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Agree w Mario Galaxy. I would add Zelda BOTW even with the existence of TOTK

On 4/12/2024 at 4:50 PM, Renmauzo said:

finally found a copy of Ghost in the Shell on PS1 while at MGC, and it was the only copy I saw (and I looked for hours). It's pristine and has the reg card, and I talked the seller down on price so I was over the moon to get this

TIL this was a PS1 game. Good stuff!

2 hours ago, Brickman said:

Does it do the 3D effect as well? That would probably be the hardest part to emulate I think.

Well no. However, most people reported not using the 3D or using it sparingly which is why Nintendo introduced the 2DS and XL model. 

If foldable phones become more popular, or when apple releases one, the 3DS will be more easily emulated by the masses. Emulating DS and 3DS on my Fold 5 is easy and looks better than the original hardware. Granted, you're paying more than $300 for it but it is a solution if you already have a foldable. 

On 4/15/2024 at 6:43 PM, Strange said:

The next Sega Saturn (among other examples) - where the console didn’t do well but the library is pretty alright and so the games skyrocket and stay there

I can get behind this thought just bc I read so many comments about how the console and games are rare while dismissing 76 million consoles is a small amount.

I feel many gamers skipped the 3DS and we're all in on PS3. Once they circled back, they realized what was available and immediately concluded that every must have missed it. When the reality is, it did considerably well and got stronger every year well into it's life cycle. It laid the ground work for a handheld to be the main attraction as Nintendo transitioned to the Switch. 

1 hour ago, AirVillain said:

Then when you're flying forward with the cape all you can do is go up or down, and you must do one or the other, there's not much room for maneuvering.

Do you not know how to fly w the cape?

Up there for the best game of all time. Imagine making a game like Mario 3 and then following it up with Mario World.  I've always liked the world in Mario World better then Mario 3 and Dino Land overall is a scene that can't be replicated. And the cape is the best power up of all time. 

10/10 

25 minutes ago, Brickman said:

I couldn’t tell you why someone is paying $300 for a console (they go for way cheaper here so must just be a US thing) but I can see why people are jumping into the console. It has a killer library.

Mario 3D land, Kirby games, remakes of Zelda games and a link between worlds, SMT games, a lot of great FE games, decent Pokemon games, professor Layton, remakes of Mario & Luigi games, MK7, Etrian Odyssey, yokai watch, Luigi’s Mansion 1 & 2, castlevania mirror of fate and I could keep going but that alone would keep someone very busy.

I'm just going to play devil's advocate bc I am a big fan of the 3DS but still can justify the prices we see here in the states for a console.

Idk if youve played most most of these games, but it's gotta be bc of the RPG aspect. The I guess as far as Kirby games they're good. Zelda remakes could be emulated on anything else that isn't a 240p screen? Idk if there are any QOL aspects for the games but they didn't wow me. The Mario & Luigi remakes I actually forgot about but they didn't do particularly well upon release. The Pokemon games were poorly received. I liked XY but SM were not good. Maybe compared to how shit they got on the Switch? Do people actually play Yokai games? Honestly idk it to be a popular series here. I bought Castlevania at launch and it was a let down.

I bought around 50 games on in release or close to it so maybe compared to the current Gen they hold up since the current iterations of most of these series are so poorly done?

Biggest games for me are 3D land,  Mario kart 7 (better than 8), Pokemon XY, Dragonball Fusion, Kid Icarus, NES Remix, Mario Maker, Smash 4, Metroid Federation Force.

I'm not a big RPG guy so I honestly dk what they have to offer. I heard good things about the SMT games but vividly remember those sitting in clearance bins for $10-15 for ages. 

It has to be it. The 3DS has completely perplexed me as a collector. It's the most expensive loose AND CIB Nintendo console you can buy. Seriously, could you buy a launch NES for the same price as the Pokemon *new 3DS CIB right now? The kicker for me is that the later released consoles were sticker sealed. That's when I stopped collecting the CE releases. 

So it's the easiest console to hack AND it plays all Nintendo handheld games natively. But is that enough? The screens are ok, nothing spectacular by modern standards. People go nuts for an IPS screen when you can throw one in a DMG these days for $20 so I can't buy that hype. Maybe bc the DS is so desirable and the best way to play DS games is on a 3DS?

Redditors tried to convince me it's bc it's not made anymore and it's rare but it sold over 40 million consoles which is an absolute ton. The library is good, I mean I like it but I think from an objective standpoint it's more OK-ish. It's not that large, especially by modern standards. There's a decent distribution of games. 

Anyway I look at it, i can't figure it out. I'm not mad about it, I have the SNES & Pokemon CE  -bought them both new - so I have a lot of the hardware that is desirable to me. I would love for someone who is paying these prices to convince me the console is worth the cost of admission.

1 hour ago, inasuma said:

Basically most things I own.

Looking at my collection:

31 minutes ago, final fight cd said:

it would be interesting to see what impacts longer auctions have on  ending prices compared to shorter auctions.  I’m just being silly with what I said above, but I would speculate that longer auctions do help to emotionally invest buyers than shorter auctions.

I could probably test it. The issue would be deciding which games to examine bc not every game ends up at 90k lol

4 hours ago, inasuma said:

It’s easy. What deep wallets felt like bidding that day, and is there a second person who is equally determined. Commence bidding war.

Ther e a ton of factors that go into a max bid for a high dollar item. 

1 hour ago, MinusWorlds said:

Dude that’s funny cuz I, for the life of me, cannot figure out card grading. 
Is Vidya that AI assisted software?
 

Peep this. 
 

Lol wtf?? I'm shocked bro. Good call on that one. 

It's popular in the card world to send in cards, get a 9, then crack the slab and sell it raw for the next person to case the 10 bc the price difference between 9 and 10 for cards like a Charizard 1st Ed is insane - like x 5 or x 10. When I saw that picture, I initially thought that might've been the case. Perfect pics of the front. Shit pics of the top and bottom. Why wasn't it graded already?

I guess some people are really out here keeping several thousand dollars of games ungraded at any time. What a world. It's just a different reality than I live in. I know we all have different opinions on grading but no card, comic, sealed game, hell even movie at this point, worth any significant amount of money is sitting around me ungraded. My mind is blown someone has that stash of ungraded NES games and all their other sales are ungraded comics and sports cards. 

That makes sense. Coming from looking at mostly graded cards, 10s are always on the table. But w the grade scale of Vidya, I get why it's not the highest grade no matter the circumstances given a particular circulation of the game.

38 minutes ago, MinusWorlds said:

Light scuffing to the seal, factory flaws, and one pic that most people believed to be a crease. 

Put me in that camp! That's was the first thing I said. With grading on my mind, I saw that and dismissed a good grade right away. I know w cards that depending on the size of the crease, you can't get an otherw ise mint card over a 7. Tbf, idk how those translate to the video game grade scales. A 9.4 is a hell of a grade for what my eyes look away from those last two pics. I thought there were decent creases on the top too with those low quality pics.

Good eye. The gamble definitely paid off.

13 minutes ago, MinusWorlds said:

Whether it’s MTG, Pokémon, sports cards, coins, comics…$90k doesn’t even get you into the tier 1’s in most of those hobbies. Forget grails. 

I appreciate the insight. Not just w this one particularly but these raw high dollar games in general.

With those, raw gets you a ton of top tier items for $90k. 90k gets a sealed booster box of 1st edition shadowless 

Maybe it's that NES is in a stage I haven't comprehended yet. Big card prices are for 10s, at least the ones I follow. NES carrying a premium and not be 10s doesn't connect in my mind yet. 

E: I guess what I'm getting at is, if this was a 10, I'd understand the consensus on the price being north of 75k given the rarity and significance. W.o the grade, it just seems like such a gamble from my end. 

Can anyone give me insight into how this price is reached? Like what factors play into it going to 90k?

2 or 3 to exist, so it's rare. 

Castlevania so cool?

A ton of money on the sideline from other HA auctions and switching into favorites or better long term holds?

Bitcoin went brrr so time to splurge?

Maybe a quick flip? Raw -> grade gets $110k?

Honestly curious. People saying they're not surprised by $90k but that's more than most grails in other sectors of the collectors markets. And those are for graded items. Pivotal game, sure but not historic in my book. 3 is a better game but I guess missing the hangtab factor? $90k is 3x $30k. Like, that's a proper amount of cash.

I feel people are numb to these huge numbers. It's $10k over $80k. That's nothing to stick your nose up at. It makes me think these purchases are with funny money from big profits pulled from other sales. 

How bout they sober up before making a new thread. 

Anyone have these on their wishlist? I'm spring cleaning the gaming section and don't have room for these currently. 

 I feel the same way. My craziest thought is that pokemon in general in undervalued. The COVID spike was the first pump it ever got and, to me, it was well deserved. This is the most recognized brand in the world regardless of genre. And collectors are relatively young. 

Stocks have an idea of market cap which is how much a stock is worth and how many shares there are. Market cap is how the size of the company is determined. If you look at cards similarly, the market cap for say Umbreon V alt art is more than a regular PSA 10 Charizard. It just shows that the interest in these recently released sets is way more than any vintage set, or even tag team sets. 

Nay Sayers talk about how these sets are over produced, etc. but I don't buy it. The more people are exposed to a set, the more people hold the set in high regard. The print size of the set mixed w the high prices to me show it's a lock in terms for future collect-ability 

On 3/16/2024 at 8:50 AM, docile tapeworm said:

I’m impressed my man. Nicely done. Very good insight.

I'm impressed it's happening so quickly. The instant Pokemon center sold out, it went up $100 and held. Crazy. Pokemon is at an all time high.

10. One of my favorite games of all time. I know people love to shit on sports games, and maybe rightfully so, but this is in a different category. The arcade style makes this games unbelievable playable. It's always been one of my favorite games and I'll die on that hill. A real successor to Tecmo Bowl and largely overlooked.

Here's the money shot. No end labels on them.

I would love to buy more games but sales on physical games have really dried up. At this point in the 3DS life cycle, it was easy to get physical games 50% or more off MSRP. Now it seems like Switch games being $60 and going on sale for $40 is the norm. Add that to the perpetual bubble retro games seem to be in, I find less and less games I find are worth the cost of admission.  So I'm paying $30-40 for 3DS quality games on the Switch with a box 360 graphics (at best) that will be rereleased a dozen times on better consoles for the next 3 generations. Seems like a bad deal all around. 

Mix that with the MIG situation on Switch and piracy seems like the best option for playing my own games.

Overall, It's easier for me to add WON figures, DBZ figures and movies to my collection at this point than it is to add games. I might be more inclined to buy pokemon cards at this point ffs. Maybe it's the result of collecting for over a decade at this point and accumulating almost 1000 games but it just feels like it was easier to pull triggers pre COVID.

I just looked, I bought 18 games in 2023. That would've been a good month on 2018. It's crazy bc I would buy games if the price lined up with my expectations. I'm not mad about it, honestly. The games that I did end up buying were all relatively heavy and items in my wishlist for years. However, that list is almost vacant right now. I'd love to buy some new releases but alas, it seems like piracy or digital are the only ways to get a deal. 

I'm tempted to buy some from ali for science. 

55 minutes ago, avatar! said:

so I'm not surprised that a minty ungraded copy sold for that amount. 

C'mon 10k shy of 100 grand is not surprising? There's a dent in the one side too. Those pictures are mid at best. I'm still shocked.