The title really says it all: these cards are ~%10 off. You are getting $10 worth of money on the Nintendo eshop for $8.98 on Amazon.
So, I wanted to buy Metroid Dread. It was on sale on Amazon for about $42 after tax. On the Nintendo eshop it was roughly the same price (within about $0.50). So, what do I do? I check to see if Amazon has any deals on Nintendo eshop cards, and low and behold: the $10 cards are 10% off.
So, Metroid Dread was ~$42. I could've paid that price to Amazon OR Nintendo, but instead: I bought 4x $10 eshop cards that were sold for $8.98, which totals up to $35.92.
Basically: this makes anything on the eshop 10% off. The only question is whether or not there is a bigger % discount on another store.
Therefore, with the $2 difference, I paid $37.92 for Metroid Dread, when both Amazon AND Nintendo are selling it for ~$43 (plus or minus half a dollar).
Unfortunately, there seems to be a limit of 2 cards per purchase, but I simply made two separate purchases of 2 cards each. I'm not sure if there is an ultimate limit on this (e.g. could you buy $1000 worth of 10$ gift cards? With the 10% off that would be $900 for $1000 on the Nintendo eshop), but I would highly recommend buying these if you intend to buy anything on the eshop.
To be honest, I should have bought a 5th card which would have been $44.90 total, which would have been an identical price to the game AND given me a free $5 on the shop, but hindsight is 20/20.
I am still considering buying another 1-2 of these on sale, just to have on my eshop. I RARELY make ANY GAME PURCHASES NOWADAYS, but these are a better deal than the Nintendo Switch Vouchers they offer, which cost $100 for 2 games and are therefore ONLY WORTH IT if you pick games that are priced at $59.99. To be honest I'm considering buying 5 of them just for when my Nintendo Switch Online renews, as it'll save me $5 on the subscription.
So, in short: buying these cards gives you %10 off of your purchase. Want a $50 game on the eshop? Buy 5 of these for $44.90. Want a $60 game on the eshop? Buy 6 of these for $53.88. Regardless of what you buy, it will now be 10% off of it's current price. SO, if a game such as Metroid Dread is already on sale at $43, you have now paid $39.98 for the game and gotten 10% off of it's discounted price.
I hope this review doesn't ruin it for everyone, but I want EVERYONE to understand why there is inherent financial value in purchasing multiple $10 cards vs spending the money directly. Now, if the game on the eshop is NOT discounted and it IS on Amazon, than the 10% you save here might be LESS than what Amazon is pricing it at, so it NOT save you money in that instance.
This is a %10 discount on however many increments of $10 you want to add to your eshop. Want to put $50 on there for your yearly subscription to Nintendo Online Expansion? You paid $45 instead and saved yourself $5. Again, the only question is whether or not you can find a deeper discount elsewhere than the inherent 10% here.
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What had happened was I wanted to place it on my 2ds to buy some games from the eshop before it closes but I get a error message saying that they are not accepting payment for the 3ds/2ds anymore no codes to redeem it are working so with that being said I I put it on my switch instead and sure enough I did get the amount I paid which was $45 what you can do if your trying to put it on your 2ds/3ds whichever you have just merge it from the switch to the handheld how to do this just simply use your phone or computer to sign in to your Nintendo account and link your account that is on your handheld then go back to your switch and press merge where it says add funds below that should say merge and there you go hopefully this helps someone 🙏 “that is to say if you are using the switch system to do this that’s how I was able to get the funds to my 2ds” I don’t know if you can do this another way.
