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https://nintendosoup.com/super-mario-odyssey-digital-code-now-usd51-amazon-japan/

Here's a deal we would like to share with gamers who are planning to purchase Super Mario Odyssey digitally on the Nintendo eShop.

At the time of writing, Amazon Japan is currently offering pre-orders of the digital code for Super Mario Odyssey at 10% off. After currency conversion, this makes the price of the game just USD51.70, which is close to 9 dollars below the game's US price of USD59.99.

To pre-order, simply visit the product listing here. You'll need to set a Japanese address as your shipping address (if you need one, click here), but the billing address can be of any country.

The game is playable in English and other languages on the Japanese version. The download code will be sent to customers via email on October 25, 2017 Pacific Time. It is redeemable on a Japanese Nintendo Account (if you need help with creating and linking one, see our guide here).

And now for the best part – if you are living in the Americas, this means you get to play Super Mario Odyssey one day earlier than your friends as the game will be downloadable from October 26, 2017 8am Pacific Time.

it is a yay or nay to buy ?



For lazy people to read....

This is amazon.jp link

If you need japanese address

Here you go


This item will be available on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM JST
Pre-order now!
Sold by Amazon.com Int'l Sales, Inc.
Your Content The Access Minute It Comes Out.
You Will Receive An E-Mail When This Item Is Available.



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It was posted on the Cheap Arse Gaffer thread. I've attached two links, one that shows the total price and the other link is the post explaining the £30 quid gift card with £6 bonus. Provided you're then an Amazon prime member Odyssey sells for £39.99 instead of £41.99 (£2 prime discount) minus the £6 promo get's you the £33.99

The gift card offer is still on but I'd hurry just incase something changes....

Link to Gift Card offer

Proof of price

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Super Mario Odyssey €42.90 with Prime

 

[olimpia84]

Bomba already

 

[Platy]

it is a yay or nay to buy ?

Super yay ... bought Snippperclips on Amazon JP and no problems

 

[Muffin Awesome]

Bomba already

That lone 9 from Famitsu is really causing some fallout.

 

[Deku Tree]

How do I buy a Game on the JPN Eshop?

Does it appear next to my other games in my main account?

 

[giancarlo123x]

Bad game, thanks famitsu for helping me save some money.

 

[FF Seraphim]

Thanks op, buying tonight

 

[DecoReturns]

I'll just get my physical copy cheaper with Amazon.

I want the box this time

 

[Ravelle]

How do I buy a Game on the JPN Eshop?

Does it appear next to my other games in my main account?

Yeah, the Japanese Monster hunter XX demo worked just fine, just download it from their store, and sign in again with your own account when playing.

It works with credit cards only I think since paypal doesn't work with other regions.

 

[wilflare]

am surprised that Mario isn't an universal SKU on the eShop.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

How do I buy a Game on the JPN Eshop?

Does it appear next to my other games in my main account?

You're not buying it from the eShop, you're buying it from Amazon Japan.

And yes.

If you did want to buy it from the Japanese eShop, you just change the region of your Nintendo Account (or create a new one)

 

[sinonobu]

Pre-ordered mine!

 

[Sanpei]

Fuck it, i pre-ordered....

This is important

And now for the best part – if you are living in the Americas, this means you get to play Super Mario Odyssey one day earlier than your friends as the game will be downloadable from October 26, 2017 8am Pacific Time.

 

[MiketheBSG]

I don't know why I read that as $15.

 

[weltalldx]

I wonder if this is a sign that Nintendo anticipate Mario Odyssey to score below BOTW. The recent Switch resupply at retailers seem to indicate that Nintendo expects Mario Odyssey to meet or exceed BOTW's own sales number however if the critical reviews are not favorable, Nintendo might have a hard time moving the expected number of units without an initial sales push.

 

[ramparter]

I will be buying from south african eshop, 42€.

 

[BlakeofT]

I'm not going to take any chances. Just going to wait until I can preorder on the eshop.

 

[Spukc]

I will be buying from south african eshop, 42€.

How do you pay ? 🤔

 

[JohnTinker]

I wonder if this is a sign that Nintendo anticipate Mario Odyssey to score below BOTW. The recent Switch resupply at retailers seem to indicate that Nintendo expects Mario Odyssey to meet or exceed BOTW's own sales number however if the critical reviews are not favorable, Nintendo might have a hard time moving the expected number of units without an initial sales push.

Say what

All reviews we've seen so far say it's outstanding and this is what you chose?

 

[J@hranimo]

Best Buy GCU brings my physical price down to $51 including tax.

Nice try Japan.

 

[JetSetRadio]

Amazon.fr has cheap codes too I believe.

 

[ramparter]

How do you pay ? 🤔

N26 card, google it.
Has succeded so far in Mexican , Russian and SA shops.

 

[BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie]

I wonder if this is a sign that Nintendo anticipate Mario Odyssey to score below BOTW. The recent Switch resupply at retailers seem to indicate that Nintendo expects Mario Odyssey to meet or exceed BOTW's own sales number however if the critical reviews are not favorable, Nintendo might have a hard time moving the expected number of units without an initial sales push.

Mario games almost always outsell comparable Zelda games, and considering the audience Mario games attract (A.K.A you'd be lucky to get a blank expression from them at the mention of 'Metacritic' or 'IGN') it's silly to think that reviews would change that in any way unless they are extremely bad, heck even then a title as big as this and a franchise as big as Mario people would still queue up in droves to find out what the heck went wrong to result in an awful Mario game.

TL;DR, nah it's not a sign of anything.

 

[simtmb]

Good price.

Although the physical copy is actually cheaper in Australia at ~49USD.

 

[dragn]

are digital games still locked to the console like with the wii u? or is it account based now

 

[Jaded Alyx]

I wonder if this is a sign that Nintendo anticipate Mario Odyssey to score below BOTW. The recent Switch resupply at retailers seem to indicate that Nintendo expects Mario Odyssey to meet or exceed BOTW's own sales number however if the critical reviews are not favorable, Nintendo might have a hard time moving the expected number of units without an initial sales push.

Don't be silly.

 

[sinonobu]

I wonder if this is a sign that Nintendo anticipate Mario Odyssey to score below BOTW. The recent Switch resupply at retailers seem to indicate that Nintendo expects Mario Odyssey to meet or exceed BOTW's own sales number however if the critical reviews are not favorable, Nintendo might have a hard time moving the expected number of units without an initial sales push.

Please don't tell me you were serious posting this.

 

[weltalldx]

Say what

All reviews we've seen so far say it's outstanding and this is what you chose?

All the reviews so far(edge and famitsu) seem to indicate that Mario Odyssey may not score as well as BOTW. BOTW had 40/40 from famitsu. Mario Odyssey may score very high, just not as high as BOTW which was what I was getting at.

For Nintendo to push for a sales of Mario Odyssey before its release, there has to be justified concerns that the expected initial sales number is not going to be met. I would imagine a highly anticipated release like Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's own sales forecast relies heavily on critical reviews.

 

[DecoReturns]

All the reviews so far(edge and famitsu) seem to indicate that Mario Odyssey may not score as well as BOTW. BOTW had 40/40 from famitsu. Mario Odyssey may score very high, just not as high as BOTW which was what I was getting at.

For Nintendo to push for a sales of Mario Odyssey before its release, there has to be justified concerns that the expected initial sales number is not going to be met. I would imagine a highly anticipated release like Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's own sales forecast relies heavily on critical reviews.

Not really. It's a mainline Mario game.

That's a guarantee seller. Especially when the Switch is popular. Easy buy for people. They won't care about review.

 

[Garou]

I wonder if this is a sign that Nintendo anticipate Mario Odyssey to score below BOTW. The recent Switch resupply at retailers seem to indicate that Nintendo expects Mario Odyssey to meet or exceed BOTW's own sales number however if the critical reviews are not favorable, Nintendo might have a hard time moving the expected number of units without an initial sales push.

This is a standard-discount for ALL games since the 3DS-era on Amazon.jp

 

[B00TE]

This is so very tempting for me. Not for the price but to play a little bit earlier. HMMMMMM.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

All the reviews so far(edge and famitsu) seem to indicate that Mario Odyssey may not score as well as BOTW. BOTW had 40/40 from famitsu. Mario Odyssey may score very high, just not as high as BOTW which was what I was getting at.

For Nintendo to push for a sales of Mario Odyssey before its release, there has to be justified concerns that the expected initial sales number is not going to be met. I would imagine a highly anticipated release like Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's own sales forecast relies heavily on critical reviews.

Please, tell me you are joking and you dont really believe Nintendo is scared because of a 39/40 in famitsu lol

 

[tebunker]

I wonder if this is a sign that Nintendo anticipate Mario Odyssey to score below BOTW. The recent Switch resupply at retailers seem to indicate that Nintendo expects Mario Odyssey to meet or exceed BOTW's own sales number however if the critical reviews are not favorable, Nintendo might have a hard time moving the expected number of units without an initial sales push.

What? wha?

Go back and read who is doing the promotion.

Amazon is eating the $9 to get people in Japan to use their digital games service. Digital adoption in Japan Had/has been much lower than in the west.

Also this is a universal sku, so buy it in the Japan Eshop and you will play it in English.

If you don't have a US Amazon Prime account this is a good deal if you are going digital.

Lastly to answer another question, digital purchases are account based but they do have some weird rules around downloading and playing on more than one system. Essentially you can't, not without some kind of fuckery. Iirc yiu can't download a game to two systems at once? Or was it that two people can't be playing the game at the same time? Not 100% sure. I just know they are account based but it doesn't work like Playstation.

 

[ckaneo]

I wonder if this is a sign that Nintendo anticipate Mario Odyssey to score below BOTW. The recent Switch resupply at retailers seem to indicate that Nintendo expects Mario Odyssey to meet or exceed BOTW's own sales number however if the critical reviews are not favorable, Nintendo might have a hard time moving the expected number of units without an initial sales push.

Is this sarcasm?

 

[shanafan]

For NA folks that have GCU with Best Buy, SMO will give you a $10 rewards certificate for preordering the digital version of SMO.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

All the reviews so far(edge and famitsu) seem to indicate that Mario Odyssey may not score as well as BOTW. BOTW had 40/40 from famitsu. Mario Odyssey may score very high, just not as high as BOTW which was what I was getting at.

For Nintendo to push for a sales of Mario Odyssey before its release, there has to be justified concerns that the expected initial sales number is not going to be met. I would imagine a highly anticipated release like Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's own sales forecast relies heavily on critical reviews.

What do you mean by all the reviews so far? There's only been two, as you said. One of which is the same score that outlet gave to Botw. You're not making sense.

Secondly, since when do review scores affect sales on that level? A 9 or a 10.. How does that change anything? Why would Nintendo plan their entire marketing and sales expectations around whether Mario scores higher than Zelda?

It will sell more than Zelda just for the fact that it's a mainline Mario game.

 

[sinonobu]

All the reviews so far(edge and famitsu) seem to indicate that Mario Odyssey may not score as well as BOTW. BOTW had 40/40 from famitsu. Mario Odyssey may score very high, just not as high as BOTW which was what I was getting at.

For Nintendo to push for a sales of Mario Odyssey before its release, there has to be justified concerns that the expected initial sales number is not going to be met. I would imagine a highly anticipated release like Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's own sales forecast relies heavily on critical reviews.

lol at Nintendo being scared by getting 39 on Famitsu.

Famitsu's score doesn't mean anything. They were once respected but now they are corrupted as hell and review certain games better if they got paid.

Stuff like Jojo all-star battle and FF XIII-2 got a full score even though they were both 'not so great'.

 

[andymcc]

How are we sure it’s a universal sku with English?

 

[sinonobu]

How are we sure it’s a universal sku with English?

If you go to Japanese eshop page, it says it supports English.

 

[BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie]

All the reviews so far(edge and famitsu) seem to indicate that Mario Odyssey may not score as well as BOTW. BOTW had 40/40 from famitsu. Mario Odyssey may score very high, just not as high as BOTW which was what I was getting at.

For Nintendo to push for a sales of Mario Odyssey before its release, there has to be justified concerns that the expected initial sales number is not going to be met. I would imagine a highly anticipated release like Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's own sales forecast relies heavily on critical reviews.

Alright now I feel bad for wasting my time giving you the benefit of the doubt.

You cannot be serious right now. Even getting past the ridiculousness of the fact that it's one out of 5 people who gave it 'only' a 9 rather than a 10, refer to my original comment.

This game may sell 10+ million and if it does, I wager 90% of those sales (9 million just so you understand) don't even know what EDGE and/or Famitsu are.

This is a crazy supposition.

 

[Karspankey]

Anyone know when the Nintendo store updates? I have the physical version pre-ordered, but if I could play it sooner on release day, I’d rather go digital.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

All the reviews so far(edge and famitsu) seem to indicate that Mario Odyssey may not score as well as BOTW. BOTW had 40/40 from famitsu. Mario Odyssey may score very high, just not as high as BOTW which was what I was getting at.

For Nintendo to push for a sales of Mario Odyssey before its release, there has to be justified concerns that the expected initial sales number is not going to be met. I would imagine a highly anticipated release like Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's own sales forecast relies heavily on critical reviews.

 

[zokie]

it;s a good deal but i would like to have +80 gold coins on my japanese mynintendo account

 

[LewieP]

It's around the same price on Amazon UK. £42.

 

[Dyle]

Neat, I'm sticking with my physical Amazon preorder for the same price, but being able to play it a day early due to releasing at midnight JST is tempting

 

[sinonobu]

Anyone know when the Nintendo store updates? I have the physical version pre-ordered, but if I could play it sooner on release day, I’d rather go digital.

I'm not hundred percent sure but I think JP eshop updates at 12:00am JST, which is around 11:am EST.

 

[Naked Snake]

Meh, I'll get it from the US eShop for $42 thanks to the recurring 30% off deal from pcgamesupply (saved up with $10 code at a time).

Or physical version from amazon.com with 20% off with Prime.

 

[The Elite]

How are we sure it’s a universal sku with English?

https://ec.nintendo.com/JP/ja/titles/70010000000828

The Japanese page says it supports English. This is usually accurate.

 

[maxcriden]

Neat, I'm sticking with my physical Amazon preorder for the same price, but being able to play it a day early due to releasing at midnight JST is tempting

Just FWIW posters on here (including myself) have many times found Amazon's release day delivery to be unreliable. So I would make sure to keep on it and bug them 1-2 days before to make sure it's really going to arrive on release day. (Or just go with this digital deal.) Just my two cents, hope it's helpful.

 

[Neverthelesser]

All the reviews so far(edge and famitsu) seem to indicate that Mario Odyssey may not score as well as BOTW. BOTW had 40/40 from famitsu. Mario Odyssey may score very high, just not as high as BOTW which was what I was getting at.

For Nintendo to push for a sales of Mario Odyssey before its release, there has to be justified concerns that the expected initial sales number is not going to be met. I would imagine a highly anticipated release like Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's own sales forecast relies heavily on critical reviews.

Famitsu’s not the bellwether for how other reviewers will rate the game.