Big 3DS game sale at best buy next week (US ONLY)
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Jaden
Jaden of Moon Island
Man, games are way cheaper in the USA ;_; Wish I could go buy them there! As a European I'd have to pay 39,99 € (~ 52 USD) each on Amazon for Bravely Default and Tomodachi Life. Those prices are great. Best Buy should consider international shipping!
Yeah, I heard about this.
From what I can tell, it is the one big negative thing about the game. I'm personally willing to take the risk but thanks for pointing that out, others might not.
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If there are two games in this sale that you really want I would do it. Depending on your folks, All of the others you mentioned can probably be gotten through your Birthday or Christmas.
Misuzurin
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They don't release weekly ads until Sunday.
Well that was fun and not surprising. It was totally a clearance sale, I had to go to 4 Best Buys to get Bravely Default I managed to snag 2 copies (one for my friend), Mario Party and Kirby. There was an over abundance of Disney Magical World + Mario Party + Mario Golf, and I never saw BD or Kirby after I picked them up. Barely saw any of the other games either, just a handful of Yoshi's New Island. Also they were rather strict on the WiiU Pro controllers. I picked up a white one, which literally was the only choice. They took the black ones of the shelves. Assuming because they sell better than the white ones. Also I didn't see any special Wii Remotes at 2 of the stores wow. People really knew about it though cause everyone ran to the 3DS section in each store I was in.
It basically wouldn't have been worth it if you wanted anything by Mario Party, Golf or Disney Magical World. I had to run around cause I was getting games for me AND my friend with his money, so I was on a mission. All 4 stores looked nearly identical, wiped out shelves even though I got there right when it opened they didn't have squat barely at any of them. I had to fight and race around for these lol Although the WiiU Pro + plain Wii remotes were in stock at all of them
It basically wouldn't have been worth it if you wanted anything by Mario Party, Golf or Disney Magical World. I had to run around cause I was getting games for me AND my friend with his money, so I was on a mission. All 4 stores looked nearly identical, wiped out shelves even though I got there right when it opened they didn't have squat barely at any of them. I had to fight and race around for these lol Although the WiiU Pro + plain Wii remotes were in stock at all of them
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I didn't think anyone around my area would care either, but I had the same experience. There was barely any games, and few of the ones that are part of this deal. I wanted to get Tomodachi for my nieces, and got lucky that the guy dug out the last 2 copies from the back. But the 2 other games I wanted (Kirby and Yoshi) were out and aren't even available online. :c Poo on Best Buy, for having a sale that lasts 6 days, but not stocking up to get through half the first day.
I expected it to be a hit sale but not at the first store I went to. I also didn't expect them to only have the white Pro controllers even though it's in the picture, but usually they just do a random one for a pic placeholder. Not a single store had the black ones out. It was most definitely noticeable the amount of people who were in there for that particular sale though.
But I got what I wanted and so did my friend so I guess it worked out even though it was a crazy mess
But I got what I wanted and so did my friend so I guess it worked out even though it was a crazy mess
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alright, grabbed both Poker Men games off their site w/ free shipping.
Kirby and Yoshi were unfortunately store pick-up only though, so they'll have to wait.
Kirby and Yoshi were unfortunately store pick-up only though, so they'll have to wait.
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I had a sold out experience as well. Which was a rockie mistake, I did not think anyone in my area would care.
I started to go with my second choices Tomadochi Life and Yoshi, but I was told they restock on Wendsday so I'm going to test my luck then.
If I don't get anything then, ah well, it wasn't meant to be.
I started to go with my second choices Tomadochi Life and Yoshi, but I was told they restock on Wendsday so I'm going to test my luck then.
If I don't get anything then, ah well, it wasn't meant to be.
Those were the 2 I wanted. and they don't have them in any stores, so pick up is worthless anyway. :c
I find it shady that they didn't stock enough games. They just wanted people to talk about them, or go in the store, without actually honoring the offer. I don't shop there a lot anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter. But I could have gone in and been impressed and became a customer. My store's 3DS section was tiny, and a total mess, and even the employees didn't want to look at it--they asked me if I had searched myself, then just ran to the back to check stock instead of dealing with the unorganized games. Now I understand if there were hoards of people there messing things up, but there weren't. For the 20 minutes it took to tell us those 2 games weren't available anywhere in my city, not 1 other person came to that area. And this was around 1 PM, on Sunday, day 1 of sale.
Did everyone get there at 10 AM? I highly doubt it.
Hmmm that's interesting. I wonder if it's just your store or if they all do it on that day. I may have to inform another friend who missed out.
In other news Mario Party is not terrible at all, I'm so far glad I picked it and there are collectables and there are long boards that can take an hour both with multiplayer humans and CPU. I'm glad I gave it a chance. If people don't like it cause it's not like OG Mario Party with the board you go around instead of mostly straight lines and odd games, then I get that too though cause I liked the old style better. But this is actually so far better than Mario Party 9 for Wii
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Xanarcah
S Class Trainer
I was really hoping that this deal would extend to digital codes as well, since I prefer those over physical copies, but it looks like it doesn't. D:
Maybe my friend will go half and half on some games with me. o:
Maybe my friend will go half and half on some games with me. o:
highxflyer
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I picked up Tomodachi Life and Zelda. I got lucky getting Tomodachi Life. A guy and his gf were trying to buy four games, and had picked up two copies. The second game they wanted wasn't in stock so he gave me the second copy of Tomodachi life.
I debated on buying more games from online. My gf bought two from online and is currently waiting for her shipment which should be here by Wednesday.
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I had a similar experience at my Best Buy. None of the employees knew the sale was occurring. They barely had any games in stock and no one knew what games were part of the deal even though tags were placed all around the area detailing what games were part of the deal. They said they checked the back for the games we wanted, but were only gone for a minute or two.
We attempted to order in store but no one knew if the deal would be valid if we did that. It took about 5 employees to actually get an answer on what we could do. It took us about an hour in the store to try and figure it out but honestly, it would have been easier to just shop online.
I debated on buying more games from online. My gf bought two from online and is currently waiting for her shipment which should be here by Wednesday.
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I find it shady that they didn't stock enough games. They just wanted people to talk about them, or go in the store, without actually honoring the offer. I don't shop there a lot anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter. But I could have gone in and been impressed and became a customer. My store's 3DS section was tiny, and a total mess, and even the employees didn't want to look at it--they asked me if I had searched myself, then just ran to the back to check stock instead of dealing with the unorganized games. Now I understand if there were hoards of people there messing things up, but there weren't. For the 20 minutes it took to tell us those 2 games weren't available anywhere in my city, not 1 other person came to that area. And this was around 1 PM, on Sunday, day 1 of sale.
I had a similar experience at my Best Buy. None of the employees knew the sale was occurring. They barely had any games in stock and no one knew what games were part of the deal even though tags were placed all around the area detailing what games were part of the deal. They said they checked the back for the games we wanted, but were only gone for a minute or two.
We attempted to order in store but no one knew if the deal would be valid if we did that. It took about 5 employees to actually get an answer on what we could do. It took us about an hour in the store to try and figure it out but honestly, it would have been easier to just shop online.
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