chrono trigger ds

[noobish hat]

pretty sure this is allowed. Respectable ebay seller with about 10 copies of chrono trigger ds ending in the next 2 hours, all under 3 quid at the moment I think. I just won one for £6 with free shipping. Looks like the US version, and all sealed.

http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/TonysDSshop__W0QQ_armrsZ1

[Daragon]

Those smell like HK fakers at that price.

Ebay + very cheap = bootleg

(usually the formula to go on)

Edit: And one Yumin Jian sounds like your typical english name doesn't it?

[noobish hat]

yeah but 100% on 1275? Smells genuine to me, although admittedly, Fortune Trading Ltd.YuminJian
raises something of an eyebrow.

[toythatkills]

Back away from the auction!

It's clearly fake. US box art in an EU case?

[Daragon]

Maybe the feedback comes from naiive purchasers who can't tell the difference, combined with "associates" of Mr Jian?

[noobish hat]

lol, we shall see.

[toythatkills]

You're being very silly if you pay for this. S'only £6, sure, but it's better to have £6 than not.

[noobish hat]

What? if it's dodgy, I'll get my money back off paypal, no problem. Ye of little faith.

[toythatkills]

If? I guarantee it's fake. Just look at it. Also, I've got the US version, and it does not look like that. You're wasting your time

Good luck, though

[abigsmurf]

Chrono Trigger has anti-piracy protection. In all likelyhood it won't even be a patched version so it'll crash at certain points in the game.

Cancel the order and get paypal to give you a refund.

[Daragon]

Anti-piracy methods like that do **** all, at the end of the day it's only the buyer who suffers not the real criminal.

Then again, after more than 5 years of Square Enix logic with final fantasy XI, nothing surprises me as far as they're concerned anymore

[112]

So err...... Mr Ace Dog Killer (you animal hater you.........) was it genuine after all? Id hafta say i too own the US version and like toysthatkill says it looks nowt like the pic.

But im hopeful for you!

But dude, double that £6 and you can prob find a 2nd hand one floating around now.........

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[noobish hat]

Well. All you naysayers, the so-called copy was...well, a copy. But, I got my £6 back immediately, as I said I would, and I now have a free game. I was a little dissappointed, because I've been using ebay for about 6 years now and have bought hundreds of games, and this is the first pirated copy I've ever been lumbered with. I think my downfall was not having any non-jap ds games to compare it with, and the sellers perfect feedback, which I assume is because it is a very good copy, with serial numbers, instructions, everything. Also I can't believe no one gets 'ace dog killer' as a spike milligan reference. But yes, I do hate dogs.

[abigsmurf]

Anti-piracy methods like that do **** all, at the end of the day it's only the buyer who suffers not the real criminal.

Then again, after more than 5 years of Square Enix logic with final fantasy XI, nothing surprises me as far as they're concerned anymore

It doesn't affect legit copies in any way, it's how anti-piracy protection should be. It also serves to feed doubt that even if you patch the rom, it still could mess up at some point.

[Daragon]

It doesn't affect legit copies in any way, it's how anti-piracy protection should be. It also serves to feed doubt that even if you patch the rom, it still could mess up at some point.

I know, but if it messes up the rom, then as I say it's the buyer who suffers - what about all the other people who bought a copy off of that guy? The ones who GENUINELY thought they were getting a good deal and a legit copy?

How about making these games impossible to copy, rather than just stick in a fail safe about half way through the story or something like that? Makes no sense to me.