Best Buy - $32 Kirby Star Allies (Switch) GCU

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I paid $44 a few weeks ago to give it to my son for his Birthday in 2 weeks, bought it to early I guess! Oh well, I'm outside the returns window.

 
Do they still adjust the price for GCU? I bought it for about $39 last week.
 
also on sale

Mario tennis aces $52.99 GCU $42.39

Mario kart 8 $54.99 GCU $43.99

super Mario odyssey $49.99 GCU $39.99

Zelda: Breath of the Wild $54.99 GCU $43.99

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze $53.99 GCU $43.19

Fire Emblem Warriors $49.99 GCU $39.99

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting $29.99 GCU $23.99

 
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I want this game, but I don't want to spend more than $20-$25 on it, which it may eventually get that cheap, but I don't see it getting cheaper than this anytime soon. If my damn RZ points would clear so I could use a couple of certs, I'd be all over this though. 

 
Sigma said:
If my damn RZ points would clear so I could use a couple of certs, I'd be all over this though.
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Yeah, I was in the same boat. Given that it's something I'll probably blow through in a weekend and never touch again, I'd love to see the game get down to ~$30 pre-GCU. That's probably not going to happen anytime soon, so I just burned off a bunch of Reward certs.

 
Sonicyogurt said:
Yeah, I was in the same boat. Given that it's something I'll probably blow through in a weekend and never touch again, I'd love to see the game get down to ~$30 pre-GCU. That's probably not going to happen anytime soon, so I just burned off a bunch of Reward certs.
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If my RZ points come through before the sale is over I will do the same thing, but I do think it will at least be this price again come Black Friday, if not slightly cheaper. Out of all the first-party Switch games, I imagine Kirby Star Allies, ARMS, and 1-2-Switich all have a good chance of having some decent Black Friday prices.

 
This is a must buy for this price. It's an incredibly high quality game and great addition to the Kirby series, but it is short. You'll have it finished in probably around 5 hours and that is with 100%ing most of the levels.

 
My son really liked this game and plays it a lot (he is 9, by the way).  They have had a couple updates to add new characters as well (including one last Friday).  If you like Kirby, you will enjoy this game - but if you just want a game to beat it and be done, it is a bit short.

 
I'd like to second the price adjustment question. Also, for purposes of the return window, does that window start at the time you placed an order, or when you've picked it up from the store? Because if it's the former than I'm too late but if it's the latter then I still have a day or two left to do it.
 
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Take note these are online prices only, Tried to ring these up at the register and asked for full price, had to make an in store pick up order while I was at the store in order to get the discount + GCU

 
PAULINK said:
Take note these are online prices only, Tried to ring these up at the register and asked for full price, had to make an in store pick up order while I was at the store in order to get the discount + GCU
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Its probably a mistake or the in store price hasn't updated yet, cause these are on sale at walmart and amazon right now for the same price.

 
I wonder if they'll match Amazon and Gamestop's price for Fire Emblem Warriors. I'm going to wait awhile so I don't have to do a price adjustment twice.

 
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Donken said:
I paid $44 a few weeks ago to give it to my son for his Birthday in 2 weeks, bought it to early I guess! Oh well, I'm outside the returns window.
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IronChariot said:
Do they still adjust the price for GCU? I bought it for about $39 last week.
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Awkward Silence said:
I'd like to second the price adjustment question. Also, for purposes of the return window, does that window start at the time you placed an order, or when you've picked it up from the store? Because if it's the former than I'm too late but if it's the latter then I still have a day or two left to do it.
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Probably varies according to your Best Buy but I was able to get a price match on South Park when it went on sale 3 weeks after I bought it. Not only did they price match but the guy on the phone (since the order originated on) gave me more than the difference. He gave me the price sale price with GCU and then gave me 20% off. Got an extra 8 bucks out of it. So it's worth a shot is what I'm saying, Best Buy has treated me well so far.

I jumped on this offer since my wife loves Kirby and since it has Co-op I can probably play with her.

 
Amazon’s TIV is $36.98 currently for Kirby and has to be shipped by 8/8. Buy it, beat it, and trade for a few dollars more than it costs.
 
Just chatted with BB customer service and got an $8 credit applied for when I bought this a couple weeks ago at $48.99 before GCU.

 
To update - I did get the price adjusted, though apparently if you order it online (even if you're doing in-store pickup) you have to call 1-888-BEST-BUY and they'll refund the difference from there. I originally got it almost a month ago when it was only $5 off before GCU (since I was under the mindset that since it's Nintendo sales will be hard to come by). With GCU applied and taxes taken into account, I got a refund credit of $12.84.

Oh, and for future reference, your return window for store pickups starts when you pick the item up, not when you placed the order.
 
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Its probably a mistake or the in store price hasn't updated yet, cause these are on sale at walmart and amazon right now for the same price.
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Nah. Switch games have been on sale on the website quite frequently lately but full price in store. It's totally on purpose. ;)

 
This game was so damn easy that it was boring as shit.  There's absolutely no challenge in this game at all.  I think I beat the first 3 worlds before I sold it and I had not even come close to dying once in the game and I had like 60 lives.  You can basically beat the bosses with your eyes closed.

 
purbeast said:
This game was so damn easy that it was boring as shit. There's absolutely no challenge in this game at all. I think I beat the first 3 worlds before I sold it and I had not even come close to dying once in the game and I had like 60 lives. You can basically beat the bosses with your eyes closed.
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Probably made for 5 year olds, like Yoshi's Wooly World. That game is so easy compared to Yoshi's Island.

 
purbeast said:
This game was so damn easy that it was boring as shit. There's absolutely no challenge in this game at all. I think I beat the first 3 worlds before I sold it and I had not even come close to dying once in the game and I had like 60 lives. You can basically beat the bosses with your eyes closed.
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When has a Kirby game ever been difficult though? They are all pretty easy to beat, but I've always had fun with them. That being said this deal wasn't cheap enough to get me to impulse buy it.

 
addicted2games said:
Probably made for 5 year olds, like Yoshi's Wooly World. That game is so easy compared to Yoshi's Island.
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While Yoshi's Wooly World was easy if you were just trying to plow through the game, there was certainly challenge there if you wanted to get everything, especially later levels in the game - going too easy also hampered your efforts to 100% a level as well. I'm not saying this is Contra or Dark Souls, but Yoshi was definitely made with everyone in mind, not just 5 year olds.

 
Pretty much all Kirby games are aimed at kids though.  When you have his ability to fly, the forgiving mechanic of just grabbing an ability right back after you lose it and generous health pools it is fun for kids that don't have the skills or patience and just want fun.  Lives are irrelevant in this day and age, Nintendo needs to follow what they did in Mario Odyssey and just get rid of the whole lives mechanic like the rest of the world has done.  It isn't like in recent other Mario games playing through normally wouldn't obtain a staggering large number of lives - that's hardly unique to Kirby.

The game is fun, fairly short and not real hard.  In other words, it is a Kirby game - and the next one will probably be just like that, too.  Running out and getting it then complaining because it is those things is kind of ridiculous.  Wait for a good sale, like this one, if that's an issue.  If you want a good side scrolling challenge, I highly recommend Salt & Sanctuary that just came out on Switch (psst, it has infinite lives, too).

 
I rented it from gamefly with my free trial. I completed it in a day.  I would wait till you can pick it up for under $15 sometime in the future, I can wait years. Not worth more than that to be honest.  

 
Shit. I decided to wait until today to go in to get them to adjust the price since I purchased it last week and now it's back to normal. I waited since I thought Fire Emblem Warriors would change price to match Amazon so I could do two at once.

 
Sigma said:
When has a Kirby game ever been difficult though? They are all pretty easy to beat, but I've always had fun with them. That being said this deal wasn't cheap enough to get me to impulse buy it.
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I hadn't played a Kirby game since GameBoy when I got it. But I got it because it looked fun with good environments. I didn't realize it was made for 5 year olds though. I mean it was so easy that it was boring. That's kind of hard to do.

I'm simply letting people know that the game has no challenge if they were unaware as I was. Surely I'm not the only one in the world who didn't realize this.

 
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It was easier than Mario Odyssey, and I still had a lot of fun with it, mainly from using different abilities and different team combinations. It's probably the third-best Nintendo Switch first-party non-port exclusive so far, behind Mario Odyssey and Splatoon 2. I liked Kirby Planet Robobot and Yoshis Woolly World a little more, but still worth buying Star Allies at some point. It still trades in high at places like GameStop.

 
these games are still on sale

Splatoon 2 $52.99 GCU $42.39

Mario tennis aces $52.99 GCU $42.39

Mario kart 8 $54.99 GCU $43.99

super Mario odyssey $49.99 GCU $39.99

Zelda: Breath of the Wild $54.99 GCU $43.99

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze $53.99 GCU $43.19

Fire Emblem Warriors $49.99 GCU $39.99

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting $29.99 GCU $23.99

 
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