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Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 03:57:08 No.37248717 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>37248764 >>37248869 >>37249009 >>37249015 >>37249172 >>37249727 >>37249756 >>37249778 >>37249788 >>37249802 >>37250990 >>37251052 >>37251059 >>37252240

Why the fuck are HG/SS so expensive? I know a lot of Nintendo games only increase in value over time, but were HG/SS that rare? Or is the Pokewalker really worth that much?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 03:58:31 No.37248722 Report

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they're great games

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 04:00:33 No.37248739 Report

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go to gamestop, they normally go for 40-50 over there

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 04:06:20 No.37248764 Report

Quoted By: >>37248791

>>37248717
Yes, needing to include the pokewalker caused some supply issues when it came out. HGSS are probably the hardest to find mainline games. And the pokewalker is now considered something of a collector's item.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 04:12:47 No.37248791 Report

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>>37248764
>lost mine a year ago

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 04:28:27 No.37248869 Report

Quoted By: >>37248907

>>37248717
Only the English (NTSC) version seems to be inflated.
The European (ITA, ES, etc.) are cheap as fuck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 04:36:10 No.37248907 Report

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>>37248869
PAL versions still go for like $60 USD+ without the pokewalker. the prices on this page are inflated as fuck though

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 05:01:26 No.37248993 Report

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Supply and demand
Pre digital age
Quality
Nostalgia
Accessibility (all ds/3ds models)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 05:06:59 No.37249009 Report

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>>37248717
still using my pokewalker to this very day.
it's scratched as fuck, but at least i have an almost mint Heart Gold box with an untouched pokewalker.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 05:08:52 No.37249015 Report

Quoted By: >>37249025

>>37248717
Nintendo tax.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 05:12:00 No.37249025 Report

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>>37249015
Nintaxdo

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 05:58:17 No.37249172 Report

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>>37248717
>using amazon
eBay is superior in every way. Most people post pics of their goods on eBay, the prices are typically a lot more fair and you have less of a chance getting fucked. But yeah, HGSS are that good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 06:16:27 No.37249222 Report

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Don't buy Pokemon games on Amazon. They are 99% counterfeits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 06:20:51 No.37249233 Report

Quoted By: >>37249328

It's not even a Pokewalker thing, I see used copies at FUCKING GAMESTOP that still sell for near retail price of brand new games.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 06:34:15 No.37249263 Report

Quoted By: >>37249715

Amazon's prices are fucked because it includes the pokewalker and the cardboard box the games originally came in. You can buy them for around $20 on eBay or at GameStop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 06:48:53 No.37249287 Report

Quoted By: >>37252171

They do have the most content out of any pokemon game besides maybe B2W2

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 07:06:06 No.37249328 Report

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>>37249233
the matter of the pokewalker is not about including it with a used copy, it's that the game had a limited run due to the inclusion of the pokewalker with every cart, so not as many are available compared to other used games. look at the prices on something like earthbound or xenoblade for example.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 10:17:43 No.37249715 Report

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>>37249263
Point me to a legit copy that's 20 bucks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 10:23:18 No.37249727 Report

Quoted By: >>37249759

>>37248717
I almost never see Pokémon games in stores for les than $35. Even RBY usually go for that kind of cash. Amazon isn't cheaper either.

Just learn Japanese and import lol.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 10:41:31 No.37249756 Report

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>>37248717
Just buy it when the game came out in 2010... it's not hard!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 10:42:02 No.37249759 Report

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>>37249727
This, I picked up Japanese copies of HG and SS for less than either game's English version

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 10:44:02 No.37249763 Report

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Just Ebay it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 10:54:31 No.37249778 Report

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>>37248717
cause retards actually buy these

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 11:01:46 No.37249788 Report

Quoted By: >>37250920 >>37251020

>>37248717
how long until they get virtual-console'd?
a decade?
two?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 11:05:42 No.37249802 Report

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>>37248717
Two reasons.
The nostalgia effect which adds value to otherwise mediocre games.
And the pokewalker.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 17:53:07 No.37250920 Report

Quoted By: >>37250964 >>37251035 >>37252185

>>37249788
Is there any good reason Nintendo hasn't already put RSE/FRLG/DPPt/HGSS/BW/BW2 on Virtual Console yet?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:04:05 No.37250964 Report

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>>37250920
I'd rather have Colosseum/Gale Of Darkness on the VC first

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Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:11:49 No.37250990 Report

Quoted By: >>37251039 >>37251052

>>37248717
>didn't buy at retail when they released

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:16:49 No.37251005 Report

Quoted By: >>37251007

Ds carts works in a 3ds?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:17:04 No.37251007 Report

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>>37251005
Yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:18:58 No.37251020 Report

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>>37249788
Yuo can play ds and nds games with cfw

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:21:19 No.37251035 Report

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>>37250920
ORAS, Let's Go, Sinnoh remakes, Let's Go Johto, they think people hate Unova

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:21:41 No.37251039 Report

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>>37250990
I got every single main pokemon game barring Soul Silver, it costs WAAAAY too much for what it is

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:24:20 No.37251052 Report

Quoted By: >>37251060 >>37251076

>>37250990
>No boxes for FRLG
Yeah that's gonna be a yikes from me you dumb nigger. Also where's RSE? If you're gonna try and brag at least do something worth bragging about.
>>37248717
>Buying them off Amazon
There's your problem right there. Get them off eBay, the EBAY IS COUNTERFEITS ONLY meme died a while ago. Any reputable seller will list their games as either being authentic or "reproduction" (bootleg).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:25:40 No.37251059 Report

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>>37248717
They're really good. Platinum is pretty high, too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:25:42 No.37251060 Report

Quoted By: >>37251076

>>37251052
Oh wait I think that's Emerald in the bottom right. My point still stands about the boxes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:29:23 No.37251076 Report

Quoted By: >>37251088

>>37251039
I also got a Red cart this year I found at a OP shop, I don't even have a Gameboy though, can't be bothered because we got VC releases now that connect to the newer games
>>37251052
>>37251060
yea Emerald, got them second hand from some kid in 2008, guess I'll buy the boxes off ebay one day?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:30:21 No.37251082 Report

Quoted By: >>37251090 >>37251102

If you're not a collector, is a bootleg copy that bad? Can't you still trade with other games?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:31:31 No.37251088 Report

Quoted By: >>37251091

>>37251076
>Shits on OP for not buying them at release
>Bought them second hand 5 years after they came out
Anon...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:32:46 No.37251090 Report

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>>37251082

As long as you get the one with the DRM removed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:32:48 No.37251091 Report

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>>37251088
I didn't play Pokemon until 2007

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 18:36:05 No.37251102 Report

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>>37251082
Depends on the quality of the bootleg from what I've seen other people say. They claim that bootleg copies tend to develop issues with saving over time.
>Can't you still trade with other games?
I'm not sure, but I do know that there's issues if you want to transport to next gen in Pal Park or something, the DS won't recognize it as a copy of the game, thus making transporting impossible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 23:19:40 No.37252171 Report

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>>37249287
Gen 5 was the beginning of the removal and dumbing down of content. All that was removed/dumbed down between 4 and 5 is not made up for even in B2/W2.

Subway (AKA just the Battle tower), the PWT, and the studios do not replace even the smaller Frontier, for example and Musicals are dumbed down contests with almost no interaction. While HG/SS didn't have Super Contests either, they actually had more to them in the Pokéathlon which was actually more content than contests even rather than the less in Musicals.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 23:22:22 No.37252185 Report

Quoted By: >>37252229

>>37250920
3DS is not powerful enough even to do GBA games they way they want to do them, Wii U is a console which Game Freak refuses to put main series on, and Switch - despite being a handheld and thus ripe for re-releases of Pokémon - isn't getting a Virtual Console because Nintendo apparently hates money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 23:30:23 No.37252229 Report

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>>37252185
Or they just don't want to release them on the Switch until after the Switch version of Pokebank is released.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Dec 2018 23:31:41 No.37252240 Report

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>>37248717
Don't buy from any Chinese suppliers. Guaranteed counterfeit if you buy from a Chinese seller.
If you see one for sale for cheap, it's probably a counterfeit. Likewise, too expensive, probably fake.
You have to find a seller that knows that counterfeits are out there, so they will make sure to take good photos to prove the authenticity.

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