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Buy Pikmin 3 on eShop, get 30% off The Wonderful 101! (EU-only)

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Sir_Crocodile

Member
W101 is £34.99 on amazon, Pikmin 3 is £31.99.

Doubt many will be going the eshop route, unless the eshop prices are lower then usual
 
SEGAvangelist

SEGAvangelist

Gold Member
enewtabie said:
I hope they do this in North America. I would go for that deal.
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Me too. Cross promotions for games that aren't super-sellers are pretty smart. The Fire Emblem / SMT one for 3DS seems like a success so far. This kind off stuff will make me convert to digital for Wii U.
 
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Kouriozan

Member
So you get 10% off of each games with the Nintendo Network Premium and W101 is 30% cheaper if you bought Pikmin 3 on eShop.
Wow.
 
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marc^o^

Nintendo's Pro Bono PR Firm
Goood, with the Premium 10% promotion that's a nice deal.

That's a good way to start promoting The Wonderful 101 BTW.
 
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zroid

Banned
I wouldn't want to buy these on the eShop, but for digital fans, this seems like a sweet deal, especially in combination with the Digital Deluxe Promotion.
 
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Midnight Moon

Banned
I don't like digital, only physical. Don't feel the need to have to buy a harddrive when years down the line won't be able to access my old games.
 
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Cosmonaut X

Member
The key thing here - for me anyway - is not so much that this is a massive saving, but that it helps expose W101 to more people and lowers the barrier of entry just a bit more. It's also smart tying it to Pikmin 3, as the two games share some similarities and each would probably appeal to the buyers of the other.
 
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Aostia

El Capitan Todd
Cosmonaut X said:
The key thing here - for me anyway - is not so much that this is a massive saving, but that it helps expose W101 to more people and lowers the barrier of entry just a bit more. It's also smart tying it to Pikmin 3, as the two games share some similarities and each would probably appeal to the buyers of the other.
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well, with the premium promotion too, I think it's a good deal also in terms of saving.
too bad I love both Pikmin and W101 boxart.
 
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Capell

Unconfirmed Member
Good to see Platinum getting some promotion. Shame that both, Pikmin and W101 have to be bought digitally. I'll probably stick with my retail Pre-Orders.
 
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Linkstrikesback

Member
I'd say good but knowing Nintendos eShop pricing scheme it won't be close to worth it.

Now, if they were doing a 30% credit bonus to people who bought both including retail versions (Like NoA is with Fire Emblem/ SMT4), then that would put W101 in a low enough price point for me to care enough to buy it despite my currently huge backlog.

As it is, I can wait.
 
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JoeM86

Member
I'm assuming you could get the download code for Pikmin from GAME, which will be like £5 cheaper as it usually is, and still get the 30% off too.

Exterminieren said:
Tying W101 in with Nintendo's biggest home console release until December is a great, great move.
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Not a fan of Zelda?
 
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borghe

Loves the Greater Toronto Area
between the 10% deluxe promotion and 30% off I would strongly consider this. If both games are going to be $60 each that takes them effectively down to $45 each. Considering both are published by Nintendo, I don't see those dropping to those prices any time soon except for a flash sale here and there. Talking about NA fwiw, where we don't have ANY really good pre-order deals for either game.
 
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scitek

Member
Don't do this in America. I don't want to buy any games on your eShop until you fix the account system, Nintendo! But I'm weak...
 
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Shahadan

Member
Sir_Crocodile said:
W101 is £34.99 on amazon, Pikmin 3 is £31.99.

Doubt many will be going the eshop route, unless the eshop prices are lower then usual
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Well here on amazon it's still 46-49 euros each, so eshop offer is attractive. I could buy them from amzon.uk and pay less, but I'd have to wait at least another week to get them.
Dilemmaaaaa.
I loved the box arts.
 
SEGAvangelist

SEGAvangelist

Gold Member
borghe said:
between the 10% deluxe promotion and 30% off I would strongly consider this. If both games are going to be $60 each that takes them effectively down to $45 each. Considering both are published by Nintendo, I don't see those dropping to those prices any time soon except for a flash sale here and there. Talking about NA fwiw, where we don't have ANY really good pre-order deals for either game.
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For real. NOA needs to follow suit and continue this trend. The 3DS sales digital sales have been pretty good and even without a real account option, I don't regret going entirely digital. Would love a reason to do this for Wii U as well.
 
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Shahadan

Member
scitek said:
Don't do this in America. I don't want to buy any games on your eShop until you fix the account system, Nintendo! But I'm weak...
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I can get why on 3DS, but for wii u I must be missing something. It's a home console, the chances you lose it are slim and if someone breaks into your house and somehow consider stealing your Wii U on top of far more valuable items, you'd have to file a police report anyway.
And in that last case it's more likely retail games would also be stolen, so digital would be an "easy" way to get them back.
 
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JoeM86

Member
Basically

If you get both on ShopTo, they're £33 each. That's £66

GAME currently has the game for pre-order at £34.99. Assuming the download code will be that, that's £5 less than on the eShop, but £2 more than ShopTo

Then, assuming Wonderful 101 is £39.99 on the eShop, that'll be marked down to £28 with the 30% discount.

Total of £62.99.

Plus, you'll get more than 500 points back, so that's an extra £5 for you later. I'd say it's worth it
 
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PotionBleue

Member
What are the expected prices in euros on the eShop? Are you guys really sure it'll be cheaper than Amazon? Taking into account both Premium & W101 -30% offer:

60+60-18-12 = 90 €
 
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Fantastical

Death Prophet
They should have done a compounding discount thing for all their games. Don't they have a game a month coming out? If you buy Pikmin you get 15% off W101, if you buy W101 you get 30% off Wii U Party. If you buy Wii Party U you get 40% off DK. If you buy DK you get 50% off Super Mario 3D World. But you have to start with Pikmin and you can't miss a game.
 
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Shahadan

Member
PotionBleue said:
What are the expected prices in euros on the eShop? Are you guys really sure it'll be cheaper than Amazon? Taking into account both Premium & W101 -30% offer:

60+60-18-12 = 90 €
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Pikmin 3 and W101 (and all new nintendo Wii U releases from now on apparently) are 49,99€ at retail, so most likely at the same price on eshop
 
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