'New Pokémon Snap' is 20% off following the release of 'Legends: Arceus'
SAVE $12: Last year's New Pokémon Snap is on sale at Walmart for $47.99 (or 20% off its suggested retail price of $59.99) as of Feb. 8. That puts it only $3 away from its all-time low price at Amazon.
Selling over 6.5 million copies globally in its first week (a new record for the franchise), Pokémon Legends: Arceus is a huge win for Nintendo — not to mention the "many, many people who grew up wanting an open-world game just like this one," writes Mashable senior entertainment reporter Alexis Nedd.
If you're hoping to get your hands on a physical copy of the game, we've got some good news and some bad news. The good is that Amazon is still hanging onto its preorder price of $54.99, which saves you $5. As for the bad: It was on backorder until late February at the time of writing.
In the meantime, consider biding your time with a playthrough of New Pokémon Snap, last year's excellent first-person photography game. The last time we checked, Walmart had it on sale for only $47.99, or 20% off its usual retail price of $59.99. (For anyone keeping track, that's just $3 away from the all-time low price it hit on Amazon in December.)
An updated, beefed-up sequel to 1999's original Pokémon Snap, New Pokémon Snap features more than triple the pocket monsters to find and photograph and tons of new interactions. (Play them a little song! Light them up with glowing orbs! Throw fruit at them!) As you may have guessed, it's a much "cozier" take on the franchise than your average Pokémon installment — including Arceus — which is peppered with wild Pokémon fights and trainer-on-trainer battles.
For her part, Nedd thought it was "simple and endlessly engrossing," deeming the overall New Pokémon Snap experience "a super chill series of adventures that add up to a constantly surprising and immersive Pokéxperience." Click here to read her full review.
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Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of experience covering shopping holidays and can tell you what’s actually worth buying on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. Her work has also explored the driving forces behind digital trends within the shopping sphere, from dupes to 12-foot skeletons.
