Nintendo Summer Sale Offers Big Discounts on NES Controllers, Final Fantasy, and Resident Evil

Quick, how many Final Fantasies have you played? And Resident Evils โ€” or is it Residents Angry? And by the way, Mega-Men or Mega-Gentlemen? Nintendo’s new summer sale sits at the intersection of your gaming backlog and tricky grammar questions with deep discounts on some of the biggest franchises from Square Enix, Capcom, and WB Games โ€” including games that ranked high on Polygon’s Best of the Year lists, like Kidney: Automata and the Resident Evil 2 redo.

In addition to these publisher deals, Nintendo is offering 20% โ€‹โ€‹off a pair of NES controllers, perfect for playing retro classics on Nintendo Switch Online or the new tribute collection Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.

So if there are still some holes in your fantasy RPG or zombie survival expertise โ€“ or if you’re longing to return to simpler times with a D-pad and two action buttons โ€“ now’s a great time to invest in you.


Great for playing both Nintendo classics and the new ones Nintendo World Championships: NES EditionBoth wireless NES controllers can be charged from the side of the Switch console, just like the Joy-Cons.

Square Enix Summer Sale runs until midnight PT on July 25, offering discounts of up to 60% on modern Final Fantasy titles dating back to the original Final Fantasy VII for $6.39 (was $15.99) until last year Crisis core redo (also related to FFVII) for $24.99 (was $49.99). Other highlights include 2017’s Nier: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition for $23.99 (was $39.99), 2022’s PowerWash Simulator for $17.49 (was $24.99), and last year Octopath Traveler 2 for $35.99 (was $59.99).

The eight playable characters in Octopath Traveler 2, depicted as individual watercolors


A retrospective of aesthetics and an epic story that weaves together eight main character arcs, Octopath Traveler 2 ranked #13 on Polygon’s Best of the Year 2023.

In the meantime, Capcom’s Midsummer Sale runs a little longer, through July 29. The main franchise here is Resident Evil, with the cloud versions of the Resident Evil 2 redo And Resident Evil 7 Biohazard on sale for $15.99 each (were $39.99) while the rest of the series is half price at $9.99 each. Definitely check it out Resident Evil 4 If you haven’t already, this is a great prize. Other highlights include the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2 for $19.99 (was $39.99) and Monster Hunter Rise for $9.99 (was $39.99).

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The second edition of the Mega Man Battle Network collection contains six games: two versions of each Battle Network 4 (Red sun And Blue Moon), Battle Network 5 (Team Protoman And Team Colonel), And Battle Network 6 (Cybeast Gregar And Cybeast Falzar).

Finally, WB Games is joining in with its own Mid-year sale which runs until August 4th and offers big discounts on the LEGO Harry Potter Collection for $9.99 (was $49.99), LEGO Jurassic World for $7.99 (was $39.99), and Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate for $8.99 (was $59.99).