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Err.... Just because some clown WANTS $8k for it doesn't mean it's actually worth that much. If it actually sells then it's a different story.

Only the zapper looks legit from the angles in the photos (could turn out to be fake too on closer inspection). Everything else doesn't. The controller shells have only 5 screws on the back instead of 6, the console bottom shell has textured feet instead of smooth, etc

Some of the Indian DVDs might actually be bootlegs.

I don't think these prices will sustain. I think the people behind WATA and Heritage Auctions will be dragged to court soon enough for market manipulation and prices will come crashing down.

I don't have a list for each cart but most of them have the games visible on the label. I also posted a list of some of the notable games across all the carts right above the pictures. But the carts are gone now.

Maybe you should ask Deniz Kahn lol

Yes, this is an Asian release because of the ASI codes all over the manuals and console. Console Variations doesn't seem to have this in their database either. It was further localized for sale in India.

I recently discovered an official SNES released by Media in India. I just made a thread about it.

I imagine @ThePhleo and @Joshua Rogers will find this very interesting Hell, they might even have more information on it.

Till recently I was of the belief that Nintendo only released the NES in India through a partnership with Samurai. After poor sales because of extremely high prices, they left the market. You can read more about the Samurai NES here: https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/4498-the-samurai-nes-indian-version/ But I recently made a huge discovery with what seems to be an SNES that was officially released in India. This appears to be in partnership with Media games. The SNES itself is an Asian Version. The console, manuals and game pak all have ASI codes. However, there are stickers with Media branding covering large parts of the box. So Media games imported these units and applied their branding on them. I don't have any more information or insight into what exactly this means. Perhaps Nintendo released the SNES this way at the tail end of their presence in India? It's just my speculation and I have no proof. As of now, this is the only known seemingly complete CIB unit. I only know of one other and it belongs to a dear friend of mine. But unfortunately that one is not CIB and has a mismatched console. So overall only 2 known boxes exist. I dare say this is WAY rarer than a boxed Samurai. Here are the pictures of the Media games SNES: Front: Huge Media banner across the top. Back: Small Media banner across the bottom. What's with the label on SMW? Does anyone know if all Asian boxes were like this? Sides: One of the short sides completely covered with Media branding. Small Media sticker on the other short side with serial number info. This serial matches the console and the serial in the manual. There is also a date of July 1994. Could be when it was imported. Box contents: (Ignore the cartridge converter. I doubt it came with this set.) Matching serial on box, console and manual. I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart two friends who made this possible (they know who they are ). One of them gave me a lead to the seller and the other one went out of his way to go and pick it up. This one is not in my hands yet and I can't wait till the day I receive it. PS: Fun fact - Both Samurai and Media games sold their own versions of famiclones in India. Whether it was with Nintendo's knowledge or on the sly is unknown.

I'm very proud of this one. I was kind of nervous because the game belongs to another member here so I had no room for error. But it turned out better than I thought it would at the end! I managed to get this stubborn sticker off of Sparkster with absolutely zero damage to the label. BEFORE: DURING: I took off the sticker in layers. First the paper part. Next, the metal strip but forgot to take a picture. Finally, this nasty adhesive layer. It was very slow going and took about an hour. AFTER:

No point. All the game stores here sell above eBay lol.

If they have a ROM update at the very least the imprint on the label has to have the letter A right? Even if the label itself is not updated to '-1'?

@Californication I've removed stickers off of several of my games and am willing to try. At the very least I won't damage it if I feel it's not going to come off cleanly. Here are some before/after of my label cleanups: And this was my most recent challenge: transplanting an entire GBA label onto a donor shell. To make it harder the label had a small tear in the middle. Someone mutilated the Contra shell by shaving off the side protrusions. So I decided to transplant it onto the donor Corvette game. I first removed the Corvette label and used the learnings to do a perfect job on Contra. I made some mistakes on Corvette (visible in last 2 pictures) but Contra was perfect with no damage at all and no corner lift after it was done. (Please ignore the nails lol. Lockdown laziness)

This is my best guess: We know that initial units of Samurai were Asian Version imported directly into the country. The Samurai labels were then applied onto the consoles. I would say the same thing was done for game cartridges too for a short while. That cartridge looks to be 100% an Asian cartridge. Light grey shell, 5-screw, security bit screws. Probably the Samurai label on the back was applied onto it after being imported.

The pictures are definitely not working. @EarlyWorm Can you please upload the pictures again?

I will attempt to give a comprehensive answer for this. It's not based on any published facts but only on my own observations and educated guesses. Until a few years ago I used to live in India. It is a unique geographic location where it's possible to find consoles from all regions of the world since everything is imported. I found tons of GBA SP consoles over there and I actually managed to collect quite a few batteries from these. On a side note, it's very interesting to me that about 85% of the GBA SP I found were the AGS-101 model. It's the most common one! The AGS-001 is actually uncommon to find. Also about 90% of the AGS-101 were from Singapore, released by Maxsoft. Coming back to the topic, it looks like there are FOUR variants for the batteries: #1) Blue with all printed text #2) Black with white label #3) Black with blue label #4) Gray with white label #1) Blue with all printed text I have 2 variants, one with USA code and one with ASI code. I distinctly remember pulling these from AGS-001 models. They are also rated at 3.7 volts. All the other models are rated 3.8 volts. This leads me to conclude this variant was the first model. #2) Black with white label I have 2 variants, one with USA code and one with ASI code. This is the most common variant I found in USA units. I remember seeing them in both 001 and 101 models. #3) Black with blue label I have only ever found these in units that came from the ASI region. I also noticed most of these were bloated or dead. I think these were the earliest models made for ASI. #4) Gray with white label I have 2 variants, one with USA code and one with ASI code. These actually have serial numbers too. They are not printed, but rather stamped into the label much like the stamped codes on Gameboy labels. These were mostly pulled from ASI units. It's rare to find these in USA units. In my experience, the gray with white label versions from ASI were almost always in good condition. They weren't bloated and hold a good charge. They were probably from the last batches. In conclusion, this is probably what happened according to my observations: AGS-001 USA - #1, #2 AGS-101 USA - #2, #4 AGS-001 ASI - #1 AGS-101 ASI - #2, #3, #4

So the new Pokemon Switch Lite is still available to buy on Best Buy and Amazon. I haven't checked other retailers. Does this mean Nintendo produced a lot of stock or consumers just aren't very interested in it?

The plastic shell of the cartridge melted. No idea how someone managed to do that.

Backstage Assault was just chilling in this relatively cheap lot. Previous owner took the game way too seriously though and seems to have actually assaulted it

Yes. I believe you can load different HTML/CSS based on the user agent string coming from the browser. It's how you design a responsive UI so that the same website loads differently in a way that's optimized to the screen size and type of device. Pretty much every website does this now.

Dang. Heat doesn't always work. If it was me I would have soaked that sticker in Goo Gone. Makes lifting it off much easier. I did it recently for a stubborn sticker on a matte label and it came off clean.

Damn! What method did you use to take off the stickers?

My Switch version is on the way but it looks like a regular Y-fold in the pictures.

Actually, Nintendo has stepped up production since a while now but nobody seems to notice and panics at every new release. They've been doing well since the SNES Classic.