Nintendo Switch Bargains Thread

Here's a stoater of a promo at Argos - if you buy a pair of Joy-Cons for £59.99, you can claim either Bayonetta 3, Metroid Dread or Everybody 1-2 Switch for free.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/6556493/specialoffers/E40851

Offer ends tomorrow, 26th January!

I know I shouldn't just write things because I had to tell everyone my negative opinion - damn it the internet's full of that - but I never want to buy Joy-Cons again. I love the Switch, but I've got 2 pairs with sticks that just do whatever the fuck they feel like, and a 3rd pair which I don't touch in case they start doing whatever they feel like. Handheld mode is now only for retro d-pad time.

I think that's valid. Every pair of Joy-Cons I've owned, one of them has had to be sent in to Nintendo eventually for repairs. I like them well enough otherwise, and I'm still mainly a handheld fellow, but the build quality is genuinely gutting. Doesn't help that this generation is the longest one since I started following Nintendo, but I haven't used any given pair for that full lifecycle.

I've personally been lucky with Joys-Con, but the situation is wild. As I understand, build quality on Sony and MS sticks has worsened in a similar time, but perhaps the small size and intricate build of Nintendo's mini controllers made them more succeptible to this damage? It's one thing I hope is seriously adressed with 2witch.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and Neon White are down to £19.99 apiece on Amazon (on Switch, XBox, PlayStation, the lot):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Skybound-Games-1239742-Bomb-Cyberfunk/dp/B0CHYYWNNC

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Skybound-Games-Neon-White-Switch/dp/B0C9F48FX8

I was very impressed with Bomb Rush Cyberfunk when I played it earlier this year, I was happy to have paid £33 for it. I remember Balladeer being very complimentary about Neon White too.

Aye both of those are quality games, just be sure to skip all the cut scene pish in Neon White though.

Yeah, Neon White's dialogue scenes go on FOREVER but the gameplay in between is good arcadey fun.

+1 to the above. Good game, lousy dialogue and characters.

I truly don't understand how Two Point Campus can be so underpriced £6.95 delivered, it's utterly excellent:

https://www.thegamecollection.net/two-point-campus-enrolment-edition-switch?sqr=two%20point

Get on it

Disney Illusion Island has dropped to £19.99 at Smyths Toys, Argos and Amazon:

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/gaming-and-tech/nintendo-gaming/nintendo-switch/nintendo-switch-games/disney-illusion-island-nintendo-switch/p/222141

That’s a very suitable price for an endearing albeit simplistic Metroidvania that I’m confident everybody would enjoy.

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Something you don’t see often is a physical Switch game for under a fiver delivered, and here’s one in Very Very Valet:

https://www.thegamecollection.net/very-very-valet-switch?

A 75% rating on Metacritic has convinced me to buy that for myself.

WarioWare: Move It! Is down to £19.99 at Argos, Currys and Amazon:


https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5440005?clickSR=slp:term:warioware:1:1:1

 
On another note, The Game Collection are offering a 10% off discount code if you register for their email newsletters. The code doesn’t seem restricted to software, so if you’re planning on getting anything big (like a new console, or a castle, or a dinosaur) then that could be decent money off.

WarioWare: Move It! goes down to £14.99 at Argos after using a 25% off discount code:


https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5440005

 
That same GAMING25 code reduces Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope to £12.74 as well.

The Cappuccino Kid wrote:

WarioWare: Move It! goes down to £14.99 at Argos after using a 25% off discount code:


https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5440005

This game is a delight, by the way. Game Game Show's #3 of the year 2023. I'll bring it to Edinburgh.

I'd love to play some more of that with some like-minded folks, just running through the co-op campaign didn't feel enough really.  I did enjoy it but my main concern was quantity-for-price - so this is grand!