The select version only launched yesturday before that it kept it's full price all the time at £37-£40 but now its £18 its a bargain :D

Sounds like a NoA issue because here in Australia most newly released Wii U titles(first party) sell for $65-70AUS($50-55US) which is very cool. Sadly the Wii U has not had a price drop in a very long time and that's the only element holding me back from buying one.

Is the case with most Nintendo games...

Rarely get a price drop so it's hard to find them when they go on sale, which makes it a relatively good deal to get them at launch

2nd hand is probably the way to go if you want a cheap copy

Nintendo games almost never drop in price, even if it is a glorified remaster, which was made in 6 months according to Nintendo. Love what they did with the music though.

If the WiiU was region-free, you could get the european Select version for 25€. I don't know why the Selects aren't the same between regions.

Nintendo's games always do this. They're very valuable. New Super Mario Bros. DS still sells $35 new and it came out 2006? You can get it cheaper on Amazon but the list price is still $35. I traded in all my Wii games and the gamestop employee literally told me "the only reason why you're getting all this money is because you're selling Nintendo games". I walked out with $350 cash. They're highly sought after and timeless games that don't lose value just because a newer version is out. Each one is its own entity. That's my answer.

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I know many here view this as a positive,

I think the best thing about buying a console years after it comes out, is piling up on the software that released earlier on that is now cheaper to get a lot out of a system and have a blast with it at a lower barrier of entry.

I guess Ninten sees their games in high regards, which is why you rarely see them drop in price, which great that Ninten sees their work as high value, but not so much for people wanting a cheaper copy. Heck Skyward Sword used is still 50, and Radiant Dawn was 80 last I saw it.

Though sometimes a couple of their games drop, like the Nintendo selects, and i got Super Paper Mario for rather cheap. Go figure.

If I ever do get another platform from Nintendo, I'll be buying the vast majority of their games by second hand ...

Nintendo's pricing practices is not a virtue, it's a god damned nuisance especially for someone as cash strapped as I am ...

I don't usually by the latest games when I often lag by 2 or so years but I could care less about Nintendo's bottom line since their far from being a favoured publisher in my eyes so it'd be insanity on my part buy their games new when I could be saving $$$ buying them used instead ...