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Title: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: JusDBerube on February 14, 2013, 09:10:27 PM

Multiple titles will be discounted for a limited time.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/33324

A 3DS eShop sale was revealed today during the big Nintendo Direct presentation. Starting today, a different 3DS eShop title will be discounted each week. The final game in the promotion goes on sale on March 21.

No official end date has been given for each game’s sale price. Instead Nintendo just mentions that each title will be on sale for limited time.

The full lineup is as follows:

2/14 BIT.TRIP SAGA – Sale Price $9.99 (Originally $14.99)

2/21 Crashmo – Sale Price $5.99 (Originally $8.99)

2/28 Fractured Soul – Sale Price $7.99 (Originally $11.99)

3/7 Sakura Samurai – Sale Price $4.99 (Originally $6.99)

3/14 Ketzal’s Corridors – Sale Price $4.99 (Originally $6.99)

3/21 Mutant Mudds – Sale Price $5.99 (Originally $8.99)

Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: night814 on February 14, 2013, 09:21:29 PM
I was holding out on crashmo. Sounds like next week is my chance
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: joshnickerson on February 14, 2013, 09:28:28 PM
Can easily see me spending twenty bucks here.  ;D
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 14, 2013, 09:56:33 PM
"2/28 Fractured Soul – Sale Price $7.99 (Originally $7.99)"

Ohhh, what a deal!!!
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: pureval on February 14, 2013, 10:22:53 PM
Really ticked off. I downloaded Mutant Mudds for my son as his Valentine's present less than 10 minutes before they announced the sale. I would have waited for Easter if I had known and gotten one of the other games instead.


I am debating getting Bit.Trip Saga. I have the collection for the Wii and am not really sure I want to double dip on it.
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: ejamer on February 14, 2013, 10:44:44 PM
Some nice sales. I've held off on a couple of these games specifically because I was hoping for something like this (plus I had plenty of other stuff to play anyway) so am definitely excited by this news.


Grabbed Bit.Trip Saga today. Would rather own the Wii version, but the price/availability is hard to argue with and the games are good enough that a double dip wouldn't be too bad.  Keeping my fingers crossed that framerate issues aren't as bad as some reviewers claimed.


Keeping my eye on Crashmo and Mutant Mudds in the near future as well.
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: Razorkid on February 15, 2013, 12:02:01 AM
Bit Trip and Crashmo it is!
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: TrueNerd on February 15, 2013, 12:30:53 AM
Kind of annoyed I paid $15 for Bit.Trip but that was such a good deal at that price. This is even better. Also, I'm totally getting Crashmo and Mutant Mudds. Maybe Sakura Samurai.
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: xcwarrior on February 15, 2013, 12:46:54 AM
Quote from: TrueNerd on February 15, 2013, 12:30:53 AM
Kind of annoyed I paid $15 for Bit.Trip but that was such a good deal at that price. This is even better. Also, I'm totally getting Crashmo and Mutant Mudds. Maybe Sakura Samurai.

You're mad you paid $15 for 6 games? REALLY? I got the physical edition for $15, not looking back at all as I'm playing it currently.

Quote from: pureval on February 14, 2013, 10:22:53 PM
Really ticked off. I downloaded Mutant Mudds for my son as his Valentine's present less than 10 minutes before they announced the sale. I would have waited for Easter if I had known and gotten one of the other games instead.


I am debating getting Bit.Trip Saga. I have the collection for the Wii and am not really sure I want to double dip on it.

Why in the world would you download anything during a Nintendo Direct, especially when they have gotten better about announcing sales during this time?


I'm getting Crashmo for sure, loved Pushmo. Probably Mutant Mudds as well, and maybe Ketzel's Corridors. Great to see more deals by Nintendo. Hope they keep this trend going.

Why not put 2-3 random DSiWare games on sale each week? I mean it could resurrect some life into those older games.
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: jwriston on February 15, 2013, 08:53:56 AM
This is very good news! I bought an eShop card last week and almost purchased both Crashmo and Ketzal's Corridors. My eShop cup overfloweth!
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: ejamer on February 15, 2013, 09:32:54 AM
Quote from: xcwarrior on February 15, 2013, 12:46:54 AM
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Why not put 2-3 random DSiWare games on sale each week? I mean it could resurrect some life into those older games.


Totally agree, although don't really see Nintendo doing this.


There are many good DSiWare and eShop games that have gotten "buried" by new releases. Weekly sales would help bring those titles new fans. But who drives this? Do developers get to determine their own pricing? Seems like Nintendo is the gatekeeper for price updates and wouldn't want to allow anything that (a) seems to devalue software, or (b) competes with their own releases.
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: Do_What on February 15, 2013, 01:41:40 PM
This is great. I hope this does well enough for Nintendo to move the sales upscale and get discounts on retail eshop games.
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: Louieturkey on February 15, 2013, 05:10:41 PM
Quote from: pureval on February 14, 2013, 10:22:53 PM
Really ticked off. I downloaded Mutant Mudds for my son as his Valentine's present less than 10 minutes before they announced the sale. I would have waited for Easter if I had known and gotten one of the other games instead.


I am debating getting Bit.Trip Saga. I have the collection for the Wii and am not really sure I want to double dip on it.
Unfortunately, your problem is you gave your SON a Valentine's day present. 

Edit:Then again, my mother-in-law gave my son a Valentine's Day present as well (then again, he's 3 and it was a balloon).
Title: Re: 3DS eShop Sale Announced for North America
Post by: Uncle_Optimus on February 18, 2013, 12:08:30 PM
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Really ticked off. I downloaded Mutant Mudds for my son as his Valentine's present less than 10 minutes before they announced the sale. I would have waited for Easter if I had known and gotten one of the other games instead.


Mate, a few extra bucks for a big smile from your son. Its a good deal.
In the future, it will take a few hundred $$$. Or whatever the next Nintendo handheld will cost.
And in the even more future it will be thousands $$$. He gonna want that car!