Nintendo 3DS Game Deals

Just seen Pokémon Sun & Moon in my local Tesco (Bedford) and they’re £10 each, great deal!!

Good job I needed to pick up a bday cake anyways, as Tesco Watford only had the Professor Layton game left and that was last night

Found Pokémon Alpha Sapphire in stock Tesco Carrickfergus. Also shelf labels for NSMB2, MK7 and Pokémon Sun but empty shelves.

Tesco in Banbury has them displayed on the shelves - managed to get 'Pokemon Sun' and 'Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'. Didn't see any PS4, X-Box or Switch reductions tho' admittedly only had time for a very quick look.

There’s selection in Batley Tesco Extra too. Quite a few already out of stock though. Managed to pick up Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and Layton’s Mysterious Journey for £10 each. No Pokemon sun/moon, all sold out.

My Pokemon boxes looked as new as could be tbh, but that’s not a great comparison I’ll admit. I haven’t checked with mates to see if the codes redeemed ok yet though (:I Customer services might part refund you if youcomplained. And why shouldn’t you, if they’ve pulled a Game style new isn’t new trick?

I got mine and it's used! It said new clearly on the page - anyone else have this issue?

Did anyone actually get anything they ordered yet?

You catch animals, shove them in a tiny ball and only bring them out to fight each other violently. I don't think there is a 'best modern Pokemon game', they're all of comparable quality. If you want the most up to date graphics and features you probably want Ultra Sun (or Ultra Moon). If you want to start with one of the classics get Crystal. I'd recommend the latter.

What is the best modern Pokemon game on the 3DS? What exactly do you 'do' in these games anyway? I did have the original Gameboy back in the day but for some reason have never owned or played a Pokemon game (only recently played Zelda for the first time, Wind Waker HD on the Wii U) :D

Why isn't Zelda Majora's Mask a Nintendo select title. It's been £40 since forever

To see the 3DS off in style, it would be nice if Nintendo made a final last game for it in the form of a Mario Kart game. Not sure what it would be called, MK9¼ maybe? (because MK8D Switch was really just a quarter of a game at most and would be MK8D¼).

Donkey Kong sadly doesn't run as smooth as the Wii version and drops frames quite a lot. Still a good game though.

I've been waiting for a good deal on animal crossing and Mario maker so yeah this is great!

**** i only bought mario maker for 20 pounds a few months ago

Pretty good game, engaging, plenty of variety and lots to do. Worth the price.

Good Price New £8.79 @ Music Magpie if you dont mind preowned (pirate) https://store.musicmagpie.co.uk/products/level-5yokaiwatch-e7ba780a-c7e7-4b53-b09f-da1648add9c2

It's a shame Sony treat the PS Vita like an over glorified PS4 remote. Wasted potential.

Because a direct successor came out and it was quite behind the times. The 3DS doesn’t really have the same competition that the Wii did. Only real alternative to it is the switch which is quite expensive in comparison and not as portable as the 3DS

But then why did they stop with the Wii, which was more popular?

Nah I don’t think so, the vita (which I love!) is still getting new games and that was abandoned ages ago, the 3DS has a massive install base so third parties will be still release games for a long time.

Fair play. The cap fits, as they say.

Back in stock!

Already said that. Read the description

Cheaper on the E Shop isn't it????

Picked up the original box art version for £10.90 on ebay. If you're patient it might be worth a look, they tend to go for around £10-12. Brilliant remake by the way

Started on N64, finally finished on GameCube. Great game.

Im

one of the best games ever made, heat added!!!

Wish I could go back and experience this for the first time. An incredible game

Heat added. Only played this for the first time on 3ds and felt like a brand new game, amazing.

Unexpired as it’s back down again :)

Gone up to £15.19 or something now. If anyone missed this, it’s £13.99 in Argos (and maybe Amazon?) :)

I cannot wat too ;) Sorry, had too (embarrassed)

Cannot wat. The last Nintendo Direct was probably my favourite so far :)

The first one is also coming out for 3DS soon

It is expensive; though it's a great (if pretty ugly on the N3DS!) game with a totally barmy story. Good tie-in to XC2 :)

This is very expensive.

Didn't expect this to fall so quickly in price (shock) Do I bite now or wait :/ hmmm

shame i bought it at £18.99 & its still sealed!! but good price

Agreed! I don't know the exact differences, but just get the Ultra version. It can be had for pennies more and I know it has more content Dont forget you can get a legendary Pokemon every month for free up until November, by choosing Mystery Gift from the initial menu! This month is Regigigas/Heatran for Sun/Moon respectively https://www.pokemonlegendary.com/en-gb/

crabby by name crabby by nature :p But it's a fair point! This isn't an obscure "in use" question which could be enhanced by the experience of forum members... this is a very simple question which can be answered within 30 seconds using self-reliance. And... yes, in this time i could have just answered but I won't - because if I did then we wouldn't learn would we?

Jheeze you sound fun (lol)

Seriously? It takes just as long to type type that sentence in to google... And doesn't waste other peoples time.

What's the difference between this and ultra moon ??

You can get free games but Wii U and 3DS so far. Had some good offers so far, you just have to wait for the right ones.

Am I the only one who hates this Nintendo idea of spending hard earned gold coins on pretty average discounts on games? It seems weird that to get a discount you have to pay for it in gold? Wish they'd just change it so you can actually get games for free with enough coins.

The nintendo account/points thing is a complete nightmare. My son has a nintendo ID and I have been buying games for him on the 2DS and Wii for years. I set up a nintendo account for myself today and got a load of points that entitles me to a discount, so I went to buy a game for him and it says I need to link a Nintendo ID to my online account in order to get the discount - went to link my son's ID and it says "the birth dates don't match"!!! So now I have a load of points that I can't use, simply because my son has a different date of birth from me!! Have spent ages trying to get it sorted (and about a million emails) but it's a complete mess. The only way I can see around it is to create a nintendo ID for myself then buy the game via that, but that means I'd have to sign my son out on the console and log in as me to play it! Nintendo accounts are a joke

Thank you for posting @Kaz00ie agreed, that is a great price

Same for me?

Shows 24.85£ for me??

Decent game but not in 3D, which is a shame because Kirby games look amazing in 3D

tempted

My bad (embarrassed)

Well this was disappointing :(

WTH was that awful link (horror) https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/METROID-SAMUS-RETURNS-ARTBOOK-ONLY-Nintendo-3DS-Brand-new/222672652304

It's the artbook.

I have this on Vita and could easily be tempted to buy the new Switch version. It's a really great game with a wonderful steam punk sci-fi universe, and a quirky and witty style. I've never considered myself a turn-based fan but this is very accessible.

Steamworld games are my 11yo son's favourite game series, he loves Heist. Bargain price!

I love Xcom and the normal steamworld games so this looks like a good buy at £3.99 - thanks for the heads up! Wish it was this price on the switch!

Yeah I just had a look at the game on Steam. Looks sort of interesting (I enjoyed Dig) but the synopsis is a little odd. "Inspired by classics like XCOM and Worms, SteamWorld Heist is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots" Manually aim like you have been able to in Worms for the last 20+ years ... hardly a twist. Still if it ever drops this low on Steam I might give it a go.

With a lot of XCOM thrown in

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MP Star Rush was recently at around same price. Clearly a superior game and good value in this price area. Will be at that price again.

tempted as i missed it at £20

When I read "battle royale" I immediately thought Kirby+pubg (horror) but remembered this is nintendo so I gotta keep dreaming...

What happened? i guess not all kirby games can be winners (and lord knows they all haven't been) but this collection of mediocre mini games + some battling will get old fast regardless of your age. Its dropped quick for a reason. See metacritc. Heat for the cheapest price for it atm but is not a 'cracking stocking filler' as someone else calls every sub £20 3ds game on here. (ninja)

It's definitely worth giving 7 a try if you loved 8. There's a lot that's different about it, but it still has that DQ humour and charm. I never much liked it when I played it on the PS1 decades ago, as it originally had a really dry localisation. But they've completely redone the English script and the visuals for the 3DS version, and it's much more in line with 8. It's really great.

I only ever played 8 on Ps2 and it's one of my favourite ever games. I'm considering getting a 3ds just for these 2 games.

Yeah, it plays similiarly, but with a bit more customisation (7 has a class system, unlike 8). Gameplay is a bit more open-ended and there's less of a narrative focus than in 8. I like 8 the most but 7 is great. It's a big time sink, however, even moreso than 8.

Is this similar to 8, as in gameplay, turn based?

Basically think I'll add this to my retirement games. Which is like 40 years from now