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It's the perfect storm of swirling ignorance. CGC and Wata are locked at the hip, so it has pulled all the comic people in who have vested interested in both succeeding. They hype up the rarity of games to one another while being somewhat disingenuous or ignorant of the amounts or variants. For example, I've seen certain comic personalities hype up the rarity and value of certain Atari games that sold high on HA, only to find out they themselves submitted them from cases they have, knowing full well these are not rare. It's that kinda shady stuff that really ticks me off, and necessitates the need for a census. Besides that, it's just innocent ignorance. People are buying by name only and not knowing the specifics. PS2 games they dont know should have a holostrip, buying greatest hits SNES games not knowing they are less rare, etc etc. A lot of money will be lost, but many of these folks have the cushion to be fine. It's the small time buyer blinded by nostalgia and setting themselves up for a burn I worry about. TLDR: Buy whatever you want if you want it, but don't depend on it as an investment.

Im hoping they go one further and make a new Blasphemous SKU with the Stir of Dawn DLC included. It's legit one of my fav games ever, they did such a good job.

Sweetness. Magus what is the official protocol / stance on adding new and older games. There are still PS3 games In looking to add. I added them manually a while ago but they don't seem to sync with any price tracking.

Don't mean to harp on the point but Muramasa for Wii is rediculously inferior to Rebirth on Vita. 1. Obvious difference is Wii in SD and Rebirth is HD. With these graphics and assets, it really makes a difference. 2. They redid the entire control scheme. Pressing up to jump in Wii was always very weird and ruined the flow. It plays like a dream on Vita. 3. The game was retranslated correctly. Wii has a notoriously bad translation, to the point where the plot makes little sense and weapons are straight up mislabelled. I guess Vanillaware was upset by this and personally oversaw to the far more accurate translation in Rebirth. 4. Most significant, Rebirth has 4 DLC Episodes, each with their own new character, skill tree, moves, bosses stories and soundtracks. I found some to be even more more interesting than the main campaign and they each feature multiple endings depending on actions taken. In short, the Wii and Vita version might as well be different games.

Soul Sacrifice Delta has an english physical cart that was released in Asian territories if you want physical english. They were easy to get from play-asia for a long time. As for games, Muramasa Rebirth + DLC is one of the best hack n slash games released on any system, and is the only one to play in glorious HD. Vita also has the definitive version of Mortal Kombat 9 with toooooooons of kontent packed into it. Finally, I recommend Street Fighter X Tekken as the later updates make it a very competent fighter and the Vita version is another definitive port chalked full of characters and extras not found in any other version.

Saw you had the People's champ edition for WWE 12, but missing the Austin 3:16 Edition of WWE 13. Was a THQ store exclusive, the last I believe before they folded. There's also some hybrid game packages like MK VS DC Kollector's Edition and Soul Calibur IV Special Edition (slip case over box) and Soul Calibir V and Guilty Gear Xrd Collector's Edition (slipcase over book) that straddle the line.

The key to avoiding fakes is collect games noone cares enough to even buy, nevermind fake. #AheadoftheCurve

This is pure sex if you were an 80's kid.

Bust a Groove 1 & 2. Rhythm fighting games before the dance off was even popular. Extremely fun and catchy. Raystorm. One of Working Designs non RPG ports and it's a fantastic vertical shooter with awesome presentation and extras over the arcade port. Chrono Cross. Many have written it off as "not Chrono Trigger 2" but if you stick with it to the end, it touches on some profound themes and has legitimate top 5 soundtrack in all of gaming. Capcom Vs SNK Pro. While ppl fawned over Mahvel, the CVS series was kicking ass across arcades and consoles. While paired down in many areas, like all Capcom PS1 fighter ports, the PS1 was the only way to play the Pro version of CVS in the US, and is worth the admission price.

Interesting topics covered by brother Pat.

Genny can be tough depending on wrap. I literally fell for this recently on a copy of eternal champions. The wrap was immaculate, seam on back and all. But I saw dust and small debris under the wrap, so started second guessing if it was a reseal. Cracked the wrap and of course, everything is gem mint inside, the connectors holding the cart never moved. The debris must have fallen through the small hole on the top over time and collected underneath with age. All in all, as others have said, a grading company is less likely to declare something a reseal but rather, that they cannot authenticate the wrap.

That GoW auction was the dumbest thing I've seen in 2020 and that's saying a lot. People with money that have no idea what they're doing. A fan of the game would know it was a lousy second printing. A speculator would have no clue and therein lay the issue.

Mtggoldfish is one of the best, tracks physical, and digital.

These are the kinda stories that make this hobby so exciting.

Well Wata is a new company with a lot of details to iron out, esp in regard to grading. "Nice guys from NA" was never a convincing endorsement for aptitude, and is particularly ironic given NA doesn't even exist anymore as it was sold out by also "Nice guys from NA." CGA had been grading toys for half a decade before going into games, and 15 years later still isn't perfect (no grading company is). There's just a lot of moving parts and noob peddlers lately and I feel they turn to Wata as an authority somewhat blindly. For example, there are two Ways GoW 1 for PS2 right now on eBay claiming to be first prints when they are not (first prints have holofoils and those don't). The sellers got the idea because Wata listed on the game that they have first party seals. I have no idea what that means, but these are second or third printings and people have no idea what they're grading or selling. Not necessarily Wata's fault but they aren't helping the switch listing a second print game as "first party seal."

I don't judge what people grade, as one man's trash is another's treasure, so I have no problem. The turnaround times are a different matter entirely.

Depends on your taste I guess. Their Blasphemous and SoR4 CEs have been amazing.

PS4 was sold out in 2 mins, sans the Vinyl set. It's a nice set and the game has been a blast.

Trust me, it's worse if you've played the original. For example, FF7 has 17 summons, remake didn't scratch surface. The game is an interesting interpretation but the changes are going to get pretty annoying for the sake of condensing the game. Like FFXV before it, I have little faith in modern SE being able to fully realize big projects and these games will come down to being released every 3 years or having massive scale back on every level which makes the effort pretty moot. TLDR: No need to race out and get this until it's massively discounted.

Thanks, just saw it. Everything I've seen of SoR4 makes it look...ok. But this is a nice set for fans.

Sold out in 3 minutes you mean.

Where do you see that.

1. Black Label First print with floating i in masterpiece. 2. Corrected black label fixing floating i I'm pretty sure this is a common misconception. The very first printings of FF7 did not have the misprint i. A later batch did, and \it was then corrected later.

There's a lot of slimy tactics in the game market now that comic collectors and speculators are muddying the water with their brand of false, car salesman ignorance on what they're even selling or how rare it could possibly be. Wata is just their getaway driver. In summary, do your research before you drop money on anything. If you're not 100 percent sure what something is, or how many there are, just pass.

Blasphemous is one of the best games of 2019 (aka the Before Time), and genuinely cant wait for the LE to finally come out.