Capguncowboy | 0 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpenanews0506 | 13 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capguncowboy | 0 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK | 277 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capguncowboy | 0 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) Thanks for the info and theory. That probably makes the most sense! Edited March 17, 2022 by Capguncowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,115 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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