'Rare' games of this gen

[HaHaUK]

Speaking of Rez, the most valuable version of it is the US PS2 one. Quite often goes for $75 plus when in good condition.

and if you check hard enough at our local CEX, you can pick it up for a mere tenner!

[phillai]

To be fair, I don't think the prices for the rare or more desirable PS2 stuff will kick in until the next gen stuff come out.

Sore of the rarer Saturn and PSX stuff are costing stupid money now...

[Mayhem]

for some reason that reminds me of how konami evolution skateboarding sold 75 copiesin the whole of the US on its first week of sale

And I bought a copy of it in the US last month for $6

Though having said that, I went into 30+ shops and only found that one copy of it.

@John - Skies of Arcadia US Cube is all over the place now, just about every shop I've gone into in the US has a copy, if not multiple. It used to be harder to find and then I think a load of people sold/traded theirs in. It's normally $20 in most shops.

Hasanhadi - If that's the US PS2 version in there, I suggest you buy it and sell it on!

[MadMarc]

I think the 2D Fighters on Xbox Live are rare.
Street Fighter AC is ok. But GGXX#R and CFJ...

I didn't find any KOF on Xbox Live now.

[stoofle]

Disgaea, Rez and Gitaroo Man are all expensive in their US PS2 guises.

Does anyone know why the US versions of these games are so much more expensive than their PAL counterparts? Is it something to do with print runs?

[wod]

yeah think it was limited run as i didn't think it would sell in the us. i bought a japan version of rez as theres no text to the game so it doesn't matter which version you have

[katamari]

WordImageSoundPlay (PS2 JPN) from TOMATO is pretty thin on the ground.

[jim g]

Disgaea, Rez and Gitaroo Man are all expensive in their US PS2 guises.

USA rez has shot up in price, I bought my USA copy in Toys RUS in Time Square when it came out, I should have boght a few more they are $80 to $100 on Ebay these days!.

[Darwock]

I had a very hard time tracking down both volumes of Blood: The Last Vampire on PS2, in fact I only got the second one by using a japanese online shopping service (I told him what I wanted and how much I'd pay, he went and got it!)

But I don't think that means it's rare, it's just rarely sold outside of Japan.

[Pavey]

That Japanese service sounds good mate,any links?

[CMOS]

I swear there's no such thing as a Rare title, you can pick up anything you want if you know where to look.

Jap traders, yahoo jp etc.....

[Darwock]

That Japanese service sounds good mate,any links?

The place was called Crescent Shop, but it's not www.crescentshop.com (or .co.jp).. can't remember now but google is probably your friend.

Got it - http://www.crescent-shop.com/

It appeared to be just one guy filling everybody's requests, so go easy on him!

[wod]

that website doesn't work

[Darwock]

Yes, that's why I said that's NOT it. So that people didn't waste their time trying. Found it now anyway, I was missing the hyphen.

[mid]

Isn't US Rez a lot cheaper after they did another print run? Or am I mistaken?

Given that the Euro one has a 60Hz option, it's hardly the end of the world anyway.