Super Mario Sunshine Preorder Deals

[Kellehair]

I got an ad from Toys "R" Us today that says...

Hurry in today to "R" Zone to reserve your copy of Super Mario Sunshine and get a "Free" beach towel. (While supplies last. Offer not available online.)
I'm not sure why Free is in quotations. Not a great deal but something is better than nothing.

Anyone hear of any other preoder deals? I figure since there's one deal there's gotta be several others.

[Flay]

Canadians can preorder SMS online from Futureshop.ca and get a free copy of Luigi's Mansion.

http://www.futureshop.com/

[zig]

A beach towel? WOOOO!!! :p

There's a deal on http://store.nintendo.com

* Super Mario Sunshine
* Super Mario Sunshine Player's Guide
* Nintendo GameCube Memory Card 59
* $10 Off Coupon for Nintendo GameCube WaveBird Wireless Controller

For 70 bucks including 2-day shipping.

[Mezzanine]

Originally posted by zig
There's a deal on http://store.nintendo.com

* Super Mario Sunshine
* Super Mario Sunshine Player's Guide
* Nintendo GameCube Memory Card 59
* $10 Off Coupon for Nintendo GameCube WaveBird Wireless Controller

For 70 bucks including 2-day shipping.

That also includes a year subscription to Nintendo Power magazine.

[Feneant]

Oh, Flay had the same thing as me, did not notice.

[Zodo]

Um, will Futureshop ship to the US?

[Jeremy517]

Unfortunately no.

[Zodo]

I'm seriously thinking on getting in on that Nintendo 70 dollar deal...
Does anyone know what kind of beach towel they'll be giving away at Toys R Us? A Mario one perhaps?

If it's just a real lame white one, that'd be stupid.

[Soybean]

I hope the towel has a gigantic shine star on it. If so, that thing is mine.

[Kellehair]

Unfortunately the TRU ad doesn't have a picture of the towel.

That Nintendo deal is a good one. My only problem is...

Shipments of the Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Paks will start on August 26, 2002 via 2-day air and may take 3 to 4 days for delivery.
Best Buy says they will have the game out on August 26th and TRU says they'll have it out on the 28th. I don't think I could bear to wait an extra second longer than I had to to own this game.

[Zodo]

Ok, I went by TRU today to check out the towel.
They had one hanging up, and it looked pretty good.

It was a fairly large towel, and had "Super Mario Sunshine" on it (logo was about 3'X 1.5' or so). Then under that and to the right it says "Nintendo Gamecube".
I don't know...worth 5 bucks to me definitely, but I'm thinking other places may have better deals posted once Aug 26th comes around.

[darkside]

I'm going for the Nintendo deal. I can survive a few extra days without the game and its a good excuse for me to get a Wavebird finally. You just can't beat a package like that for $70 and that's with shipping included.

[Kellehair]

Thanks for the description Zodo. I'm surprised they had the towel out already. Do know if you get the towel when you preorder or when you get the game?

[Josh H]

Anyone know if EB will be doing one of those trade 2 (or 3) games and get this one free deals for Mario Sunshine?

[Homer Simpson]

I picked up the towel today. I get all my games from TRU as I have a TRU Visa and I get them for free :) (lots of company expenses on the card). It's actually a much nicer quality towel than I expected, only complaint is Mario isn't on it.

[Zodo]

The reason I didn't want to go ahead and order from TRU is b/c I'm afraid that another store will have a better deal.

Does anyone know if you'd be able to cancel the SMS pre-order at a later date, if you find that say Best Buy has a much better deal?

[garrettg]

Does Costco accept manufacturers coupons?

They're selling the WaveBird for $24.99. With the coupon, that'd be a fantastic price!!

Garrett

[Edison]

Seen today at Best Buy that they have $5.00 reserve and you get a "preview" cd-rom don't know what all it contains.

[Get Me Coffee]

Here you go:

<img src= "http://www.bestweb.net/~jcurran/towel.jpg">


Kinda cool. Nothing great. I put my towel on ebay...lets see what happens.

[Goldberg74]

My son has been saving up for a game for the GCN, so I told him that I would pay the difference of what he's saved, and get the Nintendo deal... so that I can get another WaveBird and he can get the Magazine and his own memory card... he erased mine the other day... needless to say I was a little ticked...

... but what can I do he's only 4!

(... oh yeah... and he had around $40 in birthday money, so I'm just cough the dough up for the perks..., ain't I a nice dad!)

[Get Me Coffee]

There something comical about that last post....don't know what it is....but it's there.

[Kellehair]

[edit] Trade in 2 PS2, Xbox, or Cube games and get Mario Sunshine free. Check out this thread for all the details... http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227079

Thanks for the correction.

[Mattalos]

No, you read it wrong.

Trade in two games and get Mario Sunshine FREE. (GTA Vice is $15)

Great deal in my opinion.

[Kellehair]

I just called my local EB. Unfortunately Super Monkey Ball isn't acceptable for their "Trade-in 2, Get Mario Free" deal. Hopefully I can find a cheap game at BB or CC today.

[joltaddict]

Originally posted by White Knight
<img src= "http://www.bestweb.net/~jcurran/towel.jpg">

:D:up:
I think thats one of the coolest tie-ins ever. I have to have it.

[Get Me Coffee]

It is cool. Do you remember when ToysRUs did that promo for N64 where they gave a N64 gym bag and a Mario T-shirt. That was hot. TRU does have awesome promo's.

[alienmonkey]

Anywhere we could possibly get Mario Sunshine for $40 with online coupons???

[Kellehair]

You could try code 71902 at SamGoody.com for $10 off $50 and free shipping. I got that from this thread... http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=224168&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

[Kellehair]

Any more deals?

Believe it or not I still ahven't preordered this game yet. I was hoping a really awesome deal would come along. Since it hasn't I might just do the TRU towel deal. Anyone know if that's still going on? The ad I got said it was a "limited time only" or "while supplies last" deal.

[Zodo]

I went to Toys r us yesterday and before i preordered super mario i made sure that if i found a better deal somewhere else, i could get a refund for the 10 dollar fee...or i can pricematch another place.

That sealed the deal for me.
I'm not gonna open up my new towel until I get my game though.

[Borst]

anyone find a better deal that at samgoody for $49.99 and then buy a sheet music (saw several in a quick look) for $0.01 and then use the $10 off $50 coupon?

the coupon worked when I tried it just now, plus they offer free standard shipping or $2.40 for priority or $6.10 for overnight, I'd like to get it ASAP so I'd probably go for overnight but think any place will have it cheaper than that, maybe a B&M place I can get it on day of release? (I know with Outpost when I used to pre-order stuff they sent it so I got it on the release date)

[Kellehair]

I think it's very possible BB or CC will offer a $10 gift card or something like that when Mario launches.

[GizmoDVD]

Man, that Towel is fetching $15+ on ebay... I want one, but I'm not paying THAT much.

[GizmoDVD]

Is it possible to goto Toys R US, pre-order Mario, get the towel, and never get the game? I pre-ordered mine at EB for free, but I still want the towel.

[GizmoDVD]

Blah! I reserved it for $10, and the guy said I won't get my towel until I pick the game up, Oh well. I will return Mario Sunshine to TRU when the E-Card Reader comes out, that way I get a free towel, and a E-Card reader.

[Scheherazade]

Preorder it at KB Toys and you get $10 off on Zelda or Metroid plus a "Collectible" giftcard, whatever that is.

~Scheherazade

[Shawn]

Originally posted by Scheherazade
Preorder it at KB Toys and you get $10 off on Zelda or Metroid plus a "Collectible" giftcard, whatever that is.

~Scheherazade
That's not a bad deal...$90 for Zelda/Metroid and Mario.

[Scheherazade]

But you get a collectible giftcard too! Heh, figured I'd throw it out there anyway... someone might be interested :)

[CharlesC]

Dang, I can't find the nintendo deal. Anybody have a direct link?

[Goldberg74]

Originally posted by CharlesC
Dang, I can't find the nintendo deal. Anybody have a direct link?
Go to http://store.nintendo.com and search for "Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak"...

Its there... $69.95...

[CharlesC]

Ah, I am idiot! I was searching just under the 'GameCube' site.

Thanks!

BTW, that 69.95 includes shipping, but they did charge sales tax (I'm in California).

Now I just need to get me a Gamecube. :)

[dfriedland]

There's also a deal if you buy a Gamecube & Super Monkey Ball 2. Same thing, you get a $25 gift card, but you don't have to buy the extra controller....