Physical editions of several popular Switch games appear to be sold out at present, and fans are wondering if a Nintendo Selects-style repackaging of these titles could be imminent ahead of release. rumor about the successor of Switch.
Nintendeal, a Twitter account dedicated to highlighting sales and deals on Nintendo games and products, began noticing that some of Nintendo’s first-party games were out of stock at several retailers. After Nintendeals highlighted games like Paper Mario: The King of Origami has Metroid TerrorDiscord user AShadowLink (thanks to Neoxon for Reset era) was able to compile a list of affected games that appear to no longer be available at stores like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and GameStop, although the availability of each game varies. You can check the status of each game with multiple retailers at Deku Deals.
- Paper Mario: The King of Origami
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Frost
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (2019)
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe
- Metroid Terror
- Kirby Star Allies
- Xenoblade 2 Chronicles
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Fire Emblem: Get involved
- Yoshi’s Crafted World
- WarioWare: Get it together!
- Sports on Nintendo Switch
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Splatoon 2
- Super Mario Maker 2
- Mario Strikers: Battle League
As you can see, some heavy hitters are involved here, like Super Mario Odyssey. One of the most surprising is Fire Emblem: Get involvedwhich was only launched last year.
So should you panic buying these games? Are they about to become collectibles due to an artificial scarcity system? As ResetEra and Nintendeals users have pointed out, it may not be as bad as Nintendo. I’m getting ready to re-release them with new SKUsperhaps with branding that makes it clear they will be playable on both the Switch and the presumed successor.
If you’ve ever seen a “Greatest Hits” or “Nintendo Selects” banner on a game in a store, these are marked differently in a retailer’s system and may even have completely different barcodes to scan at the time. box. As stores phase out old copies, they are often removed from shelves, and this is also the case for online stores. While you probably don’t need to panic about these games disappearing anytime soon, they could soon have some very ugly branding, so if you want better cover art, be on the lookout for pristine copies in the store local games of your choice. .
We’ve reached out to Nintendo for comment and will update this story if we receive a response.
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