Bargain Brawl: Preorder for $19.82! [update 2]

Posted Jan 11th 2008 9:45AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Sales

You'll be kicking yourself for months if you don't rush over to Wal-Mart's online store right now to put in your Super Smash Bros Brawl preorder before someone at the giant retailer wises up and updates the listing. At $19.82, this is likely the lowest you'll see this game priced for the next couple of years, so you would be a fool to not immediately pounce on this. And you know how we feel about fools -- we have no pity for them. None!

Here's a protip for those of you who missed out on this reservation deal because you didn't hear about it until much later in the day: read Wii Fanboy more often.

Update: Sale's over, kids! We hope you took advantage of this while it lasted!

Update 2: Wal-Mart has canceled all preorders. :'o(

[Thanks, John, Keith, and Mario!]

Tags: preorder, smash-bros-brawl, ssbb, wal-mart, walmart

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

1-11-2008 @ 9:55AM

Chaunches said...

awesome

1-11-2008 @ 9:56AM

dweebo said...

woohoo, i got mine!

1-11-2008 @ 9:59AM

sly said...

Got mine! $23.18. Sweeeeeeeeeeet!

1-11-2008 @ 9:59AM

Co said...

Got mines own.

1-11-2008 @ 10:00AM

Crafty said...

THANK YOU WII FANBOY!

1-11-2008 @ 10:01AM

Luke said...

WTF!? I bet this is a fluke.

1-11-2008 @ 10:48AM

troy said...

yeah but they still have to honor the price! yay!

1-11-2008 @ 10:01AM

Snogrog said...

GOT IT. Now I can only hope they don't screw us when they realize their mistake.

1-11-2008 @ 10:43AM

wiiwii said...

How would they be screwing you when you know very well the game is worth more than that yet you take advantage of there price mistake. If they fix it and make you pay the difference before it's shipped I say that's more than fair.

1-11-2008 @ 10:01AM

MountainLionLink said...

Meh, I pre-ordered my copy back over the summer. Plus you would have to actually go to Wal-Mart.com, and who wants to do that horrible action?

1-11-2008 @ 10:44AM

sly said...

I almost didn't do it for that exact reason

1-11-2008 @ 12:43PM

vidGuy said...

Mine's shipping to my home address.

1-11-2008 @ 12:43PM

vidGuy said...

Mine's shipping to my home address.

1-11-2008 @ 10:01AM

Snogrog said...

GOT IT. Now I can only hope they don't screw us when they realize their mistake.

1-11-2008 @ 10:03AM

Chachi said...

thank you so much wii fanboy! $23.18!!!

1-11-2008 @ 10:04AM

Chachi said...

you're the best wii fanboy! THANKS!

1-11-2008 @ 10:04AM

Chachi said...

my bad, i thought my first comment didn't work

1-11-2008 @ 10:06AM

Vogna said...

I got mine

1-11-2008 @ 10:10AM

eppyjerk said...

Oh yeah!

1-11-2008 @ 10:11AM

punkjediguy said...

You are amazing. Thanks for the tip.
I'm pretty sure Wal-mart will honor the price even if they did make a mistake. On the other hand, this may not be a mistake as Wal-mart has made an odd deal with Nintendo before. See Chibi Robo Park Patrol:

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2007/08/08/chibi-robo-retail-presence-rolled-back/

1-11-2008 @ 10:13AM

jfanny88 said...

Thanks so much!

1-11-2008 @ 10:13AM

bransman said...

Just got it. Freaking awesome...Thanx NWF.

1-11-2008 @ 10:16AM

Antonio said...

This is a great deal, but I'm not sure I want to wait the extra few days for it to ship. Yep, I'm that nerdy

1-11-2008 @ 10:16AM

iconmaster said...

Got mine! Awesome catch!

1-11-2008 @ 10:17AM

Halamar said...

Thanks guys! This is an awesome tip! @MoutainLionLink - Well, normally I wouldn't go through them, but for a chance to save over half of the normal games price, I'll take this as a birthday treat.

1-11-2008 @ 10:17AM

Hunting_phoenix said...

This was on CAG way before here. My bet is the people who sent this in found out via CAG somehow.

1-11-2008 @ 10:19AM

b said...

cheap wii fighting ftw! i love this website =)

1-11-2008 @ 10:20AM

Eric said...

HOLY CRAP! Thanks WiiFanboy. I was on the fence about picking it up until I saw this!

Beautiful.

1-11-2008 @ 10:20AM

JS Canuck said...

Hey, I live in Canada anyone want to help me out here with buying this. I'll provide payment... pluh eeeeees!

email me at jorge[dawt]saban [at] rpfl[dawt]com

1-11-2008 @ 10:23AM

the real mii said...

i am in canada also, but i don't believe they will ship outside of the US.

1-11-2008 @ 10:23AM

LordCainX said...

Thanks Wii Fanboy! This was a great find, and right before I was planning on going to reserve at a store.

1-11-2008 @ 10:25AM

snu183 said...

w00t, ordered the game 8-). though i hope gamestop isnt goin to have some sorta crazy preorder deal (but i already have mine preordered there also), but if all goes south i can always ebay this bad boy for $30. ps if u have spare money i would buy a couple copies for ebay ;-)

-d

1-11-2008 @ 10:30AM

icr2d2 said...

they wont ship to Canada hence my request. I have a buddy who is in the states right now so I can have it shipped there. But then there's the issue of payment. Anyone wanna help a fellow Wii gamer. Think about it, if you're ever in canada you have a place to stay... Heh Heh Heh. :)

1-11-2008 @ 10:32AM

Jonathan Tran said...

Okay, I ordered 3 copies, thanks for making me $60+ in profit, NWFB!!!!

1-11-2008 @ 10:32AM

icr2d2 said...

They wont ship to canada hence the request for help. I can have it shipped my my buddies house (visiting the US for the next two months) but I need help with payment. Also, if you are ever in Toronto, Canada you have a place to crash.. Heh Heh Heh. Or, I can buy the game of anyone for $25 US. :)

1-11-2008 @ 10:33AM

Spike DT said...

It is an awesome deal, but my problem here is the shipping time. I selected overnight shipping (still under $33), but it said it wouldn't arrive until maybe Friday, 2/15...why does Wal-mart need 3 days of processing time in addition to not being able to guarantee overnight shipping? If you don't mind the wait, its a fantastic deal though.

1-11-2008 @ 10:35AM

Shad0wguy said...

While I'd love to save the money, I don't know if I can wait the 3-5 days for it to arrive because of shipping. The game ships on 2/10. While your waiting for yours to arrive I'll be playing my copy non-stop.

1-11-2008 @ 12:07PM

vidGuy said...

And I'll have spent less than half of what you did. Time value of money man.

1-11-2008 @ 10:37AM

Adam Danielson said...

still working as of 10:37 Eastern time. Just got mine for $17 and change with a $5 gift card.

1-11-2008 @ 10:40AM

Justin said...

Not working now 10:39 am missed it crap.

1-11-2008 @ 10:41AM

Bret said...

great thing about this, if the wife gets pissed at me for buying it, i can trade it in at gamestop or sell it on the ebay and make a profit, its a win-win.

1-11-2008 @ 10:41AM

Justin said...

10:47 down crap i missed it.

1-11-2008 @ 10:42AM

Don Day said...

Awesome find. Thanks NWFB! I just hope that they don't try to charge us extra after the fact.

1-11-2008 @ 10:44AM

Don Day said...

Awesome find. Thanks NWFB! I just hope that they don't try to charge us extra after the fact.

1-11-2008 @ 10:45AM

Patrick said...

I just subscribed to the Nintendo Wii Fanboy feed and this is the first article I got. Talk about awesome. I ordered my copy not 10 minutes ago. Thanks NWF (not to be confused with NWA).

1-11-2008 @ 10:45AM

Dash said...

Too bad Wal Mart doesn't does international delivery.

Hope other stores make the mistake too.

1-11-2008 @ 10:46AM

Pixelbotgo said...

WHYYY???

Why wont you ship to canada???

1-11-2008 @ 10:53AM

Cyan09 said...

Thank you for this awesome find! As a poor college student, this is definitely worth waiting a few days to save $30. Now I can buy Brawl AND a couple of cases of beer, fun times will be had by all!

1-11-2008 @ 11:01AM

troy said...

don't expect it to be like this in a few days, mate.

1-11-2008 @ 11:06AM

Cyan09 said...

What I meant was waiting a few days after the game releases due to shipping. I already ordered mine @ $20 and I'm reasonably sure Wal-Mart will honor the pre-order price even after they realize this mistake, if that's what it is.

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