Gathered some interesting numbers on graded gamecube games. It's really fascinating how less than 5% of graded GameCube has A++ seal grades, but then 96% is over 9.0 A+.
Anywho, some cool numbers:
Here are some intriguing figures:
Wind Waker has only nine Made in Japan examples graded, one 9.8 A+, and only two 9.6 A+.
Wind Waker also has 130 Made in USA examples graded, one 9.8 A++, three 9.8 A+, one 9.6 A++, and **twenty** 9.6 A+ graded.
Super Smash Bros Melee (SSBM) has 13 Made in Japan (standard retail) examples graded. There is one 9.8 A+ and two 9.6 A+.
SSBM has only five Made in Japan NFR examples graded (this was part of the 2002 console pack-in). The highest graded is 9.6 A+ with two examples.
SSBM has 23 Made in USA examples graded. There is one of 9.8 A++ and 9.6 A++, each, and three 9.6 A+.
Mario Kart Double Dash (MKDD) has only 4 Made in Japan retail prints graded, three of which are 9.6 A at the highest end.
MKDD has a sparse two total copies of its Made In USA Bonus Disc (standard retail) variant graded (53155A part code).
MKDD also has 39 examples of its NFR variant (part code 56043A), with one 9.8 A++, two 9.8 A+, and eight 9.6 A+ examples.
Metroid Prime has all of 10 Made in Japan examples, the highest of which is 9.6 A+ with just one example.
Metroid Prime's standard Made in USA retail print has 43 copies graded, with one 9.8 A++, three 9.8 A+, one 9.6 A++, and seven 9.6 A+ examples.
Metroid Prime has ZERO Target Exclusive variants (49830A part code) graded.