Game Deals: Cheap Wii U bundle, games & more

On Tuesdays we like to highlight some of the best gaming deals you’ll find around the web, for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Today is no exception, especially for those of you who might not yet be Wii U owners but are looking to buy into the system. Buy.com periodically has sales through eBay and today they’re offering the Mario & Luigi Wii U bundle for only $260, down from the regular retail price of $299.



This bundle includes a 32GB premium Wii U, New Super Mario Bros. U and its standalone DLC expansion, New Super Luigi U. For those who already own a Wii U and want some great games on sale, check out the following deals.

Deals on Groupon

Injustice: Gods Among Us – $17.99
Nyko Wii U charge station – $12.99
Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics – $19.99
Nyko UBoost Battery Extender for Wii U GamePad – $11.99

Deals on Amazon

Mario Kart 8 – $48
Just Dance 4 – $11
CoD: Black Ops II – $14 (note: this game just received a map update on Wii U)
New Super Mario Bros. U – $38
Need for Speed: Most Wanted U – $21

If you don’t mind buying pre-owned games from others, you might like to check out the Glyde service. They offer a platform for buying and selling used video games at good prices with a flat-rate shipping fee. Just a cursory glance through their offerings show several Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games avail able at pretty decent prices, including things like Batman: Arkham Origins for only $14.

While these deals are tailored to audiences in North America, if you have any deals that are local to your region that you’d like to share with our readers, please be sure and post them in the comments. Plenty of our readers are European and most sites based in the UK or Germany will ship across Europe with free shipping.

The 100 Best Android Apps of 2014

Shopping

Whether it's finding the perfect gift or the perfect deal, these apps will help you find what you want and maybe save you some money.

ShopAdvisor  Free Instead of making an impulse purchase, ShopAdvisor lets you see an item's price history so you know when you're getting the best deal. You can also quickly comparison shop between online and local stores. If you're on a budget, create a price alert and ShopAdvisor will let you know when an item is within your price range. It's the perfect companion for the methodical shopper.

Groupon   Free  The original deal locator for mobile, Groupon partners with businesses to offer low prices to a certain number of people for a limited time. While the value of Groupon's offerings is sometimes debatable, it is a useful way to try a new restaurant in your area or try a totally new activity.

Pinterest Free Pinterest is sort of like a social network of stuff, a place to "pin" things that interest you on themed boards. I recently used it to help redecorate my living room, letting me see everything I wanted all together. It easily integrates with your browser for fast pinning, and you can view the pins of others for added inspiration.

Amazon Free Amazon is the Internet's marketplace; the one place where you can buy just about anything—and it's cheap too! On Android, two of my favorite features are the barcode scanner and photo search, making it easy to surreptitiously comparison shop from a brick and mortar store. You can also make purchases from Amazon's streaming video store, but Kindle eBook titles are still unavailable for purchase.

Google Wallet  Free  While probably better known for (the sheer unavailability of) NFC purchases, Google Wallet still has a few tricks up its sleeve. You can access a number of deals through the app, and send money to anyone in the US with an email address. It will even carry a balance, and take the place of physical loyalty cards. And yes, if your phone supports it and you can find a place that accepts it, you can pay for stuff in stores, too.

Foursquare  Free What's a location-based social network doing in the shopping section? Deals, my friend. Deals. Check in at a location and sometimes you'll unlock a special discount. Other business challenge their customers to check in more often to unlock better rewards, or give the mayor (that is, the person with the most checkins) even better deals.—Next: Reading and News »