‘Try Before You Buy’ eShop Sale Offers Biggest Discount Yet On Metroid Dread (North America)

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Update: Just to remind you, Nintendo’s ‘Try Before You Buy’ sale is coming to an end very soon. You have until the 25th October – that’s this upcoming Tuesday – to grab any deals that take your fancy. Find sale highlights and links to discounted eShop credit vouchers at our store in our original article below.

Original Article: Nintendo is offering a rather tasty discount on multiple eShop games this October. Between now and 25th October at 11:59pm PT, you can make savings on the best eShop games that have downloadable demos! So, if you grab a demo and really like it, you’re not spending quite as many pennies. Or cents, we suppose!

And yes, you’re not misreading the headline — this is the lowest price we’ve seen for last year’s outstanding Metroid Dread. The game is currently 30% off on the NA eShop alongside a couple of other demo games such as Daemon X Machina, Miitopia, Yoshi’s Crafted World, and Triangle Strategy — just to cherry pick a few.

With this and Ubisoft’s Spooky Sale, there’s a healthy dose of Switch games on sale for the haunted season. Here are Nintendo’s picks:

Don’t have time to try every single demo out to find your next bargain purchase? Well, we’ve got a handy list of the best demos on the eShop that we think you should give a whirl:

Aaaand if you want to save a little bit more money, then you can grab one of our eShop cards and get 10% off! Just use the code NLIFE10 at the checkout to get some money off of your eShop credit:

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Don’t forget, the sale ends on 25th October at 11:59pm PT. Hop on over to the NA eShop now and tell us what you’re thinking of picking up!