Ever wonder why Nintendo games never go on sale? We’ve got you covered with our analysis of why that is.
—Originally Posted 7/7/17—
It’s summertime! To many, it’s an opportunity to get yourselves out and about while enjoying the warmest time of the year. For others, it’s the prime time to hunker down, blast the A.C., and scoop up titles available via lucrative summer discounts.
Right about now, year after year, publishers around the world slash prices on tons of games in the hopes that you’ll avoid the great outdoors and instead continue playing on. This is true for many companies across the game’s industry, and it’s why there’s a Steam Summer Sale, PlayStation Store Mid-Year Sale, and Xbox Ultimate Game Sale. But one company just doesn’t play nice like most of the others do.
Sure, Nintendo has “sales” that run throughout the summer. But when you compare them to the deals going on across, Steam, Xbox Live or the PlayStation Store, they’re laughable in comparison.
Nintendo’s Summer “Celebration” Is A Joke In Comparison to Steam’s Yearly Summer Sale
Looking at Nintendo’s Sales and Deals page, it will take some effort to find more than a couple deals that are actually worth anything. The highlight, which Nintendo does feature, is Snake Pass. Typically $19.99 on the Switch, you can currently get it for $11.99 on sale. This is the only game on sale for the Switch.
There’s also Runbow, normally $14.99 on Wii U. During Nintendo’s sale you can grab it for $5.09. But is anyone buying anything for the Wii U anymore? Outside of those Snake Pass and Runbow, the rest of the on sale offerings are a ragtag group of random bargain bin titles for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. There is essentially nothing of note.
There are zero first-party games, by the way. You can search the sale page by franchise if you prefer. Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Pokémon, Kirby and Animal Crossing are all options to sort by. And amongst all 7 there isn’t a single search result. If you’re a part of My Nintendo, there are some choices for you there though.
Here’s the selection of offerings:
Nintendo Selects titles:
• 15% off Animal Crossing™: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo 3DS™)
• 15% off The Legend of Zelda™: The Wind Waker HD (Wii U™)
• 20% off Luigi’s Mansion™: Dark Moon (Nintendo 3DS) • 20% off Tomodachi Life™ (Nintendo 3DS)
• 15% off Pikmin™ 3 (Wii U)
• 30% off Punch-Out!! (Wii U)
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• Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon • Animal Crossing: New Leaf
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
• Pikmin 3
• 30% off Mario Party™ 10 (Wii U)
• 20% off Mario Kart™ 64 (Wii U)
• Mario Kart DLC Pack 1 (Wii U)*
• 30% off Super Mario 64™ (Wii U)
• 30% off Super Punch Out!! (Wii U/3DS)
• 30% off Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (Wii U/3DS)
• 30% off Punch-Out!! (Wii U)
It’s not just a matter of being enrolled in My Nintendo though. You have to have the proper coins in your vault to get whatever deal you’re looking for. For instance, Nintendo is offering My Nintendo members 15% off of Animal Crossing: New Leaf for 3DS and 15% off of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD for Wii U. However, to be entitled to get that 15% off you must first give Nintendo 300 Platinum points to be entitled to the deal.
Admitted, Platinum points are pretty easy to come by in the program. But there are other games such as Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon which require 30 Gold coins to earn a 20% discount. Gold coins are not easy to come by and are only rewarded for digital purchases through Nintendo’s store. A hell of a “Summer Celebration” indeed.
Oh, and don’t forget your discounted strategy guides…
The Other Guys
Nintendo’s embarrassing summer sale offerings are only highlighted by their competition. Let’s start with Steam for example. On their front page alone are a plethora of titles that are intriguingly cheap. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six entire franchise has deals between 40% and 60% off. WWE 2K17 is down to $14.99. The Witcher series is celebrating summer with games from 50% to 85% off. The underrated Mad Max is a whopping 60% off, priced at just $7.99. There’s plenty more like The Jackbox Party Pack 3, Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X, and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
On the PlayStation Store they too are celebrating with a “Mid Year Sale.” There are a ton of games with slashes prices, and on each one – if you’re a PlayStation Plus member – they’re slashed even further. Furi – Definitive Edition is 50% off at $10.99. The Disney Afternoon Collection is down to $13.99 after taking 30% off. And there are plenty more. Including Grand Theft Auto V, The Last of Us: Left Behind Stand Alone, Fallout 4, and Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag.
Microsoft is in on the action too. Their “Ultimate Game Sale” began June 30th and runs through July 10th. The deals include a whopping 300 games or the respective DLC packs. As of writing, the program isn’t live yet, so I don’t know exactly what will be discounted and to what amount. But Microsoft has announced that Injustice 2, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Prey, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Rocket League are all in the mix. Additionally, Backwards Compatibility titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Skate 3 will be getting discounts as well.
These are great offerings on three great platforms. Whether you’re on PC, a PlayStation system, Xbox One or Xbox 360, there’s bound to be some deal you can’t deny if this heap of titles. Meanwhile, with Nintendo, not so much…
It’s really simple when it comes down to it: supply and demand.
Nintendo essentially never discounts their first-party offerings. They don’t have to. The Nintendo name means something to most people, and that’s quality. It can be easily argued that Nintendo is the greatest games publisher in existence. Sure, there have been plenty of missteps along the way, but which publisher hasn’t released a stinker here or there? Regardless, many Nintendo games just constantly stay in demand. On a number of consoles.
Nintendo is also a rarity when it comes to reselling games. If you look on eBay for Nintendo games, regardless of the system, odds are the game you look at will be selling for higher than you would have expected. I don’t know if that’s simply because there are typically less Nintendo consoles in the wild – thus games are a little harder to find. Or perhaps the consumers who purchase Nintendo games don’t frequently trade them in or try to resell them. Which makes used copies slightly more rare than usual, which in-turn makes used Nintendo games more expensive.
Nintendo games hold value over time. But that doesn’t mean they couldn’t throw us a bone here and there. Without me shelling out Gold coins of course. Games never go on sale for Nintendo. They do offer the “Nintendo Selects” brand, but there’s no rhyme or reason to it. The game simply needs to have sold well and have been on the market long enough that Nintendo feels it’s time to reduce price.
On the 3DS (in North America), only 12 titles have earned the title. One of which was a Frozen movie tie-in game. And those titles weren’t initiated into discount status until March 2016, August 2016 and February 2017. It’s the same situation on the Wii U, where only 7 games have been dubbed as Nintendo Selects. And again, those were discounted until March and August of 2016.
How Do You Fix It?
So what should Nintendo do? Honestly… nothing. Nintendo, again one of the strongest publishers in the world, doesn’t need to discount their games for you. If you’re a fan, you’re going to buy them. Time and time again. Steam, Microsoft and Sony are largely all beating to the same drum, fighting over the same consumers. Nintendo isn’t really a part of that battle. Nintendo does what Nintendo wants to, and as of right now, it’s working.
People can’t get enough Switch games. It will be quite interesting to see how something like ARMS does in terms of retail numbers. But I will say that if the Switch continues to be a strong indie port destination, Nintendo will have to work with those developers and publishers to compete on price point. They appear to have done so with Snake Pass. I don’t believe that’s discounted anywhere but Switch which is a positive sign.
But then again, Nintendo does what Nintendo wants – and it has worked pretty well over the last 34 years…


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Thrice GoI has returned Punjab’s proposal of giving Rs 2,500 per acre to small, marginal farmers even as they demand Rs 6,000 per acre
As many as 361,850 small and marginal farmers in Punjab did not receive state incentives for stubble management in the last one year due to paucity of funds.
The northern state’s request for financial stimulus to pay this incentive was turned down by the Government of India thrice since 2019, the Punjab government's Joint Secretary (Agriculture) Manmohan Kalia told Down to Earth.
Almost a third of marginal and small farmers (with up to two hectares, or five acres, of land) of the state were already reeling under the rising costs of cultivation. Now, the high costs of stubble management added to their burden.
In 2019, Punjab had announced an assistance of Rs 2,500 per acre to small-scale cultivators to stop them from burning stubble and adopt a greener management technique.
Till March 2020, less than one percent of small and marginal farmers were given the benefit. They stopped getting benefits altogether after the scheme became a bone of contention between the Centre and the state.
“The farmers are not being given the incentives because we are short of funds,” Kalia said.
In 2019, when the matter of stubble management reached the Supreme Court, Punjab had announced this cash benefit apart from providing machines. At that time, the Supreme Court had verbally asked the state government to begin this work and seek help from the Government of India.
After this, the state disbursed Rs 23 crore among 23,000 small and marginal farmers. But the programme was paused due to lack of funds.
“Did not get a single paisa”
Not a single farmer has received any incentive for stubble burning, according to Bachchitar Singh, a cultivator from Kotla Doom village in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar, who has five acres of farmland.
“In 2019, everyone had filled the forms under the scheme for this benefit,” said the farmer who is also the state president of Naujawan Sangharsh Committee, an association of 128 village members.
Many farmers had paid for the forms from their pocket, said Gurubachan Singh, a small farmer from Chibba village.
Farmers want more
Farmers impacted by extreme weather and diesel inflation are refraining from using machines like Happy Seeder on rent for stubble management in the fields. They are charged Rs 2,500 per acre every time they rent the machine.
But the machine has to be rented and run on the field at least twice for good sowing, said Bachchitar Singh. So, farmers end up spending at least Rs 5,000 per acre on hiring the Happy Seeder.
There are about 15,000 Happy Seeder and 17,000 Super Seeder machines in Punjab, according to Kalia. “The cost of agriculture has gone up and so, farmers are reducing the use of machines.”
The state is trying its best to spread awareness on the usefulness and availability of the machines, he added.
The farmers, however, said there is just one Happy Seeder for every 100 of them. They want the incentive to be increased to Rs 6,000 per acre.
A farmer driving the tractor himself has to run it across the field at least five times, using up to five litres of diesel per acre, Singh explained. “Rs 2,500 per acre is spent only on buying diesel.”
An additional Rs 2,000 per acre is needed to run the tractor, he added. “If the farmer employs labourers for stubble management, he has to dole out up to Rs 4,000 per acre.”
A cultivator will have to have to spend Rs 4,500-5,000 per acre from their own kitties anyway, said the aggrieved farmer.
We have no choice but to burn stubble in this situation, Singh said.
“Who will be able to stop the farmers of Punjab from burning stubble during the time of elections and agitation?” a senior government official said on condition of anonymity.
Stubble burning has reduced this time but the financial burden may aggravate the situation, he added.
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The first ever road which connects Chepochemutwo-Chepotarame-Koiponu river -Arukutiang – -Kruru –Yotwo in Kapenguria Constituency ,West Pokot County has successfully been opened for residents to access and connect remote far-flung areas that were inaccessible since time in immemorial.
This is a major breakthrough as the new road will ease transport thus expected to change fortunes through increased economic activities in Riwo,Kong’elai, and Chepareria remote areas.
For many years, travelling had been a nightmare for residents due to the steep hillsides that form the area’s landscape and now history was made after the road was marveled at the ‘breakthrough’.
Residents will now be able to transport their farm produce like Maize, vegetables, seeds, cattle and building materials.
The road done by the Kenya Rural Roads Authority [KERRA] will ease transportation and open up the areas hence a short cut to the Chepareria area.
A total of 350 kilometers roads have been opened to help spur development in far flung areas.
Other roads opened in the remote area include 20 kilometers Tisa Aran –Mtembur ,Akeru Munarel and Kuron and the 20 kilometers Chepsururu,Kishaune-Natelengi-Kachekai-Serewo.
Kanyarkwat,Kong’elai,Tipet road and Chepnyal,Ptoyo have been maintained.
Kapenguria Member of Parliament Samuel Moroto said the road will help Akeru Primary where it has been difficult to transport facilities, building materials and inspectors to reach the school.
“Moroto who spoke yesterday while inspecting the road reiterated that the new roads will transform the region that was marginalized for many years.
He said that residents in the area have been experiencing challenges in terms of infrastructure.
The legislator called on residents to take advantage of the new road and utilize it for it to benefit them.
The Mp called for maximum cooperation between area leaders and contractors to make sure the road is completed on time.
“We want contractors to work persistently and complete the roads on the stipulated time frame. We thank the contractor for working well,” he said.
The MP said the road will enable them to access markets and expand their farming acreage.
“This region is fertile, but we have been farming just for home consumption since we have no place to sell the surplus,” he said.
He called on the government to allocate more funds for infrastructure development in the area.
Moroto said the creation of a new road will open up the region for easy access to other areas.
“This is a new dawn for residents in Pokot residents used to rotate up to Makutano town to reach Chapareria,”he said.
A resident Mr. David Kapkamara said they have been staying in the region without a road and this has hampered the movement of people and goods.
“Many people in this region don’t even know where the county headquarter is. We had no means of transport to travel over kilometers to Chepareria,” he said.
One resident said many pregnant women miscarry while traveling.
Kerra Chairman in Kapenguria constituency Andrew Kodokwang noted that the road will contribute to basic services and general development in the area.

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It’s no secret that I love my job. I especially love teaching Shakespeare. Most of my teaching career, I have only taught Shakespeare once per year and in most cases Romeo and Juliet. However working at a performing arts school affords me with plenty of opportunity to promote the Bard. This year I have been given a Shakespeare class. I also coordinate our efforts and involvement in the Parker Shakespeare Festival. Last year I had my doubts about middle schoolers loving my man Will, but I was wrong. We increased student interest in studying more of Shakespeare’s work after our successes in the festival.
Joy Choice #4: There’s always time for Shakespeare and more Shakespeare and more Shakespeare.
I had so much work and so many projects to spend time on today. I needed my plan time to send emails, but instead, I worked on Shakespeare scenes with students. We worked on scenes from Antony and Cleopatra, Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. When it came time to return to class, I was so centered and in high spirits. It made me so happy, and the projects and work I had to do—they kept. Sometimes you just have to take a moment to do what you love and share it with a few others.
“I wish you all the joy that you can wish” (The Merchant of Venice)
What joy did you share with others today?
When I went to Children’s Church, we used to sing a song…”It’s bubblin’, it’s bubblin’, it’s bubblin’ in my soul.” I loved it. There’s just something about bubbles. I like blowing bubbles with my kids in the pool, blowing giant bubbles at the science museum, drinking my bubbles in either champagne or Diet Coke, eating the bubbly part of the pizza crust. I love bubbles.
I especially love bubble baths. (Joy Choice #4) I took a long one tonight. #ichoosejoy
I have a busy schedule for the next few months. I could document it here, but I will spare you the details. This is common practice for me. I like to be busy. A good friend of mine often reminds me, “Busy people do.” And I certainly do.
I rarely take time to actually watch a television show in real time. The year before Madeleine was born, my husband gifted me with TIVO, and we have never stopped storing an exorbitant amount of television in its cache. (Seriously, we will never be able to watch it all.) Lately I’ve been catching up on shows using subscription services like Netflix and Hulu, but tonight I watched a show while it was on–commercials and all.
Joy Choice #3: I stopped to watch This Is Us. I never do this. I catch up on weekends and ball my eyes out while my husband occupies himself with football. Not tonight. Tonight I made time, set aside my work, and watched the entire program through bleary eyes while it was broadcast. (Oh Big Three, why do you do this to me?!?). Bleary eyes? How does this connect with joy? It’s this simple:
Stories bring me joy.
Stories are exactly why I spend my days doing what I do. It’s why I read. It’s why I teach Shakespeare, Dickens, Homer, Harper Lee. It’s why I passionately share these stories with my students. It’s why I spend ten minutes a day listening to my students share some of theirs. It’s why I ask my children to recount their days over dinner, and it’s why I’m writing this tonight before turning in, snuggled under cotton sheets with my Kindle in my hands. I love stories. It brings me such happiness to watch/listen/read stories. There’s such joy in every one.

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Instead of thinking about the total carbs you're eating, assess what those carbs provide to you. Do the majority of your carbs come from fruit and vegetables, with a payload of fiber and disease-fighting antioxidants? Fantastic. Or are you consuming them in the form of added sugars (cookies, candy, soda) or refined flour? If you are, you know what to do.
¢ Keto "Flu": Your body isn't accustomed to using ketones on the regular, so when you make the switch, you tend to feel unwell. The keto diet also influences electrolyte balance, resulting in brain fog, headaches, nausea and fatigue. Keto dieters also consistently complain about getting bad-smelling breath, sweat and pee as a result of the by-product of fat metabolism (acetone) seeping out. Thankfully, this effect is just temporary, so just know you won't have to spend your life smelling rank.
For a period of 3-4 days up to 2 weeks, you will be eating the minimal amount of carbohydrates and sugar (20 grams net carbs maximum per day). After this you may be able to add in small amounts of net carbs if your body can handle it, but probably not more than 50 net carbs total per day. This is tricky, because some people can't handle more than the 20 net carbs even after they have adjusted to ketosis. Others can handle 50 net carbs and easily stay in ketosis. If you feel fine at 20 net carbs and it doesn't bother you, than there's no reason to make any changes. You can test your ketosis by how you feel, or by actually testing - which is discussed in section 3.
In order to transition and remain in ketosis, aiming for about 30“50 net grams is typically the recommended amount of total carbs to start with. This is considered a more moderate or flexible approach but can be less overwhelming to begin with. Once you're more accustomed to œeating keto, you can choose to lower carbs even more if you'd like (perhaps only from time to time), down to about 20 grams of net carbs daily. This is considered the standard, œstrict amount that many keto dieters aim to adhere to for best results, but remember that everyone is a bit different.
œThese past 60 days have changed my life. I found out about it from a friend on Facebook and never looked back¦. It has quickly become my lifestyle and it's definitely one of those fad diets you find everywhere. Aside from weight loss, I've gained a confidence that I never knew I had inside. My relationship with my husband and family has improved exponentially. When my body reached ketosis, my life changed along with my pant size!!! Keto Fit Diet for the win!
There are reasons a strange diet like this has stuck around since the 1920's. A diet like keto that is low in sugar lowers blood glucose and insulin levels has several positive effects on the body, especially in overweight or obese people. The ketogenic diet gives your body the chance to re-adjust its glucose and insulin levels. In addition, there are health benefits that will enhance daily life, as well as help treat disease. Check out these benefits of the ketogenic diet:
The end result is staying fueled off of circulating high ketones (which are also sometimes called ketone bodies) ” which is what's responsible for altering your metabolism in a way that some people like to say turns you into a œfat-burning machine. Both in terms of how it feels physically and mentally, along with the impact it has on the body, being in ketosis is a very different than a œglycolytic state, where blood glucose (sugar) serves as the body's energy source.
The ketogenic diet ” a high-fat and very low-carb eating plan ” can be tough to start. After all, it's likely a radical departure from the way you're eating now (a typical standard American diet is high in carbohydrates and processed foods). But many people are trying the keto diet, which puts your body in a state of ketosis. That's what happens when your body's carb-burning switch flips to a fat-burning one, a change that can cause weight loss and has even been credited with controlling diabetes. (1)
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Dequindre Cut Shadows Oil on linen/panel, 2010, 5"x7"
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Today's daily painting is a view of the Dequindre Cut rail bed in Eastern Market. As I was exploring this area I met Johnny, one of three homeless men living under these overpasses. It is hard to see our brothers living in these conditions, a reminder that it is still very hard times for many in this country.

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Thanks Stephanie for putting up this challenge. It’s good to sit and think about all the wonderful moments one experiences during the day and for one week, Steph has challenged us to record them here, all in one post. I don’t know how to do that without duplicating the post as a new entry so it’ll be interesting but anyway, here goes.
October 27, 2007
We went to a local farm, The Goat Lady Dairy, where they were having their annual open house. It’s free to the public and since we’ve recently gotten interested in the world around us off we went to explore the farm. It was magical! On the way there, the boys were having a conversation with each other about how our town was once a small village. Iain was explaining to Ryan that at one time, people didn’t have toilets, electricity, grocery stores, etc and Ryan was really interested in what Iain had to say. They were sharing ideas of what they believed life may have been like and then they asked us for our opinions and knowledge. It was a remarkable car ride out to the farm.
At the farm, the boys ran from place to place, admiring goats, “Look, Momma! That one is smiling!”, cows, pigs. Chasing chickens. Feeding the goats kids. Looking at the beautiful vegetables being grown by these local farmers. It was awesome to see the excitement and wonder on their faces when they were presented with all these different things and it warmed my heart so to be there with them. Now we all want to live on a farm and we had a lot of fun imagining the animals we would have there.
These were two of my moments from today. I’m sure there were many more but these were the ones that stuck out to me. This challenge is fun!

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Numerical modeling of glacier flow
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Glacier ice is generally treated as an incompressible, heat-conducting non-Newtonian fluid. The viscosity of ice depends on temperature and on the state of deformation.
In the case of Storglaciären, however, the influence of temperature-dependent viscosity on the general flow field of the glacier is small. With COMSOL Multiphysics, it is relatively easy to verify that neglecting this temperature-dependence is justified.