Gaming Pikmin 3 has gone rare!

[WiiCube_2013]

If anyone sees donkey kong at a good price in the UK or wii sports U please gimme a shout!!

i thought the lego game was supposed to be amazing??

It's here for £29.86 - http://www.shopto.net/video-games/wiiu/WIIUDO00-donkey-kong-country-returns-tropical-freeze

That's a fairly good price.

 

[BvanBart]

It's a very amusing game... gladly I still have it !

 

[thorasgar]

Was just over at the grandparents house testing Zelda WW I bought used. Noticed one or two of the games I bought come in a red box. (At least I think it's red). Maybe just a replacement box, I have no idea. I am sure that wouldn't make Wiicube happy.

Microsoft must have been involved with LCU with those crazy load times.

 

[shinkodachi]

Noticed one or two of the games I bought come in a red box.

You mean like this?

EDIT: I should mention for the record, SM3DW in the US does NOT come in a red case. Mario Kart 8 does, though (limited / pre-order edition AFAIK). Who took the picture above simply switched the cases. http://www.veooz.com/photos/WHEK8VQ.html

 

[thorasgar]

Probably was MK8, bought on sale from Wally World .com for $35. Can't check right now as all the games are hiding at grandparents house.

 

[banjojohn]

It sometimes drops to £20 just keep an eye out but really, you sure you'd want to buy this game knowing of the terribly long loading times and such? It's not that great of a game, I found it to be just about OK.

P.S.: I finally got an LCU cover with the green coloured stripe (UK) but damn that's kind of scarce even in UK!

Thanks for the info, but I think I will still try and find it for a good price. We are regular LEGO fans at my home, with about 300 kg and the stuff And my son would love to watch me play it (he's only 2½)

 

[osaka35]

Talk about sense.. this is the same company who already confirmed some of their Skylan-- Amiibos won't be having another reprint.

They clarified that statement through saying they would still release those less popular amiibos through waves, rather than having a constant stream, always available. So, if it's sold out, keep checking. They'll release them again.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/11/7376027/amiibo-discontinued-nintendo-toys-figurines

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Was just over at the grandparents house testing Zelda WW I bought used. Noticed one or two of the games I bought come in a red box. (At least I think it's red). Maybe just a replacement box, I have no idea. I am sure that wouldn't make Wiicube happy.

Microsoft must have been involved with LCU with those crazy load times.

Batman Arkham Origins came with a white Wii case and I was kinda annoyed since it broke the inconsistency with all being blue Wii U cases. If you check on eBay you'll see that sellers have it with the Wii white case for some reason, guess the white cases were cheaper or something. I replaced with a new blue Wii U case anyway.

It sucks that the Wii U version doesn't allow the Deathstroke DLC to be played straight away like the other versions apparently do.

 

[SinkyChan17]

I own the game digitally, got it when I got Mario Kart 8. Not really my kind of game anyways, but I owned all of the others.

Anyway, It's pretty fucked up if it's out of print. Like someone mentioned earlier in this tread, a few amiibo's are already out of production? I dunno', man. I love Nintendo, but they're fucking up pretty hard in the actual sales and marketing department. : /

 

[shinkodachi]

Batman Arkham Origins came with a white Wii case

Call me crazy, but those look cool. Kinda has a Player's Choice vibe from the GameCube days. I wish they'd come out with more colored cases, though. Who cares about consistency.

 

[styckx]

You mean like this?

EDIT: I should mention for the record, SM3DW in the US does NOT come in a red case. Mario Kart 8 does, though (limited / pre-order edition AFAIK). Who took the picture above simply switched the cases. http://www.veooz.com/photos/WHEK8VQ.html

My bundled version of SM3DW came in a red case..

 

[Lumstar]

Edit: nevermind

 

[shinkodachi]

My bundled version of SM3DW came in a red case..

The more you know...! Very nice collection and thanks for correcting me.

Lumstar: AFAIK, all mature / adults only games in Japan come with a black case. E.g. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WiiU-Ninja-...47818079?pt=FR_Jeux_Vidéo&hash=item2342fe4f5f

 

[styckx]

The more you know...! Very nice collection and thanks for correcting me.

Lumstar: AFAIK, all mature / adults only games in Japan come with a black case. E.g. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WiiU-Ninja-...47818079?pt=FR_Jeux_Vidéo&hash=item2342fe4f5f

Decided to finally sign up here. Re-Purchased a Wii-U two months ago (I bought it at launch and sold it in two weeks originally). What a difference a few years makes. I love it

For the topic at hand.. I walked into Gamestop two weeks ago and grabbed Pikmin 3 used for $50 and they had two copies..

 

[thorasgar]

Just got a price alert from glyde for $17 Super Luigi U. Noticed a new copy of Pickmin 3 is $100 and a used one is $41.50.

Edit: Dang, that was fast. Went back to browse around and Pikmin was gone! 2:15AM!

 

[shinkodachi]

Interesting. Pikmin 3 here still has very good availability (e.g. http://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/37966/dhfrn/Pikmin-3-Wii-U-peli) and it's priced regularly at 46,90€ euros, which is £37 pounds or $57 USD. (Keep in mind that we pay 24% value-added tax in Finland, which is already included in the price. So for comparison a new Pikmin 3 copy costs $46 USD without VAT.)

 

[thorasgar]

Do you have to pay the VAT on pre-owned items?

I have only spent a couple of hours with it so far and I like the pace as I am a crappy gamer.

 

[shinkodachi]

Do you have to pay the VAT on pre-owned items?

Yes and no. If you buy pre-owned items from a company, the VAT must be included in the price. If you buy pre-owned items from an individual, the VAT doesn't have to be calculated separately as the VAT for the item has already been paid when it was sold new and/or imported into the EU region originally.

 

[jefffisher]

my local walmart still had 20+ copies of the game when this thread was started and did until wednesday someone must have bought them all to resell on thursday cause they were gone friday.

 

[shinkodachi]

got 2 copies if somebody interesting http://www.ebay.com/itm/171682792897?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

You came here to post a link to your eBay listing selling two copies of Pikmin 3 at scalper friendly pricing? Ok.