Cool Find (but what's it worth?) - Case and Manual for GDC 2006 copy of Brain Age DS

[RH | 5,230]

Recently I bought a cheap lot of DS cases, hoping to piece together some of the games and to resell for profit. One of the games was Brain Age, which we all know is a cheap title.

However, upon inspection, this copy has a gold-seal sticker on the cover that says "A Gift From Nintendo / GDC: 06 / San Jose, California". Cool!

On have another copy of Brain Age and the SKU is different (but the box isn't marked as an NFR, the manual is different and it came with a Thank You card from Mr. Iwata. Photos of these differences are below. Where there are duplicates to show the differences, the one on the left is the "gift" copy, and the one on the right is a standard copy.

So, anyone know what this is worth (it's also subsequently FO). Two complete units have sold on eBay on eBay's history. They went for $90 and $100. The difference is that those hade copied of Brain Age. They have NFR stickers. I think that's the real question, how much does the NFR add to the value. Looking at the serial no , it's a final production cart and doesn't have the red Not For Resale text. But again, the originals did have NFR back labels, and I can't find a replacement, so they are at least uncommon.

Thanks for any assistance. Photos posted below.

[JVOSS | 1,774]

will i can tell you that this is a 1st run box but that is about all i know.  this box has not been seen in a while and have not clue what the cost with out game but ill make an offer. 

[RH | 5,230]

For the past 2 years I've had a "Brain Age NFR" saved search and I've pretty much gotten nada.  For those that do search, there is one item that has a pair of both Brain Age 1 and Brain Age 2 but, at a glance, I don't know what they were talking about.  BA1 is not an NFR.

Anyway, finally an NFR Brain Age 1 cartridge has popped up and there is no NFR badge on the front label.  All it has is the tell-tale "Property of Nintendo" label on the back.  So, I'm thinking the correct Brain Age cartridge for this release is actually a standard, original revision Brain Age cartridge.

So, has anyone found a copy of this GDC Brain Age in the past two years, or possibly missed this thread, and has any clue what goes in the box?  I'd like to complete this item, one way or another, but I need details.  I highly doubt Nintendo put a traditional, retailer kiosk style NFR in the box since this was intended to be a gift.  Here's the eBay link for the NFR, which in my opinion is rather cheap considering how some people love NFRs and I've not seen one of these in an entire year.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186300647492

@JVOSS (If you're still around, I'm directly pinging you in case you have new info.)

Edited February 16 by RH

[MiamiSlice | 3,180]

Do you still have this?

[RH | 5,230]

10 hours ago, MiamiSlice said:

Do you still have this?

Yes

 

[MiamiSlice | 3,180]

Did you ever get a cart? I saw someone post the same thing on Facebook and it was complete, and the cart really did have an NFR sticker on the back 

The "demo / property of nintendo" is so funny because they gave it away on purpose, like "not for resale" would have been fine, the rest does not make sense

[RH | 5,230]

19 minutes ago, MiamiSlice said:

Did you ever get a cart? I saw someone post the same thing on Facebook and it was complete, and the cart really did have an NFR sticker on the back 

The "demo / property of nintendo" is so funny because they gave it away on purpose, like "not for resale" would have been fine, the rest does not make sense

Hmmm, weird.  You know, maybe ,6 months an NFR cart popped up on eBay.  I thought about buying it but since I wasn't sure, I just marked it to watch and someone bought it.

I still have no clue if this is legit. Maybe they pieced it together to sell this one.  I mean, I'm not saying it's legit, but I'd like to see this item pop up 1-2 times in the wild and have photos to come to a personal consensus based off of that data.

Now, if someone came around and said "I'm the original owner/person who opened the game and can say it had a sticker", I'd be inclined to believe them.  Regardless, thanks for sharing this. All I need is to find one or two more and I'll be sure. I already have a launch cart I could put in the box. I guess I better keep my eyes open for one with an NFR sticker so that once the issue is solved, I can properly piece it together.

I do find it odd that this is one of the most common games for the system, but that NFR cartridge practically doesn't exist. And now that I say that, it does strengthen the evidence that it might, in fact, only be marked NFR from this event... hmmm....

[RH | 5,230]

23 minutes ago, MiamiSlice said:

Did you ever get a cart? I saw someone post the same thing on Facebook and it was complete, and the cart really did have an NFR sticker on the back 

The "demo / property of nintendo" is so funny because they gave it away on purpose, like "not for resale" would have been fine, the rest does not make sense

Did you buy this?

[MiamiSlice | 3,180]

1 hour ago, RH said:

Did you buy this?

No, but I asked the guy who has it and he said he bought it on eBay a few days after that GDC, so I am confident this is legit complete. He is not selling it. 

Edited September 23 by MiamiSlice

[MiamiSlice | 3,180]

Another copy, not the one I posted above, is now in my possession. Found via Reddit and bought directly from the person who posted it. Back sticker matches.

[JVOSS | 1,774]

damnnn i need that one.....  Nice catch...