Mario with black sticker seal?

[Capguncowboy | 0]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/313916065024?hash=item4916db0500:g:Qt8AAOSwIwZiMeLM

Anyone seen this before? The box is beat but it has the black sticker seal at the top. I know Nintendo wasn't using those by the release of Mario 2, so maybe someone can shed some light on it? Reseal by Nintendo? Aftermarket? 

[alpenanews0506 | 13]

They sealed games like that much longer in Canada than the US. I believe that is what you are seeing here, a game sold in Canada.

[Capguncowboy | 0]

So the US version of games were sold in Canada with the gloss sticker seal? Mario 2 came out at the end of 1988. It's odd they were still using those more than 2 years later

Thanks for the info

[DK | 267]

10 minutes ago, Capguncowboy said:

So the US version of games were sold in Canada with the gloss sticker seal? Mario 2 came out at the end of 1988. It's odd they were still using those more than 2 years later

Thanks for the info

I know that I have seen several countries sell the US version of a game for a few months before their own region one was released - usually with some sort of sticker on it.

Just a guess - Mario 2 was going to be a big seller, the Canadian versions weren't ready yet, so they took the wrap off a bunch of US copies, imported them as used to save $$$, then stuck a sticker seal on it so it could be sold as new in the Canadian market?

[Capguncowboy | 0]

Thanks for the info and theory. That probably makes the most sense!

Edited March 17, 2022 by Capguncowboy

[Code Monkey | 2,014]

Lots of games came sticker sealed in Canada long after the official release of NES in the USA. They weren't imported USA games though, they were specific to our market because many of the boxes came as hangtab as well, I have a Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! hangtab box with sticker seal and it's just a regular CAN release.

[DoctorEncore | 3,691]

This almost looks like someone just had one of these stickers laying around and plopped it on there for fun. I wouldn't overthink it.