Mario Kart 8

[Twigg4075]

I thought I posted this already but I guess not. Best Buy is offering a $10 gas code with pre-order.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/mario-kart-8-121399

[Twigg4075]

Apparently Nintendo is tacking on another deal. If you buy thisgame digitally through them or at retail and then register the game on Club Nintendo they will give you a download code for a select WiiU game...
Pikmin 3
New Super Mario Bros. U
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD
Wii Party U

I guess I'll go Wii Party because I have the others, except Pikmin, and I couldn't care less about Pikmin.

[MrBill]

Apparently Nintendo is tacking on another deal. If you buy thisgame digitally through them or at retail and then register the game on Club Nintendo they will give you a download code for a select WiiU game...
Pikmin 3
New Super Mario Bros. U
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD
Wii Party U

I guess I'll go Wii Party because I have the others, except Pikmin, and I couldn't care less about Pikmin.

Wouldn't the Gamers Club Unlocked discount combined with the free gas credit add up to a bigger savings than getting a free copy of a game you could get used for less than the delta?

[Twigg4075]

Wouldn't the Gamers Club Unlocked discount combined with the free gas credit add up to a bigger savings than getting a free copy of a game you could get used for less than the delta?

No choice required, I'd be getting BOTH. The Nintendo offer is for both physical and digital versions. Order from Best Buy for $48 plus the $10 gas code. Then register the game on Club Nintendo and get the download code for the free game.

[MrBill]

No choice required, I'd be getting BOTH. The Nintendo offer is for both physical and digital versions. Order from Best Buy for $48 plus the $10 gas code. Then register the game on Club Nintendo and get the download code for the free game.

Now that is a sweet deal

[Twigg4075]

For those not familiar with Club Nintendo, a lot (ALL first party and some third party) of their games (DS, 3DS, Wii and WiiU) have inserts in the boxes with codes for Club Nintendo. You can register a free account on CN. You enter the codes on CN and you get "coins". You also earn coins for completing surveys. Yo0u can cash in the coins for all sorts of swag like posters, downloadable games, etc. In this case they are just straight up giving you a download code once you register the game on CN.

[Swarley]

[Twigg4075]

I finally pre-ordered this yesterday.

[Swarley]

36 reviews out so far today and it's sitting at an 89 on Metacritic:

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/mario-kart-8

[jms493]

36 reviews out so far today and it's sitting at an 89 on Metacritic:

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/mario-kart-8

But Does it have Maple Valley?

[Twigg4075]

36 reviews out so far today and it's sitting at an 89 on Metacritic:

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/mario-kart-8

Not surprising. Nintendo could release Mario Kart 7, the DS game, on WiiU and not make any changes and reviewers would still be drooling over it. It'a a Nintendo cornerstone title.

Although I'm sure it's quite good.

[Danu]

What can be more nice then a new Mario game . Waiting so long ..but finally i 'm enjoying it.

[MrBill]

What can be more nice then a new Mario game . Waiting so long ..but finally i 'm enjoying it.

You've already got it? Zero chance of that happening here.

[SethMode]

I am still very excited for this game, but reading about the changes to Battle Mode is really bumming me out.

[Swarley]

Who's playing tonight? MP action? Post your gamertags in here (Swarley133 for me).