Nintendo games/consoles even more bargain alerts thread

Suckit

There is also mygermany and eurosender too. But I find mailboxde.com excellent for most things. They also offer consolidation service and they seem to be the cheapest by far.

RobbingBandit

Mortal kombat gone back up in Argos to €36.99

RobbingBandit

HEY YOU GUYS

FREE GAMES ALERT

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nintendo-switch-10-free-games-over-xmas-at-nintendo-eshop-3360304

TitianGerm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

HEY YOU GUYS

FREE GAMES ALERT

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nintendo-switch-10-free-games-over-xmas-at-nintendo-eshop-3360304

Came to post this. Have my thanks.

SMC92Ian

RobbingBandit wrote: »

HEY YOU GUYS

FREE GAMES ALERT

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nintendo-switch-10-free-games-over-xmas-at-nintendo-eshop-3360304

The state. No wonder they're free. :rolleyes:

Tom Mann Centuria

RobbingBandit wrote: »

HEY YOU GUYS

FREE GAMES ALERT

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nintendo-switch-10-free-games-over-xmas-at-nintendo-eshop-3360304

Ideal way of a parent with limited funds (after shelling out for a new switch) putting a few games on it for their youngster, to give them something to play Christmas day. Even if that's the only time they play them. Cheers.

mrcheez

Any of them worth the download?

Also does this work for Irish accs?

RobbingBandit

I got the first two just now download colouring book first as that's free then Robonauts becomes free, the next one after goes free on December 15

There seems to be the same deal on the American eshop but more games for those with a US account check it out.

Fysh

mrcheez wrote: »

Any of them worth the download?

Also does this work for Irish accs?

I've tried the demo of Robonauts and it's not bad - certainly it'd be worth a punt for free, I reckon.

Suckit

Earthlock looks good, and is €4.99 at the minute or €4 in South Africa.
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/EARTHLOCK-1347569.html

Neon Switch (2019 version) is €285 + €13 shipping from Spain.
Use code PREGALO5 to drop the price to €270 + shipping (€283 delivered).
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/143368119898/

1. Open the

ebay.es website and click Regístrate to create a new account
2. In your account settings - select Addresses from the left menu and add your Registration Address (use a Spanish address). Note that you can use your Irish phone number
3. Now change your primary Delivery Address (use your valid Irish address)
4. Find items from sellers that post to Ireland
5. Enter a Spanish discount code at the checkout

Grumpypants

Link for free Coloring Book game to kick off the chain of free games.

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Coloring-Book-1470537.html

barneyrub

Anyway of downloading these when the switch isn't set up yet?

Grassey

barneyrub wrote:

Anyway of downloading these when the switch isn't set up yet?

Log in with your Nintendo account and 'purchase'

.red.

barneyrub wrote: »

Anyway of downloading these when the switch isn't set up yet?

Off topic but I bought a switch last week for a santa present. Turned it on to make sure it worked and it had an update that took 25 mins, I went to fiddle around with it today and it had another update that took 10 mins.
I'm gonna check it again a few days before Christmas just in case. Last thing you'd want is updates Christmas morning when the servers are busy and the kid just wants to play it.

Heard of a horror story a few years back of a girl I know, her son got a playstation or Xbox(can't remember which) that took 21 hours to update from Christmas morning as they only had 2mb broadband.

Treppen

Luigi's mansion is a bit cheaper in currys.ie than others at €49

snowstreams

barneyrub wrote: »

Anyway of downloading these when the switch isn't set up yet?

You have to have a game downloaded before the free game shows up.
I tried purchasing the colouring book for my sons santa gift. But robonauts didn't show up for free until I logged into the switch and downloaded the colouring book.
As red said above, it's good to log on beforehand and update the software.
The packaging fits back together very nicely anyway so the kids won't suspect a thing!

sweetie

.red. wrote: »

Off topic but I bought a switch last week for a santa present. Turned it on to make sure it worked and it had an update that took 25 mins, I went to fiddle around with it today and it had another update that took 10 mins.
I'm gonna check it again a few days before Christmas just in case. Last thing you'd want is updates Christmas morning when the servers are busy and the kid just wants to play it.

Heard of a horror story a few years back of a girl I know, her son got a playstation or Xbox(can't remember which) that took 21 hours to update from Christmas morning as they only had 2mb broadband.

it's not always necessary to update the system before playing a game on it. I've been playing Yook laylee impossible lair recently and have been delaying the update.

Mr E

I'd say it's the firmware update. The console was probably on v7.0 or v8.0 out of the box.
The first update brought it to v9.0 and there was an update on December 4th for v9.1.

xckjoo

Treppen wrote: »

Luigi's mansion is a bit cheaper in currys.ie than others at €49

Not a huge bargain, but I grabbed a Switch Lite + Luigi's Mansion in Smyths for about €260 (site seems to be down at the moment so can't check). Switch Lite is €230 on its own.

RobbingBandit

Stores often offer discounts for console bundles however Luigi being a first party game is quite cheap in a shop for €49.99 so the game is a bargain

TitianGerm

xckjoo wrote: »

Not a huge bargain, but I grabbed a Switch Lite + Luigi's Mansion in Smyths for about €260 (site seems to be down at the moment so can't check). Switch Lite is €230 on its own.

You could have gotten a Switch Lite with MK8 for £197 from Curry's eBay on Monday.

It's been £179 on its own a few times over the last few days and if your near the boarder you can get the Lite and the new Pokemon for £199 in Tesco.

xckjoo

TitianGerm wrote: »

You could have gotten a Switch Lite with MK8 for £197 from Curry's eBay on Monday.

It's been £179 on its own a few times over the last few days and if your near the boarder you can get the Lite and the new Pokemon for £199 in Tesco.

With the discount code? That wasn't working for me for some reason. Had tried to get a Switch Lite on it's own a few times with it.

We already have a copy of Mario Kart in the house and haven't heard great things about the new Pokemon. Not near the border either.



From what I could see there was a few bargains around Black Friday, but the standard price is about the €230 so figured I might as well buy locally. Luigi for and extra €30 was fine by me. Had originally intended to buy Yooka Laylee for €25 :pac:

brevity

Could I get a bit of advice?

On Amazon the Nintendo Switch Mario Kart bundle is 299£ and there is a Nintendo Switch 128Gb card for 17.99£

Would this be as good as it gets when it comes to switch bundle deals?

Thanks

chonix

brevity wrote: »

Could I get a bit of advice?

On Amazon the Nintendo Switch Mario Kart bundle is 299£ and there is a Nintendo Switch 128Gb card for 17.99£

Would this be as good as it gets when it comes to switch bundle deals?

Thanks

Wouldn't be better value the one from Amazon.de or Amazon.fr? Not sure about shipping and adapter requirements though....

sniper_samurai

brevity wrote: »

Could I get a bit of advice?

On Amazon the Nintendo Switch Mario Kart bundle is 299£ and there is a Nintendo Switch 128Gb card for 17.99£

Would this be as good as it gets when it comes to switch bundle deals?

Thanks

About the same as you'd get the console for in Smyths when adjusted for Irish vat. Pretty good price for the sd card but the non Nintendo branded version of the card is probably a few quid cheaper.

sligeach

brevity wrote: »

Could I get a bit of advice?

On Amazon the Nintendo Switch Mario Kart bundle is 299£ and there is a Nintendo Switch 128Gb card for 17.99£

Would this be as good as it gets when it comes to switch bundle deals?

Thanks

I wouldn't buy from Amazon France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Timbuktu, etc as some have listed here. Ireland or UK just, especially with expensive hardware.

brevity

Thanks. I’ve been watching HDUK like a hawk but the deals are few and far between.

Will probably go the amazon route...

chonix

brevity wrote: »

Thanks. I’ve been watching HDUK like a hawk but the deals are few and far between.

Will probably go the amazon route...

I'd reckon that if you want it for Xmas -> go Amzn
If you're willing to wait for boxing day, prices might drop. You ought to know by this stage how greedy can Nintendo be compared vs other consoles.

peter4918

sligeach wrote: »

I wouldn't buy from Amazon France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Timbuktu, etc as some have listed here. Ireland or UK just, especially with expensive hardware.

I’ve bought two consoles from Amazon Germany & they were delivered in a few days, no problems.

barneyrub

.red. wrote: »

Off topic but I bought a switch last week for a santa present. Turned it on to make sure it worked and it had an update that took 25 mins, I went to fiddle around with it today and it had another update that took 10 mins.
I'm gonna check it again a few days before Christmas just in case. Last thing you'd want is updates Christmas morning when the servers are busy and the kid just wants to play it.

Heard of a horror story a few years back of a girl I know, her son got a playstation or Xbox(can't remember which) that took 21 hours to update from Christmas morning as they only had 2mb broadband.

Ya I intend to do that when I can. Will try and download when I set it up. Thanks

Nollog

.red. wrote: »

Off topic but I bought a switch last week for a santa present. Turned it on to make sure it worked and it had an update that took 25 mins, I went to fiddle around with it today and it had another update that took 10 mins.
I'm gonna check it again a few days before Christmas just in case. Last thing you'd want is updates Christmas morning when the servers are busy and the kid just wants to play it.

Heard of a horror story a few years back of a girl I know, her son got a playstation or Xbox(can't remember which) that took 21 hours to update from Christmas morning as they only had 2mb broadband.

The WiiU had a nightmare Christmas update iirc

Suckit

sligeach wrote: »

I wouldn't buy from Amazon France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Timbuktu, etc as some have listed here. Ireland or UK just, especially with expensive hardware.

I have bought from France and Spain and have had no issues at all. Not just consoles either. Televisions and music equipment. It is often a lot cheaper, is still covered by EU warranty and would be the exact same item. Makes no sense to only use Amazon UK as they are the only ones leaving the EU. Especially not if it is more expensive.

sniper_samurai

Suckit wrote: »

I have bought from France and Spain and have had no issues at all. Not just consoles either. Televisions and music equipment. It is often a lot cheaper, is still covered by EU warranty and would be the exact same item. Makes no sense to only use Amazon UK as they are the only ones leaving the EU. Especially not if it is more expensive.

You'll see a proper IE site appear the day Brexit is confirmed. The domain already exists, redirecting to Amazon UK atm, and they've opened up Prime to Irish accounts. If I'm not mistaken no other territory has Prime without a regional Amazon site.

Suckit

brevity wrote: »

Could I get a bit of advice?

On Amazon the Nintendo Switch Mario Kart bundle is 299£ and there is a Nintendo Switch 128Gb card for 17.99£

Would this be as good as it gets when it comes to switch bundle deals?

Thanks

€309 + vat + shipping is €327
You could use PW/AP/PM/PC and get it delivered to them for €314.57 + €4
https://www.amazon.fr/Console-Nintendo-Switch-Deluxe-t%C3%A9l%C3%A9chargement/dp/B0825M5QSD
It was €302 a couple of hours ago. It is definitely worth using Hagglezon.com and checking across all EU Amazons. The savings can be quite a lot.
Even the B&M stores and stores that only deliver locally can massive price differences (although for them you may need a 3rd party virtual address).
The New version switch with Mariokart is below €300 right across Europe.
But to get it here you would have to pay roughly €20 3rd party shipping, so the amazon france is very good price.
You could wait and see if it drops in UK, but it may not.

Suckit

sniper_samurai wrote: »

You'll see a proper IE site appear the day Brexit is confirmed. The domain already exists, redirecting to Amazon UK atm, and they've opened up Prime to Irish accounts. If I'm not mistaken no other territory has Prime without a regional Amazon site.

They have already ruled that out, unless they are going to change their mind. The ie domain was vacant for a long time. I believe they purchased it for business/tax reasons maybe.

They may use it like amazon.nl, either way I wouldn't be banking on amazon.ie anytime soon.

jj880

mrcheez wrote: »

Any of them worth the download?

Also does this work for Irish accs?

I nearly bought Rekt a few months back. I think it looks good. Will download all games just to see what it is like. Also the mystery game on christmas eve could be worth it.

Fysh

jj880 wrote: »

I nearly bought Rekt a few months back. I think it looks good. Will download all games just to see what it is like. Also the mystery game on christmas eve could be worth it.

I checked out the trailers for all the games and while they aren't famous, I reckon it's a decent deal, particularly for free. I've grabbed Robonauts already, and plan to check out One Strike, Wreckin' Ball Adventure (looks like a Samus Aran Morph Ball puzzle-adventure, with an added grappling hook - SOLD!), Koloro and RaceDieRun.

I don't particularly want Geki Yaba Runner or Puzzle Book but luckily I checked the FAQ, because it turns out that you have to get each day's free download to get the next one i.e. if you skip one of the games, you can't get the rest of the freebies. Useful to know as Geki Yaba Runner in particular looks so...uninspiring they don't even have a video trailer for it, so I expect it'll be going straight on my "uninstall and hide" list (where it can sit next to Brawl, a game which sadly failed to be the fun Bomberman clone it looks like it should be).

sligeach

Suckit wrote: »

I have bought from France and Spain and have had no issues at all. Not just consoles either. Televisions and music equipment. It is often a lot cheaper, is still covered by EU warranty and would be the exact same item. Makes no sense to only use Amazon UK as they are the only ones leaving the EU. Especially not if it is more expensive.

It's not the exact same, you've a different plug. If anything goes wrong with the Switch, then you've the headache, language barrier and expense of sending it for repair. If you want to sell it at a future date, more people would be reluctant buying a foreign Switch, I know I would. There were better deals from UK sites in the past couple of weeks. I've bought from the various non UK Amazon's and they're great. A Switch wouldn't be one of those purchases though.

jj880

Fysh wrote: »

I checked out the trailers for all the games and while they aren't famous, I reckon it's a decent deal, particularly for free. I've grabbed Robonauts already, and plan to check out One Strike, Wreckin' Ball Adventure (looks like a Samus Aran Morph Ball puzzle-adventure, with an added grappling hook - SOLD!), Koloro and RaceDieRun.

I don't particularly want Geki Yaba Runner or Puzzle Book but luckily I checked the FAQ, because it turns out that you have to get each day's free download to get the next one i.e. if you skip one of the games, you can't get the rest of the freebies. Useful to know as Geki Yaba Runner in particular looks so...uninspiring they don't even have a video trailer for it, so I expect it'll be going straight on my "uninstall and hide" list.

Yeah I saw the rules also. I think I read even if you miss a few days you can still download the games you miss as long as they are downloaded in order.

The 4 player mode in Rekt looks great. I have a pair of extra joycons for 4 player I got from AliExpress for 25 euro. Not Nintendo branded but they are good quality.

sligeach

Seen this deal posted up on HotUKDeals just now. Switch case for €6 in Argos, can't go wrong.

Nintendo Switch Elite Travel Case

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8677772.htm

Suckit

sligeach wrote: »

It's not the exact same, you've a different plug. If anything goes wrong with the Switch, then you've the headache, language barrier and expense of sending it for repair. If you want to sell it at a future date, more people would be reluctant buying a foreign Switch, I know I would. There were better deals from UK sites in the past couple of weeks. I've bought from the various non UK Amazon's and they're great. A Switch wouldn't be one of those purchases though.

I've yet to see a UK deal as good as the other 4. Especially in a B&M.
When (if) something goes wrong, the headache is the exact same, I can assure you. They all operate an English speaking support, and will even have an English speaker phone you when required. The repairs/return shipping is also free.

As for the plug.. An adaptor is cheap enough from Dealz. I can point to a load of stores right now selling the Switch/lite/bundles much cheaper than anywhere in the UK. I bought my first switch for €248 + shipping from Amazon France.

I can't imagine it would be that hard to sell it just because it has an EU plug.
................

You could add the Labo Multi-Kit to the Switch on amazon france for €19.99 to the switch bundle on amazon france above.

12 months online membership for €15.89 using code Fall

https://www.eneba.com/nintendo-nintendo-switch-online-membership-12-months-eshop-key-europe

snowstreams

Seems like a very good deal in easons?
https://www.easons.com/Super-Smash-Bros-ultimate

I knew there was a catch.
Turns out it's just a book!

lol someone posted that last year as well. Can't remember if it was this thread or bargain alerts. That poor sod didn't cop on until he got a few hilarious replies though!

:edit: Found it:
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107614734&postcount=7877

snowstreams

If say easons and other online book shops trick a fair few people during sales.
Those guide books are displayed to look exactly like the game boxes!

TitianGerm

snowstreams wrote: »

If say easons and other online book shops trick a fair few people during sales.
Those guide books are displayed to look exactly like the game boxes!

It says books at the top of the screen and how many pages in the product description. You'd want to be a bit silly to think it's actually a game.

RobbingBandit

sligeach wrote: »

Seen this deal posted up on HotUKDeals just now. Switch case for €6 in Argos, can't go wrong.

Nintendo Switch Elite Travel Case

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8677772.htm

Picked one up last week for my switch lite the case has a bit of padding and switch lite fits in nicely

Rew

sligeach wrote: »

Seen this deal posted up on HotUKDeals just now. Switch case for €6 in Argos, can't go wrong.

Nintendo Switch Elite Travel Case

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8677772.htm

I have this, found it to be very good so far

smokingman

sligeach wrote: »

Seen this deal posted up on HotUKDeals just now. Switch case for €6 in Argos, can't go wrong.

Nintendo Switch Elite Travel Case

https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8677772.htm

Just got three of the last 5 in Dundrum. Cheers Sligeach!

brevity

Bonjour, Bonjour.

I ordered the updated Switch and Zelda for 370€ on Amazon France. Mange Tout!

I’ll get that case above for 5€ too.

A similar bundle on the Nintendo Store is over 400€

Seems to be the best price after all my searching. No doubt some deal will pop out of the wood work but c’est la vie.

Haven’t bought a console in years so Christmas will be super exciting.

Thanks for all the advice

sniper_samurai

brevity wrote: »

Bonjour, Bonjour.

I ordered the updated Switch and Zelda for 370€ on Amazon France. Mange Tout!

I’ll get that case above for 5€ too.

A similar bundle on the Nintendo Store is over 400€

Seems to be the best price after all my searching. No doubt some deal will pop out of the wood work but c’est la vie.

Haven’t bought a console in years so Christmas will be super exciting.

Thanks for all the advice

If it is a present remember to do the system updates beforehand.