Why is it so hard finding gamecube titles at stores?

Mr. Roper

Mr. Roper

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Don't they realize the wii plays gamecube games and there are hundreds of thousands of people who want to play them that never owned a cube.
 
True, I have been trying to find a few with no luck (and have a couple of hard-to-find titles I picked up when I had the chance). We need a GC trading thread. :)
 
I wish they'd take advantage of the fact that Wii is BC. Why not release GC/Wii hybrid games...if it's in a Wii, take advantage of the Wiimote and some extra horsepower...if it's in a GC...well fine, it still plays. They must be able to tell what system a disc is in, and excecute code based on it. Why must we always leave old systems to gather dust the moment a new system is even devised? WHY?!?

[Sorry, got a bit carried away...I'm tired.]
 
I think that if there weren't so many shovelware games that we may have seen some GC re-releases to fill the void, but that isn't really necessary with the shelves full of games. And Nintendo is planning to make "new" games of some GC games with motion controls. I personally can't wait for Mario Baseball and Mario Tennis, but I will just play my GC versions of the rest.
 
The only game that really drives me crazy is Mario Tennis. I was waiting for a sale and boom, disappeared off the face of the Earth. So I bought Mario Tennis GBA and it sucks.
 
What's really bullshit is my PS3 plays PSOne games, and my GBA plays GB and GBC games. WTF Sony and Nintendo? Meanies.
 
[quote name='mcelfour']Why must we always leave old systems to gather dust the moment a new system is even devised? WHY?!?

[/QUOTE]
We don't. PS2 is still outselling PS3, isn't it?
 
I'm sure it's not too hard to find used GC games, but it sure is difficult to find new ones. I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but a lot of the AAA GC titles were getting a premium on eBay before Christmas. Super Mario Sunshine was selling for $40+, Animal Crossing for $30+, and even stuff like Star Fox Assault sold for a premium. Oh yeah, Mario Party 7 was going for $65+! And the thing is, there really weren't that many available at any given time. That is still the case, though the prices have come down somewhat with this being after Christmas (e.g., MP7 is just selling for $55 or so now).

They are rare (new, anyway) and people DO want them. I'm assuming that there is renewed interest in them because of the Wii - or maybe just simply people with Gamecubes catching up (there are a lot of GCs out there, after all).

I'm really surprised Nintendo isn't reprinting many of these titles - seems like easy money to me. They really should reprint things like SMS, AC, etc, and make Wavebirds again and market them as "Gamecube Classics" for play on the Wii. Heck, they could make a "Gamecube Classic" bundle for the Wii (a couple games, a Wavebird, and a memory card).
 
I never owned a GC, but traded for and jumped on deals for games before the Wii. I actually just made a deal for a GC for my bedroom.

I share frustration on the GC game front though. I have nearly everything I'll want for it, but a few of the last set of games (IE: Fire Emblem) seem pretty hard to find, and are way too expensive used right now. Thank goodness I got Chibi Robo when I did!

Also: What is with the impossibility of finding wavebirds! You'd think that Nintendo would realize how many people want these with Brawl comming up! Not to mention VC titles. I suppose the Classic Controller is their solution :\
 
Nintendo stopped making Wavebirds which has to be one of the dumbest things they have done recently. They should have still made them until this Christmas even if they rose the price to $40-$50 people would still buy them.
 
How good is Chibi-Robo? I've been thinking about trying to pick it up. Also, I've been looking for Mario Tennis but it's hard to find.
 
[quote name='62t']most store selection is basiclly smash brothers, mario kart, and twilight princess.[/QUOTE]

Yep, that's pretty much what my Target has - with a few others like Ratatouille thrown in perhaps. It seems they've kept up the supply of SSBM and MKDD for some reason, but have run low on SMS, Zelda Wind Waker, and many others. I haven't seen a Wind Waker in a while. (Checking ebay - yep, about $30 for new copies of that).
 
[quote name='tsmvengy']How good is Chibi-Robo? I've been thinking about trying to pick it up. Also, I've been looking for Mario Tennis but it's hard to find.[/quote]
Chibi-Robo! is great. I rented it, and I wish I bought it while I had the chance. Really innovative fun.
 
I think they don't want the Gamecube competing with the Wii. The backward compatibility of the Wii is there just as incentive for people to buy a Wii - compatibility with games they already have, not ones they are going to buy later. They don't want to sell you GC games, they want to sell you Wii games. Every GC game sold to a Wii user is one less Wii title sold (or at least less Wii titles sold). They want the Wii software sales to be high.
 
Pimin 1 sucks, I really hate it. However Pikmin 2 (I haven't played it) fixed some issues including the time.
 
[quote name='Mr. Roper']I want to get both Pikmin games the most. They don't go for over 20 bucks do they?[/QUOTE]

You don't want to know...

Looks like Pikmin 2 goes for $50 new/sealed, and about $30-$40 used.
The first Pikmin seems to go for a bit less. You could probably get a used one for about $12-$25. New ones are super-rare though - there isn't a completed sale for a new original Pikmin in the last 30 days on eBay AT ALL.

Some examples for new Pikmin 2:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-Gamecu...ryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pikmin-2-GameCu...ryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But hopefully there will be a Wii version coming sooner or later.
 
gamecube stuff will only get harder to find over time. the few gc owners who switched to wii kept alot of their games due to bc and lack of wii titles. and most store s started liquidating gc stuff pretty early on because of lackluster sales of some titles.

add to that that even nintendo is pretty much kicking the console and the games to the curb( probably so they can sell them as downloadable content later) and yeah some stuff is pretty hard to find. i got lucky finding complete games online at gamestop and even luckier buying stuff from people on cag.

id suggest looking through the cag trading post people will try to screw you for the mario titles ( sports ones mainly) and the zelda special edition titles but most of the good stuff you can find cheap enough. metroid goes pretty cheap online and here.the only game im kinda looking for is mario tennis and maybe mario golf. the rouge squadron games and jedi knight 2 can be hard to get as well.
 
[quote name='io']You don't want to know...

Looks like Pikmin 2 goes for $50 new/sealed, and about $30-$40 used.
The first Pikmin seems to go for a bit less. You could probably get a used one for about $12-$25. New ones are super-rare though - there isn't a completed sale for a new original Pikmin in the last 30 days on eBay AT ALL.

Some examples for new Pikmin 2:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-Gamecube-Wii-Strategy-Game-PIKMIN-2-New-RARE_W0QQitemZ200194742887QQihZ010QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pikmin-2-GameCube-or-Wii-Brand-New-Factory-Sealed_W0QQitemZ160198227237QQihZ006QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But hopefully there will be a Wii version coming sooner or later.[/quote]


i cant believe those are going for so much. they are great games but shit man thats alot.
 
K-mart is your best bet for finding GC titles. They have a pretty good selection at $20 and under. Not the Mario or Zelda ones, but they have quite a few in the BB-style front lane boxes, and some decent titles. Actually, I should say not the "real" Mario ones because I found SSX on Tour and NBA Street v3, both of which have Mario, Luigi and Peach as playable characters. (I have an extra one of each to trade if you PM me.)
 
[quote name='soonersfan60']K-mart is your best bet for finding GC titles. They have a pretty good selection at $20 and under. Not the Mario or Zelda ones, but they have quite a few in the BB-style front lane boxes, and some decent titles. Actually, I should say not the "real" Mario ones because I found SSX on Tour and NBA Street v3, both of which have Mario, Luigi and Peach as playable characters. (I have an extra one of each to trade if you PM me.)[/quote]

I bought a few NES games from K-Mart when the N64 was out. They never get rid of their stuff and will be the last to get rid of the GC.
 
[quote name='soonersfan60']K-mart is your best bet for finding GC titles. They have a pretty good selection at $20 and under. Not the Mario or Zelda ones, but they have quite a few in the BB-style front lane boxes, and some decent titles. Actually, I should say not the "real" Mario ones because I found SSX on Tour and NBA Street v3, both of which have Mario, Luigi and Peach as playable characters. (I have an extra one of each to trade if you PM me.)[/quote]

The K-Marts you go to must not have a lot people buy games from them. The ones around here just have Twilight Princess & Flushed Away left.

Game Crazy seems to be the only place here that still has the big hit GC games new(although some are probably gutted). Nobody seems to go to them, even though they're the only game store in the town.

As for Mr. Roper, if you don't mind getting the Pikmin games used, try Gamestop. Looking at the prices, they're actually the cheapest right now. Pikmin 1 is $10 & Pikmin 2 is $25.
 
First-party GC controllers are really hard to find nowadays... lots of people are selling their GCs w/ no controllers now. Even EB Games (Canada) sells used GC controllers at $20, and new at $30 (and they still sell out.)

As for Gamecubes themselves, they're flooding the market. EB Games sells used ones for $24.99: considering you get a controller, that's a steal. :D

It's too bad really: there are some excellent GC titles that I wish were in higher supply. I'm not shelling out $30+ for Fire Emblem or the Zelda Collection.
 
I was fortunate enough to jump on my list of wanted gamecube games shortly after the Wii came out and I have pretty much everything I want. There are several games I refuse to pay more than $20 for including Mario Kart, RE 2/3, MGS:TS, that are out there but I'll probably never get. The only title I am passively looking for is Chibi-Robo which I've seen but haven't bit on yet.
 
[quote name='VAD3R or Fro']Is it still easy to find Legend of Zelda Wind Waker?[/QUOTE]

Easy to find used -- GameStops are flooded with them. The bigger challenge is getting one that is not scratched to hell, if it comes with a manual that was not eaten by someone's baby sister.
 
[quote name='donssword']Easy to find used -- GameStops are flooded with them. The bigger challenge is getting one that is not scratched to hell, if it comes with a manual that was not eaten by someone's baby sister.[/quote]

the manuals not too big of a problem you can get most of the gc 1st party game manuals from the nintendo website. but yeah you have to be careful when you buy used gc games especially from gamestop/ebgames. ive lucked out with most of the stuff i got there on the ps2 side of things but every gc game either didnt have the original box or the game was messed up. but they are selling alot of big name gc titles like metroid prime pretty cheap. its a good place to find alot of gamecube basics.
 
all good gc games will probably be cleaned out this week coz of the gamestop coupon (hoarders, dammit)... still, hopefully there'll be some good pickups in the meanwhile!
 
[quote name='mcelfour']I wish they'd take advantage of the fact that Wii is BC. Why not release GC/Wii hybrid games...if it's in a Wii, take advantage of the Wiimote and some extra horsepower...if it's in a GC...well fine, it still plays. They must be able to tell what system a disc is in, and excecute code based on it. Why must we always leave old systems to gather dust the moment a new system is even devised? WHY?!?

[Sorry, got a bit carried away...I'm tired.][/QUOTE]

Seems possible, since they did it with the Burger King games for the XBox and 360

[quote name='io']I'm sure it's not too hard to find used GC games, but it sure is difficult to find new ones. I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but a lot of the AAA GC titles were getting a premium on eBay before Christmas. Super Mario Sunshine was selling for $40+, Animal Crossing for $30+, and even stuff like Star Fox Assault sold for a premium. Oh yeah, Mario Party 7 was going for $65+! And the thing is, there really weren't that many available at any given time. That is still the case, though the prices have come down somewhat with this being after Christmas (e.g., MP7 is just selling for $55 or so now).

They are rare (new, anyway) and people DO want them. I'm assuming that there is renewed interest in them because of the Wii - or maybe just simply people with Gamecubes catching up (there are a lot of GCs out there, after all).

I'm really surprised Nintendo isn't reprinting many of these titles - seems like easy money to me. They really should reprint things like SMS, AC, etc, and make Wavebirds again and market them as "Gamecube Classics" for play on the Wii. Heck, they could make a "Gamecube Classic" bundle for the Wii (a couple games, a Wavebird, and a memory card).[/QUOTE]

I wish I would have checked EBay. I might have sold off some of my Gamecube games especially if I could get back more than what I paid for them.
 
I had the gc as my only console last gen so i stocked up on the top 30 gc titles during its life cycle, including some hard to find ones like ikaruga and eternal darkness

oh and this sexy thang :applause:
nubytech-mega-man-x-controller-20060123053217748-000.jpg
 
[quote name='maigoyume']I had the gc as my only console last gen so i stocked up on the top 30 gc titles during its life cycle, including some hard to find ones like ikaruga and eternal darkness

oh and this sexy thang :applause:
nubytech-mega-man-x-controller-20060123053217748-000.jpg
[/quote]

I totally wanted one of those, but never found a decent deal on one. You sir, suck, due to your awesomeness. :p
 
I found a lot of the games I wanted for Cube both at Gamestop, and there's these two nice ladies that sell vintage games that come to campus on Wednesdays. I haggled and got Crystal Chronicles for cheap.

Also, flea markets. I hate making the trip, but there's flea markets all over the place here, and I always find stuff for every system (and get weird looks for plastering my face up against the Intellivision case).
 
[quote name='mcelfour']I totally wanted one of those, but never found a decent deal on one. You sir, suck, due to your awesomeness. :p[/quote]i managed to score mines off ebay for about $30 shipped but this was a year back
 
[quote name='maigoyume']i managed to score mines off ebay for about $30 shipped but this was a year back[/quote]
Too much for me. I think I saw one for about that at the local EBstop...like a year ago.

As for games, I stocked up before the Wii, as I knew that I'd either get a gamecube or a Wii. I don't know if I knew for sure it would have BC then.

I now have a Wii, and have a trade in progress with a CAGger and Gametz.com member for a 'cube...if he'll ever get his butt in gear and ship off that used gamecube for me.

:bomb:
 
[quote name='mcelfour']Too much for me. I think I saw one for about that at the local EBstop...like a year ago.

As for games, I stocked up before the Wii, as I knew that I'd either get a gamecube or a Wii. I don't know if I knew for sure it would have BC then.

I now have a Wii, and have a trade in progress with a CAGger and Gametz.com member for a 'cube...if he'll ever get his butt in gear and ship off that used gamecube for me.

:bomb:[/quote]haha best of luck buddy, actually at the time i bought the controller paypal was doing their get spend $30 on ebay and get $15 back promo, which made it all the sweeter :cool:

on a side note, i'm stuck in eternal darkness, so close to finishing it o_O
 
I guess I've been lucky, in the last few weeks I've been able to find new, sealed copies of Killer 7, Viewtiful Joe and Pikmin 2 for $10 each. Now every time I'm in any store I look for their discount games bins which seem to be the place that GameCube games have now been banished to.
 
The Sears I have been to have had several Viewtiful Joes up until about a month ago. I didn't buy it because I heard it's insanely hard and I'm not very good at games. :lol:
 
[quote name='HyperWrench']I guess I've been lucky, in the last few weeks I've been able to find new, sealed copies of Killer 7, Viewtiful Joe and Pikmin 2 for $10 each. Now every time I'm in any store I look for their discount games bins which seem to be the place that GameCube games have now been banished to.[/QUOTE]
Those sealed Pikmin 2's sell for about $50 each. You're lucky you can still find that game sealed.
 
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