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I have never seen a full box sticker like that on any game. However! Years ago I saw a listing for a Final Fantasy game that was a US box, but with a Mattel/Canadian sticker on the front bottom right. I didn't save a picture, but I do have the broken auction link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-NES-Lot-Of-14-Games-CIB-Final-Fantasy-Punchout/192419020255 Wayback machine doesn't have it, not sure if there is any way to look at years-old Ebay listings anymore. Anyways - at least there is more than one US game with a Canadian sticker on it out there. Theory: Companies wanted to sell NES games in Canada at the same time they were available to the US, but the boxes/manuals for the Canadian market weren't ready. They used US versions and slapped stickers on the boxes to satisfy the French/English Canadian requirements. Once the real boxes were ready they stopped doing this. So, in my opinion very legit and very uncommon. Probably a nice piece for the Canadian NES historians out there.

Is there a list of games that had a revision that edited the game, manual and the box? Beyond the N7, I can't think of any off the top of my head.

Got this error while making the first bid on an item. Bid went through. Seems like an error for the developers, not the end user.

Nice! I was bidding on that one too

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?

I'll take 'em if they are still around

I gave it another try while watching a basketball game. I figured out how to see what a seller has upcoming, which made it better. Several sellers had giveaways, which is like a computerized lottery run by the app. Decent things given away too, so that was neat. My biggest issue is that every single thing that was sold went for high prices. Who are these people who are paying over Ebay prices for relatively common games?

Gave it a try, it was interesting but... Reminds me of the Facebook live auctions people do. Most people seem to be selling Xbox/PlayStation stuff. I didn't see a way to see a list of what the seller is going to be listing, so you just have to sit there and hope something you like comes up. Meh. It could work, but I don't see any way to get a great deal without just sitting on it all day - which would suck because some of the auction hosts are annoying.

I thought that name sounded familiar!

@Hollywoodcaddy Found one from the same store! Bump - anyone have Hawaii?

Is there any way to find out what Best Offers go for? All the links on Google are saying it's not possible anymore.

Holy cow, is that the highest 5 screw sold price yet?

If you have solid proof of them swapping out a game and then them selling it on Heritage before yours was even returned then that is a worse story than the one Jobst made that video about.

That's the first step I would take too. Provide them with the evidence (presumably a photo of what was sent vs. what was received). If it was a mistake they will make some sort of attempt to rectify it. If your evidence is good then they have no reason not to do something, they don't need any more bad press.

Actually, that is the Brazilian (Portuguese) version of the label. Board is the same as US, but label/manual/box are different.

Ask and ye shall receive.

5 screws are usually flat head screws, so a regular non-phillips screwdriver should work.

@dr_orangejuicer Do you still have any of these?

Looking at the website it looks like the exact same game as the original, just different box/cart. Am I missing out on something - why are they re-releasing a relatively common game?

I've sold many things to people in HI, less to those in AK, but I've never had an issue, and shipping isn't crazy higher. So, why do I see many US sellers saying they don't ship to AK/HI? Like this guy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175156188013 (He isn't the best example) They have the same Paypal/Ebay protections for sellers, what's the deal?

They might have done something similar with Playtronic in Brazil. Superspike/World Cup used leftover gold zelda carts for the shells. They even used leftover US labels until they ran out and started making their own. The result: a weird USA shell/label/board...not released in USA.

Looks real to me. Maybe tag one of the members from this thread that has one to make sure:

Some people think it means Greece, Portugal, Spain. However I think the most popular consensus is that it stands for Game Pak System - and was released in various regions that didn't get an official (cart coded) release.

OK Samurai sleuths, what do we make of this cart that was just listed? Asian front with Samurai back? https://www.ebay.com/itm/124998048305

Thanks, is it only me or are these pictures not showing up?