Pokemon cards have become so expensive as a result of both stock shortages and scalpers. When restocks take place, scalpers are routinely quick to snap up the cards, selling them for way above their retail price. As a result of this scarcity, prices overall have increased. Backlit SPs are typically more expensive than front-lit ones.
The version of the SP is a rare model and needs no molding to work with the backlit screen. Another reason for the SP being so expensive is the massive demand for this console. The higher encounter rate plays into this as well, but Generation I knows how to approach difficulty.
This is best conveyed through the starters: Bulbasaur offers the easiest main game playthrough, Squirtle offers a decent challenge, and Charmander has a rough start akin to a hard mode. This happens to exemplify the main factor in rising game prices, both for the DS and retro game consoles, in general: scarcity. Feebas is one of the rarest Pokemon of all. It is an almost infamous amount of rarity. In the original Ruby and Sapphire games, it would only appear in six tiles of the Route river.
The grey Nintendo World Championship is one of the rarest games ever produced with only 90 copies ever made and awarded to the tournament winners. Each of the 90 carts has a unique number making them easier to track. Just like the Nintendo World Championships, a similar tournament was held the following year around 60 college campuses in the United States and Canada. This time the tournament got students to compete against 3 different games — Super Mario Bros.
This is how Nintendo tried to promote the tournament amongst students:. But who cares? The Nintendo Camps Challenge is coming! Only one Campus Challenge cartridge is known to exist. Instead you had to win a competition run by Nintendo Power. Chance of finding a new copy: Your only chance is to invent a time machine, go back to the 90s, become the master of Super Mario Bros, Rad Racer and Tetris and win the tournament. And when no one is looking swipe the gold cart and travel back to Good luck with that!
Chance of finding a new copy: Peek-A-Booooouuurns! Simpsons reference anyone? How much will a pawn shop give for a Nintendo Switch? What is my Nintendo Switch worth? That is the highest value for this mobile today online. According to Heritage Auctions, which hosted the auction, the sold copy of the video game from was the highest graded by Wata, an organization that grades collectible video games.
Dec 2, Goeman's Great Adventure is a sequel game released in for the Nintendo As this game debuted on the tail end of the N64 lifespan, copies of it are harder to come by. The game is a side-scrolling platform game developed and released by Konami.
It takes place in Edo Japan, centering around protagonist Goemon. He's a thick-haired ninja known for carrying a kiser. The game had revised a few core gameplay mechanics that made some aspects more difficult while others were made easier. Ultimately, EA scrapped the project but copies of this super rare PS3 title can still be found online. Some games are made for learning and Eli's Ladder is one of them.
The goal of this game is to help kids learn math. As players complete math problems, Eli the alien ascends his ladder which leads to his spaceship. If you want to get Eli to the moon, you better whip out a calculator. The original game came with instructions, a certificate, a worksheet, and even a wall chart with stickers. Finding all of the accessories is nearly impossible.
Amazing Tater is a puzzle adventure game for the original Game Boy. The second part of a series called Kwirk or Puzzle Boy in Japan , the game features simple gameplay: the player pushes blocks around the screen to solve a series of puzzles. Unfortunately for developer Atlus, audience reception was poor and sales were far lower than its predecessor. This was likely due to a mix of poor marketing and a general distaste for the vegetable-based character design. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is an action-adventure game by studio Naughty Dog.
It was released on the PlayStation 3 back in , but only a lucky few got their hands on the Fortune Hunter Edition. This special pack included:. Winners were randomly chosen from a pool of users who participated in the demo weekend contest. Any PlayStation user who played the game online was entered into the drawing automatically.
The complete set is hard to find and can be extremely valuable. Panzer Dragoon Saga stood out from other games in the Panzer Dragoon franchise at the time as they weren't even RPGs but rather rail shooters. The two struggled for years to get Shantae off the ground. It wasn't until that it finally found a home on the Game Boy Color. The timing of its release proved to be detrimental, having arrived after the Game Boy Advance launch. Sales were low and, according to Kotaku , only 25, copies are estimated to have been produced—making Shantae a highly sought-after rarity.
Customers received a small package of items to accompany their game—this included things like a full-sized guide book, scratch-and-sniff stickers, and more. The Nintendo 64 arrived a year later, making it hard for Earthbound to compete.
Reception with American audiences was already low, pushing the game further into obscurity as only , copies were sold. Since then, the game has adopted a bit of a cult following and is included as one of the games on the Super NES Classic Edition. Harvest Moon is a farming simulator for the Super Nintendo. It was released the same year as the Nintendo 64, making it hard to thrive in a market where gamers were already moving to the new system. The game itself isn't notably rare, but the Assassin's Case Edition definitely is.
Fewer than 50 cases were produced for this special edition and only four are confirmed to have sold. This special package could only be won at the Elemental Gearbolt tournament at E3 in Collectors will be hard-pressed to find a copy available for sale.
Luigi's Mansion was released in for the Nintendo GameCube and it was a hit. Players control Luigi as the protagonist this time on a quest to save his brother Mario.
In a dark turn of events, Luigi finds himself capturing ghosts in a spooky, haunted mansion. This game on its own isn't that rare but early editions are another story. Mega Man V stood out from its predecessors with new levels, bosses, and original assets.
The game was met with mixed reception, likely contributing to lower sales. It didn't help that this was the fifth game in the Mega Man franchise, released while audiences were already feeling a bit of series fatigue. Today, Mega Man V is one of the most sought-after rarities in the gaming market. Did you know that there's a mobile version of Mega Man 5 you can try?! And check out our list of incredible free-to-play mobile games.
If you're a fan of Star Fox , you know what this game has to offer! This is a 3D rail shooter developed for the Super Nintendo in It was created in tandem by both Nintendo and Argonaut Software. This cartridge is far from your everyday copy of Star Fox, however. Three guesses what this game is about! Players can choose from nine playable characters and 15 separate courses in this snowboarding-themed game for the Nintendo This game was developed by a team known as Racjin in This Atari game, known as Karate , saw multiple releases over the years.
There are two separate versions for this title.
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