Most RARE Gamecube games RIGHT NOW?

[Nephilim]

I understand this is not a complete or absolutely correct list, just opening up a discussion.

I know some were reprinted like the Resident Evils and Cubivore
Added Pokemon Box (sold one myself for $200)
Blitz 2003 was supposed to be MLB Slugfest 2003, my mistake.

Doing a completed items search on eBay yielded mixed results, but it looks like some are consistently high priced.

Here is the search string I used (you must login to search completed)
gamecube -ps2 -lot -xbox -system -console -playstation -games

These seem to have the highest purchase prices:

Pokemon Box
Zelda Collectors
Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest
NCAA Basketball 2K3
MLB Slugfest 2003
Backyard Baseball
Ikaruga
Bust A Move 3000
Star Wars Jedi Outcast
Mario DDR
Resident Evil 2,3, Code Veronica
Cubivore
Goblin Commander
Gotcha Force
Top Angler

[Ikohn4ever]

cubivore?

[SMMM]

High-priced =\= Rare

Just thought I'd say it early.

[CoffeeEdge]

Remember the difference between rare and valuable. The two factors aren't always related.


I imagine that Pokemon Box must be one of the scarcer Cube titles, givin it's extremely limited distribution.

Zelda Collectors - There must be tens of thousands of this. I highly doubt it's less than 100,000 in existance.

Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest - Not at all rare. There logically must be several hundred thousand of these in existance.

Ikaruga - Not spectacularly rare, just valuable.

Bust A Move 3000 - Not rare, just kinda old.

Mario DDR - Not rare, just somewhat scarce at the moment.

Resident Evil 2,3, Code Veronica - Not rare. There was just a price spike for the GCN RE ports amid all the commotion over RE4.

[n8n8baby]

Resident Evil 2,3, Code Veronica - Not rare. There was just a price spike for the GCN RE ports amid all the commotion over RE4.


Actually, I know at least RE2 and RE3 were quite rare for a while. The thing is, they have received new pressings since then, which is why the cost has come down. This is also why a few other games such as Gitaroo Man, Rez, and Trapt have come down in price as well. There is a small company that is negotiating with the original publishers to be allowed to make extra batches for sale. Here is the site of the company responsible for the reprints: http://www.gamequestdirect.com/

[BIG5]

If they were that rare, I wouldn't have 2 copies of the first two items on the list.

[sonicfreak5]

I have:
Zelda Collectors
Mario DDR

[CapAmerica]

I have:
Zelda Collectors
Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest
Ikaruga
Bust A Move 3000
Star Wars Jedi Outcast
Mario DDR
Resident Evil 2,3, Code Veronica
and Pokemon Box


Would any of the GameCube Demo Discs be considered Rare? Like the Metroid Prime 2 disc or the BioHazard 0 disc?

[fatbeer]

Doing a completed items search on eBay yielded mixed results, but it looks like some are consistently high priced.

Here is the search string I used (you must login to search completed)
gamecube -ps2 -lot -xbox -system -console -playstation -games

These seem to have the highest purchase prices:

Zelda Collectors
Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest
NCAA Basketball 2K3
NFL Blitz 2003
Backyard Baseball
Ikaruga
Bust A Move 3000
Star Wars Jedi Outcast
Mario DDR
Resident Evil 2,3, Code Veronica

None of those game are really hard to find in NYC.I see over 7 copies of each game.Ebay people overpay for these games.The only rare game in their is mario ddr,but soon might disappear with a reprint.Some strange reason Bust A Move 3000 for gamecube is hard to find here. I obtain the only copy in NYC recently.The game is harder to find then Suikoden,Valkyrie Profile,Intelligent Cube,Phoenix Wright,Marvel Vs Capcom 2,Brigandine,Arc the Lad Collection.Maybe it just NYC?

You should also add mc groovz in the overpay list.Ebayer's are paying around $35-50 used for it when you can get a brand new with dance pad for $30 at gamestop.

[David85]

Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest - Not at all rare. There logically must be several hundred thousand of these in existance

At least. There was one for everyone of the preorders and then extras. I would say at least a million.

[chosen1s]

Hmm...

I'm going to have to contend with Blitz 2003 and also with Backyard Baseball...

Also, can we just all agree that most people who talk about "Rare" mean valuable? I think the "rare" argument is a losing battle...

[YoshiFan1]

Yeah Blitz doesn't seem rare, you can get a new one on Ebay for $10 plus shipping

[SMMM]

Hmm...

I'm going to have to contend with Blitz 2003 and also with Backyard Baseball...

Also, can we just all agree that most people who talk about "Rare" mean valuable? I think the "rare" argument is a losing battle...

Then they should say valuable. Not at all hard.

[Chacrana]

I have:
Zelda Collectors
Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest
Ikaruga
Bust A Move 3000
Star Wars Jedi Outcast
Mario DDR
Resident Evil 2,3, Code Veronica
and Pokemon Box


Would any of the GameCube Demo Discs be considered Rare? Like the Metroid Prime 2 disc or the BioHazard 0 disc?


Eh, maybe those'd be considered rare, but they're demo discs... nobody really cares about them.

[cochesecochese]

Besides Pokemon Box there aren't many 'ultra rare' GCN games...to my knowledge, anyways. Plenty of fairly difficult finds though. I'd sure like to be proven wrong and have a reason to keep buying though.

[Nephilim]

Made some changes to original post and reminded everyone that I am opening a discussion here, not making a perfected list of rare games.

[Josef]

You may want to add Goblin Commander: Unleash The Horde and, to a lesser extent, Gotcha Force!

Top Angler is also pretty rare nowadays.

I can't imagine the print run for Bust-A-Move 3000 being that high.

[CoffeeEdge]

Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest - Not at all rare. There logically must be several hundred thousand of these in existance

At least. There was one for everyone of the preorders and then extras. I would say at least a million.
Well, there were about 600,000 preorders, and I don't think there were 400,000 spares, so I think it might be a bit less than a million. But whatever. It's still far from rare.

[Tokeilos]

Maybe some of you guys can help me out here cuz I can't seem to find a copy of Pikmin 1 new anywhere....can we add this one to the list?

[Spoon_si]

Zelda Collectors is more rare than Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest IMO... I just found 1 & a used CD store for $16.00 snatched it up right away...

[Reality's Fringe]

What the hell is Pokemon Box?

[Mospeada_21]

i have 9 items on that list right now, in addition to 4 GC kiosk interactive multi-game demo discs. also 3 factory sealed copies of the RE4 preview disc (wooo).

[cochesecochese]

What the hell is Pokemon Box?

Pokemon management software. It let you load in all your Pokemon from all versions, had a vastly expanded pokedex, but no actual game. It was only sold at the Pokemon store in NYC, and only briefly. Came with a special blue/red memory card and a link cable all for $20.

Still readily available in Japan though.

[encendido5]

Pokemon management software. It let you load in all your Pokemon from all versions, had a vastly expanded pokedex, but no actual game. It was only sold at the Pokemon store in NYC, and only briefly. Came with a special blue/red memory card and a link cable all for $20.

Still readily available in Japan though.

I remember I bought two of these last February. I kept one for myself and I put one up on a tradelist here. I remember people saying it was so common and it was readily available on the Nintendo website so I threw it on ebay and it sold for only $35. I wish I still had that extra now. At least I still have my copy.

Aren't some of the Disney sports games rare as well? Also, that Disney Party game... I haven't seen that game anywhere anymore and it seems to be selling kinda high on fleabay.

[javeryh]

I've got Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest and Ikaruga and if I have them I doubt they are rare... maybe a little hard to find now but not rare...

[Zingela]

Pokemon management software. It let you load in all your Pokemon from all versions, had a vastly expanded pokedex, but no actual game. It was only sold at the Pokemon store in NYC, and only briefly. Came with a special blue/red memory card and a link cable all for $20.

Still readily available in Japan though.

It was also sold online, at pokemoncenter.com. That's where I ended up buying mine.

[Three Dollar Hooker]

These seem to have the highest purchase prices:

Pokemon Box
Zelda Collectors
Zelda Ocarina/Master Quest
NCAA Basketball 2K3
MLB Slugfest 2003
Backyard Baseball
Ikaruga
Bust A Move 3000
Star Wars Jedi Outcast
Mario DDR
Resident Evil 2,3, Code Veronica
Cubivore
Goblin Commander
Gotcha Force
Top Angler

Now the biggest question is.... who the hell wants that entire list of games?

NCAA Basketball? Backyard Baseball? Jedi Outcast? Goblin Commander? Big BLAH there.

At least when PSone games are sought after they're usually decent to great games. This stuff pretty much sucks IMHO.

Okay, Ikaruga, still not hard to find. Not like Valkyrie Profile, Disney DDR or Intelligent Qube hard to find. I can get it inside of 5 minutes online for original retail or less.

The RE games? BFD. So a bunch of Nintendophiles want them because they were too stupid to have a PSone 10 years ago. What's the big deal? A port of a 1997 survival horror game? OOOOOOH! IMPRESSIVE!

The Zelda games any real Nintendo fan has. It was the pre-order for TWW, like that many people DIDN'T get that extra? I walked into BB and got the Zelda Collector's for .01 when that deal was going on. If you don't have them you can get them all in >10 months on a Revolution download.

I know this is a big giant thread crap and I'm sorry but re-sale or used value doesn't mean a game is worth the price.

[botticus]

I know this is a big giant thread crap and I'm sorry but re-sale or used value doesn't mean a game is worth the price.
Uh... actually the thread wasn't discussing the best scarce GC games, it was the most rare/valuable. So irrelevantly thread-crap away.

I wish I had picked up Goblin Commander when I saw it at BB a few months ago. It was all of 9.99, but I figured it was cheap everywhere. Then I find out it's 3 times that on EB/GS. Ah well.

[vincewy]

Add- Zatchebelle, One Piece, and Chaos Field as future rare titles

Zatchebelle and One Piece are also on PS2, which is a lot more common

[zyblorg]

What about Beyond Good & Evil? I only saw that game once at a Microplay in a small town here in Canada (I bought Eternal Darkness for about C$12.99 instead), and I've never seen it again. Once I bought my copy of Ikaruga, which I thought was ultra-rare, I kept seeing it; same deal with the Zelda collector's disk.

[Scobie]

What about Beyond Good & Evil? I only saw that game once at a Microplay in a small town here in Canada (I bought Eternal Darkness for about C$12.99 instead), and I've never seen it again.

You mean you missed Beyond Good & Evil? That sucks. It's one of the few hard to find games that have been mentioned that's really, really worth playing.

In fact, I'd say BG&E was the biggest screw over this generation. It came out during a holiday rush with a ton of really high profile titles and got kind of buried. Within about a month or two, it was down to $30, then $20, then gone.

I remembered seeing about three copies at Best Buy for $20 when its star was fading, but I figured I could pick it up at any time. I went back two weeks later and it was sold out, never to return. I finally managed to track down a copy for $20 at TRU under a mountain of clearance crap last year and was absolutely grateful for the find.

[Three Dollar Hooker]

Between BG&E and Psychonauts I think you have a valid pro/con debate over which title most deserved commercial success vs. getting screwed over.

No two games have met with worse commercial fates in the past 5 years IMHO.

[Yashouzoid]

Add- Zatchebelle, One Piece, and Chaos Field as future rare titles

Zatchebelle and One Piece are also on PS2, which is a lot more common
Knew that crap (One Piece) would become rare someday.

Btw, that's "Zatch Bell".

[M3wThr33]

Disney Sports Football, Hockey and Basketball, mainly Basketball

[spider24]

Maybe some of you guys can help me out here cuz I can't seem to find a copy of Pikmin 1 new anywhere....can we add this one to the list?


http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/212487.asp

[monkeypox]

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/212487.asp

that's both used and out of stock. so the answer to his question for now is "no".

what about amazing island? I've seen maybe 2, 3 copies at the most. then again, I never really looked for it when it first shipped.

[RandyTsai]

what about disney's party and shrek super party

[botticus]

that's both used and out of stock. so the answer to his question for now is "no".

what about amazing island? I've seen maybe 2, 3 copies at the most. then again, I never really looked for it when it first shipped.
I would laugh, since my CC has had a half dozen copies of this game for the last year, but maybe it's just my store. Since it doesn't stock any new releases.

[dobiewan]

Bust A Move 3000 - Not rare, just kinda old.


Actually, this is very rare. This game was nearly impossible to find at release, and it never got a second printing. I've seen a total of two, both of which I bought. Sold one, without the manual for $75. Bought the other one brand new about a week after it came out. BAM usually gets very small print runs, and has a small but loyal fanbase.

Chaos Field is an interesting one... it doesn't seem to be rare, in fact it can be bought at retail for about $20 quite easily. But I have a feeling that like Ikaruga, once its gone, the demand for it will rise. Won't mean its rare, but it may be a good title to grab now if you're a shooter fan. Remember, Ikaruga was $19.99 new for the longest time, and then it suddenly vanished from store shelves, and now you have to pay $40+ for a copy.

[monkeypox]

I would laugh, since my CC has had a half dozen copies of this game for the last year, but maybe it's just my store. Since it doesn't stock any new releases.

you could be right. I just have yet to see more than a copy or two in the entire area. and it's not like people are buying it up, because it doesn't seem like a popular game... I can't even find any decent threads on it here.

[fatbeer]

Remember, Ikaruga was $19.99 new for the longest time, and then it suddenly vanished from store shelves, and now you have to pay $40+ for a copy.

That is so true.I purchased Ikaruga once it drop to $20 new and stay that way for several months.Their are so many people who only care about the rarity of game.Those people never really care how great the game is such as phoenix wright,shadow hearts,suikoden ii and now shadow hearts convenant and when the game goes high on ebay suddenly people now start to get interested in it.

[62t]

yea bestbuy.com had it for $20 with freeshipping, and they shipped out orders.

[Josef]

yea bestbuy.com had it for $20 with freeshipping, and they shipped out orders.

If I can remember correctly, they actually had it for what seemed like months on their site at $19.99. Nobody wanted it, apparently.

[Nephilim]

If I can remember correctly, they actually had it for what seemed like months on their site at $19.99. Nobody wanted it, apparently.

That is where I bought my copy, did not seem like it was going to be rare at the time.

[vincewy]

I can guarantee Chaos Field will be RARE, if you check ebay/half.com, new US version are almost nonexistent right now, other rare games (besides the list from first post) I can think of (unless Game Quest Direct gets more reprints)

Zatch Bell
Rave Master
Mystic Heroes
PSO 1&2 (not Plus version)
Beyond Good and Evil
Monster Jam: MD (PS2 version is common)
Lost Kingdoms II

[RedvsBlue]

New games seem to be pretty rare on the gamecube right now...

[elprincipe]

I can guarantee Chaos Field will be RARE, if you check ebay/half.com, new US version are almost nonexistent right now, other rare games (besides the list from first post) I can think of (unless Game Quest Direct gets more reprints)

Zatch Bell
Mario Party 5/6 (if anyone has sealed copy for trade, send me PM)
Mystic Heroes
PSO 1&2 (not Plus version)
Beyond Good and Evil
Monster Jam: MD (PS2 version is common)
Lost Kingdoms II

Mario Party 5/6? Come on, those are two of the top-selling games for the system and are ultra-common, not rare. I see Zatch Bell at every Gamestop store for $19.99 brand new, so I doubt that is going to end up hard to find (plus there's no demand). The others you may have a point on.

[io]

I can guarantee Chaos Field will be RARE, if you check ebay/half.com, new US version are almost nonexistent right now, other rare games (besides the list from first post) I can think of (unless Game Quest Direct gets more reprints)

Zatch Bell
Mario Party 5/6 (if anyone has sealed copy for trade, send me PM)
Mystic Heroes
PSO 1&2 (not Plus version)
Beyond Good and Evil
Monster Jam: MD (PS2 version is common)
Lost Kingdoms II

I had never heard of Chaos Field before I saw it the other day at Fry's. Fry's is a great place to see obscure titles. I saw several GC games I didn't know existed, and 2-3 times as many PS2 titles I didn't know about.

Here's another one for you: King Arthur. That game came out and quickly flat out disappeared. There is one copy at my Fry's, and I haven't seen it anywhere else since it first came out, on any system, but especially Gamecube. But of course those multi-platform titles aren't quite the same.

Here's another that you wouldn't think is rare but I can't find a copy at any B&M, and I only see 2 completed auctions for it on ebay (there are more for Chaos Field): Prince of Persia Sands of Time.

And I agree with whoever mentioned Shrek Super Party. That is pretty rare on all systems. I actually bought a used PS2 one from GR and sold it on ebay about a year ago. Played it for a few minutes to test - it's like a poor man's Mario Party, but it could be a bit of fun if found cheap, which it can't :D. Wow, just did a quick eBay check - the GC version is actually the easiest/cheapest to get - about $30 new. Only one new Xbox copy sold recently - for $60, and no new PS2 copies have been listed recently (but a used at $31 did not sell).

I got a copy of Shrek Extra Large at the TRU clearance about a year ago for $3 to use as trade-in fodder at GR. I didn't trade it in because I thought the kids might like it. Then I read the reviews :roll: - but I decided to keep it anyway just for kicks. It isn't as rare as Shrek Super Party, but it can go up in my display of the worst games of all time next to that copy of Drake for Xbox. I also picked up Eternal Darkness at the same time - I had no interest in it and just got it for trade-in fodder. For whatever reason I held on to it and I'm glad I did. I'll play it some day.

Here's a list of *obscure* GC games - I haven't researched whether any of these are rare or not. These are just ones I haven't seen recently or EVER in some cases:

* Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis (also a candidate for the wall o' shame)
* Asterix & Obelix XXL (European only release?)
* Bad Boys II: Miami Takedown (PS2 version was great EB trade-in fodder last summer - never seen a GC one!)
* Bonk's Adventure (??)
* Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom! (PS2 version common and cheap, didn't know there was a GC one)
* Casper: Spirit Dimensions (??)
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (like King Arthur, disappeared fast - haven't seen GC one for a while now)
* City Racer (??)
* Conan (another Europe only game?)
* Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (a very good game that I ordered online a year ago - never seen in store)
* Go! Go! Hypergrind (I bought this for $10 new at GS, but don't see it much any more)
* Gotcha Force
* Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16: Licensed to Drive (have never seen - for wall o' shame as well)
* Muppets Party Cruise (only rare new - seen many used at EB/GS)
* Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (common as snot on the PS2, don't see GC one too much)
* Rave Master (at Fry's right now - only place I've ever seen it)
* Risk (there's a GC version of this? Who knew?)
* Ribbit King (used to be everywhere, not so much now)
* Robots (see King Arthur and Charlie Chocolate)
* Shox (??)
* Spirits & Spells
* Superman: Shadow of Apokolips
* Tarzan Untamed
* Taz
* Worms 3D and Worms Blast (I had no idea there were Worms games on the GC!)

[vincewy]

Mario Party 5/6? Come on, those are two of the top-selling games for the system and are ultra-common, not rare. I see Zatch Bell at every Gamestop store for $19.99 brand new, so I doubt that is going to end up hard to find (plus there's no demand). The others you may have a point on.

Zatch Bell will be RARE (PS2 will be a lot easier to find), each Gamestop has between 1-3 copies in stock, once they're gone, you won't find them new, it's kind of a niche title like One Piece, some gamers (like myself) dig those anime style games. You're right about Mario Party 5/6, they're just popular.


concerning first post, Mario DDR will have more reprints, Cubivore got 2nd print run from GQD, you can get it on eBay now for less than $40 new.

Prince of Persia: SOT got tons of copies at release, many later games (it sounds insane) had very few copies made. Other games mentioned

* Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis (also a candidate for the wall o' shame)

* Ribbit King

my store has 8 copies of Aquaman and 2 copies of Ribbit King in stock that they'd love to unload a few copies, anyone wants it PM me (trade preferred)

* * Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16: Licensed to Drive

we have gazillion copies of this game

* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (like King Arthur, disappeared fast - haven't seen GC one for a while now)

* Taz

We have those in stock at regular retail price $30-$40 range

There're actually quite a few games that WILL BE RARE and not very popular, this list can be VERY LONG, one thing we can all agree on, many Gamecube games will be much harder to find than their PS2/XBOX counterparts (even if they get published on other systems too), god forbid if you're looking for new/sealed copy.

[io]

There're actually quite a few games that WILL BE RARE and not very popular, this list can be VERY LONG, one thing we can all agree on, many Gamecube games will be much harder to find than their PS2/XBOX counterparts (even if they get published on other systems too), god forbid if you're looking for new/sealed copy.

Aquaman has been clearanced at various Fred Meyer stores for the last 2 years. I've just never seen it anywhere else. I'd buy it for $3 simply because it is supposedly one of the worst games ever made (but if you know anything about Fred Meyer clearances it means they reduced it from $20 to $18 - they had Ikaruga for ages at $40, finally clearanced it at $36 and I held off - then one weekend recently they had 50% off clearance items and I couldn't find it :-().

Tell me about it (the new/sealed). I've been trying to get I-Ninja, Beyond Good & Evil, and PoP:SoT new/sealed for GC for a while. I got the PS2 versions of the first two for $2 or $3 and PoP GH copies are everywhere. My point is also that I'm trying to get them all CHEAP. Fry's may very well have PoP:SoT for $20 (I didn't look for it when I was there) - not cheap enough for me :D. GR has the GC version of PoP 50% off now, but no one has been able to find me a copy to trade for the tons of PS2/Xbox games I can get at GR.

[GunstarRed]

Anyone play Chaos Field? Looked interesting since I really like shooters, but can't find a decent review on it. I don't want it just for the rarity, but if it's actually worth playing for $20 I'd get it.

[suko_32]

Anyone play Chaos Field? Looked interesting since I really like shooters, but can't find a decent review on it. I don't want it just for the rarity, but if it's actually worth playing for $20 I'd get it.

Go to gamerankings.com and do a search for it.

[zyblorg]

I just wanted to crow that I managed to find a used copy of Beyond Good & Evil yesterday for $9.99 Canadian. I'm very happy... but now I'm quite curious about this god-awful Aquaman game.

[snipegod]

No one has mentioned Gauntlet: Dark Legacy for the Gamecube yet?

[io]

I just wanted to crow that I managed to find a used copy of Beyond Good & Evil yesterday for $9.99 Canadian. I'm very happy... but now I'm quite curious about this god-awful Aquaman game.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/cube/aquamanbattleforatlantis

It is the second-to-last rated game on metacritic (with Charlie's Angels being dead last - hey, there's another game I've never seen in a store!).

That puts it as the 467th best game on the Gamecube :D

Shrek Extra Large (of which I am the proud owner of a mint sealed copy) is 454th by the way.

Here's the bottom of the metacritic list, showing all games with an average below 40:

455 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 39
456 Disney's Party 2003 39
457 Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena 2002 39
458 Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure 2001 39
459 Disney Sports: Basketball 2003 37
460 Sum of All Fears, The 2003 36
461 Disney Sports: Skateboarding 2002 36
462 Jeremy McGrath Supercross World 2002 36
463 Shrek Extra Large 2002 36
464 Bad Boys II: Miami Takedown 2004 35
465 BeyBlade: Super Tournament Battle 2003 33
466 Batman: Dark Tomorrow 2003 29
467 Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis 2003 27
468 Charlie's Angels 2003 23

Trying to acquire all of those would actually be a challenge and might be something I do some day just for fun (dirt cheap of course).

Compare that list to the top 14: :rofl:

1 Metroid Prime 2002 97
2 Resident Evil 4 2005 96
3 Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2003 96
4 Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition, The 2003 94
5 Madden NFL 2004 2003 94
6 Soul Calibur II 2003 93
7 Viewtiful Joe 2003 93
8 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem 2002 92
9 SSX 3 2003 92
10 Madden NFL 2003 2002 92
11 Super Smash Bros. Melee 2001 92
12 Super Mario Sunshine 2002 92
13 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2003 92
14 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 2004 92

[VanillaGorilla]

Rare GameCube games? I would probably say, good ones. Aw, I'm only kidding.

Why the hell is Bust a Move 3000 rare? That game should be standard issue in every household in America.

[DigitalSpace]

A couple of hard to find racers:

Lotus Challenge - A port of Motor Trend Lotus Challenge on Xbox. I've seen three copies total in the wild in three years, including the one I got on clearance at a Sam Goody for $4 last month.
Rally Championship - Not to be confused with the easier to find, but still slightly uncommon Pro Rally. I got my copy at an EB last year, and I only recall seeing it about four times.

[Puffa469]

Best thing about those 2 lists... of the horrible games EVERY single one is based off a license. Out of the best games, the only licensed game is Madden.


http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/cube/aquamanbattleforatlantis

It is the second-to-last rated game on metacritic (with Charlie's Angels being dead last - hey, there's another game I've never seen in a store!).

That puts it as the 467th best game on the Gamecube :D

Shrek Extra Large (of which I am the proud owner of a mint sealed copy) is 454th by the way.

Here's the bottom of the metacritic list, showing all games with an average below 40:

455 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 39
456 Disney's Party 2003 39
457 Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena 2002 39
458 Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure 2001 39
459 Disney Sports: Basketball 2003 37
460 Sum of All Fears, The 2003 36
461 Disney Sports: Skateboarding 2002 36
462 Jeremy McGrath Supercross World 2002 36
463 Shrek Extra Large 2002 36
464 Bad Boys II: Miami Takedown 2004 35
465 BeyBlade: Super Tournament Battle 2003 33
466 Batman: Dark Tomorrow 2003 29
467 Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis 2003 27
468 Charlie's Angels 2003 23

Trying to acquire all of those would actually be a challenge and might be something I do some day just for fun (dirt cheap of course).

Compare that list to the top 14: :rofl:

1 Metroid Prime 2002 97
2 Resident Evil 4 2005 96
3 Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2003 96
4 Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition, The 2003 94
5 Madden NFL 2004 2003 94
6 Soul Calibur II 2003 93
7 Viewtiful Joe 2003 93
8 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem 2002 92
9 SSX 3 2003 92
10 Madden NFL 2003 2002 92
11 Super Smash Bros. Melee 2001 92
12 Super Mario Sunshine 2002 92
13 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2003 92
14 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 2004 92

[raimar]

Just wanted to add that from the top 14 games in the metacritic list, there is only one from the past 2 years: RE4. Real sad.

[io]

Just wanted to add that from the top 14 games in the metacritic list, there is only one from the past 2 years: RE4. Real sad.

Yeah, but some of that is just due to older games getting great reviews because the Gamecube was all new and shiny. I mean are SSX 3 or Madden 2003 :D any better than Fire Emblem of Super Mario Strikers or Chibi Robo. Hell no, in my opinion.

(and by the way, Fire Emblem comes in at 59 on the list, Mario Strikers at 167, and Chibi Robo at 207 !!)

Of course these are just averages of reviews and thus we all probably have our own list of greatest GC games. But I would put a TON from the last 2 years in my top 14.

My favorite GC game of all is probably Rogue Squadron II and even that comes in at a lowly 21 (yes I know that is very old). In terms of recent games, the top rated (besides RE4 and MP2) are Pikmin 2 (at 23), NBA St vol 3 (at 37), Mario Kart DD (at 45, yet easily one of my top 10), and Paper Mario (at 46, but top 5 in my list).

But really, anything ranked 65 and above represents scores of 85+, so they have all gotten excellent reviews. I just listed the top 14 to contrast with the bottom 14, which truly are separated from the pack :D. Probably you should compare those top 65 to the bottom 14 - and actually it shows the GC has a wealth of excellent titles vs very bad ones (unlike the PS2 which probably has a greater percentage of bad ones - I'll have to look into that).

[io]

Just for fun (and at the risk of getting seriously off topic), here's the bottom 14 for PS2:

1210 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 35
1211 Jeremy McGrath Supercross World 2001 35
1212 Fugitive Hunter 2003 35
1213 International Golf Pro 2004 35
1214 McFarlane's Evil Prophecy 2004 34
1215 Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing 2002 33
1216 Frogger: The Great Quest 2001 32
1217 MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch 2003 32
1218 Antz Extreme Racing 2002 31
1219 Transformers Tataki 2003 31
1220 GoDai: Elemental Force 2002 27
1221 Miami Vice 2004 27
1222 Knight Rider 2 2004 26
1223 Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt 2002 24

Bottom 14 for Xbox:

773 Chicago Enforcer 2005 33
774 Shrek Super Party 2002 33
775 Bruce Lee: Quest Of The Dragon 2002 32
776 Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green 2005 32
777 Kabuki Warriors 2001 32
778 Trigger Man 2004 31
779 Robocop 2003 30
780 Crime Life: Gang Wars 2005 30
781 Sneakers 2002 28
782 Stake: Fortune Fighters 2003 26
783 Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis 2003 26
784 Batman: Dark Tomorrow 2003 25
785 Pulse Racer 2002 24
786 Drake 2003 22

COOL! I'm the proud owner of the VERY WORST Xbox game there is! Sweet! Also, note that Shrek Super Party is near the bottom and that's a game that I just saw sell new for $60 on eBay. So some BAD games are rare AND valuable. It is possible to be all three at once!

Here's the GBA list:

509 Defender 2002 37
510 Mighty Beanz Pocket Puzzles 2004 37
511 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 36
512 Ozzy & Drix 2003 36
513 Sitting Ducks 2004 35
514 Street Jam Basketball 2004 35
515 David Beckham Soccer 2002 34
516 Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective 2003 33
517 Van Helsing 2004 33
518 Mortal Kombat Advance 2001 32
519 Fear Factor: Unleashed 2004 30
520 Shrek Swamp Kart Speedway 2002 27
521 Mucha Lucha! Mascaritas of the Lost Code 2003 26
522 Legends of Wrestling II 2002 24

I bought a copy of that Yu Yu Spirit Detective game at CC for $1.96 the other day as I thought it might be good trade-in fodder at GR. I was wrong so I returned it. Good thing I guess!

I'm also surprised at how many more games there are for the Xbox than the GBA - I would have thought the GBA would have all but the PS2 beat in sheer quantity, but it really isn't too far off the Gamecube number (468).

[Puffa469]

There are Miami Vice and Knight Rider games for the PS2???

I must have these!:D


and what is Transformers Tataki? I have the Transformers game and its not that bad.

[raimar]

I recently bought a used gamecube and started looking for the best used games under $20, IMHO, for the system (I used gamerankings as a guideline). I got the following:

eternal darkness: sanity's requiem
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Animal Crossing
Resident Evil 0
Pikmin
metroid prime
resident evil 4
legend of zelda: the wind walker
Tales of Symphonia
Star Fox Adventures
Baten Kaitos
Resident Evil
Killer7
Metroid prime 2: echoes
Beyond Good and Evil

All of them were very easy to find with the exception of Beyond Good and Evil, Pikmin and Eternal Darkness. They took me a little bit longer. I plan to get the following when/if they drop to 20 or less

Paper Mario: The thousand year door
Legend of zelda collector's edition
Legend of zelda: ocarina of time/master quest
Pikmin 2
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Battalion Wars

[io]

I recently bought a used gamecube and started looking for the best used games under $20, IMHO, for the system (I used gamerankings as a guideline).

Excellent choices (though I'm not into that whole RE thing). I would add Super Mario Sunshine and Rogue Leader. Personally I think Rogue Leader is the best game this gen across all platforms, and it was a GC launch title I believe.

As for Super Mario Sunshine, people like to put it down in comparison with Mario 64. I had never played Mario 64 prior to SMS except for in emulation on my PC right before I decided to buy my GC (the emulator is what helped me make the decision to buy a GC and now 40-50 games or so - so take that you anti-piracy nuts who count every download as $X of lost money). Since then I've played it on the DS as well. I'd have to say, hands down, Super Mario Sunshine is superior in every way. I think alot of the people who like 64 but rag on SMS just do that because 64 is part of their dear childhood or something :roll:.

Definitely pick up Paper Mario and Fire Emblem. I would imagine Paper Mario would go PC pretty soon. I have yet to play Batallion Wars myself (got it when it first came out, just no time). Also pick up Chibi-Robo when it gets cheap. It is much better than the reviews would suggest. In particular, if you find you like Pikmin and Zelda then get Chibi-Robo - it can be described as a wierd hybrid of those two games.

Oh, and snag Viewtiful Joe (which can be found cheap now) and Mario Kart Double Dash (again, another game that people rag on which I feel is WAY better than any previous Mario Kart game).

[mackaikai]

Cubivore is probably the most bizzare game i've ever played... ;O
it's fun in a weird way =p if you can find it for cheap, try it! =)

[vincewy]

Now it's safe to add Odama to the rare game list, my store has 2 copies ($50 each) and I don't think more will be made, but both copies have the boxes dented, ouch!

[jer7583]

I see piles of odama at every store i go to. Especially wal-marts. The game is pretty awful, too.

[jagwire1141]

One night I got drunk and lost my copy of Jedi Knight 2 for the Gamecube. Needless to say, I no longer drink.

[io]

One night I got drunk and lost my copy of Jedi Knight 2 for the Gamecube. Needless to say, I no longer drink.

:rofl:

I did the Blockbuster "rent-to-own" to get this game. I really dislike the first level and haven't played through it yet. I know it gets better, but man, what a horrible start.

Anyway, if you are looking for this game the Blockbuster rental/keep option is about $25. Sure, I got a scratched up copy with no manual, but I had wanted to get this game for a while and I have only ever seen it once in an EB for $40 used.

My Blockbuster actually had 2 copies, which were never rented out, so I certainly didn't feel bad about it. Not that there's anything wrong with it - they clearly printed on the rental receipt "Keep this game after such and such date for $18 more". When I actually went back in to pay the difference they were confused as to how to do it though. I guess that most people don't actually TRY to use this option on games or movies.

Then I just found out recently it qualifies for a Pricegrabber $5 rebate. I just sent it in and they accepted it with my two receipts (one showing the rental, one showing a debit for $18 from my account without saying what it is for).

Also just wanted to mention that Prince of Persia Sands of Time is fetching $40-$50 on eBay right now (for new/sealed). It appears, in fact, to be a rare and valuable game after all, at least for new copies. I still have yet to see one in a store.

[megaseadramon]

Digimon rumble arena 2 for the cube came out 2 years ago and its been selling between $50-60 on ebay. I don't know why, its not that great unless your a fan of digimon.

[banpeikun]

I plan to get the following when/if they drop to 20 or less

Paper Mario: The thousand year door
Pikmin 2
i believe these are under 20 already

[Orrimarrko]

In my opinion:

If you don't count exclusive cover variations, because that's another discussion, there are only TWO Rare US Gamecube releases.

Pokemon Box
NCAA Basketball 2K3

All of the other games mentioned in this thread aren't rare, or even hard to find. In fact, I'd say they can be found quite easily.

When you throw cover/insert variations into the mix, there are certainly others that would come to mind.

Peace,
Orri-

[Orrimarrko]

I had never heard of Chaos Field before I saw it the other day at Fry's. Fry's is a great place to see obscure titles. I saw several GC games I didn't know existed, and 2-3 times as many PS2 titles I didn't know about.

Here's another one for you: King Arthur. That game came out and quickly flat out disappeared. There is one copy at my Fry's, and I haven't seen it anywhere else since it first came out, on any system, but especially Gamecube. But of course those multi-platform titles aren't quite the same.

Here's another that you wouldn't think is rare but I can't find a copy at any B&M, and I only see 2 completed auctions for it on ebay (there are more for Chaos Field): Prince of Persia Sands of Time.

And I agree with whoever mentioned Shrek Super Party. That is pretty rare on all systems. I actually bought a used PS2 one from GR and sold it on ebay about a year ago. Played it for a few minutes to test - it's like a poor man's Mario Party, but it could be a bit of fun if found cheap, which it can't :D. Wow, just did a quick eBay check - the GC version is actually the easiest/cheapest to get - about $30 new. Only one new Xbox copy sold recently - for $60, and no new PS2 copies have been listed recently (but a used at $31 did not sell).

I got a copy of Shrek Extra Large at the TRU clearance about a year ago for $3 to use as trade-in fodder at GR. I didn't trade it in because I thought the kids might like it. Then I read the reviews :roll: - but I decided to keep it anyway just for kicks. It isn't as rare as Shrek Super Party, but it can go up in my display of the worst games of all time next to that copy of Drake for Xbox. I also picked up Eternal Darkness at the same time - I had no interest in it and just got it for trade-in fodder. For whatever reason I held on to it and I'm glad I did. I'll play it some day.

Here's a list of *obscure* GC games - I haven't researched whether any of these are rare or not. These are just ones I haven't seen recently or EVER in some cases:

* Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis (also a candidate for the wall o' shame)
* Asterix & Obelix XXL (European only release?)
* Bad Boys II: Miami Takedown (PS2 version was great EB trade-in fodder last summer - never seen a GC one!)
* Bonk's Adventure (??)
* Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom! (PS2 version common and cheap, didn't know there was a GC one)
* Casper: Spirit Dimensions (??)
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (like King Arthur, disappeared fast - haven't seen GC one for a while now)
* City Racer (??)
* Conan (another Europe only game?)
* Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (a very good game that I ordered online a year ago - never seen in store)
* Go! Go! Hypergrind (I bought this for $10 new at GS, but don't see it much any more)
* Gotcha Force
* Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16: Licensed to Drive (have never seen - for wall o' shame as well)
* Muppets Party Cruise (only rare new - seen many used at EB/GS)
* Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (common as snot on the PS2, don't see GC one too much)
* Rave Master (at Fry's right now - only place I've ever seen it)
* Risk (there's a GC version of this? Who knew?)
* Ribbit King (used to be everywhere, not so much now)
* Robots (see King Arthur and Charlie Chocolate)
* Shox (??)
* Spirits & Spells
* Superman: Shadow of Apokolips
* Tarzan Untamed
* Taz
* Worms 3D and Worms Blast (I had no idea there were Worms games on the GC!)


Had to comment on some of these, as there was some incorrect info...


* Asterix & Obelix XXL (European only release?) Not a US release; PAL only

* Bonk's Adventure (??) No US release for sure

* Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom! (PS2 version common and cheap, didn't know there was a GC one) Not a US release; PAL only

* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Check the $9.99 endcap at any Target in the game section - you'll see them there

* Conan (another Europe only game?) No US release for sure

* Risk (there's a GC version of this? Who knew?) No US release for sure

* Robots (see King Arthur and Charlie Chocolate) Can be found for $3.96 at any Circuit City that still has them - want one?

* Shox (??) No US release for sure

* Tarzan Untamed Try EB Games - saw one brand new yesterday

* Taz Try EB Games - saw one brand new yesterday

If you have any questions, let me know.

Peace,
Orri-

[Orrimarrko]

Disney Sports Football, Hockey and Basketball, mainly Basketball

There is no Disney Sports Hockey.

Here are the Disney Sports releases in order of difficulty to obtain:

Basketball
Football
Soccer
Skateboarding

Peace,
Orri-

[io]

^^^^ Well, that list (from like 2 months ago by the way :rofl:) I just pulled off of Metacritic. They didn't specify US release or not - note how I put "Europe only?" in my post on many of them. Still that makes them pretty damn rare in the U.S., no?

Anyway, like I also said in that post, I didn't claim any of these were rare and valuable, just that I hadn't seen many (if any) around. And I do ALOT of game buying. Robots I picked up during TRU Buy 2 Get 1 free a while back and haven't seen it since. Maybe YOU have a CC where it is sitting there in piles, but I have visited at least 15 different CC's in 5 different states over the past few months and haven't seen one. Very YMMV on that. As for Taz and Tarzan, I know I had seen those in the past, and I'm sure they are bargain fodder at EB, etc, I just haven't seen one.

It seems you have a very narrow definition of 'rare' if you only list Pokemon Box and NCAA 2k3. I was trying to list some others that you can actually find at retail (new) that might possibly be rare now or in the future. No one is going to find those 2 games sitting on a shelf anywhere for normal price.

I did find a new sealed copy of Shrek Super Party at an out of the way GR a few weeks ago. I was unable to find any Prince of Persia though!

[Orrimarrko]

^^^^ Well, that list (from like 2 months ago by the way :rofl:) I just pulled off of Metacritic. They didn't specify US release or not - note how I put "Europe only?" in my post on many of them. Still that makes them pretty damn rare in the U.S., no?

Anyway, like I also said in that post, I didn't claim any of these were rare and valuable, just that I hadn't seen many (if any) around. And I do ALOT of game buying. Robots I picked up during TRU Buy 2 Get 1 free a while back and haven't seen it since. Maybe YOU have a CC where it is sitting there in piles, but I have visited at least 15 different CC's in 5 different states over the past few months and haven't seen one. Very YMMV on that. As for Taz and Tarzan, I know I had seen those in the past, and I'm sure they are bargain fodder at EB, etc, I just haven't seen one.

It seems you have a very narrow definition of 'rare' if you only list Pokemon Box and NCAA 2k3. I was trying to list some others that you can actually find at retail (new) that might possibly be rare now or in the future. No one is going to find those 2 games sitting on a shelf anywhere for normal price.

I did find a new sealed copy of Shrek Super Party at an out of the way GR a few weeks ago. I was unable to find any Prince of Persia though!

Dude,

Don't be so sensitive. I didn't say your list was crap or something.

I only confirmed what titles were US releases and which ones weren't. After all, when you see "???", that usually means "I'm not sure about this one."

I felt that since you were unsure about many of the titles, I'd clear it up.

Any discussion on whether a PAL game is hard to find in the US is irrelevant, since we're talking about US releases only.

Also, just because YOU cannot find a title at a local store doesn't make it rare (or even hard to find for that matter.)

The definition of rare isn't limited to NEW games only, nor games that you can find at retail.

Rare means just that - RARE. There is basically one way that a game can be considered rare - low or limited production.

This is the reason that Pokemon Box and NCAA Basketball 2K3 are rare by modern standards.

Pokemon Box is not only exclusive, but it was limited from a production standpoint.

NCAA Basketball 2K3 is part of a small production run by SEGA when they received notification from Nintendo that they would not carry the Sega Sports titles anymore.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, certainly.

However, just because you can't find it locally (no matter how much shopping you do) doesn't make it rare.

There isn't a single title that hasn't been on eBay this year - not one. (I should know - I monitor the auctions.) That means that any title is available - new or used.

As far as the titles that I mentioned that are available at some of my local stores, I only pointed that out to let you know that they are, in fact, still available new at retail (and where to check for them.)

Anyway, good luck with your searches.

Peace,
Orri-

[io]

The only thing that bugged me about your post was the attitude the seemed to say "such and such game is available at your local CC - just walk in there and get it dumbass". That is certainly NOT the case on those clearance games - they are very YMMV and hard to find at any given store. People would do that all the time in threads about Phoenix Wright - "oh, there's piles of them at GR, just get it there!" when in fact that might be true in their little world, but most other places not so much (and ebay proved the point with auctions being $60+ at one point).

Besides the 2 that you mentioned no GC games are SUPER-DUPER-OMG rare. Though I challenge you to find an Ikaruga sitting at retail (and as recently as 4 months ago or so I could have bought one at retail but didn't - doh!).

Meh, whatever. This thread was dead anyway...

[Orrimarrko]

The only thing that bugged me about your post was the attitude the seemed to say "such and such game is available at your local CC - just walk in there and get it dumbass". That is certainly NOT the case on those clearance games - they are very YMMV and hard to find at any given store. People would do that all the time in threads about Phoenix Wright - "oh, there's piles of them at GR, just get it there!" when in fact that might be true in their little world, but most other places not so much (and ebay proved the point with auctions being $60+ at one point).

Besides the 2 that you mentioned no GC games are SUPER-DUPER-OMG rare. Though I challenge you to find an Ikaruga sitting at retail (and as recently as 4 months ago or so I could have bought one at retail but didn't - doh!).

Meh, whatever. This thread was dead anyway...

I still don't understand why you are equating rare with being able to find something at retail.

The two are mutually exclusive, though by the nature of it's definition, you shouldn't be able to find a rare game at retail anyway.

I can't find NES games at retail anymore, but does that make them rare?

Of course not.

You need to distinguish the difference between a truly rare game, and those that are hard to locate new at retail.

Seriously, were you really expecting to find a game that was released in 2002 still at retail (Player's Choice re-releases aside)?

Ikaruga is a great game, but there is NO reason that you should expect to find it at retail. However, if you wanted it, I promise you that you could find one on the net any day of the week.

Games go through a natural progression at retail - except first party releases (Nintendo releases.) They are released, they go down in price as the supply is no longer refreshed from the distributor, and finally they're gone.

Circuit City has this down to a science. I picked up the Urbz, and MVP Baseball for GCN yesterday for $3.96 each. Last month, both titles were at least $10.

Again, my point is simply, rare is a universal constant. If it is rare today, it will be even more rare in the future; for various reasons, the supply will inevitibly decrease (loss, damage, etc.)

However, a hard to locate game (in your world) may or may not become a rare game in the future. Distribution of games in the US are done region to region. What may be hard to find in Utah may be easy to locate in Texas. That doesn't make the game rare at all.

Like you said, the thread is dead. However, you should still make the differentiation - it will only help you down the road.

Good luck.

Orri-

[Puffa469]

not to stir the pot. But I saw Ikaruga brand new for $20 in two different stores yesterday, an EB, and a GS. :D

[io]

not to stir the pot. But I saw Ikaruga brand new for $20 in two different stores yesterday, an EB, and a GS. :D

You ought to buy it then!

[encendido5]

You ought to buy it then!

Yeah, what are you waiting for?? If they are brand new, you can flip them on ebay for $50 each, easy. Or you can send them to me and I'll make the profits for you :D

[Vinny]

You can add Beyond Good & Evil and Burnout 2 to that list. Both games received a smaller production on the GC.

Also, I'm not sure if this is rare or not but Rave Master received a small run on the GC.

[Puffa469]

You ought to buy it then!

I didnt realize that they were going for soo much on Ebay.

I'll stop by the store again today and see if theyre still there!

[chosen1s]

People keep mentioning production runs.

Where do you go to find the production runs for games?

[drfrielgood]

The Pokemon Colosseum bonus disc is also fairly hard to find (unless you buy it off ebay). I sold a factory sealed copy of F1 2002 for $100 on amazon a couple months back. Rally Championship is pretty difficult to find. Also, regarding MC Groovz, I haven't seen the bundles that include the game at Gamestop in months. Also, I've visited about 20 Gamestops/EBs in the last week and saw just one copy (used) of Zatch Bell. I saw 1 of Ikaruga, 2 Digimon World 2 Rumble, 0 NCAA Basketball 2k3, 0 Bust a Move 3000, and 0 Disney Sports titles.

[boyward]

People keep mentioning production runs.

Where do you go to find the production runs for games?

I, also, am interested in knowing this.

[WiiDSmoker]

holy crap i own Pokemon Box Mint never opened, Ikaruga, Mario DDR, Cubivore, Star Wars JediKnight Outcast, and even Bust A Move 3000!!!!!!

im rich bitch!!!!

[4tygames]

Really, Beyond Good and Evil is not that hard to find. I picked one up $13 used which is the price at any GameStop or EB Games.

I got Burnout 2 when it came out. It is an awesome game and I prefer it to the more recent versions. Haven't seen it around anywhere lately.

Eternal Darkness wasn't that hard of a game to find either. Seriously, IGN wanted people to buy the game when they offered it for $14.99 new a few years back. No one bought it then and everyone wants it know.

Same thing with Ikaruga when I saw it at GameStop for $20 a couple of months after it had been released. I should have bought it then! :cry:

I can basically find almost any GameCube game at Fry's Electronics. They have an amazing selection, except for the really really hard games to find in the previous post ;)

I may try that rent then buy thing at Blockbuster. They have a copy of Jedi Knight that never gets rented.

Here is a game that I have not seen in a long while: Batman Vengence.

That is all!

[WiiDSmoker]

i obtained Chaos Field sealed copy today..any idea on its worth?

[Chacrana]

Pretty sure it's worthless. It's not even supposed to be a good shmup.

[schuerm26]

I still don't understand why you are equating rare with being able to find something at retail.

The two are mutually exclusive, though by the nature of it's definition, you shouldn't be able to find a rare game at retail anyway.

I can't find NES games at retail anymore, but does that make them rare?

Of course not.

You need to distinguish the difference between a truly rare game, and those that are hard to locate new at retail.

Seriously, were you really expecting to find a game that was released in 2002 still at retail (Player's Choice re-releases aside)?

Ikaruga is a great game, but there is NO reason that you should expect to find it at retail. However, if you wanted it, I promise you that you could find one on the net any day of the week.


Orri-

That is kind of twisted logic. You kind of have to define rare through the retail segment. You can find ANYTHING on the internet. So is nothing rare now? You go on ebay and even the rarest of games you can find in a large (most of the time) quantity. That doesn't make them not rare.

[Mospeada_21]

GC Spirits & Spells, anyone got one?

eBay does, $3.99, ends 08/20/2006. (<-- not mine)

[dpadilla4]

bump for 2008

[javeryh]

I've got Ikaruga AND Twin Snakes and I'm very tempted to eBay them...

[Vinny]

I've got Ikaruga AND Twin Snakes and I'm very tempted to eBay them...

I'm thinking Ikaruga will keep going down. It was going for $60+ before the release on XBL but dropped sharply after that. I'm selling a copy of TTS right now. I figure now's the best time.

Also, anybody why DDR Mario Mix dropped so much? I see it at almost every GS now too... it used to go for $100 for a complete copy (the boxed one with the pad) but now they're going for $60 or so.

[kndy]

Wow... an old thread brought up again but good timing esp. to bring up that "Chaos Field" did not go up in price and $7.99 used in 2008.

Anyway, I think as of right now, since a lot of us are currently using this GameCube coupon. I think the ones that are not rare but hard-to-find or just too expensive (and also to add that they have received favorable reviews as opposed to rare games that have received terrible reviews):

Pikmin 2
Metal Gear Twin Snakes
Ikaragua
DDR Mario
Legend of Zelda Collectors
Mario Power Tennis

I have my eyes at "Cubivore" and "Gotcha Force" right now to see how prices increase with those two games.

[bigdaddy]

Gamecube coupon?

And I'm still looking for Cubivore but my limit is $20.

[ets]

Futurama is pretty rare, heck its not even listed on gamestop. Gotcha Force I swear was 10 bucks 2 weeks ago at gamestop.

[io]

Futurama is pretty rare, heck its not even listed on gamestop. Gotcha Force I swear was 10 bucks 2 weeks ago at gamestop.

Futurama was only released on PS2 and Xbox. I was playing my PS2 copy just the other day. It is too bad it sucks so damn much :cry:...

[ets]

Futurama was only released on PS2 and Xbox. I was playing my PS2 copy just the other day. It is too bad it sucks so damn much :cry:...

There you go, its so rare its not even out on gamecube. I win! :lol:

[bigdaddy]

I win! :lol:


For stupidity yes. :lol:

And the Futurama clips are on the new Futurama movie DVD so you will never need to play the game. :)

[crunchewy]

Also, anybody why DDR Mario Mix dropped so much? I see it at almost every GS now too... it used to go for $100 for a complete copy (the boxed one with the pad) but now they're going for $60 or so.

Supply and demand? People woke up and realized that $100 was too much? I don't know, but I think it's a great game. If you aren't a DDR-Bemani-purest, and especially if you like Nintendo game music, you will like it. I get more value out of a DDR game than any other kind of game, so IMHO it's worth $60, especially if you are a beginner (as I was when we got our copy.)

[007]

I think with Mario DDR, it probably reached that point where if you wanted it, you probably managed to get one already... and if you hadn't, the idea of paying that much just became less and less appealing over time.

Plus, there's still the reprints that pop up every year or so that seem to come out of nowhere. I still remember that... last summer I just randomly walked into TRU and there were four boxed Mario DDRs just sitting there. Weren't there the week before, were gone the next week.

[encendido5]

Here are a couple I recently sold on Amazon, all sealed, shipping included:

Skies of Arcadia Legends - $58.98
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - $76.98
Tales of Symphonia - $53.98

I'm surprised Fire Emblem went for that high. I'm also considering selling Twin Snakes along with a couple of others I have.

[bigdaddy]

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - $76.98


Really?

*Runs off to go find the sealed copy I bought for $10".

[Lone_Prodigy]

Here are a couple I recently sold on Amazon, all sealed, shipping included:

Skies of Arcadia Legends - $58.98
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - $76.98
Tales of Symphonia - $53.98

I'm surprised Fire Emblem went for that high. I'm also considering selling Twin Snakes along with a couple of others I have.

Geez that's high for FE and ToS. ToS was PC as well, though I guess black label would be pricier. Of course being sealed ups the value considerably. I wonder if anyone's interested in my sealed Metroid Prime (PC). :lol:

I think Twin Snakes will drop once the furor over MGS4 fades.

[encendido5]

Geez that's high for FE and ToS. ToS was PC as well, though I guess black label would be pricier. Of course being sealed ups the value considerably. I wonder if anyone's interested in my sealed Metroid Prime (PC). :lol:

I think Twin Snakes will drop once the furor over MGS4 fades.

Yeah, Tales was the black label version so that could be it.

[tangytangerine]

I think Tales is starting to become hard to find. Had to get a replacement copy yesterday due to a bad 2nd disc. No Game Crazy in the area had a copy & only one Gamestop within 30 miles actually had a copy of the game.

Also noticed that I'm not seeing Pikmin as often as I did a couple years ago.

[Lone_Prodigy]

Well I swung by EB today and guess what I found? A black-label Pikmin 2 for $19.99. Best part was that the price tag had today's date: they must've just put it out. :D

Unfortunately, there's some writing on the manual cover and disc (old Rogers Video rental copy) but I just wanted a copy to play.