Nintendo Resolves Issue With Legend of Zelda My Nintendo Discounts

I just copped that. After I purchased the last outstanding bit of Hyrule Warriors DLC I was missing. As if the "sale" wasn't bad enough. Luckily for me I don't think there's anything else I want to buy, well not at their current prices. They should be offering 50% off especially on the older games.

It didn't say this on the eShop. It was only afterwards I seen it on the My Nintendo website.

Edit: I just rechecked the eShop and it does say that it can only be used once. I missed that as I gloss over most of the t&c's. Also, the discount prices are still valid for me. Perhaps because I didn't buy a game but DLC within a game. Anyway, it's really stingy of Nintendo to restrict it to just 1 game. It's like trying to get blood from a stone with them when it comes to bargains.

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/824663831968444416

This is the same company that want to charge us for online on the Switch. Add that to the Japanese pre order website that crashed earlier in the week.

I used mine on skyward sword finally gona try it out!

Seems slightly unfair for people who have multiple accounts on a system.

Wow. Okay, I admit it, this is pretty poor practice from Nintendo.

While 30% off anything is usually a good deal, it's the vendor's responsibility to let potential customers know if an offer is a one-time-only deal. If a high street store did this they'd be forced to rectify it (proper signage etc.) within hours.

Just need to double check which ones I already own before I make my choice, but I think it's most likely going to be TriForce Heroes.

I'm mad for two reasons. 1. America doesn't have this deal and 2. They really couldn't be asked to put every Zelda game at 30% off? The latest main Zelda came out like 5 years ago. Nintendo once again forgets they're made of money and can bother to lose what's equivalent to a penny to them to give their customers a great deal.

What a ridiculous idea, these sales are exclusive enough. Let the consumer decide how much to buy and empower them to go farther with their dollars.

Remember how a lot people said they already had most of the Zelda games they wanted and might buy 1-2 discounted titles at most? Well, Nintendo heard ya!

A conversation at NOE:

"Hey we can sell more games if they're set at a lower price"
"One discount per customer"
"But customers will buy MORE games if we offer discounts over all sales"
"ONE PER CUSTOMER!!"
"How about we keep the gamepad map for the Wii U breath of the Wild and use HD Rumble for the Switch, our fans will probably buy both"
"ONE PER CUSTOMER!!"

Nintendo never ceases to amaze me, sadly not in a good way most of the times.

Wow, so Nintendo.

This is typical of Nintendo. They just hate discounting their software even on a dead console.

I think their advertising is deliberately misleading. They're either clueless or really like annoying their fans.

Nintendo always manage to screw over their loyal fanbase.

Are they purposefully trolling? I mean, even 30% off isn't great compared to the recent PSN sales, so why limit it?

Things like this push people away from Nintendo and into the arms of piracy.

Loosen the purse strings a notch Ninty.

Nintendo is officially more stingy than Scrooge McDuck.

Good thing I already got all Zelda games that I want (I think?). Or maybe now I could purchase Twilight Princess HD digitally... I don't know, I still don't like replaying that game.

@TbobB Haha that's hilarious!

When I tried to redeem on the eShop, it crashed and restarted my 3DS. :/

I'm torn, I don't know if I should bother with Hyrule Warriors Legends or save my eShop funds for the Switch... Besides, I didn't play much of the Wii U version anyway.

Also, it's about £11 for Ocarina of Time... that's very tempting too, but I can't justify it as I've got the cartridge.

@Moon
How many copies of OoT do you have?
I thought about this the other day, I have the N64 cartridge, the bonus disc that came with Wind Waker, The Zelda Collection Gamecube disc and OoT 3D

@TbobB I've got N64, GameCube (Wind Waker) and 3DS. It would be awesome to have it downloaded, but I feel like I should save my money for the Switch's eShop...

I've only got £30 eShop credit and even if I were to spend it, maybe Hyrule Warriors Legends would be the better option, as I don't own that one... Eugh! First world problems.

Hopefully the fix is sorted as I wanted to purchase the Hyrule Warriors DLC; although I started to wonder that maybe I should just buy HW legends cheaply somewhere to access some of the DLC via the code.

Unfortunately it's currently a Prime Exclusive on Amazon.

Alright, nevermind what I said then. America please ;.;

CAN THE USA PLEASE GET THIS DISCOUNT!!!!

Was really hoping this sale would transfer over to North America as well.

Hopefully it'll get solved soon enough. I've been itching to buy all of the Hyrule DLCs at long last.

If there's no solution, what with me being both broke and unemployed, my choice will automatically go from "maybe just Triforce Heroes, maybe a Hyrule Warriors double-dip" to "next time, Tecmo".

Is this in North America as well or will I just have to twiddle my thumbs?

Wow. Nintendo.

But seriously, America. That other giant country located on the map? Can they have cool stuff?

@jimi

you're quite right! Remember a comment sometime ago from an 'interview' with the Happy Mask Salesman? Didn't he hint at being in Breath of the Wild?

@whoisbdub I'm not a fan of motion controls so I had to endure that but the game itself was great. Once I got into it I had trouble putting it down. I really enjoyed it. Hope they remaster that one in HD.

Thank goodness its been fixed! I seriously couldn't believe how cheap Nintendo at first.
I do wonder if this actually was a mistake though or they were just quick responding to the backlash online?

@RupeeClock I "bought" all the My Nintendo Zelda videos just to use some platinum coins, and they're actually not bad, the main theme one in particular is really good, and while maybe you could find them elsewhere, the 3D effect is nice.

@BensonUii Nintendo's problem: everyone believed this was intentional. That's how bad Nintendo has been doing.

Got Minish Cap on Wii U. Finally gonna try it. Feel to old to play it on NDSL small screen

As I understood it the discount is still one use only, the issue they fixed is unrelated to that. Is that right?

@Seamoose

We must twiddle away. Nintendo hasn't yet heard about this new thing called The Internet where people know whats going on all over the world within minutes (seconds, even) of it happening.

I can't get the discount to apply. I've just gotten my 3DS and created a Nintendo Network ID and linked it to my My Nintendo account, as well as turned on promotional messages from Nintendo.

However, the discount doesn't show on any of the Zelda games. I've rebooted the system several times.

Alright, so let me understand this. Nintendo had a glitch on the deal, and within a short amount of time, 13 of the first 20 comments here are negative against Nintendo. I honestly am not surprised.

@Moon

This video will help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN2WzQzxuoA

It's actually pretty effective.

@gardevoir7 It's more like 3.

@ThomasBW84 @AgentBamse Despite the Nintendo info saying:

"To get access to all deals, make sure that your Nintendo Network ID is linked with a Nintendo Account. If you do not yet qualify, simply link your Nintendo Network ID with your Nintendo Account**. If you don’t yet have a Nintendo Account, visit the Nintendo Account creation page and create one for free."

As you've found, if you do so now you get... nothing. This has also happened to my wife's, who I just set up with a new Nintendo Account linked her NNID. No "Just for You" offer therefore no sale and all full price games for that account. I can only guess the deal was sent out as a one shot (or two shot, given they already messed it up the first time) and so new account setups are not having it applied to their account as the time has passed but as I say that's just my speculation. Well done Nintendo :-/

edit: Ah, in this case it just took 4 hours to show up rather than the "3 hours at the longest" specified in the small print.

This at all in North America?

And "sales" (what joke sale this is) like these are exactly why I'm not looking forward to Nintendo charging for online

Why the hell can't they sell 4 Swords Adventures and Minish Cap in eShop? Or cart?

I could go for a Hyrule Warriors DLC discount if we got it in the US. Hero pack all the way (currently don't have any of the DLC). I don't think that was discounted when we had a Zelda sale earlier. If it was, oh well- I missed it.

No discount for me, I can only view the WiiU eshop from my computer internet browser!
When does the sale end for us in the USA?

I'm very thankful for this sale as I finally can afford to download Majora's Mask 3D since 30% off the regular price results in a very affordable price for me. I haven't play the game since the N64- days, and I didn't play it that much back then either, to be honest. I thought it was pretty hard and I lost interest in it as time went by. But over the years I have been longing over to give it another try. So I'm really looking forward to pay, download and playing the game. Thanks Nintendo!

lol, good old Nintendo, bringing those deals!

@HnD Minish Cap is part of the sale...? Well, on Wii U- you're probably out of luck if you're looking for a 3DS version. As for Four Swords Adventures, that is for Gamecube, so not on the eshop since that is not a supported platform. There is still hope for putting GCN on Switch though, even if the joycons don't have analog triggers (they could support the Gamecube adapter and controllers, for example) so maybe one day.

@Gold_Ranger When does the sale start for the USA? (ftfy)

Though we recently had a Zelda sale on some of the titles, so I don't know if we'll get this one.

Hmmm, I'm in the US and the sale was not reflected for me. Tried adding Spirit Tracks to my cart and it rang up as the usual 9.99.

@eeyore
Welp, enjoy having to be at home to play a portable game, I guess.
I'm sorry, I can't help it, the 3DS was this close to being the perfect handheld if Nintendo released the GBA games for it. Yes, I'm an Ambassador and yes, I have Minish Cap on it, but it doesn't count. Everyone should get to play GBA games on 3DS.

Meh, got all zelda games already on multiple platforms and original carts

@AlexSora89 Hell, I was an Ambassador too, day one 3DS owner, space gray, remember that day I received it. I sold it after XL version was announced. Sure I regret. I would never guess Nintendo will remove GBA VC. Its just ... I do not know, nonsense.
As for DSL, gba games looks to small on it for me. Picture is even smaller than on GBA screen.
But anyway at present time I really enjoying playing Golden Sun on my DSL.

@stefcha
Thanks for trying to help. The discounts are visible in my eShop now!

I bought a Link to the past...would buy more if I knew anything about VC on Switch.

@eeyore
AKA the way a Golden Sun is supposed to be played.

I did download the last Hyrule warriors dlc, Wii u version. Still a pity about those missing maps, story and fairies. But I'll never finish it anyway, impossible.

As for Twilight princess hd: Its a remaster I do not have yet, but I don't want to pay that much for a download. Sadly it won't hit the selects range (very unlikely), but I still hope I can find the retail version somewhere at a decent price sometime. We'll see.

As for e-shop discounts: They will become very scarce. I think the last cool games (that are quite a bunch) I have to get someday, but at full price. I can't be helped.