I have a dangerous relationship with digital storefronts, and this week did nothing to improve it. I went in to check one price, came out with a mental shopping list and a lighter conscience. These are the deals that genuinely stopped me scrolling.
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This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I’m using a lit deku stick to light a 27-candle cake baked for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I don’t unabashedly gush about too many games, but this one warms my very soul. On launch day I happened to find myself in a place of loss and uncertainty in my life; all I wanted to do was retreat from the world. Fortunately, I found solace and, frankly, absolute wonder in the theretofore unimaginably boundless and bountiful 3D land of Hyrule. Truly, OOT is a masterpiece of gaming — the grandpappy that sired many more masterpieces in a ridiculously storied franchise. GOAT of GOATs.
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
– Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) 1998. Get
– Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64) 1998. Get
– NES Remix (Wii U) 2013.
Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
On Switch, this batch mixes family friendly chaos with serious time sinks. Whether you want couch co op stress or polished football, there is real value here.
- EA Sports FC 26 (-50%) A$44 Still basically football spreadsheets with shin pads, but the on pitch flow finally feels less like players running through wet cement.
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (-20%) A$64 One part joyful chaos, one part giant angry cat Bowser, and somehow still one of Nintendo’s best value carts.
- Sonic X Shadow Generations (-23%) A$69 Sonic nostalgia plus Shadow sulking dramatically, which is exactly the tone Sega was aiming for.
- Mario + Rabbids Double Pack (-32%) A$34 Rabbids yelling over turn based tactics should not work, yet here we are, twice.
- Overcooked! All You Can Eat (-75%) A$14.20 A cooking game that tests friendships harder than Monopoly and usually ends the same way.
Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.
