Loving it so far just trying to resist buying too much all in one go!

Sweeeeet. Hope you enjoy your new console :wink:

Worked fine.

Super cheers pal

I don't know until I get home, ha.

I think the purchase went through.. cant seem to find a purchase history though, hopefully itll just work when I check on console, I will let you know. cheers

Need any help ? :wink:

Purchased, at least I think I did.

Just ordered my switch and set up a Nintendo account. Going to have to try this - thanks

Lol. Yes you do need to click the buy button :popcorn:‌ :wink:

Did it again in Chrome on the PC, using Translate. Turns out the Monzo alert drops in before you press "Buy", ticking the small box and hitting the "Buy" button works!

Same here with Monzo. Pending, no download.

Works using Wine

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9.59 with revoult

Thanks :smile:

Typical, bought this last night. No regrets though, great game and fun to play, well worth it for this price.

No, but a tragic story.

What's the likelihood of this coming to Mac?

Anyone know if you can just setup a Nintendo RU account, and purchase via RU store on Switch with ebay? cheers

EDIT: yes this works

Still says 699 RUB on website

Not working its 18€ now

Yes :smile:

Yeah... from experience it's easier to buy it on the web browser.

Just paid £ 9.69 using Paypal. :wink:

Can you change the regain back once purchased?

Really? Interesting. Glad you got it sorted

Sorted in the end... Using google translate to translate the page was overriding the cost back to EU or UK. Once I told that to bugger off it went through.

what way are you doing it? I did the change region in my nintendo account way and then using revolut virtual card as payment in the nintendo eshop on the switch itself. take note though that everything is in Russian but it's all in the same format when purchasing in uk language. after purchase change back to united kingdom. Really quick and easy! ☺ ps: this was my first time buying from another eshop region.

Regretting my earlier post about how easy this was! Can't get anything other than £15.99. Tried two browsers, ipad, android and the console itself....

Sod it, I'll just pay the £15.99.

Pretty easy to set up a fee-free payment account such as Revolut or Monzo guys

10.19 with paying by natwest debit

halifax.co.uk/tra…ad/
Debit card details
Non-sterling transaction fee

Just noticed Halifax charged me an extra 75p for the conversion.

Cost me £9.46 via Visa (plus I imagine a quid or two for conversion).

My Revolut card did not play nice with Nintendo store unfortunately. It expires in a few months so maybe the older Revolut cards are different in some way? Nevermind.

Only 12p more :thumbsup:

Thanks, it cost me £9.24 with Revolut, thanks to a poor sterling performance atm. :wink:

When you get to the point that everything is in russian, use google translate and just hold your phone over the russian text for translation to English.

Sorted now :smile:

Did you do it on a browser if you did.

Did you press confirm purchase at the bottom on the second page I nearly missed it. well I'm guessing it says that it was in Russian lol.

Hi are you still having a problem? If so can you describe the steps you took

Yes it's that easy.

Went ahead n got it done got charged 9.37. Thanks op

Is it really that easy? My switch is due Sept, but was looking at this region stuff on YouTube, they all say you need to create a separate account to access other regions eshop, this seems way more easy..

Not showing up in my account in UK or Russia :disappointed:

I've just got that too. Did you end up getting charged correctly?

@jc083 Got it woking in the end used a differet browser as posted b4 perfect thanks happy gaming :smile:

Someone else had this problem. Can you try a different browser, or just try again, maybe clearing your browsers cache may help.

Can some one help please am getting the below error message when trying to buy the game

I see what you're saying. But you'd need another profile for every new region you want to buy from. There are a lot.
It literally takes seconds to change an accounts region. It's like 5 clicks

It takes 5 minutes to do though, then if a bargain turns up in the future you just log on to whichever store its on with the right account and but it.

Admittedly that doesn't help the news feed thing but given I've clicked on that roughly 4 times since March it genuinely never crossed my mind :thinking:‌ :smile:

Ty jco

Hi ) Yes you can change a Nintendo account region as many times as you like. I use my main account so all my games are tied to that. Revolut is a virtual card with very close to flat exchange rates which you top up before using, there are others such as Monzo.
When I set up Revolut I downloaded the app, then I had to top it up 2 or 3 times from my debit card for it to authenticate me. Then you get a virtual card to use. You can check exchange rates on the app )

*worth checking first what your normal debit/credit card charges for a foreign transaction fee, as it may just be 2 or 3 %. Some though charge an amount on top i.e. £1.50
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On my switch I already got a USA and Japanese account, so if I change the region of say that Japanese account and purchase this from the Russian account can I change my region bk to Japanese? Also how would one go about using and paying by revolut. Thanks in advance

Can someone help I bought it but its not showing up the payment was taken from my revolut and its not in my redownloads ?

never mind i never confirmed the purchase on the first attempt need to wait for the funds to be refunded, so just bought again and will wait a refund on the first payment.

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Still is. ~£39

Bought mine from South Africa store at launch. Was the cheapest at the time.

ordered via revolout £9.19 not used it alot since xbox closed down the loophole buying from overseas stores played it and loving it worth 9 pounds just for the memories it brings back can see myself playing it until i finish which i don't usually do. Hopefully lots more oldies come out between now and christmas i only have mario galaxy pre oredered thus far for the switch.

Ordered - Thanks op!

Cheers op, changed region on my Nintendo profile, bought using switch and my normal visa debit for 699 rub :smile: changed region back to UK and all good. Now I just need to find a good region for a decent splatoon 2 price!

Even if it's 2.99% it's worth it :sunglasses:

I keep receiving the error 'The country set for your Nintendo Account is different from that of the page you have just been looking at.' Even though I've changed the country on my account and I'm on the correct language page?

Superb stuff. Brilliant deal

You sure it's a fee free card? :kissing_heart:

Thanks! 9.01 on Tesco credit card

I was considering to do this. But read a little further online.

Some points (cons about effect in sales in a region affecting future releases), to consider. Still a good deal though.
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@mastermjr20041 Seems to be a common issue and the developers have said they're working on a fix

Thanks op, great deal for a great game.

Zis deal is to foster better UK-Russia relations, no ? :kissing_heart:‌ :grin:‌ :wink:‌ :heart_eyes:

Could be just the standard European blurb perhaps?
Should be 699 RUB

i was about to do it, but when i translated the last screen got this:

Proof of purchase Purchase Information Nintendo Switch Sonic mania Payment method Funds are needed: 18 € (Inclusive of VAT) Current balance: 0 RUB Amount to be paid by credit card: 18 € Product Information Right of refusal I agree that Nintendo begins to fulfill its obligations before the denial period ends. I acknowledge that I thereby lose my right to refuse. I accept The Nintendo account agreement is applied. Buy Close


its saying 18 €. u guys sure this will go to £9?

Thanks OP what a deal :thumbsup: loving the switch right now ! Find me chappyuk or Lee_chappy

So they don't have to make a russian account, so they don't have to link that account to their switch, so they dont have to keep the russian account on their switch, so their switch news feed doesn't get filled with russian news stories.

Why bother when you can just change region, buy, change back, login on NNID. Done. Game downloads it's self and you play. No making a new account and having the purchase tied to a different account. No russian news filling news feed. No extra steps in making a new account.

Thanks! £8.97 using Monzo (MasterCard)

Looks like sonic mania switch might not make uk top 40 sales chart :laughing:

Just tried again using the eshop on the switch and it worked thanks.

Cos you don't need seperate accounts and
Cos then your games are all purchased on your main account :smile:

Mine said that just did it in a different browser and it worked.

Did you change region here accounts.nintendo.com
Then did you go on your console to the eshop or did you go on the web ?

Why are people changing the region on their accounts? Just set up a Russian account. Took me 5 minutes.

:smile:

My Cap One MasterCard was the same. Bargain.

I followed the shop link above and changed my Country/region of residence to Russia in Nintendo Account settings but when I go to purchase for 699 RUB in the shop I get the message 'Error Code: 904-2125

Wanted to play it at lunch and didn't have my Halifax Clarity card with me so just bought it from UK store.. If I'd read comments to see how easy this was I'd probably just have waited! :grin:

Interesting to know for any future digital games though!

It appears Mastercards exchange rate is slightly favourable in this instance as Visa currently exchanges 699.00 Russian Ruble = 9.06 Pound Sterling‌ :face_with_monocle:

Worked great thanks - used my Starling Bank Debit Card and it was £8.97!

Strange. I have heard it can be hit and miss with which cards work with which regions

Mine also refunded. Tried it again on the desktop site with revolut and it went through.

‌ :dizzy_face: WE HAVE A WINNER!! DING DING DING DING! ‌ :grin:‌ :wink:

Halifax Clarity card only charged me £8.97, thank you so much OP!

No, the money was returned so i used my normal bank card to purchase for £9.06

I did it all on the web. You can change region, buy the game, change region back and then when you go back into the UK shop (on PC), it will say you already own the game. So I have ordered and paid but won't download it on my Switch until later. Sure it won't be an issue since my account in UK says I've got the game.

Were you doing it all on the web? I haven't relinked my nnid since changing region for the first time (many weeks ago) without any issue. But I've never changed region before the game has downloaded

It's literally a 5 minute job, if that.

1. Login and change region
2. Buy game
3. Change region back
4. Relink any accounts

The game will show on your account regardless of region, so once the purchase is complete you play the game the same way as any digital game bought from the UK store.

Thanks for the deal! went through and made the change, purchased, changed back and did't say I could download when I was on the UK store. I then remembered however, that I needed to relink to my NNID, showed up and all good!

You need to have linked a Switch console to your Nintendo account to buy on the website sorry

No.

Nintendo have expressly said and promoted the fact that the switch is region free / unlocked so don't know what you need to worry about?

can you do this online anywhere or do you have to do it on the console? I have a Switch arriving for my birthday next week...

Never on the Nintendo eshop.
Loads of times on Xbox.

Have you used Revolut before ?

Don't you have to switch (sorry) back to your Russian account to play the game though?

Change region, buy game, change region back... doesn't sound to onerous?

A lot of hassle to save £6

Got the halifax clarity credit card.

Did you manage to solve this? Same thing has happened to me using revolut.

came as £9.06 for me with halifax debit card.

This is a really good deal. I suspect Nintendo will increase the price on the Russian EShop when they see how many sales are coming from there. I just did it all from my PC. Just change account location setting to Russia, go to the e-shop and order it (Google will even translate the page), then change the account back to UK and re-link your NNID again. Then to check go on the UK e-shop and it will say you already have access to play this game (rather than a price appearing). At that point you are good to go. I used a credit card, transaction fees are typically around 2-4% I believe so on a purchase like this you'll only end up paying less than say £9.50 I think.

£9.06 nice now just need to wait for my switch repair before i can play. The new update did nothing for my battery and still draining even when completely turned off. I cant even play zelda in fear ill loose all my save data :thinking: hopefully 3rd switch lucky.

Which credit card you on? My NatWest one has mega fees for this stuff!

Yep revolut worked a treat, bargain, played first 2 acts, it's brilliant

Paid with card, NINTENDO OF EUROPE 800-255-3700 DE Card Not Present, £9.06

Niccce

First thing I noticed is as default it has a slight blur effect filter, looks better if you turn it off in options. Also sfx is a bit loud and constant blooop blooop from jumping might get annoying, plus the music is awesome so turn sfx down and hear these wicked tunes. there's 2 other filters than give a crt horizontal line effect too but I think it's best with none.
The wicked total rad awesome cool remix music yo is well bad, you'll love it and awaken some Mega Drive memories :grin:

I purchased online using Revolut, the money has come out but says pending, when i go to the store i can't download the game?

Sorry if I'm just being dumb here but I have £11 in my account which means I can't change it over right? Is it still possible for me to download it from another user profile on my switch?

EDIT: Yep, it works fine! You'll have to navigate the eshop is Russian though so it's a good idea to run through in English first so you know what you're pressing!

It says it'll unlink my Nintendo Account from my NID or something along those lines, by changing region. Can I switch region, buy it, switch back and link things back up again without any issue?

heat added, but this is Nintendo we are talking about, while Microsoft and Sony are fine with this type of thing, with nintendo being nintendo part of me worries that they will do something to stop it and knowing them ban accounts etc

This is probably a silly question but not done this before, reading the post it says (cant have credit on your account to change region) does that mean your credit has to be 0.00 to be able to switch???

Sounds a real dumb question lol

very easy to do.

go to your nintendo account.

Change region and save

Either on your web browser ( russia nintendo eshop ) or on the switch itself. Buy the game
Swap back to english
Game downloads in seconds as its small.
Great game, me and my son love it

Nice, was tempted at £16 for around £9 it's a no brainer.

Just used my credit card which doesnt charge fees, easy peasy :smile:

Change my region on my account to russia, then changed it back again and relinked NID. I dont keep credit on my nintendo account so not a problem for me.

Thanks OP

Stayed up until 2am playing this. It's incredible. :heart_eyes:

Just bought this, to clarify:

-It runs in English, and the software title on the home screen is also in English
-Did not need to use Revolut, Visa debit worked fine (although i'm sure standard currency conversion fees will apply)

Good find op.

After buying mania, can you change the region back to uk??

Of course the only caveat here is that your news will be filled with Russian language stuff!

Is there a way to delete the Russian account from the Switch but keeping access to the game? A minor annoyance, but hey ho.

DOH, looks like I should just have changed the region instead of setting up a separate account?!

edit: actually I knew there was a reason to set up different accounts - you lose any balance you might have if you change regions on your main account, no thanks.

edit again: ah, it's fine, I just changed the region online back to UK, I'll just play swapsies with this account, some stuff on the Norway eshop I'm after too.

Shame this isn't the PS4 price. There's just not £16 in this for me but I'd jump at £9. Hot.

Can I just use my normal debit card on the Russian eShop to make this work? Or do I need to use this Revolut app?

It's so good. I can't believe Sega have made a good Sonic game. It only took 23 years since Sonic & Knuckles.

I've waited 23 years for this game, I think I can afford to pay £16 for it. That and I saw this post after I'd already bought it! :wink:

Seriously though, I'm happy to have spent a bit more if it makes it obvious to Sega that there is still a demand for this sort of game. If it was £30+ I'd then be more inclined to look for cheaper prices.

I know, cool story bro!

Sorted. Just setup anew account and then bought from Russia store! Even worked with my credit card so no messing about with eshop cards! Thanks

I believe the preferred way to switch :joy: is by creating a separate account. That's what I read

Nice one got it for 9 quid

I thought you had to set up separate accounts for each region. Where do you change region for your account?

Dame, should of waited a few hours lol

Still loving this game. Finally Sonic is back!!!

Is this coming out in a physical form for the switch?

Heat for the spreadsheet table alone :smile:

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