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The folks at Kotaku.com as well as CheapAssGamer.com have compiled great lists of the Amazon.com Black Friday deals, as well as deals running through Monday, Dec. 1. The deals “go live” at 12 a.m. Friday, Pacific Standard Time. Just click on the linked site names above to see their lists.
I’ll mention some of the highlights. First off, if you haven’t ordered Personal Trainer: Cooking
Princess Peach Bling
Several retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Circuit City, GameStop, Best Buy and Toys R Us, are already offering Black Friday prices on items advertised in their day-after-Thanksgiving ad inserts. Check out DS Diva’s roundup of Black Friday Nintendo DS deals and hop online to see if you can jump the gun and get what you want without having to brave the crowds. Here’s something cute: Toys R Us has Nintendo DS “bling kits” for $4.99, regularly $9.99. There’s Princess Peach, Mario, Yoshi and Bowser to bling out your console.
There’s no rest for the folks at Game Crazy. The chain, affiliated and usually located adjacent Hollywood Video stores, will be open Thanksgiving Day. Game Crazy will also open at 7 a.m. on Black Friday, Nov. 28, and its sale will be on Saturday as well as Friday. Nintendo DS consoles will be $5 off, making them $124.99. If you but one new game for $29.99, you get one priced at $18.99 or less free. Cooking Mama 2 is $19.99, Cake Mania is $9.99 and there are several other DS deals as well. Used games will be buy-two-get-one, and people bringing games to trade in through Nov. 30 can choose from two coupons: 20 percent extra credit on the trade, or 30 percent extra if it has a sticker or receipt from a competitor. And here’s the deal I’ve been waiting for: Hello Kitty Daily will be $19.99 instead of the regular price of $29.99.
I’ve compiled a list of Black Friday deals for Nintendo DS consoles, games and accessories. I used a variety of reliable sources, including scans of the ads themselves, but please double-check the print versions of the ads before heading out the day after Thanksgiving!
Best Buy
Nintendo DS special editions, red or ice blue, with bonuses $149.99
$14.99 games: Petz Dogz Fashion; Imagine Rock Star; Ninja Town
$9.99: Imagine: Figure Skater
Circuit City
Nintendo DS special editions, red (Mario) or ice blue, with bonus game and/or case $139.99 (5 a.m. to 11 a.m. only)
$9.99 games: Bee Movie; Cooking Mama; Justice League: Heroes; Left Brain/Right Brain; M & M’s: Break ‘Em; Mah Jong Quest Expedition; Playground; Spider-Man 3; Transformers: Autobot
$19.99: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
$29.99: Guitar Hero On Tour w/Guitar Grip
Also, several Game Boy Advance games for $4.99 each.
Game Crazy
(Friday and Saturday)
Nintendo DS Lite consoles $5 off (except Pokemon bundle).
New DS game priced at $18.99 or less free with $29.99 + new game $18.99
$9.99: Cake Mania
$14.99: Hannah Montana Music Jam; Imagine: Fashion Designer
$19.99: Cooking Mama 2; Dodgeball; Hello Kitty
(Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
Used: Animal Crossing or Metroid Prime-Hunters for $24.99
Kmart
(Friday 6 to 11 a.m.)
Get $25 off future Nintendo purchase with purchase of Mario or ice blue DS Lite bundle for $149.99.
Sam’s Club
Metallic Rose DS Bundle (includes Nintendogs Labrador and Purr Pals games plus Princess Peach game case and bling kit) $199.88
Sears
Special edition Mario or ice blue DS Lite $149.99 (5 a.m. to noon only)
$9.99: Folio; Imagine: Figure Skater; Imagine: Master Chef; Petz Hamsterz 2
$19.99: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
$29.99: All Star Cheer; SpongeBob SquarePants Globs Doom
Target
Nintendo DS ice blue or Mario bundle, $149.99
Littlest Pet Shop kit: $60
Game kits: Hannah Montana or High School Musical, $28
$7: Lionel Trains
$11: Diego Safari Rescue; Grinch; Teenage Zombies
$15: Cooking Mama; My Fashion Studio; Sims 2: Castaway
$20: Lego Batman
Toys R Us
(5 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
Nintendo DS Lite Brain Age or Mario bundle (includes choice of accessory under $19.99) $149.99
Portable Video Game Premier Pack $14.99
(Fri and sat)
$9.99: Drake & Josh: Talent Showdown; Hannah Montana; High School Musical: Makin’ The Cut; Imagine Animal Doctor; Imagine Rock Star; Petz Bunnyz; Petz Wild Animal Tigers; Zoey 101: Field Trip Fiasco
Bling kit, $4.99
Game Max Carrying Case, $10
Rayman Raving Rabbids free with purchase of Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Wal-Mart
Mario Mario & ice blue DS Lite bundles $136
Thanks to an arrangement with Wal-Mart, two Black Friday sites have revealed the ads for the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 28. You can see the ad scans at Bfads.net. The Nintendo DS bundles, for $136, are the DS Lite with Brain Age Special Edition and the Super Mario Bros. Special Edition. (Those are on sale Friday and Saturday while supplies last.) Also on Friday and Saturday, a selection of DS games will be $16, including Cake Mania 2. Several Disney titles for DS will be $10.
A couple of sites have gotten their hands on copies of the Circuit City ad for the day after Thanksgiving, and the Nintendo DS deals look a lot like those over at Best Buy, but cheaper. If the ads shown are correct, Circuit City locations (well, those that are still open anyway) will have the limited edition Nintendo DS Ice Blue Holiday Bundle (console, matching carrying case and Brain Age game) for $139.99 and the limited edition Nintendo DS Mario Red Holiday Bundle (Mario-branded console plus New Super Mario Bros. game), also for $139.99. Also, they’ll have some games marked down to $4.99 (such as Napoleon Dynamite for DS) and others for $19.99. You can also get Disney’s the Little Mermaid, Disney Royal Adventure or the Risk/Battleship/Clue triple pack for Game Boy Advance for $4.99.