So leading rumors say that Toys R Us will open up their multi-annual video game Buy Two Get One Free sale from the 11th to the 17th.
There's some serious releases up that week, most notably Uncharted 2 and Brutal Legend. I already have Uncharted 2 preordered through GameStop (no, my local store is NOT doing a midnight release!), so I need to consider what else I could wrangle out of this short-term deal.
After playing the demo, I'm kinda interested in Brutal Legend. As I have made plainly clear, I hold a massive distaste for that kind of music. I also have no horse in the I Hope Tim Schafer Finally Gets a Hit race. But the demo was funny and more or less smooth, almost as if somebody gave the God of War franchise a personality. The driving bit was garbage, but the game has the most seriously amazing menu screen I've ever seen.
So, maybe, Brutal Legend (PS3, $60).
Do you think TRU will have Afrika (PS3, $50)? 'Cause I definitely still want that, despite IGN's sourpuss 3.5 review.
Mini Ninjas (PS3, $50) is a possibility. The game reminded me a lot of I-Ninja, and I don't mean just because they both have ninjas in them.
A Boy and His Blob (Wii, $50) is a definite player in this trio. I'm more interested in it than I initially suspected.
I know I'll get Wii Fit Plus eventually, but at only $20 it would TOTALLY DESTROY THIS DEAL'S MATH. So, no.
I do sort of want Ju-on: The Grudge (Wii, $30), but it's another cheapie that I'd need to pair up with DS games to make it work. Perhaps Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story?
I missed InFamous (PS3, $60), Cursed Mountain (Wii, $50) and Dead Space Extraction (Wii, $50). Although I think I'd rather have Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles (Wii, $50) over Dead Space, but RE:DC isn't out until next month.
Hey, how did Marvel Super-Hero Squad (Wii, $40) not get a PS3 port? Not that it matters for the BTGO, as it's not out yet. And, dammit, EyePet (PS3, $40?) was delayed FOREVER, perhaps to tie it more closely to Sony's weirdass motion controller.
Incidentally, has everybody noticed that LEGO Rock Band is only $50, even on the PS3 and 360? WTF! That makes it even more of a bargain... it will be total song export buy, plus the occasional kid-friendly jam session. It's coming out early November, so I can't cram it into the TRU deal, unfortunately.
I feel like I'm overlooking something. But as this writing, it looks like I should center on a $50 price point and get Afrika, Blob, and crap I don't know what. Either Cursed Mountain because I still miss Fatal Frame, or Mini Ninjas for PS3 Trophies.
Accessories are included, so if TRU has some of the old pre-packaged Wii Points cards in stock, that would be $60 worth of points for $40. But after that whole Pepsi Rock Band thing, I really don't need any more of those.
I forgot about that sale, but the heap of stuff I've bought in the past month are still better (shown with tax):
Katamari Forver (katamari!) new $37
Red Faction Guerilla (awesome!) used $32
Sacred 2 (awesome!) used $42
Star Wars Force Unleashed (good enough!) used $22
If with tax the 3-for-2 still boils down to mid-40s per game, these could be worth it for me:
Batman Arkham Asylum
Killzone 2
Uncharted 2
(Or if I can preorder Ratchet and Clank that would throw Killzone 2 out the window, sorry Guerrila Games but I can wait even longer for a shooter, can't wait for Ratchet!)
and I'll be even more poorer than I already am. Good thing my wife doesn't read this.
Nah, they won't count any preorders. What you could try is buy any game for $60, then try to swap it unopened for R&C when it comes out.
That Katamari/Amazon deal was pretty stellar.