3DS bargains thread.

Decent 3DS savings on The Game Collection's Easter Sale - here's Yokai Watch for £8.95, Mario & Luigi Paper Jam Bros for £10.95, and Hey! Pikmin for £11.95:

https://www.thegamecollection.net/sale/easter/?platform=388

Can't link on my phone, but Argos are clearing out their 3DS stock, just about everything is massively reduced. Highlights include Starfox 64 for £2.49, WarioWare Gold for £5.99 and Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga for £5.99. Just go onto the Argos website, search for '3DS game' and filter by the lowest price.

I've just ordered eleven games

I'm on that as been looking at 3DS stuff etc at the moment

Ach, there's hee-haw in stock at any of the Argos stores near me. A shame as I'd have fancied DQ VII and Wario Ware Gold.

Mine should arrive later, but I had about 20 games in the basket and ended up with about 6.

WarioWare Gold for £5.99 on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BHGPMCW?tag=amz-mkt-chr-uk-21&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-a0050-def00-other-nomod-uk000-pcomp-feature-pcomp-wm-1-wm-3-wm-8&ref=aa_pcomp_prc1_prdg2

Can't speak for Wario, but M&LSS&BM is, apart from a ridiculous acronym, a steal at £6! Get on that.

The Cappuccino Kid wrote:

WarioWare Gold for £5.99 on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BHGPMCW?tag=amz-mkt-chr-uk-21&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-a0050-def00-other-nomod-uk000-pcomp-feature-pcomp-wm-1-wm-3-wm-8&ref=aa_pcomp_prc1_prdg2

Already back up to £16, FYI.

There's further reductions on some of those 3DS games at Argos, like Mario Party: Star Rush and Captain Road for £7.99, Bowser's Inside Story for £11.99, and Super Smash Bros for 3DS for £13.99

Can't link, sorry

Aye, nothing is in stock around my way. Shite.

Another Argos deal, this time it's Tomadachi Life for £13.99

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5025011

A rare My Nintendo offer that's worth your attention, it's a 50% discount on the Game Boy Colour version of Mario Tennis for 25 Gold Points. That brings it down to £2.24:

https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/0fa3f7e3b95c3f53?imp=oGwIHnMcBYoYgzfr8cRp0ZyvyzXtbz2-dwr46-vu%3Areward_list%3A1%3A1

I love how random that is. They must be readying the transfer of these games to the Switch at some point. Or perhaps something to add to the Switch Online scheme? I'd love to know how many people actually buy the old GameBoy games on the 3DS Virtual Console.

I assume we’d all expect to see Game Boy games on Switch Online next, if Nintendo are still going to be supporting it. I'd welcome it - it's a good library of games, when you base your opinion of them on their own merits.

I’d think some Game Boy games on 3DS Virtual Console would still sell decently enough, especially Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow/Gold/Silver/Crystal and anything with Mario and Zelda in it.

I spotted one of the Zelda GBC games has a similar offer for anyone fancying a bit of Oracle of Ages/Seasons.

I didn't realise Mario Tennis GBC was on 3DS o:

It's the best Mario Tennis game, I am actually really tempted. Just bring it to Switch already!

The French version of Pokemon Sun is selling new for £13.14 on Amazon UK:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01GZY8VFK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's got options for English text in the game. This seems like a good deal, as a manky second-hand copy in CEX (likely with bogeys wiped on the cover, and blood in the instruction manual) costs £20.

Was Sun bad? As even at £20 seems cheap for a Pokémon game and on 3DS where seen Animal Crossing, Mario Kart etc rise in price

Sun was great but probably a lot less demand for it after the arrival of the Ultra games and then the Switch games.

Surely most of that logic applies to Animal Crossing and Mario Kart though, maybe Ultra or Omega/Alpha are the ones going for a pretty penny.

Animal Crossing got a huge boost thanks to New Horizons and people not being able to get hold of a Switch to play it and I'd assume Mario Kart is parents game of choice when they buy a Nintendo 3DSwitch for their ultimately disappointed child.

Could be just a lot of games have had a boost at the moment across various systems, that a series like Pokémon just seems like one that would.

Said elsewhere post lockdown will be interesting what happens to the gaming market.

I imagine the fact there's a bunch of Pokemon games on 3DS factors in, whilst Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Mario Kart 7 are the only instalments on that system.

I did have a wee look and seems Sapphire on 3DS was going for around £45, which makes sense because #nostglia when likes of PS2's are going up in price.

My Persona 3 FES now worth about £200

Sun/Moon remain my favourite main series games.