Subj : Blink, and youll miss it: Nintendos April sale is in full swing
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Apr 20 2023 15:00:04

Blink, and youll miss it: Nintendos April sale is in full swing

Date:
Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:57:15 +0000

Description:
Nintendos April sale is in full swing, and while there arent tons of sales, 
we may be lucky to have just a few.

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Its that time of the year again; Nintendo has finally given fans some leeway 
and opened the gates to a Spring sale. 

Fans of indie and first-party Nintendo titles alike have something to 
celebrate this week. After the Indie World Showcase , Nintendo announced a 
weeklong indie and Mario game sale. Starting April 19, the indie sale will 
continue until April 26 12am PT/ 3pm ET / 8pm BST / 5am ACT (Thursday, April 
27). In contrast, the UK Super Mario sale will end on May 4. 

While UK fans of Mario will be pleased to see titles like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 
and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe go on sale for just $ 33.29, there are 
some even better deals for indie titles circulating the Nintendo eshop. 

The mythic roguelike Hades, the 2D action-adventure game Hollow Knight , and 
the deckbuilding RPG Slay the Spire are all 50% off. Honestly, its an 
excellent time to be an indie fan. Appropriately hyped (Image credit: Team17 
/ The Game Kitchen) 

After seeing all the fantastic new indie games released in the Indie World 
Showcase, its hard not to want to run to your Nintendo Switch and pick up 
some of the masterful titles already out. 

As a massive fan of Blasphemous and its intricate story, beautiful dialogue, 
and jaw-dropping aesthetic, hearing that a sequel would be released made my 
week. However, hearing that Ill have to wait until late 2023 for it means 
that Ill have to find another way to fill my time. Luckily thats where the 
indie sale comes in. Ive never actually played Hollow Knight , and now its 
half-price. I feel there are no more excuses I can make to delay the 
inevitable. Make the most of it (Image credit: Nintendo) 

Another reason to get stuck into this spring sale is simply for the reason 
that Nintendo dont often discount its games. In fact, retaining the value of 
Nintendo games was a stated goal by the late president and CEO Satoru Iwata 
in the book Ask Iwata , so there is an active effort to ensure game prices 
wont drop. 

You also cant find Nintendos first-party games on other consoles, as it is 
both developer and publisher. Therefore, Nintendo prices games as a developer 
would and not a publisher like Sony, as all the revenue can only be generated 
by copies sold. 

Even though these reasons make sense, it doesnt make playing almost $50 for a 
Mario title any less painful. So if youre in the market for something new to 
play while waiting for the next big release like Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 
, the sales are just the place for you. The Nintendo Switch eShop is still an 
uncurated mess, six years after launch



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/blink-and-youll-miss-it-nintendos-april-sale-is
-in-full-swing


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