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Nintendo UK, Green Man Gaming Enter Partnership

by Donald Theriault - September 18, 2015, 1:27 pm EDT
Total comments: 7 Source: GreenManGaming

eShop titles will now be available on a major independent code retailer.

Nintendo fans in the UK have a new option for eShop titles as PC game seller GreenManGaming has added Nintendo titles to the catalogue.

The agreement, announced today with the help of Charles Martinet, will cover the UK for now but could apply to other territories eventually. Games are sold at standard UK eShop prices and the site's percentage-off vouchers do not work, but existing store credit will. Currently, 24 titles are on the store with more to come "in the next few weeks".

The following games are on the site currently:

  • 3DS Retail: Ocarina of Time 3D, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, New Super Mario Bros 2, Animal Crossing New Leaf*, Bravely Default, Tomodachi Life*, Super Smash Bros, Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Majora's Mask 3D, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (* titles are £34.99, all others £39.99)
  • Wii U Retail: New Super Mario Bros U, Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros, Yoshi's Woolly World (£39.99), Super Mario Maker (£34.99; all others £49.99)
  • Wii U Virtual Console: Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda (NES: £3.49), Super Mario World, F-Zero, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario Kart (SNES: £5.49)

Thanks to @ZhugeEX for supplying the game list

Talkback

moonSeptember 18, 2015

Sorry to be negative, but I can't see this making them any more money. Never even heard of Green Man Gaming... but why would you not just use the eShop? Especially if they're the same price. I guess it's handy if you want to gift someone...

TOPHATANT123September 18, 2015

Why? The only people I can see using this service are suckers that try buying the games for their pcs only to find out they don't work. If I wanted to trust someone with my credit card information it would be with Nintendo, not some random 3rd party vendor. Or you could even just buy the eshop cards with cash.

BnuyenSeptember 18, 2015

wow pretty nice discounts there.

ShayminDonald Theriault, News EditorSeptember 18, 2015

GMG hands out account credit quite regularly, according to PC users. And it's an added convenience since you don't always have access to the eShop.

EnnerSeptember 19, 2015

Pretty sweet for those that are frequent customers and have credit to use.

NeifirstSeptember 19, 2015

That Nintendo mobile/universal ID system roll out must be getting close between this arrangement and the new Amazon store.

MythtendoSeptember 19, 2015

Having more options to buy eShop games is never a bad thing. Like if you are at work and decide you want to buy a game, you can just go to Amazon or Green Man Gaming and buy it. I've never used GMG myself, but i'm aware of it and it's one of the bigger digital game stores out there  (they have over 5,200 games).

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