'Rare' games of this gen

[Mad Gear]

I've just noticed that Konami are re-releasing the GBA Castlevania titles on their The Best label in November. I didn't realise they re-released GBA games?

[Kubrick]

Yeah, there's also "Best" versions of Sonic Advance etc.

[Geoff D]

Marvel Vs Capcom 2 JP PS2. Doesn't pop up for sale much, though since it's not exclusive, the price shouldn't get too crazy.

Both the Jpn & PAL versions gor for more money than I wanted to pay - I managed to find a Korean copy new & sealed for $10 dollars though; was quite pleased about that

[Kubrick]

I've seen those on ebay and assumed they were fakes...Was it legit?

[lurch996]

Geoff, do those korean ones have the same box art as the jp version?

[importaku]

A couple of gamecube imports that are pretty hard to find now.

Ohenro san 3 piece deluxe boxed set. Very hard to find outside japan, theres loads of the game only or the game & pedometer boxed set. But the deluxe boxed set with the controller as well is next to impossible to find nowdays.

Hudson selection vol 3 : PC Genjin, for some reason this is really hard to find. nearly all the online retailer used to sell it but now its hardly nowhere. On the other hand the other 3 in the series are easy to find.

[Geoff D]

I've seen those on ebay and assumed they were fakes...Was it legit?

To be honest, that thought crossed my mind as well, but it was so cheap I thought I'd chance it - it looks genuine to me; all inserts, glossy manual & so on, & it all plays very nicely. I guess there's no definitive way to tell though :/

Geoff, do those korean ones have the same box art as the jp version?

Yes indeedy.

[lurch996]

ta mate.

Gonna try and pick one up.

[EvilBoris]

check these babies

[Kubrick]

To be honest, that thought crossed my mind as well, but it was so cheap I thought I'd chance it - it looks genuine to me; all inserts, glossy manual & so on, & it all plays very nicely. I guess there's no definitive way to tell though :/

Sounds genuine enough. Just thought it was a bit suspicous that there were so many sealed copies floating around when it had such small print runs and was hard to find everywhere else.

[wod]

you'd be able to tell if it was a pirate game as it wouldn't work on a standard ps2

[mattSix]

Ohenro san 3 piece deluxe boxed set. Very hard to find outside japan, theres loads of the game only or the game & pedometer boxed set. But the deluxe boxed set with the controller as well is next to impossible to find nowdays...

is that aka 'pilgrimage'?

the cube game i've never seen for sale, anywhere, is the bonus disc that came with the premium version of MGS...

[EvilBoris]

Playasia have it listed secondhand quite a bit

[Team Andromeda]

Dinosaur Hunting on the XBox seems rare these days

[importaku]

is that aka 'pilgrimage'?

the cube game i've never seen for sale, anywhere, is the bonus disc that came with the premium version of MGS...

Yeah Ohenro san is indeed known as pilgrimage. Play asia did have a used copy in. It was the pedometer & game boxed set but someone finally bought it & now its permanently out of stock.

As for the metal gear bonus disk, the only place that you will find them now is on yahoo auctions japan & they dont go cheap youll have to stump up at least ?40 minimum to get hold of one although they tend to go for a bit more. It was only found inside the metal gear gamecube bundle.

Im quite suprised on how high the price is getting for the japanese version of the zelda collection. Been seeing them go for way over the 10,000 yen mark (?50)