It's a pretty lame deal, IMO, because most of the items on the list have been marked up for much more than their normal Amazon.com pricing. If you can't find two items on the list you really want, my advice is to wait to buy the single item until after the sale is over. It'll likely be available for much less then.
Just a heads up, given that this upcoming Monday is the Fourth of July, there won't be a new Monday Night Playbit. I might record something of my own and post it up some time to make up for it, but don't hold me to it.
I'm always disappointed with these. I never know what I'm expecting from Nintendo with this, but I always find the reward isn't something I want.
Capcom makes perfect games, Joaquim. Their save files can't be corrupted. No one would want to resell this one, anyway. It's a non-issue.
I still find it enlightening that Honda and several other car companies advertise resale value as a reason to buy their cars. GameStop does the same with Nintendo's games, with trade-in prices far higher than that of other games. As it stands here, with the rising price of individual games, game trades and used sales often fund new purchases. Considering how quickly nearly every game released drops its price on store shelves, early sales are vastly more important than later ones, and a lot of gamers can only afford buying a game on the launch week thanks to trade-ins. I'm not really making much of a well-thought out argument here, more listing a few observations, but I'm sure there's some strong correlations to be found between restrictions of game content and the increase in used games sales. Or at least, there's something like that to be found in a real analysis.
Regardless, it's not like Mercenaries was an outstanding mode to begin with in 5. I didn't play the mode in 4, so I can't suggest an opinion there. Point being, the game is a cheap enough cash-in from Capcom as is. If any gaming player asked me if they should pick up this title or wait for Revelations, the clear answer is Revelations. Mercenaries seemed to be an inclusion to the Resident Evil line just so the back of the box could advertise a few more game modes. I know it has it's fans, but outside the small group who enjoy intentionally impeded movement with a mass onslaught of enemies, I don't think the Mercenaries experience I had would fit too many tastes, really.
The good part? Anyone who doesn't buy this game because Capcom has disabled save deletion will be looped into the group of people Capcom suggests didn't buy their game because there's just no market for games on the 3DS.
Like how people didn't buy enough Resident Evil Rail Shooters on the Wii.
Would you recommend I wait for this, or buy the DSi version of the game on the Nintendo eShop.
You can edit your posts by double-clicking them. The more you know!
But yeah, I'm pretty disappointed. The 360 deal would also be better if it weren't the 4GB version. That's just very unfortunate. To get a decent hard drive, you'd have to spend almost all of the Amazon credit!
So, let's use this comment for a beginning round-up.
The first deal is a Kinect/360 4GB bundle with a $100 Amazon Promotional Credit. That's the gold box deal of the day.
The first lightning deal is a fitness title. My guess? Zumba fitness on the Wii. It starts 9:00 am EST.
Second: Banana-based puzzles with "manic-action" gameplay. Super Monkey Ball? Donkey Kong? Likely the former. 11:00 am EST
Third: Ten-year franchise with 7th game on 360 and PS3. Probably Dynasty Warriors 7. 1:00 pm EST
Fourth: Probably Harry Potter Lego, but could be another HP title. 3:00 pm EST
Fifth: Hasbro Family Game Night something-or-other. 5:00 pm EST.
Sixth: Headphones or a sound-system built for gaming. 7:00 pm EST.
Seventh: "Latest iteration of a storied fighter franchise." I'd guess Marvel vs. Capcom 3, given the timing. Could be Blazblue Continuum Shift, but that doesn't seem storied. Also possible is Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, but that hasn't hit retail release yet. 9:00 pm EST.
Eighth:: DS classic puzzle title. 11:00 pm EST.
Will I be tuning in for the deals? Here and there. If I see anything interesting, I'll make a post on this news story, so everyone will be able to see it, in case they forget.
