DS day at Amazon

Amazon has some amazing Gold Box deals today (April 25, 2008) on five DS titles. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is the “Deal of the Day,” and will be on sale all day for $16.99. The other four games will be “Lightning Deal” sales – where only a certain amount of merchandise will be available and on sale for a limited period of time.

DS Fanboy is keeping an updated list of what the “Lightning Deal” games are as they are revealed. The first deal, available at 6am PDT, was $18.99 copies of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Only 44% of the available stock for that deal were purchased. The 10am PDT deal is $14.99 copies of Master of Illusion. That probably won’t last long though, because as I type, the % claimed bar is creeping closer to 100%.

And there it goes. Is Master of Illusion really that good? I’ve heard about it, and tried a demo at a local GameStop, and wasn’t that impressed. I’m surprised that there would be such a rush to purchase a game which basically teaches you to play magic tricks. I just can’t conceive of it being so good that it would sell out when it’s a “Lightning Deal.”

Two more “Lightning Deals” will be offered at 2pm and 6pm PDT. Both listings currently have enigmatic little hints to what the titles will be, and the actual game will be revealed when that sale starts. The 2pm hint is “Protect the Earth, destroy the invaders,” and the 6pm hint is “Your destiny awaits. Experience the power.” DS Fanboy’s guessing Ben 10 and Naruto: Ninja Destiny, which both like pretty sound guesses to me.

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