I was seriously thinking about getting a Wii U, boredom and wanting to catch up with some Zelda/Mario games since I've really not played either since N64 era. Are the major games, Mario/Zelda games cheap anywhere at any point or do they always retain their value and so while the console is cheap the games aren't even if you're going back to 3-4 year old games?
Is there some trove of cheap second hand Nintendo games just at a store I don't know about or are Nintendo games just very expensive, their own e-store from a quick glance looks poorly priced except for stupidly old games like Mario bros 2/3 for $5 a piece.
From a quick look around some random game stores and Amazon, Windwaker HD/Skyward Sword are absurdly expensive, £57 new, £40+ used and barely available anywhere. Mario Galaxy 1/2 are still £18 new and out of stock everywhere I checked used though used costs being the same price anyway. Mario 3d World is £40 new despite being over a year old and used game price is £30+ and not in stock anywhere except Amazon(used copies not in stock).
I'm used to PC pricing in particular but PS4 a bit and in both you expect older games to be pretty easy to find and the price to tank, with both download and retail versions of games on sale pretty frequently when still pretty new. Is Nintendo living in it's own little bubble where none of that applies and games are just expensive, then stay expensive, then seemingly disappear?
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