>>51131518>>51131533>>51131551Everything the other anons said is true, but there are other factors that caused it to happen now of all times
The Paul brothers started doing pokemon card unboxings on youtube, and the trend got so big that stores were running out of cards and Target actually stopped selling them because of fights
COVID-19 caused a huge spike in demand for games in general, particularly cute wholesome ones a la animal crossing to lift spirits
But the biggest reason is that the zoomers who grew up with these games are graduating college right now and have disposable income to splurge on childhood nostalgia, the same thing happened to gamecube games a few years ago and it'll happen to the wii. Get ready for mario galaxy 2 to shoot up in price
