When I bought my Nintendo Switch it was purely because I wanted to play Zelda Breath of the Wild – which I still think is one of the greatest games ever made for any console. Now its sequel, Tears of the Kingdom, is here and already setting sales records, fast becoming a fan favourite following its 12th May release.
It's also already available for its lowest-ever price. By which I mean even less than the best-of-best pre-order deals which I was tracking, down to an impressive £44.99 on Amazon.co.uk. You simply have to use a special £5 voucher application, which is as simple as ticking a box before heading to the retailer's online checkout.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: was £59.99, now £44.99 at Amazon.co.uk
Amazon may list the game at £49.99, but there's a little tickbox to offer £5 off that asking price, bringing one of the best Zelda games ever down to an impressive £44.99.
That's the cheapest I suspect you'll be able to buy Tears of the Kingdom for – and quite likely for years to come. No exaggeration.
As Nintendo fans will know: the Japanese gaming company rarely discounts its key games rapidly after launch. Indeed, even the earlier Breath of the Wild costs the very same £44.99 – and that's a full six years after its original release! So this Tears of the Kingdom price is a veritable bargain that's way down on its £59.99 recommended retail price.
Given that there aren't many other major titles launching now, I think Nintendo's May release date for the Link blockbuster was a savvy move. Save for PlayStation VR2 for PlayStation 5 (and, of course, Horizon: Call of the Mountain), I had already cleared the decks, ordered a special 1TB Zelda microSD card, and have been putting in the hours on Switch. Now you can too, just for even less cash than I paid mere weeks ago.
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Mike is T3's Tech Editor. He's been writing about consumer technology for 15 years and his beat covers phones – of which he's seen hundreds of handsets over the years – laptops, gaming, TV & audio, and more. There's little consumer tech he's not had a hand at trying, and with extensive commissioning and editing experience, he knows the industry inside out. As the former Reviews Editor at Pocket-lint for 10 years where he furthered his knowledge and expertise, whilst writing about literally thousands of products, he's also provided work for publications such as Wired, The Guardian, Metro, and more.
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