Nintendo DS Games

I finally found some time to do serious shopping today. My goal was to look for some inexpensive Nintendo DS games. I went to Target first to look at their toys markdowns. Currently, they are still at 30% off. Hardly worth the effort to buy anything unless you have to buy for a birthday child the next day and you know that toy is the one the birthday child wants. Once in a while, I would see markdown or clearanced Nintendo DS games at Target's clearanced racks, but not today. Instead, I found a very cute birthday candle/candle holder (I think it sings) birthday gift card and I put some money on it. Target's gift cards are so unique. My son likes to collect them.

My next stop is Toys R Us. I printed out a couple of $5 off $25 coupons off the internet. As these coupons are good for video games, I went straight to the games section of the store. Before I went to the store, I checked www.toysrus.com first to see which Nintendo DS games are on clearance. There were 3 games sold at $9.98:

1. Geometry Wars: Galaxies for Nintendo DS by Sierra
2. El Tigre for Nintendo DS by THQ
3. Arctic Tale for Nintendo DS

I went to Toys R Us armed with this information and began searching for these 3 games. I managed to find El Tigre quickly and it was marked regular price of $29.99 and there were many games left. I got 3 and went to the cashier for a price check. It was shocking to the lady cashier and myself to see $7.98 come up as its price.

I continued my search for the other 2 games, but came up with nothing. Then I decided to scan other games. I actually found a Power Play Pool game (marked $19.99) for $7.98 as well. I didn't have time to scan every single game on the rack, so I decided to buy 2 El Tigre and 2 Power Play Pool games. With the $5 coupon deduction, the 4 games came down to $6.73 each. I have no idea how fun these games are, but at $6.73 each, they are good gifts as far as Nintendo DS games go.