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Link's Awakening up for preload, 5.8GB, double gold points
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thank you for the update , it's also available for preload now at the japanese eshop according to the official tweet from NCL
eshop weblink for japanese mynintendo account
eshop weblink for japanese mynintendo account
not buying digital but i'm so hyped for the game
you should be able to use your vouchers on any first-party game that's up for pre-purchase
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yes i checked it's not available for pre-load yet on the US eshop , i think NOA twitter will tweet about it soon
From Nintendo UK's official Gamescom HUB
5.8GB for the Switch version. For silly comparison, what size was the Gameboy & Gameboy Color versions?
It's a phenomenally designed Zelda game. If Zelda is your favourite series, it stands that you have probably played a lot of the games since first trying LA. You've likely built up series specific logic through experience and will have less trouble this time around.
Tempted to preload but will probably stick with physical as it is Zelda after all :P Can't wait for this.
How does the 2x gold coins work in terms of what does it give you if you pay less money where you'd earn less coins normally? As in, anyone here use a load of gold coins to buy a 2x gold coin game before, and still get the full value of coins, or do they indeed give you literally 2x the gold coins that you got when buying the game?
Example:
Most of Nintendo's games are $60 USD, so you'd get 300 coins normally, and 600 coins total when the 2x applies.
Say you saved so many coins that you only ended up buying said game for half off, and then earn only 150 coins because of that. Does Nintendo still give you 300 coins afterwards since the 2x award is given at the game's launch, or will they drop the 2x value indeed to 150 coins only, giving you 300 in total.
The question is because folks who bought the vouchers can get by far the most out of this deal. They'd get basically the extra 300 coins for free to go along with the voucher discount, AND the coins earned from buying the vouchers in the first place (500 coins totals since it was $100 USD, or 250 coins per game).
Example:
Most of Nintendo's games are $60 USD, so you'd get 300 coins normally, and 600 coins total when the 2x applies.
Say you saved so many coins that you only ended up buying said game for half off, and then earn only 150 coins because of that. Does Nintendo still give you 300 coins afterwards since the 2x award is given at the game's launch, or will they drop the 2x value indeed to 150 coins only, giving you 300 in total.
The question is because folks who bought the vouchers can get by far the most out of this deal. They'd get basically the extra 300 coins for free to go along with the voucher discount, AND the coins earned from buying the vouchers in the first place (500 coins totals since it was $100 USD, or 250 coins per game).
I've read 1 3DS Block is 128 kilobytes.
Link's Awakening DX is 42 Blocks, or 5,376 kilobytes.
So like 5.376 megabytes there.
You don't get Gold coins when using the vouchers, you got some upfront for buying them
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Favourite series yet missing finishing one of the games? And one of the best ones!
Need I say more to convince you?
Lol bit weird that you'd miss a critically acclaimed game as an adult just because it confused you as a child. But you do you.
Yeah. But I'm wondering how Nintendo's 2x coin systems actually works.
The question is if they reward you the bonus coins based on what you paid for, or if you somehow get the full bonus amount regardless. Hence why someone who bought a prior game with the bonus with say gold coins and the like would be able to answer for certain. Do you get the bonus coins even if you were to get the game for free with the voucher, is what I'm asking. Nintendo sends out the bonus amount when the game launches (I did this with Mario Tennis Aces), so I'm curious if the bonus is determined by how much you spend and they literally give you 2x bonus. That sort of thing if I'm making sense. :P
Okay that's a bit more clear. So if you earned a certain amount (even less), then you'd get that same amount afterwards, correct? If I earned only 150 coins for buying the game at half off, I'd only get 150 in bonus coins then.
Edit: DP...
No, you get the gold points from the purchase, it doesn't matter if you pay with goldpoints, credit or paypal.
I had this several time when I tried to clear my gold points, you always end up getting more ;)
I was debating on which game to use my voucher on between this or DQ XI S. Good thing you guys reminded me of this.
So, I'm going to use my voucher on DQ XI S then I'll be purchasing Link's Awakening for the double coins if the US gets the deal.
I thought you only get gold coins for the remaining amount you are paying after you use gold coins.
It's great to see, but I have everything in English anyway.
I saw that you could pre-order it and get double gold points which is great. I can use them for Ori. :)
Oh same, but it does help make these games more accessible to a younger audience.
Yeah, I have a lot of little kids in my family who need this localisation to understand the game. Otherwise they end up like me in Pokémon when I was younger. Stuck in the same city for hours. ;)
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Bayonetta 2 and Kirby were up for preload 2 months before release date.
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Anyone got any idea how the lock mechanism works? Is there a small (kB) download on launch day or is it something in the system preventing launch?
Would hacked systems be able to play it?
Would hacked systems be able to play it?
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This is unfortunate. Now I'm torn whether to bother getting those vouchers or not. The savings from gold points is honestly comparable, especially since gold point savings can translate to non Nintendo games.