Lady Lilith Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-will-give-you-a-free-wii-u-game-if-you-buy-mario-kart-8/1100-6419314/ Update: Hold up! Wii U owners in North America don't get to pick from one of 10 free games: they can only choose from four. The titles on offer in the US are New Super Mario Bros. U, Pikmin 3, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, and Wii Party U. European customers, however, get to choose one game from the list of ten below when they purchase a copy of Mario Kart 8. Original story: Nintendo really wants everyone to buy a copy of Mario Kart 8, so they're going to sweeten the deal: register a copy of Mario Kart 8 and you'll get a free Wii U game. There's 10 to choose from as part of the impressive promotion, with some obvious winners (Wind Waker HD) and losers (Sonic Lost World) in the list: Nintendo Land New Super Mario Bros. U Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Game & Wario Pikmin 3 The Wonderful 101 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Sonic Lost World Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Wii Party U Copies of Mario Kart 8 have to be registered on Club Nintendo before July 31 in order to be eligible for the free Wii U game, and the deal is also valid for customers who pick up the Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle or purchase the game digitally through the eShop. Nintendo also announced today that it is actually possible to destroy the blue shell in Mario Kart 8 before it hits you. Thank heavens. You'll also be able to upload your own footage from the game directly to YouTube, which is something even the PS4 can't do right now. Mario Kart 8 will be released for Wii U on May 30. North America getting screwed again (the obvious VC thing and the SMB Deluxe promotion we never even got), this is pretty cool. If only they were physical versions instead of digital...Oh well, I'd still take Pikmin 3 for free. They must really be banking on Mario Kart 8 being a system seller with this promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FluffyAssassin64 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) Yep, top job from Nintendo, that's what they need right now. I'm actually seriously considering this offer at the moment haha. I'd go Wind Waker HD or Pikmin 3 in a heartbeat Edited May 1, 2014 by FluffyAssassin64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExHaseo Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 That sucks that NA only gets to choose from four, but at least they're mostly good games, and at least we still get a free game. This promo even works with the system bundle. Wouldn't surprise me if they do a similar promo when Smash comes out. Makes me wish I had waited to get a Wii U lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheIncinerator1 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Not bad, would've been nice if the whole choose from 10 games deal was for everybody, but it's cool, can't complain about free stuff. Looking at either SMBU or Pikmin 3 with that MK8 copy when it's out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSNP is crap i left Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I REALLY want to get a Wii U but im still unsure if i should get one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowIPendragon Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 (edited) Its not so bad for us North Americans. A lot of the omitted games on our list are pretty cheap already. Wonderful 101 , Monster Hunter 3 and Nintendo Land have been discounted to around $22 on Amazon. But I guess it does suck for those who already have those games. I REALLY want to get a Wii U but im still unsure if i should get one I want one very badly too. But I would suggest waiting for E3 or even the Holiday season to come around. Its really likely that they'll either knock it down another few bucks, release a slim model or maybe even one with an actual HDD Edited May 3, 2014 by rsoto1125 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonofifa Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I would buy a wii u for the only good nintendo franchise mari kart, but I can still play the wii version, the game hasn't changed that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka-Pi96 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Great deal, I recently preordered because of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balotelli_boy45 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 no1 gives a shit about nintendo just sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgedoors Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I'll take pikmin and sell my hard copy on amazon for mucho money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 no1 gives a shit about nintendo just sayin Yeah we do, just sayin. If you don't care about Nintendo how about you don't post in a thread dedicated to a Nintendo game, just sayin. Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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