Physical cards are nothing more than second-hand transactions and cartridge rentals
If you want to say convenient + cost-effective, the optimal solution is actually to buy a digital game of switch through the low price area + discount + gold coin deduction
1. How much cheaper can games in the low-price area be? Taking the classic game "Stardew Valley" as an example, the lowest price in Mexico is only 50 yuan, which is 43% cheaper than the Japanese general selling for 88 yuan, and 45 yuan cheaper than the United States, nearly 1 times.
"Stardew Valley" sells for 50 yuan in Mexico and 95 yuan in the United States In addition, taking "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" as an example, the price of the game also has a huge difference between Japan and the United States. It sells for 450 yuan in Japan and only 380 yuan in the United States, which is 70 yuan cheaper than Japan.
If you take the price of the game in Japan and the United States as the average selling price, then the price of the game in the entire eShop low-price area is generally 10-70 yuan cheaper than the average selling price
2. How do I know which zone the game is cheapest and how much is it? If you are browsing the web on a computer, you can use a website called eshop-prices, which shows the current prices of all games in each country in the form of a table, and is color-coded, which looks more intuitive.
If you use it on a mobile phone, you can use a WeChat mini program called "Jump", which displays the lowest price, lowest price country, rating, and discount information of the game
WeChat scan the code to open the mini program 3. Which areas are the cheapest games? Copying the table data of "eshop-prices" for statistics, it can be found that the United States/Canada, Japan, Mexico, and Norway account for the largest number of low-priced games, totaling more than 90%. South Africa, which has often been discussed by netizens before, actually only accounts for about 3% of low-priced games.
Canada/United States, Japan, Norway, and Mexico are the four regions with the most low-priced games In addition, because of the fluctuating exchange rate, sometimes there are many low-priced games in Canada, and sometimes there are many low-priced games in the United States, but because there is no duty-free zone in Canada, you have to pay at least 5% tax when buying games, so it is recommended to choose the United States instead of Canada when registering an account
4. How strong is the discount? How do I know which games are on sale? Paying attention to discounts is another important money-saving trick, and now the discount list on the eShop is now often occupied by 30-40 games, most of which are discounted by 20% to 50%, and sometimes by as much as 70%. It can be seen that Nintendo is deliberately learning the marketing method of Steam in this generation of game consoles
You can also use the mini program "Jump" to chop G Fat with your left hand and Datsuji with your right hand to check discount information. It allows you to see which games are on sale, how much they are discounted, and when they expire in all regions. Also, if you add a game to your wishlist, you will be notified of a discount if the game in your wishlist is discounted.
There are more and more discounted games 5. How to buy digital games in eShop? There are currently 3 ways to purchase digital games on eShop, namely "credit card", "eshop recharge card" and "PayPal"
1. Credit cards:
Currently, eShop only supports two credit cards: VISA and MasterCard. It should be noted that eShop does not currently support UnionPay or JCB.
At present, eshop only supports VISA and MasterCard, as long as you choose credit card settlement when paying, fill in the credit card information correctly in the interface, you can use your credit card to purchase eshop games. When you use your credit card to purchase games again, you don't need to fill in your credit card information twice, which is very convenient.
| It should be noted that:
- Avoid tax deductions. If the account is a US account, then when choosing a region, be sure to choose a tax-free state, such as Oregon with a zip of 97219. If you want to change it, click on the avatar in the upper right corner of the eshop and select Change in the locatio {filter}n settings
- Avoid balances. When using a credit card, it is better to choose to pay directly rather than topping up, as top-ups may create a balance. Except for the day zone, as long as you have a balance in your account, you cannot switch regions. If you switch from a day zone to another region, all balances in your account will be cleared.
2. eShop recharge card:
The eShop point card is similar to Apple's giftcard, which is a recharge card specially recharged for Nintendo accounts, and there are many purchase channels, usually Taobao. In addition to Taobao, there are also many websites that specialize in selling recharge cards. This method is suitable for those who do not have a VISA or MasterCard credit card. In addition, it will be slightly cheaper to buy games with an eShop Card, on the one hand because sellers will increase eShop Card sales by making profits, and on the other hand, because of exchange rate fluctuations.
eshop card is the cheapest payment method After buying an eshop card, enter the store and click on the last item in the left column, enter the number, and confirm that the recharge is successful. In addition, you can also recharge in the payment method selection interface
Overall, eshop is still very convenient| It should be noted that:
- Avoid black cards. On Taobao, there are sometimes eshop recharge cards purchased by stolen credit cards, and the use of such recharge cards will lead to a great risk of account blocking. Therefore, when choosing an eshop recharge card, you must carefully discern and do not be greedy for temporary cheapness
- Choose the right country. Different countries only support the corresponding eshop recharge card, and there is no way to recharge the recharge card of the Japanese server to the United States
- It is not possible to change zones. Basically, after purchasing a game with a recharge card, a balance will be generated. Except for the day zone, if there is a balance in the account in other regions, it is not possible to switch regions. Therefore, non-day zone accounts that have used recharge cards basically say goodbye to switching regions.
3.PayPal:
PayPal is similar to Alipay, the biggest advantage is that it can be directly bound to the UnionPay card for payment, and now PayPal fully supports Chinese, registering and adding bank cards is much more convenient than the original, suitable for players who do not have a VISA/MasterCard credit card and find it troublesome to buy an eshop recharge card
| In particular, it is important to note that:
Avoid high exchange rates. PayPal's default exchange rate conversion is very uncost-effective, about 5% higher than the normal exchange rate, so to use Palpal to pay, you must perform corresponding operations on the PayPal official website to exchange back to the normal exchange rate.
How to do it:
I. Log in to PayPal, open this link, and click "Exchange Options"
Click "Exchange Options" II. Select the second item - "Use the currency listed by the seller on the bill to me" and submit
After clicking on "Use the currency listed by the seller on the bill to me", you can pay for the game using the normal exchange rate.
It is also important to note that PayPal is not supported in South Africa
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Comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of various payment methods:
6. How to switch the region of eShop? 1. Set up multiple accounts, one account and one region
In other words, multiple users are created on the switch, and each user is associated with a different Nintendo account, and these Nintendo accounts belong to different regions
The advantage of this method is that it is more convenient, because there is no need to switch regions back and forth, and if you want to change regions, you only need to switch different accounts on the switch, and it is recommended to register accounts in the United States, Japan, Mexico, and Norway, which can cover more than 90% of the lowest-priced games
2. Set up an account and change the region of your account on the Nintendo official website
This means that if you only prepare one account, when you need to change the region, log in to the Nintendo official website to modify it (click me). After changing the region on the official website, the eShop store you log in to from Switch will also change accordingly.
The advantage of this method is that we do not need to register multiple accounts, and the disadvantage is that the country and region settings can only be changed from the web page, not directly from the Switch console
It should be noted that:
- Avoid balances. As long as you have a balance in your account, you cannot switch regions unless your account belongs to the day zone. If you switch from the day zone to another region, all balances in your account will be cleared.
- Avoid Hong Kong and Taiwan. At present, Hong Kong's eShop can still support the purchase of games, and Taiwan's eShop has not yet been opened, so when you register a Nintendo account, do not choose Hong Kong and Taiwan as the region. If you have already selected RTHK before, you can click the link to modify it (click me).
7. How to get eShop gold coins and how much can I save? Since Nintendo updated its gold coin policy on March 6, gold coins have also become an effective way for players to save money. Players can get the corresponding yellow gold coins as points as long as they activate it after purchasing the digital game or purchasing the box game in the eShop. And these yellow coins can be used as a discount for the next game purchase.
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It should be noted that:
- Avoid expiration. After obtaining gold coins, they are only valid for 1 year, so players should not save too many gold coins and cause them to expire
- You can change zones. If an account earns gold in the US region, the gold coins in the US region will still be retained after switching to another region, but they cannot be displayed or used in other regions.
At last:
As a writer who grew up playing Nintendo games, I am happy to see that more and more people are buying switches today and playing god-level masterpieces like "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild". I also hope that Nintendo can pay more attention to the Chinese market in the future, so that Chinese players can play more first-party Chinese games, and I hope that all players will enjoy the game
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