BirdDogGaming

That's awesome. Really cool that these were rediscovered!
I don't think I could pick up a sealed Chrono Trigger with my bare hands and then casually set it on the floor. Lol

New video. Choosing realistic collecting goals for 2022 without being too ambitious!
 

First video of the new year! Wrapping up 2021 with my ten favorite pickups of the year.

@DefaultGen I knew about these but no, they're not in the list. Good catch!

Oh wow. Must've mixed it up with the homebrew. That's hilarious

Not big on imports but I did finally hit 10 in the collection today. 

A couple of new things out this week. First is episode 22 of The Unlockable Podcast, talking all about reboots: 

And this morning I released a short video talking about what can be learned from the WATA Population Report. Even if you're not into graded games, there's definitely some benefits to having this information released to the public: 

Thanks for the support as always.

New video sharing ten Wii games with interesting variants. Did a lot of research for this one and you're guaranteed to learn a thing or two!
Thanks for the support, as always.

On 11/10/2021 at 3:39 AM, iLikePssys said:

I just want them in a beautiful case to show it off.

If this is all you really want, then I'm gonna say no, I don't think it's worth it. Get yourself an acrylic case somewhere else, like @Scrobins said, and you'll save a few hundred dollars. Then you can spend that money you saved on more games from your childhood!

That's awesome, thanks for sharing!
I don't know what you consider a variant, everyone seems to have a different definition of the word, but I have a couple things in my database you can consider adding to your list:

• Spongebob's Atlantis Squarepantis [Includes $5 Nickbucks]

• Backyard Baseball '10 [Free Topps Cards Inside]

Hannah and I are talking about 10 unreleased scary games for this year's Halloween episode! Also available on your favorite podcast platforms.

Show a complete series of scary movies/video games: 

Taking the easy way out but I really want that charm! Couldn’t think of any other spooky series I have every game for.

A few months ago, I learned about an extremely rare Wii variant for the game Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars. I came up with some theories as to where this variant might have originated and decided to make a video. Thanks for watching! 

The Gaming Trivia episode! Episode 20 of The Unlockable Podcast is live on all of your favorite podcast platforms and YouTube: 

1 hour ago, phart010 said:

Don’t forget about the Mario Tennis refurbished

Added it, thanks!

2 hours ago, AdamW said:

Are the refurbished ones actually a variant cover, or are they just stickers?

From my experience, it’s very inconsistent. Some Nintendo refurbished games have that red banner printed on the artwork, while others come sealed with that red banner only being on the seal. I can’t tell you which ones are printed on the actual artwork unfortunately. 
 

There’s a small thread here on the site for Nintendo refurbished games: 

Brazil had slipcovers over the North American copies, such as the ones attached here. They’re not North American releases, technically, but still neat! 

@0xDEAFC0DE I actually went to your Zelda variants thread immediately after I posted this, no joke

A visual guide to the North American Nintendo Selects variants on Wii. Turns out there are variants of these variants too, which is pretty neat. Let me know if you find I'm missing anything and I'll add them. The only ones that I've added to this list are ones that I've confirmed actually exist. If you find any stock photos online for ones that might exist, then please share them, but I won't add them to this list until they're confirmed to exist.

Nintendo Selects:

• Animal Crossing: City Folk
• Donkey Kong Country Returns
• Just Dance 2015
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Mario Power Tennis
• Mario Strikers: Charged
• Mario Super Sluggers
• Pikmin 2
• Punch-Out!!
• Super Mario All-Stars
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Super Paper Mario
• Wii Sports

Nintendo Selects Variants:

• Animal Crossing: City Folk [World Edition]
• Animal Crossing: City Folk [White ESRB]
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [French Canadian, Black ESRB]
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [French Canadian, White ESRB]
• Mario Power Tennis [World Edition]
• Mario Power Tennis [Certified Refurbished]
• Mario Strikers: Charged [World Edition]
• Mario Super Sluggers [World Edition]
• Pikmin 2 [Certified Refurbished]
• Pikmin 2 [White ESRB]
• Punch-Out!! [World Edition]
• Super Mario Galaxy [White ESRB]
• Wii Sports [Certified Refurbished]
• Wii Sports [White ESRB]

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Just got a CIB copy and my manual doesn’t look like yours either. I’m leaning more towards yours being a misprint than a repro but.. who knows. 

Had some insane back-to-back pickups today and decided to make a video! I appreciate the support.

New episode of The Unlockable Podcast is live. I think it's one of our best ones yet! Available on YouTube and several podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/TheUnlockablePodcast 

For what it's worth, this is the manual mine came with.

Quick video covering the Xbox kiosk I scored earlier this year.

9 minutes ago, Driftwood said:

I always thought this one was particularly interesting as they updated the cart, yet the ratings still don’t match.

That's hilarious, I didn't even notice that. Wow