Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
$40 (was $60)
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership
$36.50 (was $60) | Region-free import
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If you’re looking to fill the gaps in your collection of Nintendo Switch exclusives, you should check out the assortment of game deals at Walmart, Amazon, and Best Buy this week. Each retailer is offering discounts on several Super Mario games, including traditional platformers, role-playing games, and arcade sports titles. A handful of Nintendo Switch games outside of the Super Mario umbrella, including Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Emio – The Smiling Man, are featured in the sales, too.
Multiple games on the list below can be purchased for lower prices if you opt for an international edition from the UK or other regions. The Switch and Switch 2 are region-free consoles, so the only tangible difference a lot of the time is the ratings board logo on the cover. The one key thing to keep in mind is that DLC from the eShop must match the game’s region, so if you bought a UK edition of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you’d need to use the UK eShop if you wanted the Fighters Pass.
Video Game Deals: Nintendo Switch ExclusivesEmio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective ClubBest Buy — $40 ($50)Amazon (Import) — $45 ($50)The Legend of Zelda: Link’s AwakeningBest Buy — $40 ($60)Mario & Luigi: BrothershipAmazon (Import) — $36.50 ($60)Walmart (Import) — $40 ($60)Best Buy — $40 ($60)Mario Strikers: Battle LeagueWalmart — $40 ($60)Best Buy — $40 ($60)Walmart (Digital) — $45 ($60)Nintendo World Championships: NES EditionDeluxe Set — $40 ($60)Game only (Import) — $19.85 ($30)Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Best Buy — $40 ($60)Walmart — $40 ($60)Amazon — $40 ($60)Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s FuryWalmart (Digital) — $40 ($60)Super Mario Maker 2
Best Buy — $40 ($60)Walmart — $42 ($60)Super Mario RPGAmazon (Import) — $36.50 ($60)Walmart — $40 ($60)Amazon — $40 ($60)Yoshi’s Crafted World
Walmart — $40 ($60)Best Buy — $40 ($60)
Turn-based RPG fans can save at least $20 on the Switch remakes of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Mario RPG. The Thousand-Year Door is a beautiful and thoroughly faithful enhanced version of the 2003 GameCube classic. Amazon and Walmart are sold out of the $40 deal, but Best Buy still has copies for $40.
Super Mario RPG for Nintendo Switch
$36.50 (was $60) | Region-free import
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Many Mario fans view The Thousand-Year Door as the pinnacle of Mario role-playing games. Its main competition for the crown is Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the 1996 SNES classic that was remade for Nintendo Switch in 2023. This is one of those deals that’s even better if you don’t mind picking up an international edition. The imported edition of Super Mario RPG is $36.50 at Amazon, whereas the US release is $40 at Amazon and Walmart. North American edition for $40, while the imported edition is $36.50.
Just like Mario RPG, an international copy of Mario & Luigi: Brothership is $36.50 at Amazon, and the US edition is $40 at Best Buy. Brothership has some rather unfortunate performance issues on original Switch hardware. If you own a Switch 2, however, the game runs noticeably smoother despite not receiving an official Switch 2 update. The roughly 40-hour adventure has some pacing issues and clunky design choices, but it’s still an enjoyable game. For transparency, I stopped playing it at launch due to the performance issues, but I liked it quite a bit when I gave it another try on Switch 2.
Best Buy is the only retailer with deals on Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition – Deluxe Set, Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club. The Deluxe Set of Nintendo World Championships is bundled with a replica NES cartridge, a collection of art cards featuring cover art from the 8-bit era, and a set of enamel pins with pixel art.
For more Nintendo collectibles, check out our roundup on the discounted Legend of Zelda and Street Fighter 6 Amiibo figures. All seven figures that launched the same day as the Switch 2 console are on sale for $20.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Amiibo
$16 (was $30)
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Street Fighter 6 – Nintendo Switch 2 Amiibo
$16 (was $40)
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On the Mario side of Amiibo, fans can get the Koopa Troopa and Goomba figures directly from Amazon for $16 each. Nintendo recently raised the MSRP of pre-Switch 2 Amiibo to $20, so you’re saving 20% on each. These figures launched way back in 2017. Prior to this year, Amazon had been sold out of both figures since 2018.
Goomba: Super Mario Amiibo Series $16 | MSRP is $20
The Goomba Amiibo launched October 6, 2017, the same day as Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions for Nintendo 3DS. Other Super Mario role-playing games have supported Amiibo figures, but Goomba and Koopa Troopa are the only characters to release with a Mario RPG.
In Bowser’s Minions, the figure unlocks Gold Goomba as well as several stamp sheets. Several other Nintendo 3DS games can read the Goomba Amiibo. Most notably, if you scan the figure while playing WarioWare Gold, Wario will draw a hilariously terrible Goomba picture.
Goomba also has unique functionality in a handful of Nintendo Switch games, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, Super Mario Party, and Bayonetta 2. In Super Mario Party, you’ll get an exclusive shiny Goomba sticker.
See at Amazon Koopa Troopa: Super Mario Amiibo Series $16 | MSRP is $20
Koopa Troopa joined the Super Mario Amiibo series the same day as Goomba, so this figure has similar read/write functionality with Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions. Players can unlock Gold Koopa Troopa and themed stamp sheets for Bowser’s Minions and the mainline story mode. Koopa Troopa is compatible with several other Mario games for 3DS. And yes, in case you were wondering, Wario is bad at drawing Koopa Troopa, too.
On Switch, Koopa Troopa functions similarly to Goomba in Smash Bros. Ultimate, Bowser’s Fury, Bayonetta 2, and Super Mario Party. You’ll unlock the Koopa Troopa Spirit in Smash Bros., but since a shiny Koopa sticker doesn’t exist in Super Mario Party, it unlocks the Goomba sticker (if you don’t already have it).
Koopa Troopa also unlocks exclusive costumes in two additional games: Conga Master Party and Yoshi’s Crafted World.
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