasn't fully on cartridge and required a download? All of that is gone now. No more getting upset constantly, just pure excitement. I can't even imagine what these key cart fanatics are going through right now. I'm glad that's not me cause I would get miserable over that kind of crap, and once you go digital you realize how many games were ruined for you because of some outdated notion of "keeping games forever" as if you're immortal and will never die. Or are gonna somehow "lose" all your digital games, even though having a game on a plastic micro SD and having a game on a plastic proprietary cartridge are no different whatsoever.

And at least digitally you can copy the micro SD to PC and backup, AND you're guaranteed at least 3 decades of backup on Nintendo's servers if you lose it and want to redownload. Can't do that with physical. Yet somehow ppl spin having 3 decades (maybe more, could be 50 years, long past your death bed) as a negative, like the games will magically evaporate off your system if the "servers go down". Nah, don't let anyone gaslight you with ridiculous arguments like that. The server is an extra, a bonus. Once you buy a cart, that's it. Once you buy digitally and download to micro SD, that's it. Keep the cart, keep the micro SD. No difference. Backing it up is an additional measure of insurance physical doesnt have. Redownloading at will for anothet 30, 40, 50 years in the future is an additional insurance physical doesnt have. And tbh, I dont think redownloads will ever be shut down. They may stop new purchases, but for the new permanent eShop, I don't think they'll shut off redownloads in our lifetime. Heck, even the Wii still allows redownloads and that was on a 3rd party rented shop from 20 years ago.

Digital is just so convenient. I keep Cyberpunk 2077 cartridge permanently inserted as a way to save another 60GB space, and a 1 TB micro SD express (and another 1 TB micro SD express for NSW1 games that get massive benefits running on NSW2 like MH Stories 2, DQ Builders 2, Ni No Kuni 2, etc which are all 60fps now).

So unless you plan to strictly stick with 1st party and even then don't buy many games, I advise a micro SD express, as big as you can afford. There's a 512 GB that was just on sale for $74.99 on Amazon and a 1 TB for $185 I think.

I did this a while back. Bought eShop credit for 10% off at gcx.raise website, so $120 worth credit for $108.

Then I bought 2 vouchers with that credit and used on Metroid Prime 4 and one other game. Then used remaining credit to purchase the upgrades separately for $10/ea.

Meaning I paid $54 for Metroid Prime 4 NSW2 Edition.

@Hero-of-WiiU the character in the game, you mean?

if you need help finding the vouchers in the eshop, just ask someone who can see.

@Wewewi nah that’s half the cost of the vouchers ($133/2 = $66.50) plus $15. Unless I’ve got something else wrong?

@Shmicko come to the dark side of digital only!!! Honestly who needs all that plastic junk sitting around your house. I have my decent TV, a soundboard and switch 2. No clutter, join us...besides my board game im clutter free

I'm going to wait on reviews for this game. I hope I'm wrong but the previews aren't exactly screaming day one buy, for me, and I love the traditional Metroid series.

@cedarhyped No foresight but previews, so far, sure do make me pause, a bit. I love being wrong, in the right way, about a game. Maybe it's the "second coming" of Metroid, but I'm convinced, yet.

Would be better it you put the price in euro instead of the dollar.

@JaxonH @rvcolem1 thanks for your persuasions and sharing your experiences.

I think that summary was the best I've read so far. Digital is PHYSICAL on the sd card, and it's a backup in their three decade long servers.

The dark side is tempting me.

To be continued.

That's what I did. I payed 510BRL for 600BRL credits, use 579BRL for the 2 vouchers. So each 349BRL game costs me 246BRL. Them I use the 21BRL left (which was 15% off) + 38BRL to buy the 59BRL upgrade (the Switch 2 version cost 439BRL). Now I have a 439BRL and a 349BRL game (788BRL total) and payed 548BRL. Good deal

Already ordered mine.

Pretty sure this n InazumaEleven will be GotY for me
I don't see how this game could be bad