Nintendo of Europe has launched a sweet new deal for those looking to pick up a pair of Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers in the next two weeks.
Until 14th July, those with a European eShop account can earn a whopping 4x the number of My Nintendo Gold Points they'd usually get when purchasing two Game Vouchers. Essentially, this gives you an additional £16.80 / €19.80 eShop 'credit' in your Nintendo Account which can go towards any other game you'd like.
As a reminder, a Nintendo Switch Game Voucher can be cashed in for any game from a long list of Nintendo titles. With the vouchers coming in pairs, you can nab two full-price Switch games for £84 / €99 (and that's not to mention the bonus Gold Points you'll earn in this deal period).
Vouchers can be used on big hitters like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, or they can be redeemed for upcoming releases like Echoes of Wisdom, Mario & Luigi: Brothership and Donkey Kong Country Returns HD.
As ever, a paid membership to Nintendo Switch Online is required to purchase the Switch Game Vouchers and it looks like the deal's bonus Gold Points are applied once you're through checkout.
What do you make of this deal? Will you be making the most of the Game Voucher bonuses? Let us know in the comments.
[source ec.nintendo.com]
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That’s a crazy amount of gold points! It’d be cool to see this deal eventually in more places as well.
Come on Nintendo, just bring this deal to the US too!
Only in EU?? Not the US?! WHYYYYYYYY?!
Sorry for the stupid question but does this mean one purchase is two vouchers or do you have to buy two sets of the vouchers to get this offer?!
This is a great offer, hope it will eventually be available also elsewhere and happy for my fellow Europeans who want to get some of these games digitally and so can make use of it!
Even better if you buy your eshop credit from curry's first using DIGI15 for 15% off saving you another £10 or so off the cost
@presenttense As far as I know one purchase is always two vouchers, no more and no less, with this offer you just get 4x the usual amount of Gold Points.
That said, of course nobody stops you if you want and can buy more than one set to make use of this offer more than once!
Pretty nice deal. They better not skip the US with this offer.
Just forked over 99 Euros, got my vouchers but only got the standard amount of points !?!?! :S
@Vriess it takes a while. You'll get an email notification in regards to the extra points
@martynstuff
You are right. There was an hour (or so) delay. I'm relieved
@Vriess Phew! Glad you said that as the same thing has just happened to me!
*making a time machine to take me back to 1776
@presenttense £84 buys you two vouchers, you can’t get them individually. Normally you’d get 5% back in gold points, but this gives you 20%. It’s an excellent deal, but I’ve bought almost all the games in the voucher scheme I’d want. Might get this an pre-order Zelda and hang on for Metroid 4
Where on the eShop is the deal located? Just want to keep my eye on the same page in the US!
Still not biting, but it's impressive how all out they want to go discouraging physical purchases. I wonder if it's small intents to lessen the blow if the next hardware is digital only.
I bought three pairs which I then used on, Kirby Return to Dreamland, Luigi's Mansion 2, Echoes of Wisdom, Mario Party Jamboree, Mario and Luigi Brothership, and DKC Returns HD. The vouchers are already a great deal before you factor in the bonus gold points.
@Vriess Give it time. It took me about 4 hours before the correct points total showed.
Still like to know which page and what it says exactly in the EU so I can be on the looking in the US on the same page.
Has anyone successfully done this in the UK, or is it just Eurozone? I can't see the promotion on the UK Nintendo website. Thanks!
@Mackocaster7 Hi, yes I have from the UK - just took a while for the extra points to be added
@Mackocaster7 it shows up for me from the account page on my phone when I click on the avatar icon.
@Mackocaster7 as noted above, it’s also worth stacking this offer with the DIGI15 code at Currys. Just bought a £75 card for £63, will also get £16 back, so effectively £28 off bringing the price to £28 per game. Absolute steal
Wish they'd do that offer in the US. I buy the vouchers all the time and getting $20 back would be a crazy deal.
@awp69 Just keep an eye on your News app on the homepage. It’ll show up in there if they do the same deal in the USA.
EDIT: Homepage of the Switch console, I mean.
That's a pretty good deal if you're fine with digital downloads. I still prefer to buy physical.
Why is everyone praising this deal? You pay 99 eur, which is 49.50 eur per game. That's more expensive than when Nintendo has a sale of 33%, which turns into 40 eur.
Now with this deal you get 20 eur in gold coins. Which basically means you get extra 10 eur off each of the games, which turns into 39.50 eur. And that's just pretty much 33% off.
It kinda sorta equates to £33.60 per game, which is not that incredible when you can buy eShop credit from 3rd party sellers and get two vouchers for under £49 on the JPN eShop. And I say kinda sorta because you're not actually even getting a discount on the vouchers. You're getting gold coins to use on your NEXT purchase, which means unless you're buying a cheap game, you're spending even more money which in turn makes it an even worse deal.
@dojmin What makes this deal an improvement over regular Nintendo sales, is that you can purchase any game included in the voucher promotion, including both recent and future releases, instead of just the games Nintendo chooses to include in a particular sale, which tend to be older releases. Of course, the counterpoint is that it requires you to buy two games instead of just one.
Fingers crossed they bring this to the U.S. 🤞
Still nothing in the US. 🥲
We never get deals like this in the US. We only get a free 7 day free trial. Woooo hooo.
@r1chard thank you for that.
@jrt87 I'm not from UK, so it doesn't apply to me unfortunately
@r1chard just done a Currys £100 voucher and used the digi15 thanks to you. Never used Currys for vouchers before but it was a painless transaction. Thanks a bunch. Is this a permanent think Currys offer?
@Kidfunkadelic83 I don’t know if it’s a permanent offer. I saw carlos82 mention it above, so used it myself, but I don’t see it mentioned on their website. It’s a great deal given you can buy brand new first party games for effectively £28 each. Enjoy!
I think I’ll put the £16 towards the Nintendo World Championship game out later this month
@r1chard yeah exactly. I plan to use 1 voucher on Famicom detective club because its never had a single discount in the past however many years its been out. I just didnt fancy dropping £50 on it. Now i dont have to.
@Miyamotosan thank you for answering a question before I asked it. "Can you get this bonus more than once"
That's really awesome, games like tears of the kingdom for €40 basically. Absolutely unbeatable offer.
I’ve downloaded six games with it now and pre-ordered another two using vouchers and Curry’s code. I have another two or four games to get before the offer expires. I’m not expecting this deal to return in the Switch’s lifespan so I have to take advantage of it now while I can.
My only trouble is that it takes two hours or whatever for the bonus coins to go onto your account. Which is a minor nitpick I suppose.
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