Originally posted by: koko
Here is my copy, it looks like it has shrink wrap on the outside with what I would guess is a french manual as I'm in Canada. It has the y-seam underneath so it looks like the slapped a french manual in there then put shrink wrap over the whole thing, weird. Here are the pics of the bundle I got from him when I got it, everything was sealed except the pic with silent hill. The atlus games were sealed as well. Looking back now it was pretty nuts but I've given his kids a bunch of stuff over the years so we might be even. Probably one of my most exciting and expensive valued bundles over the years, especially looking back now at how some of the games have gone up.
That bilingual manual is definitely rare, and may be truly special if Pocket Pool wasn't actually distributed or sold in Canada. It seems as though it was, but no copies seem to be available at the moment. For now there's no real monetary value to it, but I'd definitely not trade or sell that sealed bundle lightly. If PSP collecting ever really gets hot there'll be some interest in it.
I also checked the seal on my copy of the Dream Models UMD and it is a legit y-fold, not at all like the messy shrinkwrap. I also checked the Pocket Pool manual itself to see if there were any clues about the link between the two titles, and there certainly is. Section G of the manual states: "High scores will allow you to unlock the hotness- sexy images and videos featuring the gorgeous Dream Models". That confirms the unsourced Wikipedia claim. I'm a very mild PSP collector, but even if I weren't I'd still be amazed that this game not only was made but that it really did receive such a companion UMD release.
