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Earlier this week, we informed you lovely readers that House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return was super cheap at Circuit City. Now Amazon also has the game listed at the irresistible price of $19.99. We really don't mean to keep shoving this game down your throats, but how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat? Yet, if you didn't buy House of the Dead earlier, there's probably nothing that would motivate you to get it now except an even bigger price drop.

It's also worth noting that Amazon's "Deal of the Day" is the Wii messenger bag pictured above. If you geekified hipster types were looking for a way to lug around your Wii, this bag for $19.99 isn't too bad of a deal. But, to be honest, there are probably better means that you can use to transport your console. That's just our opinion, though. What do the rest of you Wii aficionados think?



[Via CAG]

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According to Wiiz, Sega has officially dropped the European MSRP of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams to €30. We haven't found the statement from Sega, but Amazon.fr reflects this price. The UK price has also fallen to around £30, but, of course, while these amounts look the same, they represent different costs. To put it bluntly, the price is still way out of hand for the UK. A Freeloader and an American copy of NiGHTS would come out to the same price, plus you'd have a Freeloader.

This follows a similar price drop last week in the U.S. So even though the prices are still different across regions, they're all lower within those regions than they were before.

We don't really understand Amazon's price drops. Why do the prices for some games drop? And how long do such drops last? Yet, that doesn't mean we don't love them -- especially when it comes to getting one of the best games on the Wii cheaply.

Now at Amazon (until when?) you can get No More Heroes for $39.99. That's the best deal we've seen on the game so far, and in our expert blogger opinions, it's worth every penny.

Another price drop to note is House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, which fell $5, meaning that the game will only cost you $24.99. Unfortunately, this price puts it just under Amazon's free shipping qualification by a penny, which sours the deal a little bit. Also, we can't imagine that a price drop so early in the game's life cycle could mean good things for how the it's selling, even if the sale is only on Amazon.

As far as we can tell, the price drops on Amazon fluctuate as a game goes in and out of stock. So, if you check these out and one of the deals is over, it might be worth looking again at a later date.





[Thanks, Sorensilk!]

Read: No More Heroes on Amazon
Read: House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return on Amazon

Bomberman Land just became a better deal (in the future) than it was going to be. Gamestop's preorder listing for the game once had it priced at $49.99, but dropped it this week to $29.99. We love when this happens -- by dropping the price before the January 29th release, we're spared the trouble of waiting for the price drop.

Pricing Bomberman Land at a near-budget price point is smart, because at that price, it'll attract people just interested in a nice multiplayer Bomberman game as well as those after the full experience. Of course, Bomberman Land on the Wii faces tough competition -- from its own predecessor, the excellent, cheap, downloadable Bomberman '93.

Well, the top of the Wii Racing/Flying section of the Amazon charts, anyway. Well, #2. So, really, the part about "the top of the charts" is misleading. It's on the top area of some charts. But it's Cruis'n. This is the only measure of success it'll ever see. Let Cruis'n have its day. How did Midway achieve this minor miracle? Simple! They dropped the price by 50% to $14.99. That's the only conceivable way to get this game sold at all. At that price, we're even kind of considering picking up a copy.

... And we just stopped considering it. But hey, if you need $15 worth of stuff to qualify for free ship'n, this is an option. Or you could wait for the price to drop some more. Oh, by the way, some other games are on sale too, including Trauma Center: New Blood and Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. But those aren't quite as hilarious. Paper Mario 2 for $10 isn't bad, though!

[UPDATE: Okay, Cruis'n is no longer on sale (why?) but all the other Wii stuff that you may actually care about for real is.]