Rare gamecube games

[kube00]

With a Wii coming to grace my house soon, I wanted to know what the rare and hard to find GC games are.

[Epiphonestrat]

Beyond Good & Evil, Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time and The Legend Of Zelda: Collectors Edition. There's probably more, I just can't seem to think of any right now.

[Ziv]

NCAA Basketball 2ksomeyear. I'm sure there's already a list somewhere handy.

[Ikohn4ever]

is BGandE really that rare?

[Dr Mario Kart]

Ikaruga, Mario DDR,

Mario Tennis is getting uncommon

[DigitalSpace]

Beyond Good & Evil, Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time and The Legend Of Zelda: Collectors Edition. There's probably more, I just can't seem to think of any right now.
None of those are rare by any means. Zelda and Ikaruga are pricey and in demand, but easy to track down. BG&E and PoP: Sands of Time might be a little scarce depending on where you are, but they can be tracked down too. And of course, all three are worth owning in any Gamecube collection.

And the basketball game Ziv is thinking of is NCAA 2K3. From what I've heard, Sega had decided to stop publishing their sports game line on the Cube shortly after the game was released and didn't produce many copies.

Here's some other games I hardly ever see and have read about elsewhere:

Rally Championship
Pokemon Box
Bust A Move 3000
Star Wars Jedi Outcast: Jedi Knight II
Disney Sports Basketball
Dragon's Lair 3D
Robotech Battlecry Collector's Edition

Reprinted games that were once believed to be rarities:

Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Cubivore
Gotcha Force
Rave Master

[bruin]

Around me it's like almost every game that isn't Mario is rare, I say if you see a game you think you want to play eventually scoop it up now.

[Scorch]

NCAA Basketball 2ksomeyear. I'm sure there's already a list somewhere handy.

2K3, sir

[DJPUN]

eternal darkness

[DigitalSpace]

eternal darkness

Again, maybe a little scarce here and there, but not rare by any means.

[soonersfan60]

Pokemon Box Ruby & Sapphire goes for $200+ on eBay consistently because the game was only available online from Nintendo's store for a limited time.

[David85]

Mario Tennis is a pain in the ass to find.

[Ikohn4ever]

wasnt one of the backyard sports games real rare too?

[chosen1s]

wasnt one of the backyard sports games real rare too?

Backyard Baseball for Gameboy Advance might be what you're thinking of.

It was either reprinted or might have lost its demand when subsequent BYBB games were released.

For the record, let's just amend the term "rare" to mean "difficult to find at cheap prices" so this thread doesn't fall apart.

[David85]

Why do you want rare game and not good games?

[SaraAB]

There are a couple digimon games for the gamecube that are very rare, I think it may have been Digimon Rumble Arena 2 that is very rare with copies going for 80$+ on ebay.

Pokemon box is probably the most expensive rare game with copies going for 150$-200$ and more consistently on ebay, as this was an online-only order game, coincidentally when the online order was available the game only cost 20$ (about 27$ for me with pokemon center's outrageous shipping!). But yes I do have a copy, I use it constantly but I will never sell it.

[DocRamon]

Why do you want rare game and not good games?

it needed to be said again...

[schuerm26]

it needed to be said again...

He posted this in all the systems. Maybe just trying to get a list so he can look for games to resell? I can almost guarantee he doesn't want them to play.

[ricoraney]

is BGandE really that rare?
Yes! I found a copy at Circuit City about 4 years ago for $1.99 and it was not sealed. I sold it on Ebay for $43.00. Now that was 4 years ago. I don't know what it's going for now though.

[soonersfan60]

I noticed that after I helped him... :-(

[dragonreborn23]

Why do you want rare game and not good games?

Exactly!

He says he is getting a Wii, so he wants rare games? The Wii plays common games too I think. ;)

[kube00]

Nah rare games don't have to be good. I should have searched the threads first for this http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53810 I'd rather play then sell, and for the most part I know the common games that are "good."

Also why is Jedi Outcast considered rare? Low print numbers? And how does it play on the GC?

[Krymner]

Wasn't Starfox Adventures the only GC game developed by Rare? Or was there another one.....

[maigoyume]

Wasn't Starfox Adventures the only GC game developed by Rare? Or was there another one.....it was their last game with nintendo

[David85]

it was their last game with nintendo


Thank God.

[tangytangerine]

Also why is Jedi Outcast considered rare? Low print numbers?

That's exactly why.

[Sofa King Kool]

I've never seen a Mario Tennis box before. Ever. I don't even know what it looks like.

I think Cubivore is pretty rare. I've only seen it once, and that was at some hole in the wall store somewhere in Vermont.

[maigoyume]

Thank God.rare made some pretty awesome games mind you

[Vinny]

rare made some pretty awesome games mind you

Yeah, but they've been on a steady decline... I think Perfect Dark on the 64 was their last great game.

[Arakias]

transworld surf

[DigitalSpace]

I think Cubivore is pretty rare. I've only seen it once, and that was at some hole in the wall store somewhere in Vermont.
Cubivore was reprinted by GQD a while back. For quite a while, every GameStop I went to had a "used" copy at $29.99. Nowadays I don't see it quite that much, but there are still a few GameStops around here that have it in stock. I think it's gonna be a little scarce in the long run, but not too hard to track down.

[racthamp]

I have a few of those Disney sport game except the disney basketball i think.. have never seen the disney basketball for cube before

[Purkeynator]

wasn't mario tennis a greatest hits title? I saw it a million times at walmarts over the year. I don't know where you all are coming from at all on this one. Rare my ass.

[niceguyshawne]

wasn't mario tennis a greatest hits title? I saw it a million times at walmarts over the year. I don't know where you all are coming from at all on this one. Rare my ass.

Tennis was a best seller but not a Player's Choice. I see used copies (at $45) in a lot of the local EB/Gamestops. I also found a disk only copy for $9 a few months ago.

[Foo228]

I thought killer se7en was rare til i found they got a new shipment the next day...

[4tygames]

EA's Disney Party, NCAA Football 2003, and Auto Modellista.

I haven't seen those games in a long time!

[David85]

wasn't mario tennis a greatest hits title? I saw it a million times at walmarts over the year. I don't know where you all are coming from at all on this one. Rare my ass.


Your ass is rare or do you just speak out of it?

Mario Power Tennis is a "Best Seller" even before it came out. It was never rereleased as a Player Choice game.

And have you seen it at Walmart recently? A lot of the time people go "I just saw...." and when asked when it was they went "2-3 months ago".

[Zen Davis]

01. Beyond Good and Evil
02. Disney Sports Soccer
03. Eternal Darkness
04. Mario Power Tennis

[foltzie]

Folks, wasnt it determined earlier in the thread that this chap wasnt interested in rare games for playing, but rather ones to flip on ebay.

[freestyledust77]

EA's NCAA Football games are very uncommon as well, so good looking and you should be able to come up with one. Gun is also hardly ever seen in this area on the cube but just uncommon not rare.

[tangytangerine]

03. Eternal Darkness

Eternal Darkness really isn't that rare, stuff like Resident Evil 2, 3 & Code: Veronica is rarer than ED.

[SL4IN]

Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs New Generation is pretty rare. I was luck enough to snatch it up when I bought my gamecube a few years ago.