The Sale Ends with You [update 2]

by Candace Savino { Jul 17th 2008 at 12:00PM }

E3 news is still trickling in, but we wouldn't be the DS Fanboy you know and love if we neglected to tell you how to buy cheap games.

The latest hot sale is something we've seen before -- The World Ends with You at Amazon for $29.99. Yet, that offer quickly went out of stock way back when, and many of you poor, unfortunate souls didn't get a chance to nab it at the time. In fact, from what we understand, the game is still hard to find at certain locations.

You can still get the title minus the "Square Enix tax," though, thanks to Amazon's revisiting of its previous sale price. This is a game that's actually worth all $40, too, so $30 is definitely a bargain.

[Update: Well that lasted a good ... half hour. Those of you who are set on the sale, it might be worth it to keep checking in at Amazon throughout the day. As of this moment, though, it seems that the price has gone back to $39.99.]

[Update 2: Well, what do you know, the price has gone back down to $29.99 again. That's one small step for man, and one giant "woot" from mankind. Once again tipped by supa_s -- we think he must have the magic touch.]

Gallery: The World Ends With You

[Thanks, supa_s!]

Tags: amazon, arpg, deal, its-a-wonderful-world, itsawonderfulworld, rpg, square-enix, squeenix, the-world-ends-with-you, twewy, wewy, world-ends-with-you

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

supa_s @ Jul 17th 2008 12:06PM

anytime :)

briandunkle @ Jul 17th 2008 1:10PM

Shows up at $39.99 for me (the price I bought it at on Monday). Definitely worth it even at $40 - I finished the game, finished the bonus content (which was hilarious), and STILL want to play it, which has pretty much never happened on an adventure/rpg.

supa_s @ Jul 17th 2008 2:07PM

it has gone down again to $29.99!!

aj @ Jul 17th 2008 5:55PM

Serious question:

I like RPGs. I like Square-Enix generally. I love handheld RPGs. I've played AND LOVED Magical Starsign, Children of Mana, Final Fantasy III, and so on.

I am interested in TWEWY, I have heard good things, but it looks really, really obnoxious. I hate the idea of the "fashion" thing, and again, the character design makes me want to go out and punch hipsters.

That being said, do you think that I, as an RPG fan, would enjoy this game despite my hatred of the aesthetic? And if so, can you specify elements of the game play that lead you to this conclusion.

I can't reconcile all the awesome things I have heard about TWEWY with how much I hate (HATE, I am using the word hate here, HATE) the character design. I hate people like that in real life!!!

Josh @ Jul 17th 2008 6:30PM

I've never played the game, but if you hate the aesthetic of it so much, I doubt you'd be able to put up with it enough to actually end up liking it.

aj @ Jul 17th 2008 6:35PM

I don't know, it is possible. I've been playing "Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3", and it's the same thing - I really hate the look of it, but the game is so good that I can ignore what I do not like and focus on what I do like. I just wonder if TWEWY is like that.

Oh my God, I could actually RENT the thing. They do that nowadays at video store. Man, I'm stupid. Disregard earlier post.

Zealot @ Jul 17th 2008 7:56PM

Sad thing is, if you've waited for a chance to avoid the Square-Enix tax before buying this, renting the game would negate any savings you would have attained from purchasing it at $30. I locked myself in this trap with Mario Kart Wii, where I enjoyed it immensely after renting it for two weeks, but realized that it would be like purchasing it for $65 instead of $50 if I went out and bought it after having paid two weeks' rental fees on it, so now I'm waiting for a price drop just to get it to regular retail value.