{"id":41410,"date":"2020-07-09T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2644092"},"modified":"2020-07-09T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:15:00","slug":"a-handful-of-first-party-nintendo-switch-games-are-on-sale-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/09\/a-handful-of-first-party-nintendo-switch-games-are-on-sale-today\/","title":{"rendered":"A handful of first-party Nintendo Switch games are on sale today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dealmaster also has deals on AirPods, Sony noise-canceling headphones, and more.<\/h2>\n
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Today’s Dealmaster is headlined by a bundle of deals on Nintendo Switch exclusives, with a quintet of Nintendo-made games available for $40 each across Amazon and GameStop.<\/p>\n

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Super Mario Maker 2<\/em> review: A great sequel, playable on a better console<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The discounted games include Super Mario Maker 2<\/em><\/a>, the Ars-approved<\/a> side-scroller\/level-creation tool that lets you make your own Mario <\/em>courses—with either modern or NES-style looks—and play a hypothetically infinite number of levels made by other people. (Just note that you’ll need a Switch Online subscription<\/a> to enjoy those and that finding the good levels requires a little extra work.) New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe<\/a><\/em>, meanwhile, is the updated version of an excellent traditional 2D Mario <\/em>platformer<\/a>; here, it plays in 1080p and includes both the base game and its New Super Luigi U <\/em>expansion.<\/p>\n

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Mario Tennis Aces<\/em> review: Turning tennis into a fighting game<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Beyond that, Splatoon 2<\/em><\/a> has been out for a few years now—and is now done with new content releases<\/a>—but remains both one of the Switch’s best shooters<\/a> and a unique take on the online shooter format as a whole. Mario Tennis Aces<\/a> <\/em>is another option for competitive types; while it’s more of a fighting game in a tennis body<\/a> than a true tennis game<\/em>, post-release patches have made it much more balanced and accessible after a somewhat rocky launch. Finally, Yoshi’s Crafted World<\/em><\/a> is a simplistic side-scroller, but if you’d like a cute and easygoing game for young kids, you could do worse.<\/p>\n

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In any case, deals on first-party Switch games are still rare, so the prices here are as low as we typically see for all five of the discounted games. If you don’t need anything new to play, though, we also have deals on AirPods, Sony noise-canceling headphones, Samsung SSDs, and USB-C hubs, among other gadgets. You can check out our full list below.<\/p>\n

Note: Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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