Reddit reviews Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo Wii U

On the e-shop, sure. You could say the same about Call of Duty Black Ops 2 being $60 still on the xbox 360 marketplace. But physically, it can be significantly lower.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nintendo-Mario-Kart-8/35575883

http://www.amazon.com/Mario-Kart-8-Nintendo-Wii-U/dp/B00DC7G2W8/ref=sr_1_1_twi_gam_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1462677198&sr=1-1&keywords=mario+kart+8

http://www.target.com/p/mario-kart-8-nintendo-wii-u/-/A-15044634

Here's Mario Kart for $48.99 at three different retailers.

Also, the game HAS gone on sale on the eshop, again, for $48.99.

Nintendo ALWAYS prices their games like this. This is literally the first generation where they have a digital presence. Previously, all sales were up to the physical retailers.

Nintendo is also not the only company that does this. Activision's CoD series ALWAYS stays at $60 for a long time. Modern Warfare 3 is $50, Black Ops (1) is $40, and those came out a LONG time ago. Hell, buying Black Ops 3 on Xbox 360 is only $10 more than buying its first predecessor. And that's for a console that isn't even current generation!

Basically, if the company knows that people will buy it at that price, it will stay at that price for as long as it can stay profitable. If sales start to drop, then they'll start to drop the price, too.

Also

Yoshi's Woolly World - $44.96

Mario Kart 8 - $49.99

Can someone explain to me why the hell Nintendo games are so fucking expensive?

Discount price: $48

You save: $0.03

Discount price: $33.58

Discount price: $44

Other developers' games for the same platform are much much cheaper than Nintendo's own games. Why?

> I'm currently working a minimum wage job with limited hours so I don't have much spending money. But I can afford 1 new wii u game ... looking for the best wii u game that $60 can buy.

You're best game value for $60 is Mario Kart 8. Get it at Target this week, have them Price match Amazon's price of ~$48 then [pre-order any game for $1 for a $15 discount on Mario Kart 8]
(http://weeklyad.target.com/dickson-city-pa-18519/pages?code=Target-140720#18-19), bringing that total to $35. and then register your game for a free game before the end of the month... so there's 2 retail games for $35.

Then if you really want to spend the extra ~$25 Target has Monster Hunter 3 for $30 or Wonderful 101 for $23 or you can grab a White pro controller from Best Buy for $30 this week (or Target as they'll price match) so you can play multiplayer Mario Kart.

THEN If you get Pikmin 3 as your free game you'll get $5 in eShop credit and there's a fair number of games in the $5 range. Have fun!

EDIT: NES games are $5 and there's a few Indie games in that range too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virtual_Console_games_for_Wii_U_(North_America)

EDIT 2: If you were to get 1 game, any game and it would be your only game (regardless of price) I would still go with Mario Kart 8 or [Super Mario 3D World]
(http://www.amazon.com/Super-Mario-3D-World-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B00DC7G0GG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406123939&sr=8-1&keywords=super+mario+3d+world) but MK8 gets the leg up due to the free game download, and they're good ones!

Oh my gosh, guys! I hope no one else jumps on the Mario Kart 8 collectible before I can earn enough from an extra job to get the funds to buy it.

Currently listed at $10,000.00 + $3.99 shipping

Buy a Nintendo refurbished Wii U for $200. Set it up for them while they're asleep, and they'll never know the difference!

https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp;jsessionid=TA2MLP6e-1jD11oFTPTFHsI43KRtUf0zYn-u81CqiiwNmRMluNnA!817574048?categoryNav=false&navAction=jump&navCount=0&atg.multisite.remap=false&productId=prod150200&categoryId=

You can get additional Wiimotes for $15 each:

https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?categoryNav=true&navAction=jump&navCount=2&atg.multisite.remap=false&productId=prod400003&categoryId=cat10008

Or get Wiimotes and nunchuks for $25 each:

https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?productId=prod150198

Mario Kart 8 is only $48 on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Mario-Kart-8-Nintendo-Wii-U/dp/B00DC7G2W8/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1415396186&sr=1-1&keywords=mario+kart+8

And you can get a pack of two (off-brand) Wiimote wheels for about $9 on Amazon also:

http://www.amazon.com/Mario-Racing-Wheel-Bundle-Packaging/dp/B001PO2BJI/ref=sr_1_4?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1415396186&sr=1-4&keywords=mario+kart+8

One thing that I think hurts this comparison is that the price on TLOU launched high, but if you didn't want to pay that much you could simply wait a little while and get it cheaper. With a little patience you'd be all set to get it at a price you deem fair. That strategy doesn't work with many Nintendo games. Actually, TLOU: Remastered and MK8 both launched near each other. I wonder what their price history looks like...

TLOU: Remastered Amazon price history

MK8 Amazon price history

You can see a pretty stark difference. TLOU got as low as $10 and MK8 only ever got down to $42. TLOU was also frequently at $30 or less. That doesn't even cover the much more frequent Playstation digital sales.

And I remember paying $50 for TLOU Remastered at launch.

Amazon shows it as 48.15 for me new

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DC7G2W8/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1415380409&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40

Somebody mentioned it in another thread, and then I googled for the promo code, which led me to the Amazon landing page. Worked absolutely flawlessly for me.

In case you cannot see it on mobile, the promo code to use is: TYS25ARC

Works for these games:

http://www.amazon.com/Super-Smash-Bros-Nintendo-3DS/dp/B00DD0B1R0/

http://www.amazon.com/Mario-Kart-8-Nintendo-Wii-U/dp/B00DC7G2W8

http://www.amazon.com/NBA-2K15-PlayStation-4/dp/B00K1JBLO4/

http://www.amazon.com/Just-Dance-2015-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B00KTNSKZU/

and a bunch of other stuff.

I think what you'd have to do is do the Wii u separately to be picked up in store. Then you get $10 off of that and then you get the gift card. Then, you order Mario Kart 8 to be picked up in store. You get $10 off of that and you can use the gift card. You MIGHT also be able to price match to amazon? It's $10 cheaper on amazon. I don't know...that's really stacking a lot of things up.

Edit: Can't grammar so hopefully this makes it more clear

1. Order Wii U for in store pickup
   
2. Get Wii U, $10 off of it, and a $25 giftcard
   
3. Order Mario Kart 8 for in store pickup
   
4. Get $10 off, try to price match to amazon , use giftcard
   
5. (Optional) Use redcard to save 5% on Wii U and Mario Kart 8
   
   
   I feel as if the price match may not work, unless you could somehow price match it before the $10 is taken off for having it be picked up in store.

Amazon has fixed it back to May 30th.

Paper Mario Color Smash - $59.97

Super Mario Maker - $54.97

Mario Kart 8 - $49.97

New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U 2-Pack - $59.97

Mario Party: Star Rush - $34.97 - Deal over

Mario Kart 8 also going for 42.99 with Prime but backordered until the 3rd.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DC7G2W8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.amazon.com/Mario-Kart-8-Nintendo-Wii-U/dp/B00DC7G2W8/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1450221374&sr=1-1&keywords=mario+kart+8

There, just follow a guide to rip if from the game

Mario Kart 8 is about $48 on amazon and has been for a while.

http://smile.amazon.com/Mario-Kart-8-Nintendo-Wii-U/dp/B00DC7G2W8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417414030&sr=8

So why didn't Mario Kart 8 get a price cut? It's still $50 USD: https://www.amazon.com/Mario-Kart-8-Nintendo-Wii-U/dp/B00DC7G2W8

In addition the only games that got price cuts to Nintendo Selects were Donkey Kong, Wind Waker HD, Pikmin 3, and Super Mario 3D world which were first party titles that weren't compilations. If we exclude Wind Waker HD since it's not really a new title, there are only 3 Nintendo Select games. So there were 3 games worth buying a console for?

[This item will be released on May 30, 2014] (http://www.amazon.com/Mario-Kart-8-Nintendo-Wii-U/dp/B00DC7G2W8/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1395543140&sr=1-1&keywords=mario+kart+8)

To save some money on MK8 you can do what I did and go to Target and have them price match Amazon's current deal on the game. That's $48.61 for MK8 and the free Wind Waker download, great deal.