Did u notice "Best Seller" is on the front of the Paper Mario box?

[trunks982]

does the early versions say that or is it already been there. its weird cause it just came out and it already saying Best Seller.

[oxidative]

I noticed that at Best Buy, I have a copy I bought from Fry's and the price tag is covering that region so I don't know if it says it as well. I'm pretty sure it will. I pointed out to my GF that it was kinda lame to put "Best Seller" on a brand new game. Maybe I'll break down and open my Fry's copy (I'm not ready to play it yet) and see if it has the tag.

[willardhaven]

It doesn't take Nostradamus to predict a Mario game to be a bestseller... but that is an interesting thing to put on the box right off the bat.

I don't have a copy yet so I can't confirm this.

[oxidative]

I managed to pull the price tag out of the way on my copy and there is no "Best Seller" written on the box.

Had I known better I would have a bought a few copies and sold them on eBay as "rare, limited editions" of Paper Mario 2 ;)

[RedvsBlue]

Yeah I noticed this the other day. For some reason some copies have best seller and others don't.

[Death2Sanity]

Yeah...every copy we have at the TRU here in Raleigh has it. I was wondering about it myself.

[slidecage]

my copy has it wooo is so RARE :)

[judyjudyjudy]

Yeah, I just noticed it today when I got my Paper Mario form my TRU order. Thought it was weird since it just came out.

[Gothic Walrus]

my copy has it wooo is so RARE :)

1.) You've got no proof at all that there are more copies with "Best Seller" than without.
2.) I'd bet that all of the future copies will say "Best Seller," which means that if that version is rare now, it won't be for much longer.

[slidecage]

my copy has it wooo is so RARE :)

1.) You've got no proof at all that there are more copies with "Best Seller" than without.
2.) I'd bet that all of the future copies will say "Best Seller," which means that if that version is rare now, it won't be for much longer.

it was mostly meant as a joke there are probally thousands if not millions of the game out there

[jlarlee]

Maybe the best seller copies were the last ones pressed and by that time there were enough preorders to warrant the best seller tag

[6669]

Maybe they mean it was based on the best selling first game.

[AnthonyRoundtree]

well...

living in NYC...

I've been to multitudes of stores checking this out...

and i can say that its a bout a 50/50 split...

even stores like TRU and EB have BOTH versions on the shelf...
its interesting... my guess is that they pressed a bunch of them without it... then when they repressed the new Players Choice games like Wind Waker which now bears the BEST SELLER seal.... they decided to press Paper Mario with it too... seeing as how the first was only sleeper hit and its hard for that title to shake its kiddie image.

call it slimy on Nintendo's part... but no.. it didnt sell that many in presales to call it a best seller... its just a visual incentive to the uninformed consumer... AND uninformed retailer.

if anything... I'd say that... having a copy without the seal is more to smile over... but nothing to brag about.... considering all furture presses of the game will likely bear the seal... one without it will become harder to find on the shelves.

[Kaijufan]

That really wierd that a game that just came out would have a best seller on the box. Maybe Microsoft should put something like that on the Halo 2 box, and Vavle should put something like that on the Half Life 2 box.

[-Never4ever-]

Seeing as it sold like hotcakes in Japan, of corse they're going to put Best Seller on the package.

I'm truly surprised that there were people who even cared :)

[jimbodan]

Man, I must just be really anal, but this REALLY pisses me off, I got a copy from the TRU as part of the buy 2 deal (I asked my TRU and they said I could get what I wanted early, and get a price adjustment later) and sure enough it has that lame seal on it, I noticed it when I bought it but I just assumed all of them had it. Now that I find out some don't, I'm not even sure I want the damn game if I can't get a copy without the seal. I can promise you that in 5-10 years the version without the seal will be worth much more then the version with it (assuming all future versions will have the seal which I think is very likely), yet both are selling for the same price right now and I do not want to be stuck with the inferior one later on down the line.

I'm debating just taking the game back and swapping it for GTA when that comes out and getting the one with the better packaging on ebay.

[TheUnsane1]

I am pretty sure the best seller seal is on second shipment of the title. My gf and I saw this when we got the game and both opted for the best sellerless copies.

[guyver2077]

man who the hell cares about a seal. its just a damn seal. same game.

[David85]

Maybe Nintendo made like x00,000 regular ones and after that number it just starts printing on the box because Nintendo thinks that numbe ris a best seller.

[jimbodan]

man who the hell cares about a seal. its just a damn seal. same game.

Well not for a collector, the version without the seal will end up being more rare and sought after in the long run, which really sucks if you are a collector and happened to get unlucky with a copy that does have the seal.

[SteveMcQ]

Haven't seen that on PMs around here.

So is this on the shrink wrap or on the actual insert?

[jimbodan]

Haven't seen that on PMs around here.

So is this on the shrink wrap or on the actual insert?


Sadly it's on the insert :(

[R1V3R5]

And it is a second pressing that has the "Best Seller" seal. It was not a half with it or some without or anything, it was added during the second pressing. And all (and only) the second pressing have that seal. Otherwise the first and second pressing are identical in every way.

[racthamp]

same remarks i had with my friends... we pick this up at gamerush first thing on Tues of its relese.. we thougth it was a good ploy to trick parent to buy this for their kid though.. hey cute mario and BEST SELLER must be okay for our kid.. anyhow... i think it's okay either of them is fine... haven' play it yet.. but probably fun

[PAS/CAL]

It doesn't take Nostradamus to predict a Mario game to be a bestseller... but that is an interesting thing to put on the box right off the bat.

I don't have a copy yet so I can't confirm this.

I actually heard Nostradamus is now working for Nintendo

[mtxbass1]

I actually posted this topic in the other paper mario thread. The day I got the game (release day) it had "best seller" stamped on it.

[jimbodan]

And it is a second pressing that has the "Best Seller" seal. It was not a half with it or some without or anything, it was added during the second pressing. And all (and only) the second pressing have that seal. Otherwise the first and second pressing are identical in every way.

So, will every copy made from now on have the seal? I'm trying to determine which is the version that will have the least amount produced.

[RAMSTORIA]

i would imagine they will all have the seal from now on, whats odd is our (gamestop in davis) first shipment all had the bestseller seal on it, we didnt even get the non ones, otherwise i would have picked it up... those will certainly be worth more money down the road

[R1V3R5]

I actually posted this topic in the other paper mario thread. The day I got the game (release day) it had "best seller" stamped on it.

Yeah, we got in a shipment with no seal one day before it could go out to the sales floor so in sat in back. Then the next day we got in another shipment (while marking the ones from the previous day) with the "Best Seller" logo. Maybe they did an intial run and then realized that they would need more for launch and did another run, only this time with seal. Or maybe the initial printing was done somewhere else? Regardless, there are more copies with the seal now available and Nintendo only currently ships to retailers the one with the seal. So, it would seem that the case with no seal would be more rare. However, it is only a little seal. I would not go out of my way to look for the one without the seal unless I had some sort of compulsive disorder.


However, I do have a copy of one without a seal hidden at work. :twisted:

[oxidative]

jimbodan, check out the Sacramento Fry's and you'll probably find copies of the game without the stamp on them. It'd be worth a shot if it's that important to you.

[Trakan]

http://img67.exs.cx/img67/9163/pm22.jpg


http://img67.exs.cx/img67/6492/pm3.jpg

[jimbodan]

jimbodan, check out the Sacramento Fry's and you'll probably find copies of the game without the stamp on them. It'd be worth a shot if it's that important to you.

Oh yeah, I imagine it won't be too hard to track down a copy without it. I'm just mad that I can't get it as part of the TRU sale since all there copies have it.

Now however, I'd like some confirmation on whether every copy made now will have the seal? I know the first printing doesn't have it, and second printing does it, but someone here said that ONLY the second printing will have it. So now I don't know which version is the one to have? I'd find it hard to believe that it would only be the second printing, so it looks like I'll exchange my sealed copy with the seal somewhere for a sealed copy without it.

[judyjudyjudy]

I don't know, but somebody apparently is trying to ripoff ebayers by mentioning the seal...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8139164477

Personally, regardless of which one becomes more rare, I'd rather have one without the seal.

[Nephets]

I don't know, but somebody apparently is trying to ripoff ebayers by mentioning the seal...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8139164477

Personally, regardless of which one becomes more rare, I'd rather have one without the seal.

I'm glad nobody bought it, the guy is a damn bastard for doing that.

Anyway if, I have a best seller version, but I don't really care about it much.

[zionoverfire]

So is the best seller because they got enough preorder copies to qualify for it or just one big screwup?

[Owen]

If you really want to switch out your unopened Best Seller with the Regular cover, just find a store that has the regular cover and buy it since they both have the same bar code number and just return your Best seller copy in its place.

[Bergley]

While I don't like the "player's choice" bar at the top of player's choice games, I do like the best seller version better of paper mario. its supposed to look like how they put "best seller" on books. It fits the theme of paper mario being a story book etc. I would say that for rarity, the one without the seal is probably more rare

[slidecage]

Only paid 16.88 for it at target so i dont care what copy i got

[SteveMcQ]

While I don't like the "player's choice" bar at the top of player's choice games, I do like the best seller version better of paper mario. its supposed to look like how they put "best seller" on books. It fits the theme of paper mario being a story book etc. I would say that for rarity, the one without the seal is probably more rare

Never thought of it that way, but it'd be nicer if it was that embossed foil seal.

[Jrunt20x]

Interesting, indeed maybe they put it on their to mimic the best-seller seal on books. Also, I was in japan when the game came out and I had to walk like 10 miles for a week in a row before I found a copy where I lived. So it would warrant a best-seller in my book.

[Ondo]

does the early versions say that or is it already been there. its weird cause it just came out and it already saying Best Seller.

It came out in July in Japan and was, in fact, a Best Seller there.

[swetooth9]

Maybe they mean it was based on the best selling first game.

yea that's what i think they meant

[jimbodan]

Well, My TRU only had bestseller copies, and my gamestop only had non-best seller copies. So I now have one of each, please help me decide which to keep. I'm thinking the non-best seller is probably the one to keep, but what does everyone else think? I just hope the bestseller logo is a permenant addition and not just something they are doing for the second printing.

[msdmoney]

I would consider myself a collector, I like to have the non-pc/ph/gh version of games, but the little best seller logo doesn't bother me. I don't really collect for the money aspect, that money would be better invested somewhere else. I just enjoy collecting games.

[guyver2077]

well i just came from eb and all the copied they had did not have the best seller on em

[jimbodan]

well i just came from eb and all the copied they had did not have the best seller on em

this is what confuses me too, every single copy at my gamestop didn't have the logo. so is the best seller thing only for certain stores? I'm having a really hard time deciding which cover is rare.

[Mospeada_21]

jimbodan, why not keep'em both. it's beginning to sound like baseball cards here.....

on the best seller tag; take LoZ:WW and slap on both PC and BS makes it unattractive to collectors.

original = best.
error = rare, possible high collectibility value.
re-issues, 2nd prints = not much going for it.

[jimbodan]

jimbodan, why not keep'em both. it's beginning to sound like baseball cards here.....

on the best seller tag; take LoZ:WW and slap on both PC and BS makes it unattractive to collectors.

original = best.
error = rare, possible high collectibility value.
re-issues, 2nd prints = not much going for it.

There is no way I am going to keep both, I like to collect, but I'm not quite that hardcore, I'd just like to get the rare one now, since I basically have my pick and they are both the same price. I'd just hate to give back the bestseller one only to learn later that it was an error, or it was only on a certain printing. Same thing goes with the one W/O bestseller, I don't want to give that back only to find out every version of Paper Mario from now on will have it.

I have 30 days to return one of them to Gamestop, so far it seems it would be best to take back the bestseller one, but does anyone have any information on rarity?

[Rig]

jimbodan, why not keep'em both. it's beginning to sound like baseball cards here.....

on the best seller tag; take LoZ:WW and slap on both PC and BS makes it unattractive to collectors.

original = best.
error = rare, possible high collectibility value.
re-issues, 2nd prints = not much going for it.

There is no way I am going to keep both, I like to collect, but I'm not quite that hardcore, I'd just like to get the rare one now, since I basically have my pick and they are both the same price. I'd just hate to give back the bestseller one only to learn later that it was an error, or it was only on a certain printing. Same thing goes with the one W/O bestseller, I don't want to give that back only to find out every version of Paper Mario from now on will have it.

I have 30 days to return one of them to Gamestop, so far it seems it would be best to take back the bestseller one, but does anyone have any information on rarity?

I'm going to say that the non-best seller copy will be worth more. If they are printing copies with the seal this early in the game's life, they will probably print many more games, also containing the seal. All of those first pressed versions will be the more collectible versions, IMO.

[jimbodan]

jimbodan, why not keep'em both. it's beginning to sound like baseball cards here.....

on the best seller tag; take LoZ:WW and slap on both PC and BS makes it unattractive to collectors.

original = best.
error = rare, possible high collectibility value.
re-issues, 2nd prints = not much going for it.

There is no way I am going to keep both, I like to collect, but I'm not quite that hardcore, I'd just like to get the rare one now, since I basically have my pick and they are both the same price. I'd just hate to give back the bestseller one only to learn later that it was an error, or it was only on a certain printing. Same thing goes with the one W/O bestseller, I don't want to give that back only to find out every version of Paper Mario from now on will have it.

I have 30 days to return one of them to Gamestop, so far it seems it would be best to take back the bestseller one, but does anyone have any information on rarity?

I'm going to say that the non-best seller copy will be worth more. If they are printing copies with the seal this early in the game's life, they will probably print many more games, also containing the seal. All of those first pressed versions will be the more collectible versions, IMO.


I'm leaning that way too, however is there a possibility that the Best Seller logo was an error? And that it was only on the first printing? I just E-mailed NOA about it so we shall see if they bother to respond.

[Tybee]

Man, and I thought the Sudanese had problems! Has someone notified the U.N. regarding this issue?

:roll:

[jimbodan]

Well NOA contacted me about my cover question, unfortunately they just gave a generic "we don't know why some have the logo and some don't, but I assure you both games are the same" Well no shit! :roll: I replied asking if they know if future copies will have it or not, so we shall see yet again what they say.

[rapsodist]

That's a very interesting way to look at it, Bergley. Nice creative mind at work there. However, according to joystickz, all the newest batch of Players Choice titles have the same Best Seller logo printed onto their inserts. I still prefer your version of it though, if that means anything.

[jimbodan]

That's a very interesting way to look at it, Bergley. Nice creative mind at work there. However, according to joystickz, all the newest batch of Players Choice titles have the same Best Seller logo printed onto their inserts. I still prefer your version of it though, if that means anything.

Hmm I somehow missed that post, but if all the player's choice games now have that best seller logo then I think it is pretty clear that the Paper Mario's without it are the ones to have. Can someone else confirm that all the new batches of the PC titles have the best seller logo? I guess the newest ones are Zelda and Mario Golf, so does anyone with a PC Zelda or Mario Golf care to let us know if their copies have the best seller seal?

[cgpwns]

Only paid 16.88 for it at target so i dont care what copy i got

Its only 16.88 at target!!

[Indiana]

Only paid 16.88 for it at target so i dont care what copy i got

Its only 16.88 at target!!

No... he had a raincheck mistake I believe...

[jshorr]

jimbodan,

To be honest....I think down the line, the difference in price between these if you're going to sell a sealed copy will be negligible. Maybe a difference of $25-50 dollars in price for the rarer one...5 years down the road? Maybe? Hardly seems worth concerning yourself with. And if nintendo comes out with a Mario collection on a future console they both could be worth next to nothing. It hardly seems worth worrying about.

[rapsodist]

Yeah, I've got to agree with jshorr. While I would prefer one Paper Mario insert over the other, and I don't particularly like GH/PC/PH boxes, I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to spend a premium just to get something that doesn't have any actual exclusive content. And after Bergley's fun little POV, I really don't care if there's a little extra "Best Seller" logo on my box.

[jimbodan]

jimbodan,

To be honest....I think down the line, the difference in price between these if you're going to sell a sealed copy will be negligible. Maybe a difference of $25-50 dollars in price for the rarer one...5 years down the road? Maybe? Hardly seems worth concerning yourself with. And if nintendo comes out with a Mario collection on a future console they both could be worth next to nothing. It hardly seems worth worrying about.

I think that all depends on if the non-best seller copies were only first prints, if every other paper mario 2 game has the logo then I do think people will start to pay a premium for the ones without it. I agree that it's not like the one without it will be hundreds of dollars higher, and I think 25-50$ more is probably about right, and that's just the thing, right now they both cost the same, so why not try and get the one that will be worth 25$ more later on?

I'd really like to get some confirmation on whether or not all PC gamecube titles now have the best seller logo on them?

[Rozz]

I know its on Zelda WW

[hiccupleftovers]

I hadn't even known that there was a difference until I read this thread. I ran to check mine and sure enough it is the one without the Best Seller logo. I already opened it up and really don't care which one I have but its nice to know that if I must, and I mean must for some raeason sell it, it's nice to know it might get a few esxtra dollars. Also I would say that I'm a partial collector. I really don't like all the GH/PH/PC logos but if I really watn a game than I don't care and would get one of those. Not that big of a deal really. I wish they would do that to Marvle vs capcom 2 for both Xbox and Playstation 2 but alas it is OOP and Capcom lost the license.

[eldad9]

Now however, I'd like some confirmation on whether every copy made now will have the seal? I know the first printing doesn't have it, and second printing does it, but someone here said that ONLY the second printing will have it. So now I don't know which version is the one to have? I'd find it hard to believe that it would only be the second printing, so it looks like I'll exchange my sealed copy with the seal somewhere for a sealed copy without it.

I don't think anybody here can confirm this - none of us works for Nintendo, so we can't be sure of their plans.

You'd better buy one of each, just to make sure.

[jimbodan]

Now however, I'd like some confirmation on whether every copy made now will have the seal? I know the first printing doesn't have it, and second printing does it, but someone here said that ONLY the second printing will have it. So now I don't know which version is the one to have? I'd find it hard to believe that it would only be the second printing, so it looks like I'll exchange my sealed copy with the seal somewhere for a sealed copy without it.

I don't think anybody here can confirm this - none of us works for Nintendo, so we can't be sure of their plans.

You'd better buy one of each, just to make sure.

Apparently even Nintendo couldn't confirm, I e-mailed them and just got a "we don't know" I just going to assume the non-best seller one is better, so I returned the one with the logo.

[snipegod]

Can people post where they bought their non-bestseller copy of PM2 at?

I've looked at Target and BestBuy (I haven't been searching, just when I'm at a store, I'll look) and both had the BestSeller seals on them.

[SaMiDaDrAgOn]

I was wonderin' the same thing. Oh well. I didn't see any w/o the seal. It is mighty wierd that they did that. I do like my videogame collection but this just bothers me very little that I didnt' get the other version.

[pimp tyranny]

no biggie

[jimbodan]

Can people post where they bought their non-bestseller copy of PM2 at?

I've looked at Target and BestBuy (I haven't been searching, just when I'm at a store, I'll look) and both had the BestSeller seals on them.

My gamestop had a whole self full, all non best seller

[snipegod]

Yeah.

I was hoping somewhere that I could use a coupon or raincheck would have the non-seal ones.

Which version does TRU have?

[jimbodan]

Yeah.

I was hoping somewhere that I could use a coupon or raincheck would have the non-seal ones.

Which version does TRU have?

My tru had only best seller copies

[Trakan]

Someone said their EB had non "Best Seller" copies. jimbodan, if you find out recently that one version is worth more you could always go back and get it.

[swick]

I stopped by Best Buy today, and noticed that their PC copies of Zelda: WW had the "Best Seller" tag on them, as well. It looks as if this is some new branding by Nintendo, but I'll be damned if I know why they're doing it. It looks tacky to me.

[trunks982]

i got the "best seller" copy from TRU. so im wondering which copy ppl got the most here?

[Reality's Fringe]

A Wal-MArt near here had non-bestseller copies. Although it doesn't reslly mater to me. If I can get it for $33 at TRU, pah, who cares?

[hiccupleftovers]

A Wal-MArt near here had non-bestseller copies. Although it doesn't reslly mater to me. If I can get it for $33 at TRU, pah, who cares?

Yaeh I got the non best seller one just by accident but really who cares. I love the game, I picked it up at BB by a PM of Fry's.

[Cornfedwb]

You all realize the non-logo copy being more valued than the regular copy at sometime in the future is near impossible right? Its a very well-sold game, not something rare in and of itself and the logo does nothing to the game. This is not a GH/non-GH situation here where you have an entirely different case that sticks out like a sore thumb.. its going to carry the exact same value as the logoed version.

[icemanjmw13]

Hey I wonder, I got the best seller (bs) version at TRU as part of the sale. Do you think I go to my local Walmart, and assuming they have the non-bs verision could I buy that one and return the bs? Anyone else do this or know if they will ring differently?

[Kidorangepanda]

I think anyone that bitches about a freaking sticker shouldn't be playing video games anyway...go collect stamps or coins, i've been playing video games since i was five back in 1979 and i can tell you one thing, a box doesn't mean crap to me, I mean hey cool, if i get one that has a gh/bs/ph/etc. (stcik random sale name here), or is it when someone asks you down the road you're embarassed to say you only paid 19 bucks or cheaper for it, instead saying "oh I got it the day it came out" who the F cares? I play games, if they suck I trade them in, if not I keep em, I think my 2300 video games can attest to that. lates :D

[SteveMcQ]

Well, thanks for that input.

[judyjudyjudy]

Both copies I've gotten from Amazon have "Best Seller" on them, if anyone still cares.

[EndlessChris]

jimbodan,

To be honest....I think down the line, the difference in price between these if you're going to sell a sealed copy will be negligible. Maybe a difference of $25-50 dollars in price for the rarer one...5 years down the road? Maybe? Hardly seems worth concerning yourself with. And if nintendo comes out with a Mario collection on a future console they both could be worth next to nothing. It hardly seems worth worrying about.


I agree. Lots of games have had varied inserts that have had little difference in price value. The first printing of Gundam Battle Assault 2 had the misspelling "Gundum" which has fixed in the second printing, yet both titles are worth exactly the same.

Keep in mind that Paper Mario is a Nintendo Title. How many rare Nintendo games can you name? When it becomes a Player's Choice title and starts selling for $20, people aren't going to be seeking out something as insignificant as a small label variant.

[CappyCobra]

You all realize the non-logo copy being more valued than the regular copy at sometime in the future is near impossible right? Its a very well-sold game, not something rare in and of itself and the logo does nothing to the game. This is not a GH/non-GH situation here where you have an entirely different case that sticks out like a sore thumb.. its going to carry the exact same value as the logoed version.

THANK YOU! I thought I was the only rational person here. Who the hell cares about a friggin sticker? Last time I checked, once a game becomes a best seller, it usually stays that way :roll:

[GizmoGC]

OK! I got it! New Zelda WW have a BEST SELLER stamped on the cover art. This must of been meant for that on NOT Paper Mario! Company Error?