Remember, codes and redeems can be permanent. Like the Pecharunt redeem for SV, or the QR Magearna one for SM (it still works as far as I know, assuming you still have a functional 3ds)
To my knowledge the Pecharunt event is untimed until the eventual discontinuation of Nintendo Switch Online, and the Magearna code is unlimited completely due to not requiring Internet at all. Could be wrong, though. My conspiracy theorist looking ahh is still convinced Magearna was meant to be a Kalos Pokémon (think like a Steel Diancie counterpart) so maybe it could be in this game too… good lord Mega Magearna would go insane in competitive
For anyone who’s upset about the Legends ZA price point, I want to say a few things. My first point I want to make is that we have no idea what’s going to be in the DLC yet, but I can see a world where all of the limited-release Mega Stones, such as those for the Kalos starters, could probably make it into this DLC anyway. A lot of people seem to be forgetting a similar thing happened in Sun & Moon where the Mega Stones were added in waves of distributions (though they didn’t cost money, to be fair) before all of them and the Primal Orbs were added in the Ultra games anyway. On that note, I also want to point out that a major reason why I struggle to like and support the Ultra games despite their inherent advantages and content is because, should you want to experience absolutely everything Alola had to offer during Gen 7, that would have costed you $160 US out of pocket, and it’s probably more now that the 3DS is discontinued and the Ultra games never got a Switch port like Nintendo openly lied about (it was probably a mistake, but still). $160 for four Alola game versions that all feature the same general basis is psychotic, even if most people are realistically only going to be buying two of the four (one of each pair). Getting both versions of Galar or Paldea plus both of its DLCs is even worse at around $190 US plus an extra $10 or $20 for Paldea’s Switch 2 upgrades. I’m not trying to defend them at all here, let me make that clear. I’m just saying it could be much worse and has been worse in the past.
I know there’s a bit of a stereotype that Nintendo fans are going to buy anything no matter how much it costs, but I don’t think that’s completely true. Only partially. Specifically in 2025 with ongoing economic conditions around the world, I do think this sort of “price bubble” that Nintendo’s building up is going to burst at some point during the Switch 2’s lifespan because the amount of newer, younger players that may want to buy the console and these games isn’t going to be enough to compensate for the millions of Switch 1 owners that aren’t going to upgrade over the console’s lifespan. That said, the two Switches are still the most affordable platforms on the market (which honestly says more about Sony and Microsoft than Nintendo) and the Switch 2 versions of last generation’s games will have higher attachment rates more than likely. I say all of this because if Mega Dimension turns out way better than people expect, between this and Pokémon Champions helping with making content more accessible, that might help make the total $100 seem more tolerable than what it would be by comparison. I can tell you right now, if Mega Dimension lets players leave the city, that alone is probably going to sell a million units or more for the base game.
