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carlospie

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1 hour ago, Stanshall said:

 

Simplest is to set your account to South Africa on the Nintendo accounts section of their website. That's the cheapest eShop for almost everything (which you can use a UK card for; Mexico is outright cheapest but impossible for us to access). You can use your UK debit or credit card without hassle and you will save between 5% and 25% on digital games 99% of the time. Fifty quid games will normally cost you around forty on the SA store. It's absurd. They used to be even cheaper until prices were adjusted. 

 

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https://eshop-prices.com/?currency=GBP

 

I have easily saved a good couple of hundred quid in the last year. Easily. 

 

Can I change this on my current account or do I have to make a new one? 

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@carlospie On any account, including your current main account, yep.

 

Edit: FAIR WARNING: If you add credit to a regional account and then switch region, you will lose any remaining credit. I have my card details stored so I never do that on my EU account, and just pay as I go. Also, any gold coins are associated with the region (oddly enough) rather than the account. As I leave it on South Africa 99% of the time, this is no issue for me. 

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3 hours ago, Stanshall said:

 

Simplest is to set your account to South Africa on the Nintendo accounts section of their website. That's the cheapest eShop for almost everything (which you can use a UK card for; Mexico is outright cheapest but impossible for us to access). You can use your UK debit or credit card without hassle and you will save between 5% and 25% on digital games 99% of the time. Fifty quid games will normally cost you around forty on the SA store. It's absurd. They used to be even cheaper until prices were adjusted. 

 

Check out:

 

https://eshop-prices.com/?currency=GBP

 

I have easily saved a good couple of hundred quid in the last year. Easily. 

 

You say Mexico is impossible for us to access - with a bit of googling Mexico is possible using a Mexican PayPal account and a Revolut card for verification, if you were interested.

 

It does sound like a bit of a faff.

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carlospie

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1 hour ago, Stanshall said:

@carlospie On any account, including your current main account, yep.

 

Edit: FAIR WARNING: If you add credit to a regional account and then switch region, you will lose any remaining credit. I have my card details stored so I never do that on my EU account, and just pay as I go. Also, any gold coins are associated with the region (oddly enough) rather than the account. As I leave it on South Africa 99% of the time, this is no issue for me. 

 

Sorry but how exactly do you change it? I have googled to no avail 

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1 hour ago, bradigor said:

Can I really buy Bastion again? Yes... yes I can. Transistor too. 

 

Treasure Stack looks right up my alley, so I am getting that for sure. 

 

Is it weird to find it odd to hear Nintendo praise an indie for copying their own game? I mean, sure Indie Relations Guy probably never even heard of Wario's Woods, but still...

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6 minutes ago, Isaac said:

 

You say Mexico is impossible for us to access - with a bit of googling Mexico is possible using a Mexican PayPal account and a Revolut card for verification, if you were interested.

 

It does sound like a bit of a faff.

 

Sorry, you're right. Not impossible but beyond my motivation! I think the savings are slim enough for me to be happy with the SA store. 

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15 minutes ago, Cyhwuhx said:

 

Is it weird to find it odd to hear Nintendo praise an indie for copying their own game? I mean, sure Indie Relations Guy probably never even heard of Wario's Woods, but still...

 

He really liked the Mario Maker homage too. 

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4 hours ago, Isaac said:

Just bought a Switch with Mario Odyssey!

 

Any recommendations on downloadable titles to buy, preferably ones that are great in couch co-op/competitive?

 

Mario Kart, obvs....Enter The Gungeon has a pretty crazy local multi mode.  Minecraft can do split screen.  You can do 4 player docked split screen on Rocket League and even 2 player on handheld.  Bomberman (if you can find it cheap) and Puyo Puyo Tetris are good puzzlers.  The first Shovel Knight has a co-op mode...Cave Story+ too.  

 

Binding Of Isaac has an interesting co-op mode...if someone is playing, a 2nd player can join at any time (as a baby!), but takes a heart's worth of health away from Player 1.  Babies only ever have 1 health and never pick anyhting up, unless they are baby items!  They do however, fly all of the time.  They can also leave at any time, giving the heart back.  :wub:

 

These are the only ones I've tried, there are more...like Hyrule and Fire Emblem...I've never tried Steredenn...in other words, there's bloody loads.  Have fun.

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5 hours ago, mdn2 said:

I've just bought this on the strength of that review. There's a 15% pre-order discount and with the points I had accumulated it came to just over £10. 

 

The 15% discount isn't showing for me, alas. Though perhaps that's for the best, I don't really need to be tempted to buy yet more games!

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8 hours ago, Stanshall said:

But how do you know if it's shit without downloading it? I'm being slightly facetious but I do feel that the digital marketplace has to change. Steam's two hour conditions are certainly open to abuse but equally, I think there's a middle ground, if they were inclined to respect consumers. 

 

Release a decent demo of game, even if the game's out. 

 

Struggling with Hollow Knight, but willing to go with it.

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Any recommendations for 4P games, ideally with physical editions, suitable for playing on a weekend meet of old geek friends? Intoxicants will probably be involved, so a low learning curve or just general old school familiarity would be good. 

 

I’ve got MK8D and Puyo Puyo Tetris. I was thinking of picking up Overcooked (the original). 

 

How’s Wild Guns for 4P co-op? Is the recent Worms game any good?

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2 hours ago, Wiper said:

 

The 15% discount isn't showing for me, alas. Though perhaps that's for the best, I don't really need to be tempted to buy yet more games!

 

The 15% discount is applied if you own Enter the Gungeon, Minit, Crossing Souls, or Not a Hero.

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