Posts with tag bargain
Posted Sep 3rd 2007 9:00AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: DS Daily
Sometimes, you pick up a game just for the hell of it. Maybe you think it looks funny or like a good time waster, or maybe you're dedicated to a certain franchise or genre so much that a few poor reviews aren't going to stop you. You buy it anyway, and it ends up being just great -- for you, at least. It's even better when you find a game that didn't do so well at a bargain price, take a chance on it, and find out you love it like you've loved no game in recent memory.
These are always our favorites. It's an easy thing to buy a game that everyone seems to like or that gets great reviews. It just seems more satisfying when you happen across something and pick it up on a whim.
Posted Jul 13th 2007 2:50PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Sales
Amazon has cut the price of
Phoenix Wright: Justice for All, the sequel to everyone's favorite court-based adventure game, bringing it down to $19.99. We don't expect this deal to last for long, so race your shopping cart to the checkout lane as fast as your feet will allow.
If for some reason, God forbid, you haven't played
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney yet and are hesitant to start the series midway through, don't forget that you can also pick up a used copy at GameStop or EB Games for as low as $21.99! We admit, that's still pretty expensive for a game as old as this one, but it's better than paying full price. All you'll need to take advantage of this sorta-bargain is
the coupon we posted earlier this morning.
Posted Jul 13th 2007 11:30AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Sales
We've always thought that
GameStop and EB Games's used titles were, at the very least, $5 too expensive, especially when you consider the pittance they reward you with for trading in your games, old or new. The thrifty among you will find some solace in this coupon that both companies sent out last night, enticing you to "Save $5 when you buy any used DS game priced $14.99 or higher."
You'll have a better selection picking out your game from the stores' shelves, but the coupon code, "EBC3002763," should also work with online purchases. If you head to their "Used Games" pages now, you might be able to scavenge preplayed titles like
Elite Beat Agents and
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence before the wolves descend upon them and tear their availability from your grip. Check past the post break for the coupon.
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Posted Jul 5th 2007 12:30PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: GBA, Imports, Sales
For the next week, online shop Play-Asia will be selling all of its in-stock items at a 20% discount, excluding weekly specials or anything released in the past 30 days -- cross
Jump Ultimate Stars and
Doki Doki Majo Shinpan off of your to-buy list. All of the import retailer's eligible products have been marked with the smoothie icon shown on the right, so it's easy to spot which games are on sale. We've picked out several noteworthy bargains that you might want to consider:
- Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 - $39.12
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All - $23.92
- Naruto: Saikyo Ninja Daikesshu 4 - $15.92
- Gyakuten Saiban 4 Limited Edition - $103.92
- bit Generations: Orbital, Soundvoyager, Dialhex, Boundish, Digidrive - all $11.92
- Urban Life Style Cases, White and Light Blue - $10.32
- Headsets, Nintendo - $10.32, Dragon - $5.52
- Play Stand DS Lite - $11.92
Though the sale doesn't end until next Friday, a lot of these items won't stay in-stock for long. Don't be that guy who has to leave a comment about missing out on a particular deal!
[Via CAG]
Posted Jul 3rd 2007 5:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Imports, Sales
As if language barriers aren't enough to dissuade would-be importers from ordering Japan-only games, the pricing on these titles often border on lunacy when compared to what new releases usually cost in the states. So while Play Asia's
Jump! Ultimate Stars sale for $29.90 might not seem like much of a bargain, keep in mind that the online fighter usually sells for a staggering $48.90.
It's a great game though; many have even compared it to the
Super Smash Bros. series, except in 2D and with twenty hojillion playable
manga characters. Since Play-Asia will be honoring the reduced price until next Monday, that gives you plenty of time to consider whether or not this discount is deep enough to warrant a purchase. We think that it is!
Posted Jun 19th 2007 12:15PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: GBA, Imports, Sales
Long hailed as one of the GBA's best
puzzle titles,
Kururin Paradise never landed on North American shores, preferring instead to limit its release to Japan.
Play-Asia has taken pity on our Kururin-less souls, listing the 8ing-developed game at a dicount price of $9.90! This deal lasts until next Tuesday, so you'll have more than enough time to collect change on the sidewalk for this purchase. Pilot your spinning craft past the post break for a video preview of this simple-but-addictive game!
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Posted Jun 15th 2007 5:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Sales, Accessories
When we
last fixed our gaze on Cheap Ass Gamer's list of DS discounts at Amazon, we were presented with eight marked-down titles -- two of which were worth your money, the rest being of middling quality. Since then, the thrifty tally has expanded three-fold, its ratio of rad-to-bad offerings also steadily increasing. Here are a few highlights from the
29 27-strong bargain lineup:
$2.99
- Nintendo DS Lite Pro Point Stylus
$10.99
$14.99
- Magicial Starsign
- Resident Evil Deadly Silence
- Age of Empires: The Age of Kings
- Sonic Rush
As you probably already know by now, Amazon waives its shipping fees on orders totaling over $25. We can't predict how long some of these deals will last before going out of stock or returning to their original price, so now is not the time to be indecisive! Break your piggy banks open and run past the post break for the full list of games on sale.
Continue reading Age of Hella Cheap Games, revisited
Posted Jun 8th 2007 5:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Sales
Chocobo Tales, Square Enix's
Final Fantasy spinoff, made for a great release to pass the Spring months with, but it can be hard for a
minigame-filled RPG to elbow its way to the front of a crowd filled with must-have DS titles. If you haven't had a chance to pick up
Chocobo Tales yet, maybe Amazon's latest sale will be what finally motivates you. The online shop has slashed $10 off of the game's usual cost, bringing it down to a budget price of $19.99. This bargain ends today though, so quit being lazy about buying it!
See also: DS Fanboy Review: Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
[Via CAG]
Posted Jun 6th 2007 6:30PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: GBA, Imports, Sales
Online import shop Play Asia is trying to lighten its stock of
mega-robot guys, hosting a week-long sale on
RockMan 3 Zero.
Capcom's GBA action-platformer has been discounted to $9.90, almost a fifth of its original price!
RockMan 2 Zero boasts a similar discount as a limited time offer, but you get an additional dollar off if you bundle the two games together for your order, bringing the total cost to $18.80.
And
in case you've already forgotten, Renchi has also marked a number of its DS import titles down to $9.99, one of them being
RockMan ZX! Geologists, rejoice!
[Via CAG]
Posted May 30th 2007 6:20PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Sales
Always looking our for our wallets' best interests, CheapyD of Cheap Ass Gamer fame scrounged up a selection of Nintendo DS games that're currently on sale for $14.99 at Amazon. Some of the titles, like Superman Returns and Crash Boom Bang, probably should've been pitched into the trash dumpster out back instead of into the bargain bin, but we understand that there are a number of laws and regulations against disposing hazardous waste like that.
If you haven't picked them up yet, Age of Empires: The Age of Kings and Sonic Rush are included in the sale, both of them being games we've lauded time and time again. Age of Kings, in particular, will always hold a special place in our hearts with its turn-based-strategy adaptation of the popular PC series. Presumably, that place would be right in between our love for Fruit Roll-Ups and our infatuation with all things zombie related. Jump past the post break for the full list of games and their Amazon links.
Continue reading Age of Hella Cheap Games
Posted May 24th 2007 9:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: DS Daily
We recently asked you
how you got by in lean times. It's a topic we take to heart, since our countless millions are usually tied up in so many high-risk investments that we can't always get access to enough walking-around money to cover DS games
and lobster stuffed with tacos. So we got into the habit of looking for deals.
This practice creates an unfortunate compulsion. Sometimes, rather than buying the things we want, we'll buy stuff we normally wouldn't be interested in
just because it's so cheap. There have been occasions where, based on a tip from CAG, we've loaded up on clearance games, only to be struck with buyer's remorse. Of course, there were other times when we've been surprised by quality, as was the case with our $2 copy of
Nightmare of Druaga. It didn't change the world, but it was
fantastic for a $2 game.
Have you ever been afflicted by Cheap Game Fever? Ever find yourself getting up early to go to Circuit City for something you don't really care about?
Posted Apr 27th 2007 9:00AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: DS Daily
With bargain titles, it's sometimes easy to spot exactly where the development money
didn't go, but sometimes, those
quick-buck,
knock-off bargain titles can be just what you're looking for -- especially if, like most gamers, you have limited funds to pour into your hobby. It's even better when great games get ignored and thus end up in the bargain bin, which is always nice on the ol' wallet. Used games are another cheap way to feed your addiction, unless of course you're staunchly opposed to trade-in practices at most gaming stores.
How do you manage when you're forced to game on a budget?
Posted Apr 19th 2007 5:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Imports, Sales
We've been excited about
Front Mission: The First since we saw the remake's
trailer last month. While
Square Enix's mecha-based SRPG has a cult following in the states, none of the original game's various versions have ever made it to the US. If you've been thinking about importing this introduction to the Front Mission series, you're in luck! Play Asia has the game on sale for $19.90 (while stocks last), less than half the price of what
eBay stores are asking for!
Political-drama-based plots are usually awash with text, but since the game's menus are already translated into English,
Front Mission: The First should still be playable even if you don't know any Japanese. It's not like there are any good
SRPGs released in the west yet, anyway.
[Via CAG]
Posted Apr 17th 2007 3:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Imports, Sales
Amazon must have a warehouse teeming with
Childen of Mana shipments, as the online shop seems to have a sale on the game every other week.
Square Enix's dungeon crawler has sold for less in the past, but today's $17.99 pricing is still a significant discount from it's regular $29.99 tag. This offer disappears tomorrow -- likely reappearing in a fortnight -- so don't wait too long to drop the game into your cart.
Play-Asia's
Heroes of Mana sale will stick around until the end of the week, but there's no guarantee that the title will stay in stock. The Japanese text might be too much for first-time importers, but according to what we've heard, this RTS/RPG is a quality purchase. You can grab
Heroes of Mana for $19.90, paying an extra $2.60 for shipping to the US.
[Via CAG]
