Nintendo Adds Multiple Upcoming Releases To Its Switch Voucher Program

Not surprising but I'm down. I've had one sitting for awhile I'll probably use on Mario Party, likely buy another for Zelda and DK.

There's also a promotion (at least in the Netherlands) currently that it gives you €19,80 worth of gold coins when you buy vouchers. So I caved in and bought 4 lol. Worth it though I think!

There will definitely be cheaper physical preorders available at some point but if you like digital, it's cheaper than the £49-59 these will be on the eShop.

Mario VS Donkey Kong is on there ? but it's a lower-priced game ?

i thought Metroid Prime Remastered wasn't on there for that reason 🤔

thinking about it Endless Ocean is also a lower-priced game 🤔

what's the point of lower-priced games being on there ?

@Lynox5 yes in UK there is 4× Gold Points promotion on Game Vouchers currently until 14/7 😁👍

@Inc physical is always cheaper. can currently pre-order all newly announced games for less than £40 each

And I bet I can get 2 of them cheaper if I shop around. Physical copies I mean.

@jco83 Well, you can always get at least one of the two games discounted, if none of the other more expensive games catches your interest.

I'll get the new Zelda physical, it's already discounted on Amazon, but I'm not in a rush. My backlog is growing again, and I'll need a break to play some games I've already played but have been looking forward to getting into again (Bayonetta 1, 2 & 3!!)

Currys (UK) currently have a 15% off digital purchase code "DIGI15" until 31/7 💪🥳 limited to one usage per customer https://www.currys.co.uk/discount-codes.html (scroll down page to find).
eShop£15 = £12.75, eShop£25 = £21.25, eShop£50 = £42.50, eShop£100 = £85

@Yalloo i see the Game Vouchers are priced $99.98 in US so that makes it break-even for the lower-priced games at $49.99 each.

but in UK the Game Vouchers are £84 and lower-priced games are £39.99, so that is actually WORSE ! 😵

i remember now Metroid Prime Remastered is actually a lower-than-lower-priced game so that'll be the reason it isn't included

It's the best way to do it if you want to go digital. I'm still physical for Nintendo first-party releases. Just picked up Luigi's Mansion 2 HD for £38.99 with a free poster at launch which still bests these digital offers, plus you get a poster 😀

@jco83 I don't really see the point of buying two lower priced games with a voucher indeed. Just the one (full price) game still gets you a discount, but it looks much less interesting in the UK 😰 Unless like now with the 4x gold points maybe..?

Nice of you to share the promotion you found. 😃

Give us a triple voucher deal!

@Yalloo indeed i saw the 15% digital discount promotion on a website called hotukdeals i literally go on there every day i recommend it to all UK gamers it's my absolute favourite website <3 (nintendolife is also a favourite of mine )

This would be great if I didn’t want them digitally.

How likely is it that the vouchers could be used for switch 2 games if it does launch within 12 months?
I already have the latest games pre-ordered physically at good prices so I'd likely be sitting on the vouchers for a while.

In Norway all retailers sell Nintendo games at RRP (same as eShop price) for years with few sales, so the vouchers make a lot more sense here.

I still think it's insane to charge as much for digital as you do for an actual physical product that costs rare metals and plastic to produce, but hey, the world makes little sense these days.

You can get four brand new Nintendo games worth £200 for £134.40 !! Or worth up to £240 if you only buy the most expensive games on offer!

That's crazy savings. Shame DKC was overpriced to begin with though.

And a bit of a gamble on the other games considering their releases are way off. Always some other games you can get though. Like the two zeldas and smash bros for £60 each if you haven't got them already!

Then if you're even smarter and buy with discounted eshop cards online. You could potentially get four games for the price of two! You could get it very close to costing just £120 for four £60 games! Not badddd

Edit: it would still cost £168 (or cheaper with discounted eshop cards) but you get a LOT back in gold points for other purchases

I'm definitely going to pick one up to replace digitally the last two games out of the 7 I lost when I accidentally left my oled on a plane 😭 breath of the wild and smash bros ultimate

Yeah, I figured when I saw the deal for 4x gold coins i should get in on that. Also takes the edge off DKCRs price as i never played the original*
Also, there's plenty of digital games I can use the £16.80 worth of Gold coins for

Only issue is if I use one voucher for DKCR, what should I use the other for? There's nothing that immediately jumps out to me.

*Before anyone says anything. I no longer own a Wii or 3DS so buying a used copy of DKCR is sort of pointless if I'd also have to buy a system to play it on. My sense of foresight is bad, I know

Cool! Can’t wait for M&L Brothership and Mario Party Jamboree!

I have used vouchers once, that was for Mario Wonder and Paper Mario TTYD. Vouchers are best for pre-orders in my opinion!

I’m sorry, Big N. I can understand your controversial business decisions (Japanese Copyright and the ESA do NOT allow your best games to be saved), but I am NOT buying two vouchers for $100 just to pre-order Mario & Luigi: Brothership AND Super Mario Party Jamboree with them.

Does anybody know if that gold point deal will be made available in the US? Cause I would probably buy 2 sets of vouchers right now if it was.

I'll most likely use it for M&L and Mario Party Jamboree

Not really into theses as I prefer physical games more. Only time I got ones was to get totk without paying the $70

I've bought so many of these vouchers

@Scapetti there are only three higher-priced (£59.99) games: BotW, SSBU, and TotK 🙂

Good timing! I have a voucher expiring in August and wasn't sure what to use it on. Maybe I'll commit to Mario & Luigi.

@jco83 oh dang and I managed to list them all!

@jco83 youre not wrong but with how theyve been cancelling preorders recently im not exactly biting at the chance to be shut down again

@epicgamner eh? you talking about Walmart ?

@jco83 didnt ttyd and luigis mansion 2's preorders get cancelled on all platforms? Its very possible that im just wrong lol

And people wonder why Nintendo is asking $60 for dk country or Mario rpg. Just buy the vouchers and get totk for $50. Or wait a year or 2 for the only sale Nintendo does, 33% off.
With people paying $5 for a skin on a free to play game. I don’t like digital, but I also love that my steamdeck plays half life from like 20 years ago. Switch could be that as well.

@epicgamner Walmart only. allowing oversell of their stock allocation i reckon

@jco83 ahh i see thanks for the clarification

4x Gold points?! Europe always gets the better deals than NA.

M&L, along with Echoes of Wisdom are what I plan on buying with my vouchers.

@Lynox5
Wow really?? Have to check myself lol