The headliner deals of today are related to Capcom titles. Fanatical recently released a Monster Hunter bundle and Humble Bundle has one for Ace Attorney and Mega Man! Other bundles include a Build your own Bundle of racing games while Humble Bundle has puzzle fans covered with their own offering. Finally, SEGA has current discounts on both Steam and the Nintendo eShop that may be worth considering!
Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle (Stories Edition) (Fanatical)
This bundle is exciting for one big reason. Namely Monster Hunter Stories 2! Like the next Capcom bundle, this may be considered expensive by some. For example, the starting price for each item is $8.00 if you buy 2, but goes down modestly to $7.00 if you buy 5 or more.
The titles offered are,
- Monster Hunter Rise Deluxe Edition
- Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Deluxe Edition (DLC)
- Monster Hunter Stories
- Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
- Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin – Deluxe Kit (DLC)
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Digital Deluxe (DLC)
- Monster Hunter: World Deluxe Edition
Looking at the above, this bundle offer seems pretty weak, with only one game bolded. Still a lot that miss the mark are because the historical low was around $7. Like I’ll say later in this post, you may want to look at the IsThereAnyDeal page to determine if buying something from here makes sense for you.
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Duo of Justice: Ace Attorney and Mega Man Bundle (Humble Bundle)
Despite the unusual name and combination of characters, I initially thought this bundle was pretty exciting! Although, I also noticed that the price was a bit high for those who frequent bundle sites often.
The complete collection of games has a price of $35, which is surprising since Humble Bundle usually doesn’t go above $30. On the other hand, if you want Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and the first legacy collections of Mega Man games, then $5 is a good deal at the lowest tier!
If you buy the full bundle, it comes with 9 games and 2 coupons. We’ll ignore the latter when it comes to value, so it comes out to $3.89 for each game. Still though, almost all of the games here include multiple titles.
The full bundle has,
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
- Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, The
- Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
- Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2
- Mega Man Legacy Collection
- Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
- Mega Man X Legacy Collection
- Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Overall, even though this is a bit expensive, this bundle is a good deal if you haven’t bought Capcom bundles in the past. On Reddit, some users are irritated that the Battle Network Collection 2 is on the third tier, while Collection 1 is locked away at the fourth.
Upon further reflection, tiers 3 and 4 have the Battle Network games, Ghost Trick, and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. Each of these effectively come out to $5 each, which is more than half off from their historical lows. In fact, the Battle Network collections have historical lows of $19.99 each. If you bought them when they were on sale for $19.99 each they would be just under $40. Yet, this bundle is $35, includes those two collections, and 7 other games as well!
As such, I think this bundle is worth it if you like all the different types of gameplay. Otherwise, you may want to wait until another Capcom offer comes down the pike.
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Build Your Own Pedal to the Metal Bundle: Full Throttle (Fanatical)
I have a soft spot for racing titles, so I am usually happy to see one of Fanatical’s Pedal to the Metal bundles. Amazingly, this does not include the Point & Click Adventure game, Full Throttle. I’ll let that go this time, I just wish the phrase wasn’t used in this bundle’s title since it made me think of that game. The deals start at $2,00 each for 3 games, with the price per game going down to $1.70 if you buy 7+.
The games on offer are,
- BallisticNG Deluxe Edition
- Battle RC
- Chaos on Wheels
- Crash Time – Undercover
- Crashy Laps
- Dryft City Kyngs
- Electro Ride: The Neon Racing
- Gearshifters: Deluxe Edition
- Hot Lap Racing
- Jeepney Simulator 2
- Mechanic Heroes
- Midnight Racer
- Retrowave 2
- Retrowave World
- Road Redemption: Supporter’s Edition
- Stunt Paradise
- ULTIMATE ARMORED TURBODRIFTER ~ SaGa Chapter 2 ~【TANK AUTHORITY WOLFRAM】
- Ultimate Racing 2D 2
- World Racing 2 Championship Edition
- Zombie Derby Collection
Sadly, this ended up be a bit of a disappointment. There’s a lot of games here that are not even 80% positive on steam. Some include Electric Ride, Chaos on Wheels, and Hot Lap Racing.
Still, there are other titles that are quite popular like BallisticNG, Ultimate Racing 2D 2, and Retrowave 2. In regard to value, it is hard to be that excited since lots of the more expensive games are on the lower spectrum of review scores. I’d look at the IsThereAnyDeal link below to determine what is the best deal for you.
On a different note, the regular version of Road Redemption was available for free at the Epic Games Store back in August, so keep that in mind if you got it then.
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Draknek & Friends: 12 Years of Great Puzzle Games! Bundle (Humble Bundle)
The last bundle of the day is for an assortment of different puzzle games. Like most Humble Bundle offers, this one has three different tiers, with the highest one including 8 games for $15. The lowest tier has 4 games for $5. The price per game for the biggest bundle is about $1.88 per game.
The full bundle has,
- Bonfire Peaks
- Cosmic Express
- Electrifying Incident, The: A Monster Mini-Expedition
- Good Snowman Is Hard To Build, A
- LOK Digital
- Monster’s Expedition, A
- Sokobond
- Sokobond Express
Upon analyzing the above offer, the first tier isn’t too exciting. While all the games in the bundle are well reviewed, only The Electrifying Incident has a decent historical low.
Both of the other tiers are quite good though, with the last four games on offer all having historical lows of $6.99 or higher. The real stand out game is LOK Digital, which is 99% positive and has a historical low of $10.49! This is a great bundle for puzzle fans! The value is there, and every game is at least 89% positive!
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SEGA Games Are on Sale
The last set of deals for the day is that SEGA is offering discounts on a lot of their games on Steam and the Nintendo eShop.
Notable Steam Sales include,
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – $27.99
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – $38.99
- Metaphor ReFantazio – $38.49
- Persona 3 Reload – $31.49
- Persona 5 Royal – $23.99
- Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance – $26.99
- Sonic Adventure 2 – $4.99
- Sonic Frontiers – $17.99
- Sonic Mania – $4.99
- SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS – $29.99
- Yakuza 0 – $10.99
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon – $9.99
If you want to know more, please see SEGA’s sales page on Steam.
Meanwhile, many SEGA AGES titles are also discounted on the Nintendo eShop.
There are,
- Alex Kidd in Miracle World – $2.39
- Columns II: A Voyage Through Time – $2.39
- Fantasy Zone – $2.39
- Gain Ground – $2.39
- G-LOC AIR BATTLE – $2.39
- Herzog Zwei – $2.39
- Ichidant-R – $2.39
- Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar – $2.39
- Out Run – $2.39
- Phantasy Star – $2.39
- Puyo Puyo – $2.39
- Puyo Puyo 2 – $2.39
- Sonic Mania – $7.99
- Sonic the Hedgehog – $2.39
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2 – $2.39
- Space Harrier – $2.39
- Thunder Force AC – $2.39
- Virtua Racing – $2.39
- Wonder Boy: Monster Land – $2.39
Each of these is 70% off, and the discount continues for about one more week.
On a related noted, the Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection is currently on sale at 50% off here, which is also on the Nintendo eShop. I am including it because many of the games in it were originally on SEGA hardware.
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