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10 minutes ago, Mr. CIB said:

As of today the 3DS has 419 games released for NA with Atooi Collection released yesterday by Limited Run Games. There are 62 gamed that do not come with manuals. 

What's a guy gotta do to get a list? I'm at 147 unique titles. I'd love to have a spread sheet or something to check off as a get closer to the set. 

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1 hour ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

What's a guy gotta do to get a list? I'm at 147 unique titles. I'd love to have a spread sheet or something to check off as a get closer to the set. 

50 Classic Games
7th Dragon III Code: VFD
Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy+
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom
Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn, The
Alien Chaos 3D
Alliance Alive, The
Amazing Spider-Man 2, The
Amazing Spider-Man, The
American Mensa Academy
Angry Birds Star Wars
Angry Birds Trilogy
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone!
Asphalt 3D
Artooi Collection
Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack
Barbie & her Sisters: Puppy Rescue
Barbie: Dreamhouse Party
Barbie: Groom and Glam Pups
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
Battleship
Ben 10: Galactic Racing
Ben 10: Omniverse
Ben 10: Omniverse 2
Beyblade: Evolution
Big Hero 6: Battle in the Bay
Bit Trip Saga
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
Boulder Dash-XL 3D
Brain Age: Concentration Training
Bratz: Fashion Boutique
Bravely Default
Bravely Second: End Layer
Brunswick Pro Bowling
Bust-a-Move Universe
Captain America: Super Soldier
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Carnival Games: Wild West 3D
Cars 2
Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers
Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate
Cave Story 3D
Centipede: Infestation
Chibo-Robo! Zip Lash
Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.
Code of Princess
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic
Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appetit!
Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop
Corpse Party
Crash City Mayhem
Croods: Prehistoric Party!, The
Crossworlds Plus
Crush 3D
Cubic Ninja
Culdcept Revolt
Cut the Rope: Triple Treat
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Deca Sports Extreme
Deer Drive Legends
Detective Pikachu
Disney Art Academy
DISNEY Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
DISNEY Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue
Disney Frozen: Olaf's Quest
DISNEY Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets
Disney Infinity: Toy Box Challenge
Disney Magical World
Disney Magical World 2
Disney Planes
Disney Planes: Fire & Rescue
Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure
Disney Violetta: Rhythm & Music
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Doodle Jump Adventures
Dragon Ball Fusions
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Dream Trigger 3D
Dreamworks Super Star Karts
Driver Renegade 3D
DualPenSports
Duck Dynasty
Etrian Mystery Dungeon
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the TItan
Etrian Odyssey Nexus
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth
Ever Oasis
F1 2011
Face Racers: Photo Finish
Fantasy Life
Farming Simulator 14
Farming Simulator 18
Fast & Furious: Showdown
FIFA 12
FIFA 13
FIFA 14
FIFA 15
Final Fantasy Explorers
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition
Fire Emblem Warriors
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Fossil Fighters: Frontier
Freakyforms Deluxe
Frogger 3D
Frozen Big Hero 6 2 Pack
Funky Barn 3D
Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove 3D
Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends
Garfield Kart
Gem Smashers
Generator Rex: Agent of Providence
Girls' Fashion Shoot
Goosebumps: The Game
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi
Happy Feet Two
Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning
Harvest Moon 3D: The Tale of Two Towns
Harvest Moon: Skytree Village
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX
Heavy Fire: The Chosen Few
Hello Kitty and Sanrio Friends 3D Racing
Hello Kitty Picnic with Sanrio Friends
Heroes of Ruin
Hey! PIKMIN
Hidden: An Augmented Reality Ghost Hunting Adventure, The
Hometown Story
Horse 3D
Hot Wheels: World's Best Driver
Hotel Transylvania
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Hyrule Warriors Legends
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Imagine Babyz
Imagine Fashion Designer
Imagine Fashion Life
Jake Hunter Detective Story: Ghost of the Dusk
James Noir's Hollywood Crimes
Jaws: Ultimate Predator
Jewel Master: Cradle of Egypt 2
Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome 2
Junior Classic Games 3D
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Kirby Planet Robobot
Kirby Triple Deluxe
Kirby: Battle Royale
Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
Lalaloopsy: Carnival of Friends
Langrisser Re: Incarnation - Tensei
Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy
LBX: Little Battlers eXperience
Legend of Korra: A New Era Begins, The
Legend of Legacy, The
Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, The
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, The
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, The
Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, The
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins
LEGO Friends
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
LEGO Jurassic World
LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey
LEGO Lord of the Rings
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril
LEGO Marvel's Avengers
LEGO Movie: The Videogame
LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids
LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
LEGO The Hobbit
Let's Ride: Best in Breed
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven
Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Madagascar 3: The Video Game
Madden NFL Football
Mahjong 3D: Warriors of the Emperor
Mahjong CUB3D
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Mario Golf: World Tour
Mario Kart 7
Mario Party: Island Tour
Mario Party: Star Rush
Mario Party: The Top 100
Mario Sports Superstars
Mario Tennis Open
Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Metroid: Samus Returns
Michael Jackson: The Experience
Miitopia
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition
Moco Moco Friends
Monster 4x4 3D
Monster High: 13 Wishes
Monster High: New Ghoul in School
Monster High: Skultimate Roller Maze
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Monster Hunter Generations
Monster Hunter Stories
Moshi Monsters: Katsuma Unleashed
Moshi Monsters: Moshlings Theme Park
My Pet Puppy 3D
Myst
Nano Assault
Naruto Powerful Shippuden
Nascar Unleashed
NCIS 3D
Need for Speed: The Run
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Nicktoons MLB 3D
Nikoli’s Pencil Puzzle
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New Friends
Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends
Nintendogs + Cats: Toy Poodle & New Friends
One Piece: Romance Dawn
One Piece: Unlimited World Red
Oregon Trail, The
Pac-Man & Galaga
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2
Pac-Man Party 3D
Paddington: Adventures in London
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Paws & Claws Pampered Pets Resort 3D
Penguins of Madagascar
Persona Q 2
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
Pet Zombies
Petz Beach
Petz Countryside
Petz Fantasy 3D
Phineas & Ferb: Quest For Cool Stuff
Pilotwings Resort
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
Pokémon Art Academy
Pokémon Moon
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Pokémon Omega Ruby
Pokémon Rumble Blast
Pokémon Rumble World
Pokémon Sun
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
Pokemon Ultra Moon
Pokemon Ultra Sun
Pokémon X
Pokémon Y
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale
Poptropica: Forgotten Islands
Power Rangers: Megaforce
Power Rangers: Super Megaforce
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Project X Zone
Project X Zone 2
Puppies 3D
Purrpals Purrfection
Putty Squad
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
Puzzler Mind Gym 3D
Puzzler World 2012 3D
Puzzler World 2013
Rabbids Rumble
Rabbids Travel in Time
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology
Rayman 3D
Rayman Origins
Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D
Reel Fishing Paradise 3D
Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land
Resident Evil: Revelations
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure
Ridge Racer 3D
Rise of the Guardians
River City: Rival Showdown
River City: Tokyo Rumble
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3D
RPG Maker Fes
Runbow Pocket
Rune Factory 4
Samurai Warriors: Chronicles
Scooby-Doo! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Scribblenauts Unmasked
Sega 3D Classics Collection
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shifting World
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
Shinobi
Shovel Knight
Sims 3, The
Sims 3: Pets, The
Skylanders Giants
Skylanders SuperChargers: Racing
Skylanders Trap Team
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Skylanders: Swap Force
Smurfs, The
Snoopy's Grand Adventure
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal
Sonic Generations
Sonic: Lost World
Spider-Man: Edge of Time
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir
SpongeBob HeroPants
SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge
Spongebob Squigglepants
Spy Hunter
Star Fox 64 3D
Steel Diver
Stella Glow
Story of Seasons
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns
Style Savvy: Fashion Forward
Style Savvy: Trendsetters
Super Black Bass 3D
Super Mario 3D Land
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
Super Monkey Ball 3D
Super Smash Bros.
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition
Sushi Striker: The Way of the Sushido
Tales of the Abyss
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (The Movie)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Splinter Training Pack
Tekken 3D
Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle
Terraria
Tetris Ultimate
Tetris: Axis
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
Thor: God of Thunder
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D
Tomodachi Life
Top Trumps: NBA All Stars
Transformers Prime
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
Trash Pack, The
Travel Adventures with Hello Kitty and Friends
Turbo: Super Stunt Squad
Ultimate NES Remix
Virtue's Last Reward
WarioWare Gold
Winx Club: Saving Alfea
Wipeout 2
Wipeout 3
Wipeout: Create & Crash
Wreck-It Ralph
WWE All Stars
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D
Yo-Kai Watch
Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits
Yo-Kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls
Yo-Kai Watch 2: Psychic Spectres
Yo-Kai Watch 3
Yo-Kai Watch Blasters: Red Cat Corps
Yo-Kai Watch Blasters: White Dog Squad
Yoshi's New Island
Young Justice: Legacy
Zero Time Dilemma
Zoo Resort 3D
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2 hours ago, Mr. CIB said:

Oh man my last on the wii because I don't want to get in trouble for derailing the 3DS thread 🙂 but off the top of my head

Tatsunko vs Capcon

Silent Hill Shattered Memories

A Boy and His Blob

Fragile Dreams

Marble Saga

Dawn and Discovery

Red Steel 2

Deadly Creatures

Sin & Punishment 

Conduit

Rune Factory

Dead Space

Klonoa (Ps1 version is expensive and this is suppose to be the better version)

Madworld

I thought of a couple more too. 

Arc rise Fantasia

Lost in shadow

Opoona

Links crossbow training

Dragon quest sword

 

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4 hours ago, DeuceGamer said:

For the most part the Atooi Collection are all going to end up in collectors hands and the majority will probably remain sealed. A lot of the other hard to find games have been on the second hand market and went through kids hands, non collectors hands, and GameStop where a lot of them have lost their cases and manuals or just tossed them.

Barbie Gloom and Glam pups definitely will be harder to find barring a reprint or a pallet of new old stock being found IMO. Some I’d say MAY possibly be harder to find complete and definitely sealed would be Alien Chaos 3D, Heavy Fire, Crash City Mayhem,  Girls Fashion Shoot, Fire Emblem Special Edition, FIFA 14, etc...

That’s not to say that I think the Atooi collection will be plentiful. I think it will be up there, but since almost all end up in Collectors hands they won’t be lost and will be well taken care of with the majority remaining sealed.

Apparently most people don't want the Atooi collection since it's still available. Those Yo Kai games (Dog/Cat Busters & Yo Kai 3) must of had a super small print run and are hard to find.

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18 minutes ago, stephbm6 said:

Apparently most people don't want the Atooi collection since it's still available. Those Yo Kai games (Dog/Cat Busters & Yo Kai 3) must of had a super small print run and are hard to find.

Assuming the cart trick works, there's about 400 of the CE left and 289 of the regular version left.

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I think it’s mostly hard core collectors that are interested in the Atooi Collection. The mainstream gaming market has either moved on, or probably had plenty of Nintendo 1st Party titles they can still choose from and even if the mainstream audience would be interested in the Atooi Collection, they probably aren’t even aware of Limited Run Games.

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I find myself in a rabbit hole of new 3ds plates. Every time I think I found them all, another set comes to my attention.

Osomatsu-San had a bundle that included a console, several inserts, exclusive cover plates, and the game. Pokemon Centers in Japan sold primal groudon and primal kyogre bundles (with exclusive plates for each). Another of the "cute" line includes the "madras check" console with, you guessed it, an exclusive plate set. And a Disney game, Magic Castle 2: My Happy Life, got two LE sets for XL and regular n3ds, resulting in another exclusive plate set. I also checked and unless the nintendo website just stopped updating, there are more "standard" plates I thin that aren't listed, namely, the "spring yoshi" set which is made to match the system theme (which IIRC is named the same).

Yet I am probably still missing more.

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22 hours ago, DeuceGamer said:

Barbie Gloom and Glam pups definitely will be harder to find barring a reprint or a pallet of new old stock being found IMO. Some I’d say MAY possibly be harder to find complete and definitely sealed would be Alien Chaos 3D, Heavy Fire, Crash City Mayhem,  Girls Fashion Shoot, Fire Emblem Special Edition, FIFA 14, etc...

Idk how Crash City Mayhem even got on the radar as an uncommon game. They're readily available CIB and sell frequently. It isn't even in the same league as some of the other uncommon 3DS games. 

Someone just brought it up back in the day in NA and it stayed in the conversation ever since. Dual pen sports is more scarce than Crash City. I can think of a couple others too that come up CIB way less often than Crash City. 

Rant over lol

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56 minutes ago, stephbm6 said:

How can you see how many are left in stock?

Try to add thousands of copies to your cart.  Doesn't necessarily mean anything, but it could be a stock indicator.

Reg edition now at 248

CE at 397

Definitely moving slow.  Though that could mean the prospectors and resellers stayed away.  So the immediate second-hand market would be less flooded.

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7 hours ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

Idk how Crash City Mayhem even got on the radar as an uncommon game. They're readily available CIB and sell frequently. It isn't even in the same league as some of the other uncommon 3DS games. 

Someone just brought it up back in the day in NA and it stayed in the conversation ever since. Dual pen sports is more scarce than Crash City. I can think of a couple others too that come up CIB way less often than Crash City. 

Rant over lol

I see a single complete copy on eBay and no sealed copies. You don’t find it at most game stores in person, including GameStop’s complete. Guess we will agree to disagree 🤷‍♀️

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1 hour ago, DeuceGamer said:

I see a single complete copy on eBay and no sealed copies. You don’t find it at most game stores in person, including GameStop’s complete. Guess we will agree to disagree 🤷‍♀️

CmonScreenshot_20200809-182901.thumb.jpg.697e394dfc454add8983eeb9e90b1303.jpgScreenshot_20200809-182906.thumb.jpg.6396267d4d8690711d32f58c2457af63.jpgScreenshot_20200809-182912.thumb.jpg.6f738ceb89615837dc60f17d5f68c09e.jpg

Unless you're the one that's buying them all, it looks like there's no shortage and the 2 ppl bidding on a cib copy agree it's worth $35 shipped. 

Ppl just want games to be rare more than the games are actually rare

Versus something like Alien Chaos where these are the only CIB sales all summer. Screenshot_20200809-183552.thumb.jpg.bd845c1edeeb6666c38e9e7a81132775.jpg

It's just not in the same league.

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46 minutes ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

CmonScreenshot_20200809-182901.thumb.jpg.697e394dfc454add8983eeb9e90b1303.jpgScreenshot_20200809-182906.thumb.jpg.6396267d4d8690711d32f58c2457af63.jpgScreenshot_20200809-182912.thumb.jpg.6f738ceb89615837dc60f17d5f68c09e.jpg

Unless you're the one that's buying them all, it looks like there's no shortage and the 2 ppl bidding on a cib copy agree it's worth $35 shipped. 

Ppl just want games to be rare more than the games are actually rare

Versus something like Alien Chaos where these are the only CIB sales all summer. Screenshot_20200809-183552.thumb.jpg.bd845c1edeeb6666c38e9e7a81132775.jpg

It's just not in the same league.

Never said it’s the same as Alien Chaos, but we also can’t pretend it’s “readily available” when there is only a single copy available at $150. The bottom line is it is hard to find and I do believe it will be harder to find then Atooi Collection, especially in complete/sealed condition. 99% of copies made for Atooi collection will be near mint complete or sealed in 10 years, where as that’s simply not the case for Crash City Mayhem.

Also the value has absolutely nothing to do with how hard to find it is. Quoting the price is completely irrelevant.

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6 minutes ago, DeuceGamer said:

Never said it’s the same as Alien Chaos, but we also can’t pretend it’s “readily available” when there is only a single copy available at $150. The bottom line is it is hard to find and I do believe it will be harder to find then Atooi Collection, especially in complete/sealed condition. 99% of copies made for Atooi collection will be near mint complete or sealed in 10 years, where as that’s simply not the case for Crash City Mayhem.

Also the value has absolutely nothing to do with how hard to find it is. Quoting the price is completely irrelevant.

Idk about harder to find than Atooi but we will see in a few years. I know I had no problem getting a sealed copy of Crash City but it took me years to find on of Alien Chaos.

The copy listed now has a troll price and considering 3 CIB copies sold in the last week, it definitely was readily available.

Also, the price does play a part at auction. If more collectors want a game, the higher the price will go. 16 bids got laid down for that copy of Alien Chaos and it started at $1 which means ppl knew it is truly scarce while 2 bids on Crash City came in, no bidding war really shows ppl are willing to wait a week or two until the next CIB copy comes up.

Like I said, I have them both sealed so it's in my best interest to hype them both up but I truly think someone on NA threw it out there along with a couple others that just stuck.

I think it's an uncommon game but it doesn't deserve the hype that it gets. Like I said, Dual Pen Sports could easily over take its spot if someone snatched up what's fs on eBay now and listed their cib copy for $150.

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Anyone interested in variants? I’ve seen a few lists online that show the variants but most of them don’t seem accurate, at least the ones I’ve come across.

1 hour ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

Idk about harder to find than Atooi but we will see in a few years. I know I had no problem getting a sealed copy of Crash City but it took me years to find on of Alien Chaos.

The copy listed now has a troll price and considering 3 CIB copies sold in the last week, it definitely was readily available.

Also, the price does play a part at auction. If more collectors want a game, the higher the price will go. 16 bids got laid down for that copy of Alien Chaos and it started at $1 which means ppl knew it is truly scarce while 2 bids on Crash City came in, no bidding war really shows ppl are willing to wait a week or two until the next CIB copy comes up.

Like I said, I have them both sealed so it's in my best interest to hype them both up but I truly think someone on NA threw it out there along with a couple others that just stuck.

I think it's an uncommon game but it doesn't deserve the hype that it gets. Like I said, Dual Pen Sports could easily over take its spot if someone snatched up what's fs on eBay now and listed their cib copy for $150.

No doubt Alien Chaos is harder to find. That’s a non argument as nobody is denying that. It’s probably a top 3 hard to find game on the 3DS. It doesn’t mean Crash City Mayhem isn’t also hard to find, though less so than Alien Chaos.

I do believe Alien Chaos is decently harder to find, but the funny thing is I’ve actually came across and owned more copies of Alien Chaos than I have Crash City. I’m sure that’s mostly down to anecdotes, but when it comes to games that aren’t widely available it also shows how much difference there can be from one area to another IMO. 

Regarding it being readily available last week, that doesn’t mean it always is as it’s not readily available now at market value. The reason I mentioned the $150 price was to point out the only copy available is several times higher than market value, which kind of takes it out of the running for anyone who has any sense of the 3DS market to consider it.

No idea what hype it has as I’m not basing it on other people’s opinions. This is just what I’ve noticed myself while hunting games. It’s way early in the 3DS lifecycle so lots can change, but right now I don’t see it pop up when I’m at game shops often at all.

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2 hours ago, DeuceGamer said:

I do believe Alien Chaos is decently harder to find, but the funny thing is I’ve actually came across and owned more copies of Alien Chaos than I have Crash City.

You know what's crazy? My local Kmart had stacks of these games before they stopped selling video games as a whole. AlienChaos, Crash City and Cubic Ninja all $15 each. 

I think that's part of the reason these games are uncommon. It's mainly bc they were designed to be bargain bin games sold as big box stores. Big lots had some weird titles too. I don't know what happens to overstock from those stores but I'm sure most of those games ended up in some sort of a liquidation sale of some sort. 

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6 hours ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

You know what's crazy? My local Kmart had stacks of these games before they stopped selling video games as a whole. AlienChaos, Crash City and Cubic Ninja all $15 each. 

I think that's part of the reason these games are uncommon. It's mainly bc they were designed to be bargain bin games sold as big box stores. Big lots had some weird titles too. I don't know what happens to overstock from those stores but I'm sure most of those games ended up in some sort of a liquidation sale of some sort. 

I definitely saw them in my local KMart. Maybe that’s why they are hard to find now. Possibly it’s the only retail store they ended up in because I do not recall seeing most of those in any of the other major retailers, or even GameStop new. Maybe I missed them, but maybe that was the only retailer that was willing to take a chance on them lol.

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I got so lucky on Gamestop last year I ordered Yo Kai Watch Blasters White Dog Squad, Red Cat Corps, and Alien Chaos 3D all from their website. I don't know how they were in stock but I remember checking their pages every few days or so since I found out about the games. When I ordered them, Alien Chaos was cart only, WDS was "new" but had no sticker seal or plastic seal, and Red Cat Corps was cart only with a Gamestop case. Just thought it was super weird but still happy nonetheless. 

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I think my mania may finally be over: I found a website finally that catalogs all of the cover plates released, and it blows my mind what I found therein. It looks like, not only were there all the plates I had found, but there were also a few more game tie-ins I had never seen, AND there was a series of plates created for European cover plate design contest winners, AND there were (5) sets of plates made exclusively as winner prizes for Super Smash Bros. tournaments. I now feel safe to say that completing a set of 3DS cover plates would be all but impossible; There can't be more than a very small number (maybe even just one set) of those tournament plate sets, and who knows where you'll find them. I guess you could just tie yourself to the commercially available ones, at least then you have some hope.

 

Anyway, here's the site. All the "who knew that even existed" plates are on page 3. https://nintendowire.com/new-3ds-cover-plates/

 

The only thing that bothers me is that this site doesn't have the Osomatsu-San plate set listed. If they're incomplete, then who knows what other plates are still out there? A scary thought 😱

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I'd be a bit surprised myself, in my experience it's the space between the end of a system's lifespan and before it's around 20 years old that stuff is the cheapest. You're probably in a good place to start, just not as good if it comes to those few and far between rare games that explode in price early. If anything, those games will probably only get more expensive, so I would think you're still in good position.

 

20 minutes ago, ChickenTendas said:

I love how the plates go from innocent stripes to the horror that is the Squirtle anteater

Yeah, no matter the rarity, some of them are amazing and other ones are just ugly. I wonder if anyone would even use the smash bros tournament winner plates, seems like you'd be too afraid to wear those on your system.

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35 minutes ago, koifish said:

I'd be a bit surprised myself, in my experience it's the space between the end of a system's lifespan and before it's around 20 years old that stuff is the cheapest. You're probably in a good place to start, just not as good if it comes to those few and far between rare games that explode in price early. If anything, those games will probably only get more expensive, so I would think you're still in good position.

You're right. It's easier to buy now rather than in a couple years but I feel like it's already not as cheap as I was hoping it to be. I managed to find a lot of good deals here in Brazil but I already had to import some games and will have to buy a lot more in the US. If only the borders were open, I would definitely go to the US and would save a lot on shipping.

23 minutes ago, ChickenTendas said:

Groom and Glam Pups is going to be a bitch 🤣

Seems like there are a lot of us looking for it lol
My biggest chance is if one appears here in Brazil but if in the US it's extremely rare already, here it will be almost impossible.

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