A Guide: Are Your GBA Games Bootleg?

Speaking of exterior looks, here is one really lame ebay auction.
The cover of the game box has "MEGAMAN ZERO 2 OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE" ! WTH. If ANYONE falls for that...
 
[quote name='Squee']Speaking of exterior looks, here is one really lame ebay auction.
The cover of the game box has "MEGAMAN ZERO 2 OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE" ! WTH. If ANYONE falls for that...[/QUOTE]

This doesn't help make it seem too legit either:
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Quantity:[/font] [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ONE brand new Mega Man Zero 2 SONY GBA GAME"[/font]
 
I only have one Bootleg. I kind of figured it was and it is an EA game, so I don't feel so bad.

It works fine even with a battery save.

Personally, I've just stopped buying GBA games from ebay and half.
 
Look here for another Hong Kong knockoff.
The box doesn't have the ESRB rating on it, and the game title is in the top right corner (it should have been on the bottom right).
 
I appreciate the info. I've never bought a used GBA game and now I don't think I ever will. It's funny that people will go to such trouble to bootleg these games and pass them off as real when people sell bootleg movies in the middle of Manhattan without any trouble. Some of the bootleg vendors do better business than Virgin, Best Buy, or the other big chains.



It's a great time to be a cheap ass gamer.
 
One of my games has the white printing above the metal contacts but not the whole '@2001 Nintendo'. It only has 'Nintendo'. Does this mean it's a bootleg. I don't see any other differences with it and the rest of my games.
 
All those GBA games are definitely bootlegs.

Oh, and it's depressing to see this thread rise again. It's a relic from when you could read posts on CAG without feeling like the world is completely hopeless.
 
[quote name='Chacrana']All those GBA games are definitely bootlegs.

Oh, and it's depressing to see this thread rise again. It's a relic from when you could read posts on CAG without feeling like the world is completely hopeless.[/quote]
Thanks, I thought so. Thanks to this thread I found out that my Minish Cap game that I bought off of Amazon Marketplace (in January) was a bootleg. :cry: I feel so stupid. I emailed both the seller and Amazon and both were great about it. The seller said that they didn't sell bootlegs (ha!) but that they would offer me a refund and Amazon said they would refund me the shipping charge.

Thanks for the hard work that went into this thread, I feel much more educated about counterfeit GBA games now.

PS - Why isn't this a sticky?!
 
Hello guys,

I wrote a guide on ebay (i figured it would be a good place to write it since thats where the majority of bootlegs are sold, and will help with proving to my buyers that I do not sell fake games) about this and it got into the top 200 guides, here is a link to the guide, please read it and vote for it so more people know about counterfeit gba games and how to avoid them :

http://reviews.ebay.com/HOW-TO-IDENTIFY-COUNTERFEIT-GAME-BOY-GAMES_W0QQugidZ10000000000906542

My views on this guide are insane, i have like 33,000 views, just goes to show you how big of a problem this really is.
 
Here's an excellently shitty story.

Gamestop has buy 2/get 1 free right now, and what did I find but a copy of Fire Emblem 1 and Tactics Ogre. I didn't realize til I got out of there that Tactics Ogre had incorrectly been tagged as Super Street Fighter and it rang up for even cheaper. I popped it on my DS to make sure it worked, tested Fire Emblem, and went on my way.

Peeled the stickers off, who needs them, right? A few hours later I get home and take a closer look at the cartridge, and what do you know - it's made by Nintondo. So, my receipt is rang up for the wrong game and the sticker is probably un-retrievable.

Am I shit out of luck?
 
I am not sure about that, you would have to discuss it with the employees of the store, maybe they will remember that you came in and bought the games, especially if you are a regular customer or if it was not a busy day that day. Since the b2g1 free just started I say you have a chance. If you have a reciept you have a good chance of being able to return the games without stickers, I have returned many stickerless games with no problem.

Also keep in mind that its ILLEGAL for them to be selling bootleg games, and they are counterfeit merchandise, if you mention this to them and say you are gonna call the police on them because they are selling bootleg games I am sure they would be happy to help you out :)

Tactics ogre is a known rampant bootleg, meaning there are lots of bootleg copies of TO floating around, so if your looking to buy that game you might want to be on extra-special alert for bootlegs of it.

Just check the games carefully if your gonna buy them and your worried about bootlegs, if you live near a high traffic location like a location in NYC (lots of fake stuff around the NYC area) I would say you have a lot more to worry about than a normal location with average traffic.
 
[quote name='johnnypark']Here's an excellently shitty story....

Am I shit out of luck?[/quote]
I would definitely go back and speak to the manager. If all else fails, threaten to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau for selling you a pirated product.
 
[quote name='johnnypark']Here's an excellently shitty story.

Gamestop has buy 2/get 1 free right now, and what did I find but a copy of Fire Emblem 1 and Tactics Ogre. I didn't realize til I got out of there that Tactics Ogre had incorrectly been tagged as Super Street Fighter and it rang up for even cheaper. I popped it on my DS to make sure it worked, tested Fire Emblem, and went on my way.

Peeled the stickers off, who needs them, right? A few hours later I get home and take a closer look at the cartridge, and what do you know - it's made by Nintondo. So, my receipt is rang up for the wrong game and the sticker is probably un-retrievable.

Am I shit out of luck?[/QUOTE]
Just bring the game back along with receipt. You dont need their price sticker in order to return. If they give you trouble, ask to talk to DM (district manager) regarding the sale of bootleg game. If that doesnt work, call Nintendo and BBB (Better Business Bureau)
 
[quote name='Chacrana']All those GBA games are definitely bootlegs.

Oh, and it's depressing to see this thread rise again. It's a relic from when you could read posts on CAG without feeling like the world is completely hopeless.[/QUOTE]
Hard to tell from those pictures. Just because its GBA carts only..doesnt mean its always fake. When it comes to sellers selling games that may be counterfeit, email them and ask for additional pictures of the back and the bottom of the cartridge. If they cant supply it, then dont buy from them.

If you feel you're ripped off or need to file for mail fraud, you can see my guide on eBay
http://reviews.ebay.com/HOW-TO-FILE-FOR-MAIL-FRAUD_W0QQugidZ10000000003448709
 
Can anyone tell from this picture if this game is bootlegged or not?

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture055.jpg

http://myworld.ebay.com/gamesr4u

It's from a seller on ebay, who seems to be getting rid of games from his or her collection. When I asked about the games, this is the reply I received:

[FONT=Arial, Verdana]hello,

i never shipped to hawaii before. but i will make it the same shipping rate as all the others. these games are previous games i have bought for my kids from variety of stores (eb games, gamestop, etc...). these are all used game from the store and from my kids. do expect old data or files that are still on game.

thankyou,
gamesr4u[/FONT]
Click to expand...

The grammar and the double assertation of where they came from imply a bootlegger, but the first and last parts are more typical of a legitimate seller, so I can't decide on whether the person just has bad grammar, or is knowingly selling bootlegs.

Some of the games appear to be legit, so I'm wondering if the seller just happens to have bought both real and bootlegged carts, and can't tell the difference. The bootlegged games look fairly convincing, except for the fact that the labels on them aren't quite right.

There's a few that look convincing (Do bootleggers use translucent carts for games? I can't tell if there's a color difference or not on the regular ones either):
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture032.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture035.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture014.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture002.jpg

And a bunch that aren't:
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/gameboy/supermario2.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture048.jpg

Can anyone help me on this?
 
[quote name='G33']Can anyone tell from this picture if this game is bootlegged or not?

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture055.jpg

http://myworld.ebay.com/gamesr4u

It's from a seller on ebay, who seems to be getting rid of games from his or her collection. When I asked about the games, this is the reply I received:



The grammar and the double assertation of where they came from imply a bootlegger, but the first and last parts are more typical of a legitimate seller, so I can't decide on whether the person just has bad grammar, or is knowingly selling bootlegs.

Some of the games appear to be legit, so I'm wondering if the seller just happens to have bought both real and bootlegged carts, and can't tell the difference. The bootlegged games look fairly convincing, except for the fact that the labels on them aren't quite right.

There's a few that look convincing (Do bootleggers use translucent carts for games? I can't tell if there's a color difference or not on the regular ones either):
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture032.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture035.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture014.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture002.jpg

And a bunch that aren't:
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/gameboy/supermario2.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture048.jpg

Can anyone help me on this?[/quote]
Sapphire looks fake, the placement of "The Pokemon Company" & the character string are out of place.

I want to say LeafGreen is authentic but it's hard to tell for sure.

Honestly, I wouldn't buy anything from this guy.
 
[quote name='G33']Can anyone tell from this picture if this game is bootlegged or not?

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture055.jpg

http://myworld.ebay.com/gamesr4u

It's from a seller on ebay, who seems to be getting rid of games from his or her collection. When I asked about the games, this is the reply I received:



The grammar and the double assertation of where they came from imply a bootlegger, but the first and last parts are more typical of a legitimate seller, so I can't decide on whether the person just has bad grammar, or is knowingly selling bootlegs.

Some of the games appear to be legit, so I'm wondering if the seller just happens to have bought both real and bootlegged carts, and can't tell the difference. The bootlegged games look fairly convincing, except for the fact that the labels on them aren't quite right.

There's a few that look convincing (Do bootleggers use translucent carts for games? I can't tell if there's a color difference or not on the regular ones either):
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture032.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture035.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture014.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture002.jpg

And a bunch that aren't:
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/gameboy/supermario2.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture048.jpg

Can anyone help me on this?[/QUOTE]

This seller is definatly selling bootleg gba games. That Shining Soul ii have a wrong image on it. Most of these bootleg copies make the same mistake, having the same artwork on label as the box art. If i were you, just buy your games from a legimate retail store like bestbuy or circuit city. If you buy used game make sure there is a Nintendo logo beneath the cart. I seen several bootleg games at gamestop as well
 
[quote name='fatbeer']This seller is definatly selling bootleg gba games. That Shining Soul ii have a wrong image on it. Most of these bootleg copies make the same mistake, having the same artwork on label as the box art. If i were you, just buy your games from a legimate retail store like bestbuy or circuit city. If you buy used game make sure there is a Nintendo logo beneath the cart. I seen several bootleg games at gamestop as well[/quote]

Agreed.


I can take a pic of my Summon Night: Swordcraft Story GBA Cart if needed as well to prove it. Not only is the art wrong, but the ESRB rating is wrong as well as the missing ATLUS and BANPRESTO logos. Plus the final thing that's wrong with all that were linked is the the top part of the cartridge where it humps up. It's not long enough compared to legit GBA games.
 
I've got Sapphire right in front of me and as others mentioned before, there is a difference with what's printed on the cart, the color of its font, and its placement.
 
Thanks, I'm glad I asked here first before buying it. Some of them I could tell were blatant bootlegs (as I own a couple of these games, one being SMA2), but I didn't know that bootleggers were using the translucent carts as well. I guess I won't even try buying GBA games off ebay, and just stick to Gamestop for older games (where I can inspect the cart and return it if it's fake).
 
[quote name='G33']Can anyone tell from this picture if this game is bootlegged or not?

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture055.jpg

http://myworld.ebay.com/gamesr4u

It's from a seller on ebay, who seems to be getting rid of games from his or her collection. When I asked about the games, this is the reply I received:



The grammar and the double assertation of where they came from imply a bootlegger, but the first and last parts are more typical of a legitimate seller, so I can't decide on whether the person just has bad grammar, or is knowingly selling bootlegs.

Some of the games appear to be legit, so I'm wondering if the seller just happens to have bought both real and bootlegged carts, and can't tell the difference. The bootlegged games look fairly convincing, except for the fact that the labels on them aren't quite right.

There's a few that look convincing (Do bootleggers use translucent carts for games? I can't tell if there's a color difference or not on the regular ones either):
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture032.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture035.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture014.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture002.jpg

And a bunch that aren't:
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/gameboy/supermario2.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture048.jpg

Can anyone help me on this?[/quote]

From looking at the games I have right here I can say that Sapphire is fake because words are in the wrong place. LeafGreen is fake because the label is supposed to be shiny.
 
[quote name='G33']Can anyone tell from this picture if this game is bootlegged or not?

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture055.jpg

http://myworld.ebay.com/gamesr4u

It's from a seller on ebay, who seems to be getting rid of games from his or her collection. When I asked about the games, this is the reply I received:



The grammar and the double assertation of where they came from imply a bootlegger, but the first and last parts are more typical of a legitimate seller, so I can't decide on whether the person just has bad grammar, or is knowingly selling bootlegs.

Some of the games appear to be legit, so I'm wondering if the seller just happens to have bought both real and bootlegged carts, and can't tell the difference. The bootlegged games look fairly convincing, except for the fact that the labels on them aren't quite right.

There's a few that look convincing (Do bootleggers use translucent carts for games? I can't tell if there's a color difference or not on the regular ones either):
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture032.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture035.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture014.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture002.jpg

And a bunch that aren't:
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/gameboy/supermario2.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u73/gamesr4u/arcade3/Picture048.jpg

Can anyone help me on this?[/QUOTE]
Ask for pictures of the back of the cartridge and the bottom opening of the cartridge to see if it shows © 200x Nintendo. You can also ask them to look and tell you.

As for clear cartridges, there are some games that come in clear cartridges. Bootleggers will match whatever casing the original is. if its clear, the bootleg will be clear. If its grey, bootleg will be grey.
 
Nintendo has a list of known bootleg sellers on their website, its in the forums section, but its kinda hard to find. They also release updates to this list periodically.

Those pokemon games are DEFINITELY fake, sapphire has a shiny label as normal (and that cart doesn't), and the leaf green cart isnt a foggy leaf green, its the color of the pokemon emerald cart, which proves the seller is selling bootleg games by skimping on using the shade of green for the emerald cart to create a leaf green cart. I call BS on the part about, "the games are from my personal collection and I bought them for my kids at EBgames", they are just lying to cover up the fact that they are a bootlegging operation, I would report the seller to Nintendo immediately.

Sapphire cart specifics, " The Pokemon Company" should be printed on the top right of the game, if your holding the cart so that you can see it, Instead on the fake its on the opposite side. The numbers: AGB-AXPE-USA should be on the bottom right under the Nintendo logo, and in a much smaller font. "Licensed by" should not be printed above the Nintendo logo at all. If you look closely also the printing on that cart is quite foggy and is not up to the traditional quality of nintendo-cart labels.

Oh and thanks for alerting me about the fake carts in different colors, I was sure that bootleggers only used gray carts because they were the norm and the cheapest to manufacture.

Edit: Ok I reported every one of those fake games to ebay, it took a while but we need to get these scum people off ebay.

Report nintendo auction piracy here: [email protected]

Nintendo's list of countefeit game sellers is here:

http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=Bulletin&message.id=507
 
[quote name='iazybandit']Just bring the game back along with receipt. You dont need their price sticker in order to return. If they give you trouble, ask to talk to DM (district manager) regarding the sale of bootleg game. If that doesnt work, call Nintendo and BBB (Better Business Bureau)[/QUOTE]

No offense, but how would this even work? Who cares if he calls the BBB, because he has no proof that he even bought the game at Gamestop, since his receipt has a totally different game on it.

The only thing he can hope for is that he gets the exact same employee and they remember him from the other day.

I mean, what, is he going to bring the game back with the receipt and say "Hi, I'd like to return this game, it had the wrong sticker on it, but I have no proof that I actually bought this game".

He can't talk to the DM because he can't even prove he got the game there. The employees can assume a wide number of things, but that's like me buying God of War 2, going home and grabbing Twilight Princess, and trying to return that with my GoW 2 receipt.

He has Tactics Ogre, but his recept doesn't show it at all, just Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, so I think he's pretty shit out of luck. You can't return something if you can't even prove you bought it. He'd have to get the same employee and hope that the employee remembers him and what he bought.
 
YC-Collection is one of the biggest bootleggers on ebay; he is not on the Nintendo list (which it looks like it has not been updated for over a year).
 
[quote name='Roufuss']No offense, but how would this even work? Who cares if he calls the BBB, because he has no proof that he even bought the game at Gamestop, since his receipt has a totally different game on it.

The only thing he can hope for is that he gets the exact same employee and they remember him from the other day.

I mean, what, is he going to bring the game back with the receipt and say "Hi, I'd like to return this game, it had the wrong sticker on it, but I have no proof that I actually bought this game".

He can't talk to the DM because he can't even prove he got the game there. The employees can assume a wide number of things, but that's like me buying God of War 2, going home and grabbing Twilight Princess, and trying to return that with my GoW 2 receipt.

He has Tactics Ogre, but his recept doesn't show it at all, just Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, so I think he's pretty shit out of luck. You can't return something if you can't even prove you bought it. He'd have to get the same employee and hope that the employee remembers him and what he bought.[/QUOTE]
Whoops missed the part with the sticker. Was reading the post too quick. Then I guess YMMV.
 
I was fearing everything you said, Roufous, but I lucked out. I called the store Wednesday night and spoke to the same girl that rang me up. Well, she says she doesn't remember me because they were really busy. I explain to her the receipt and the mislabeling of the game, and she insists it's no problem and to bring it in.

I went there this morning, the manager and a slightly airheaded guy (but extremely friendly and helpful; just a bit of a stoner vibe) were working. I explained to them what happened, and I was actually able to bring in the labels from the games (I had been visiting my parents and the labels were in their trash, so my mom was able to get them).

They actually had another copy of Tactics Ogre in the game case, surprisingly, so I just swapped them. I think I saw the manager put a price tag on the pirated copy, though - not cool. In fact, the guy who was helping me even asked, "So you just wanted to exchange it? You just don't want to have a pirated copy? How come?" I was kind of dumbfounded... I suppose if the carts functioned identically to the real ones (battery life, etc) then most people would care a lot less about having fakes. I told him how unreliable the fakes can be, and then showed them the Nintendo stamp on the circuit board to encourage them to check the games they buy from customers.

I felt like I was being humored, though. They don't give a shit if a game is a fake so long as it functions, especially since it's one that they already paid money for. I'm surprised corporate (or even Nintendo) doesn't try to crack down on it more, if they do at all.

Long story short, I didn't get screwed.
 
Yes, this is my #1 reason for hating gamestop above all else, they have NO policy against trading in bootleg games, and they sometimes will knowingly sell you a bootleg game, just to make profit for their store! It takes about 3 seconds to check each game to see if its real or not by looking at the edge connector, so there is absolutely no excuse for them not having a policy against the trading in of bootleg games.
 
[quote name='briandadude']Does anyone else think it's ridiculous that this thread isn't a sticky?[/quote]

Extremely. Especially with Gamestop having no policy on it, I'm positive that people even CAGs are getting duped every day. If it doesn't get added, I think we should bump it at least once a week to keep it near the top.
 
Haha, so I asked one of the ebay bootleggers, "Why are you selling pirated games?".

Not expecting a reply, I got "[FONT=Arial, Verdana]HOW DO YOU FIGURE THIS IS PIRATED? HOW DO YOU PIRATE A GAME ANYWAY? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

Haha!
[/FONT]
 
It would be helpful if every time someone found a pirated game being sold on ebay if you would click the "report this item" link at the end of the auction page, then email the name of the seller and a link to the auction to Nintendo. Do this before you post here please, this way it doesn't leave all the reporting to one person, me heh.

I can understand if you don't have an ebay account, then you can post it here and I will take care of it

Ebay DOES remove these pirate game sellers, so its worth it to report each and every one, its the only way we are going to clean up the problem.

Not only are CAG's being dumped on every day by these people but many legitimate buyers are as well, the most recent seller of pirated game posted here had lots of bids on their items, we can only hope that ebay will take care of it before the items end so that the bidders do not get screwed. Unfortunately I cannot email everyone who has been bidding on those auctions as its against ebay policy to do this.
 
Ebay is part of the problem in my opinion, they make reporting items way more difficult than it should be.

For example, if you click "Report this item" from the item page, you should not have to look up the item #.
 
You don't have to, it puts the item # in for you. All you do is click, but if you want to add additional item #'s you have to look them up obviously. Just make sure you click on "email us" at the end of the process, thats where they put the item# in.

The bootleg listings that I just reported have already been pulled, they do a pretty good job of taking it down fast!
 
[quote name='SaraAB']The bootleg listings that I just reported have already been pulled, they do a pretty good job of taking it down fast![/quote]

If you are talking about the seller I listed, they all ended normally.
 
The problem with ebay is that if it's a power seller chances are they won't do shit.

That pixiesatwork dude has sold 4 bootleg GBA games since the middle of march (who knows how many they've sold before then), but they're a power seller and you could report every one of their listings and I doubt anything would happen to them.
 
[quote name='JJSP']http://cgi.ebay.com/GAME-BOY-ADVANCE-GAME-POKEMON-CHAOS-BLACK-VERSION_W0QQitemZ200105732542QQihZ010QQcategoryZ112698QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

The label is even upside down.[/quote]


lmao, That is soo great!

The guys at my local EB/GS think Im nuts. I got a bunch of GBA games during the b2g1 sale and before he rang them up I asked if I could look at them. I pull out my keychain led light and start shining it up inside the game looking for the Nintendo logo on the circuit board.

The clerk asked what i was doing and I explained about how many bootlegs are out there. He says 'Well we test all our games in a GBA:SP before we accept them in as trades.' So I explained that a bootleg will still work, and I showed him the other ways to check. He thanked me and it seemed like I made a small bit of difference. In defense of that store tho, I have NEVER seen a bootleg gba game there. And Ive bought alot of carts from them.
 
Some stores do check, but it all depends on the employees and their willingness to refuse trade in's instead of taking them in and having the store profit off them. I know the ebgames near me has very good employees that do check because I have never seen a bootleg in there either, and I know the employees know about bootlegs because they know their games.. I seem to see more bootlegs in "high traffic" mall locations, where the employees generally care less.

Although that logic is kinda faulty, wouldn't it save them more money in the long run assuming they checked every game for bootlegs, as they would just have to take returns (which would cost them more money in the long run to do returns) on every bootleg game most likely unless the person buying was a real idiot. You figure most bootlegs are going to get returned on the simple fact that bootlegs NEVER save properly. Most GBA games require save files, but there are a few that don't.

You would think this would be a good enough reason for them to have a policy against bootleg games, plus they would help build a better reputation with their customers.
 
I traded in Donkey Kong: King of Swing this weekend to EB, and sure enough, the employee did check it to make sure it wasn't a bootleg.
 
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