Pooch and I own this game
Pooch and I own this game
Pooch and I own this game
ya gotta get that thing regraded curtis!
(graded pre the plus system, lock for an 85+ )
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WTB Cdn sealed black boxes, sealed Cdn first party titles. I.e. the "mattel" Cdn boxes with both french and english. Mainly black boxes, zelda, link, and tyson, but let me know what you have. I am interested in anything I don't already have!
WTB Cdn sealed black boxes, sealed Cdn first party titles. I.e. the "mattel" Cdn boxes with both french and english. Mainly black boxes, zelda, link, and tyson, but let me know what you have. I am interested in anything I don't already have!
WTB Cdn sealed black boxes, sealed Cdn first party titles. I.e. the "mattel" Cdn boxes with both french and english. Mainly black boxes, zelda, link, and tyson, but let me know what you have. I am interested in anything I don't already have!
You may be right but the location of the poster is: USA Washington.
If it was found in Washinton it isn't that big of a stretch to say that this game may have started out in Canada.
come on guys. am I the only one who sees the common denominator is that all copies so far have come from nintendo employees (on either side of the border)? Two copies found in the canadian hq, and one copy, as the story in the thread went, found right by the US hq in washington and suspected to have come from a US employee who worked at the US hq.
not to mention that if it was cdn only distribution, it would be far LESS rare than it is. Canadian variants are pretty scarce but they are nowhere near THIS rare.
the far more likely explanation is that it was intended as a normal release, then a deal was signed with blockbuster, and the release changed. a few copies leaking out from hq's indicates there were some copies printed before the blockbuster deal, with most of those probably trashed.
this follows far more of a SE script than a maxi 15 script.
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come on guys. am I the only one who sees the common denominator is that all copies so far have come from nintendo employees (on either side of the border)? Two copies found in the canadian hq, and one copy, as the story in the thread went, found right by the US hq in washington and suspected to have come from a US employee who worked at the US hq.
not to mention that if it was cdn only distribution, it would be far LESS rare than it is. Canadian variants are pretty scarce but they are nowhere near THIS rare.
the far more likely explanation is that it was intended as a normal release, then a deal was signed with blockbuster, and the release changed. a few copies leaking out from hq's indicates there were some copies printed before the blockbuster deal, with most of those probably trashed.
this follows far more of a SE script than a maxi 15 script.
But then people will need the game to complete the set and there are not enough to go around so this can not stand
Seriously though, you bring up a good point. The inverse of what I have said is also true. Washington is close to Canada but then Canada is also close to Washington. Unless someone can produce one that was purchased in a retail setting they could have all been leaked out by employees etc.
But then what would that mean ? Does that mean they were never released and that these are some sort of test cart ? Are they part of the SNES set then or not? No matter how you see it people without the carts will discount them.
come on guys. am I the only one who sees the common denominator is that all copies so far have come from nintendo employees (on either side of the border)? Two copies found in the canadian hq, and one copy, as the story in the thread went, found right by the US hq in washington and suspected to have come from a US employee who worked at the US hq.
not to mention that if it was cdn only distribution, it would be far LESS rare than it is. Canadian variants are pretty scarce but they are nowhere near THIS rare.
the far more likely explanation is that it was intended as a normal release, then a deal was signed with blockbuster, and the release changed. a few copies leaking out from hq's indicates there were some copies printed before the blockbuster deal, with most of those probably trashed.
this follows far more of a SE script than a maxi 15 script.
But then people will need the game to complete the set and there are not enough to go around so this can not stand
Seriously though, you bring up a good point. The inverse of what I have said is also true. Washington is close to Canada but then Canada is also close to Washington. Unless someone can produce one that was purchased in a retail setting they could have all been leaked out by employees etc.
But then what would that mean ? Does that mean they were never released and that these are some sort of test cart ? Are they part of the SNES set then or not? No matter how you see it people without the carts will discount them.
The only thing I can add to this conversation regarding the FFG Black box is the following:
I talked to both the Warehouse employee extensively and one of the accountants that worked in the office.
The games were all from a locked locker room/area called the 'Marketing storage' according to the warehouse employee. There was apparently 1 that was cleared out (my stuff) and a locked one the warehouse employee had no access too. This is where the NOC ebay auction games came from.
So if those games were for marketing, that means it was intended for release eventually, doesn't it?
So I guess you have to fall into one of these options:
1) It was never marketed/released because Nintendo subsequently made a deal with Blockbuster to release the Orange Exclusive
2) It's a Canadian variant with only 3 known copies that exist - which 1 was said to come from Nintendo Of America in Washington
I don't know about you, but I personally think option #1 makes more sense, the Stadium events (ish) situation.
Think about it - There are what, 3-5 confirmed sealed SEs? 2 confirmed sealed FFGs - 1 CIB
Like Dan says, if it were a Canadian variant, (or a Cheetamen situation/maxi?), there would be a heck of a lot more of these available.
For option 2 though, the only information I can think of that would back the rare Canadian variant argument, would be the elusive CDN DK. Jr. Math that continues to haunt Braveheart... (unless I missed him getting one) or I missed anyone else having it... (I'm not following NES stuff much anymore)
Or am I crazy?
come on guys. am I the only one who sees the common denominator is that all copies so far have come from nintendo employees (on either side of the border)? Two copies found in the canadian hq, and one copy, as the story in the thread went, found right by the US hq in washington and suspected to have come from a US employee who worked at the US hq.
not to mention that if it was cdn only distribution, it would be far LESS rare than it is. Canadian variants are pretty scarce but they are nowhere near THIS rare.
the far more likely explanation is that it was intended as a normal release, then a deal was signed with blockbuster, and the release changed. a few copies leaking out from hq's indicates there were some copies printed before the blockbuster deal, with most of those probably trashed.
this follows far more of a SE script than a maxi 15 script.
But then people will need the game to complete the set and there are not enough to go around so this can not stand
Seriously though, you bring up a good point. The inverse of what I have said is also true. Washington is close to Canada but then Canada is also close to Washington. Unless someone can produce one that was purchased in a retail setting they could have all been leaked out by employees etc.
But then what would that mean ? Does that mean they were never released and that these are some sort of test cart ? Are they part of the SNES set then or not? No matter how you see it people without the carts will discount them.
well its not like cheetah 2 because cheetah 2 didn't get released at all. This got released, in at least one form.
The fact is we don't really know enough about what happened and we can only guess. All we can say for sure is that its an extremely rare variant of a released game
WTB Cdn sealed black boxes, sealed Cdn first party titles. I.e. the "mattel" Cdn boxes with both french and english. Mainly black boxes, zelda, link, and tyson, but let me know what you have. I am interested in anything I don't already have!
Why would it have to be in the thousands?
Sure the ROM board for any game would have to be in the thousands but I'm not so sure the box was. Boxes are cheap to make compared to the rom. I have seen some boxes made in very limited numbers that were changed prior to production.
This file copy Clayfighters game I have lists the cost of the box at 61 cents and the cost of the cartridge at $18.40
This is the only file copy I have so I am uncertain how different the price for the Clayfighters box would be from other boxes. The cartridge cost also would differ from game to game but a normal box might be super cheap.
