Super Mario All-Stars (Wii) - 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Discussion

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yeah, these aren't going anywhere.[/QUOTE]You are talking about the Glee and Rapala bundles, right? Cause I'm pretty sure most of the Mario bundles will be gone by this time next week. Pics in a week, please.:lol::lol::lol:
 
[quote name='iNCREDiPiNOY']Finally, my orders from Amazon.com & Warehouse Deals has been shipped via UPS. I think they combined all in one shipment.[/QUOTE]

I'm curious, how many copies did you buy?
 
[quote name='mywhitenoise']I went to my Best Buy and they only saw SIX copies!

...until I walked around the corner.
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yeah, these aren't going anywhere.[/QUOTE]

You realize there are only 23 copies there (if my count is correct) right? So that's 29 total you saw. That's all that store will ever get if Nintendo only made one printing. I'm pretty sure most, if not all will be gone within the month.
 
Went to TRU and checked the case, the tagged spot for the game was empty, but I decided to ask anyway. The guy went to the back and grabbed 8 copies, put six in the case and I bought two for the $25 gift card. I had a $17 credit from some trades I made over a year ago, so the total was about $46. Pretty cool.
 
[quote name='Gosha']You guys could always buy one locally that is in mint condition, then return your Amazon copies to whatever store you got it from.[/QUOTE]

I was thinking the exact same thing.
 
My Best Buy was completely out.

Went to Toys R Us. They are having a special for rewards members-- gift cards. I bought 3 (one for me and 2 for gifts) and got a $30 gift card back.
 
I bought this from Best Buy using their 10% off coupon... but I really missed out on the $50 versions being sold by Amazon third party sellers. :lol:

Which one of you listed it on Amazon for $150? ;)
 
[quote name='Diebythesword']Same here, but I ordered on the 7th :bomb:[/QUOTE]

Same boat here. Ordered on the 7th. I have prime. Delivery estimate on the 15th. No shippy yet. :-({|=
 
[quote name='romeogbs19']Yes, these are Nintendo but I'm still not convinced these will "skyrocket" in price. GCN Nintendo games have not "skyrocketed" -- especially not the OoT Master Quest pre-order disc or the collector's LoZ game. Neither of those have commanded "skyrocketed" prices. Even the rare GCN Zelda 4 Swords release doesn't command much more than MSRP.[/QUOTE]

While I don't disagree with regards to skyrocketing in price and such (although I do think the game will be uncommon), two things.

First, Four Swords Adventures for the Game Cube isn't that rare. I'm pretty sure it was even re-released as Player's Choice.

Second, with regards to the Zelda collector's disc - considering it was, for all purposes, a $20 title (a $20 subscription to Nintendo Power would get you a free copy), I'd say selling for five times that price isn't bad.

The Master Quest disc selling for $75 isn't bad either.

As far as sealed games go, Melee can even fetch a pretty penny and it's more common than used GameCubes at GameStop...
 
Ordered through Amazon (Prime) and mine came in today. I knew what to expect, but as a display in my collection, I'm pretty happy with my purchase. I really like the packaging (esp the artwork for the soundtrack cd). All of its impressive: the raised lettering, the subtle gold coloring, the tasteful thickness of it, (if only it had a watermark). EcoCase is crap though. Going to toss it and replace it with a better one (Eco, my ass). At least the game disk is in a regular case. Content is ok, but would have been much better with Mario World. By the way, you can remove the sticker if you pull VERY slowly. Hairdryer might help.

Edit: Is it just me, or does Top Hat Mario look like the Rabbit from Peggle?

Edit2: A certain something says filesize is 0.02GB. Oh, Nintendo. This thing could have probably fit on a floppy.
 
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Went to pick up my Best Buy order and they were out. I guess securing a copy through the website wasn't enough to secure a copy. They offered me 50% off NSMB Wii, but I already had it. Had them check the other BB in town and the computer said there were 30 at that store.

I drive a bit across town to the other one, and it took them a while to get a copy for me from the back. Apparently the 30 copies they had listed were as of that morning. They were down to their last six copies.

Things are more hectic in my town since it's a border town and the Mexicans from our sister city storm into town during Xmas for gift buying and stuff.

PS

My order from Amazon still hasn't shipped.
 
[quote name='specialist']
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My order from Amazon still hasn't shipped.[/QUOTE]
I've got Prime, ordered at the beginning of this month, and Amazon didn't ship my copy until 8:30 this evening.
 
[quote name='Gosha']You guys could always buy one locally that is in mint condition, then return your Amazon copies to whatever store you got it from.[/QUOTE]

Too much hassle. But that did give me a different idea. Go ahead and buy a mint copy at best buy, then do the return and give them the amazon copy with the blemish for the return item.
 
[quote name='Gosha']You guys could always buy one locally that is in mint condition, then return your Amazon copies to whatever store you got it from.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='lhfan04']Too much hassle. But that did give me a different idea. Go ahead and buy a mint copy at best buy, then do the return and give them the amazon copy with the blemish for the return item.[/QUOTE]

That's not a different idea. That's exactly what he wrote.
 
Here is an exercise in OCD for you.

A lot of people mentioned how blemishes are common on these boxes. Here is an example:


After I noticed that my toysrus "perfect" copy actually did have a blemish hiding near a corner, and my amazon preorder (which I received today FSSS) also had a bigger blemish (pictured), the OCD collector in me made me drive off to bestbuy. It was a non-ghetto store so they were not locked in a case, and they literally had 3 of those racks pictured full of these, probably about 50 total, where I could examine them freely and look slightly less like a fool than if I demanded to inspect all of them from the boxes at toysrus. I went through each and every one of them at bestbuy until I found 2 perfect ones (out of 50+). Yes, almost every single one either had a blemish like above or was creased, or otherwise damaged. It didn't help that these were pushed onto wire racks, so some bottoms were also unnecessarily marked. So now, the OCD in me can shut up, until I notice something else wrong with these. And in case you ask why I did this, other than OCD collector issues to get a "perfect" one, there is a grading system for sealed videogames similar to baseball cards that looks at every nick and blemish. IF these ever get valuable, these will likely be the "VGA 10" copies.
 
Got mine at Best Buy tonight. Had around 20 off the rack I got it from. I bought two. I have a friend who is planning on getting a wii and they have a birthday in may. I'll hold on to it until then and if they don't get one I'll just sell it or something. Just in case they get harder to find.
 
If you are buying it to open and enjoy, don't worry about any tiny imperfections. Leave that to the crazy collectors.
 
I'm so sick of people saying it's not rare because their store has 20+ copies. Of course your store has 20+ copies, it came out yesterday. Nintendo's doing one massive shipment so every retailer ordered as many as they can.

Earthbound lurked on the shelves for months. I remember seeing stacks of them at certain stores because they weren't selling. In no way am I comparing this game's future value to Earthbound. I'm just saying that yeah, you're going to run into it a lot at stores now.. of course you are, it's a Mario game. By February or March, though, the retail supply will dry up, so if you want it at a fairly low price, buy it now. Or not. Do whatever you want, I don't care - I got one for my collection and that's all that matters to me.
 
Seeing this is a Mario game and it's already have abundance of copies in every store on day one, even if it is only one shipment, it will not be rare. There will be couple hundred thousands copies out there.
 
[quote name='Glomerate']Just figured I would let all you Michigan peole know, I went to Gamestop in Madison Heights/Troy (not in the Oakland Mall, the one across the street) and they guy said they only got enough for the preorders and wouldn't get more in. But then I went to best Buy in Madison Heights and they had what looked to be like 30 of them sitting on the shelves. So I picked my up there.[/QUOTE]

So what you're saying is it's exactly like any other time you try to buy a new game at Gamestop.
 
[quote name='SteveGo']Saw a bunch of copies at Target tonight. This isn't the resell value you're looking for. Move along.[/QUOTE]

I hope so, even though I ordered one. I think the spirit of "cheap" in CAG is gone when people are concerned about how much over MSRP a game will be. Not to mention the "gamer" part when they aren't planning on even playing the game.
 
[quote name='horrido']Same boat here. Ordered on the 7th. I have prime. Delivery estimate on the 15th. No shippy yet. :-({|=[/QUOTE]

Mine is preparing to ship finally :drool:
 
[quote name='dchrisd']i really like the packaging (esp the artwork for the soundtrack cd). All of its impressive: The raised lettering, the subtle gold coloring, the tasteful thickness of it, (if only it had a watermark). [/quote]

Feed me a stray cat.
 
[quote name='Antipodes']I hope so, even though I ordered one. I think the spirit of "cheap" in CAG is gone when people are concerned about how much over MSRP a game will be. Not to mention the "gamer" part when they aren't planning on even playing the game.[/QUOTE]
I don't know, I think that many CAGs do things like that to fund their gaming habit. Reselling games for more tan you paid, or trading your game to GS, Amazon, or where ever, helps to cut the costs of games for many CAGs. Isn't that the spirit of CAG?
 
[quote name='ackbar7']I don't know, I think that many CAGs do things like that to fund their gaming habit. Reselling games for more tan you paid, or trading your game to GS, Amazon, or where ever, helps to cut the costs of games for many CAGs. Isn't that the spirit of CAG?[/QUOTE]

Except that is completely opposite. There's a huge difference between selling back a game you played so that someone can play it cheaper, than hoarding a game so that someone buys it from you for more than MSRP.

On another note, IGN gave the game a 7.0 and I tend to agree with this assessment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIIDxMmk1h0

Implementation reeks of laziness, but I'm still excited to play all of the old games for the nostalgia factor. :D
 
I managed to get one before the freakin hoarders at local gs.
Also I thought CAG was all about getting games for CHEAP so we can game because we love playing games not buy 7 or 8 damn copies to get profit. I see so much "I don't have x system but I'm gonna buy 5 copies anyway of this game and flip it"
 
[quote name='scottman']Here is an exercise in OCD for you.

A lot of people mentioned how blemishes are common on these boxes. Here is an example:


After I noticed that my toysrus "perfect" copy actually did have a blemish hiding near a corner, and my amazon preorder (which I received today FSSS) also had a bigger blemish (pictured), the OCD collector in me made me drive off to bestbuy. It was a non-ghetto store so they were not locked in a case, and they literally had 3 of those racks pictured full of these, probably about 50 total, where I could examine them freely and look slightly less like a fool than if I demanded to inspect all of them from the boxes at toysrus. I went through each and every one of them at bestbuy until I found 2 perfect ones (out of 50+). Yes, almost every single one either had a blemish like above or was creased, or otherwise damaged. It didn't help that these were pushed onto wire racks, so some bottoms were also unnecessarily marked. So now, the OCD in me can shut up, until I notice something else wrong with these. And in case you ask why I did this, other than OCD collector issues to get a "perfect" one, there is a grading system for sealed videogames similar to baseball cards that looks at every nick and blemish. IF these ever get valuable, these will likely be the "VGA 10" copies.[/QUOTE]
I'm a therapist. You don't have OCD; you have too much time on your hands.
 
[quote name='Antipodes']Except that is completely opposite. There's a huge difference between selling back a game you played so that someone can play it cheaper, than hoarding a game so that someone buys it from you for more than MSRP.[/QUOTE]
But how about the example of the TRU promotion here. In buying 2 copies you pick up a $25 gift card. You then sell of the game, maybe now for around MSRP or maybe a year from now for however much these things end up being worth. In buying the extra copy to sell later you have cut the cost of your gaming habit, even though you bought that copy to "hoard" "so that someone buys it from you for more than MSRP." That seems like the CAG move to me.
 
Looks like It's OOS everywhere online now. Once the B&M units are sold it will be up to Nintendo to re-produce. I have my doubts.
 
My copy is shipping now from Amazon Reno NV warehouse.

If its like everything else I get from Amazon Reno, I already know I'll need to find a better copy in store, b/c they probably shipped it in a paper envelope.
 
Am I the only one who does not care about the cardboard box? Personally, I am of the same opinion as the AVGN on this matter: just put it in the trash.
 
[quote name='Serious McMopy']Am I the only one who does not care about the cardboard box? Personally, I am of the same opinion as the AVGN on this matter: just put it in the trash.[/QUOTE]

I don't know man, it looks pretty nice. It has the raised lettering with the little velcro flap thing. If it was a normal slip cover that most DVD's or Bluray come with I would agree with you, but I really like the cover of the box.

Their were three left at the Gainesville, FL Bestbuy when I left today. They are a bit hard to find in the store and they are all the way on the left when you enter into the store. I don't really know what I bought this because I have this on the SNES and I really shouldn't be spending more money. Unfortunately when I walked into the store and looked at it, it gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.
 
[quote name='Serious McMopy']Am I the only one who does not care about the cardboard box? Personally, I am of the same opinion as the AVGN on this matter: just put it in the trash.[/QUOTE]

are you reffering to his video about his collection...because he was saying that when we were young, we threw the cardboard boxes in the trash thinking its just packaging but who knew years later the boxes added a ton of value to the game. So keep the dang box.

im got this to collect but pretty disappointed with the features. I agree with the IGN Review too......This seems rushed and lackluster for an anniversary that nintendo made a big deal about.

the games i have no problems with but a soundtrack with 10 tracks and 10 sound effects is kind of lackluster to me and the art book just seemed like a rush job. Im not impressed by any means.
 
[quote name='evophile']My copy is shipping now from Amazon Reno NV warehouse.

If its like everything else I get from Amazon Reno, I already know I'll need to find a better copy in store, b/c they probably shipped it in a paper envelope.[/QUOTE]

I'm in the same situation with that warehouse. Last week Amazon actually had the nerve to send me an e-mail telling me I was returning too many items and asking what they could do to decrease my return rate. I wrote them a very lengthy e-mail talking about how frustrating it is to have to go to UPS or the post office every week to return items, it costs me time and gas as well as shipping tape and toner/paper to print those return forms and I end up often paying more locally or from other retailers to get a replacement and how all it would take was a little common sense on the warehouse crew's part to use boxes for soft boxed items and to use the right size box for the item. Needless to say, they didn't bother to respond.
 
[quote name='ackbar7']But how about the example of the TRU promotion here. In buying 2 copies you pick up a $25 gift card. You then sell of the game, maybe now for around MSRP or maybe a year from now for however much these things end up being worth. In buying the extra copy to sell later you have cut the cost of your gaming habit, even though you bought that copy to "hoard" "so that someone buys it from you for more than MSRP." That seems like the CAG move to me.[/QUOTE]

Thats what I did, got the two copies from TRU... (There were 4 left when I left)... Immediately listed the extra on amazon for about 38-39 bucks, which after the item sold in about 20 minutes, allowed me to recoup the cost of the second game, I didnt make money on the second copy, I broke even

So for about 32-33$ I picked up Mario Allstars and a $25 gift card... sweet
 
I get the feeling that if the soundtrack was only 10 tracks and didn't include the special effects tracks, then nobody would complain those special effects tracks. You know what I mean?

(Who am I kidding, people will complain about anything.)
 
[quote name='confoosious']I get the feeling that if the soundtrack was only 10 tracks and didn't include the special effects tracks, then nobody would complain those special effects tracks. You know what I mean?

(Who am I kidding, people will complain about anything.)[/QUOTE]
Hahaha, I have to agree with this. ...And chances are if the game came with Super Mario World, we'd have seen just as much whining about it being a ripoff, then seen everyone immediately switch to hoarding - just like they did here.
 
[quote name='Antipodes']Except that is completely opposite. There's a huge difference between selling back a game you played so that someone can play it cheaper, than hoarding a game so that someone buys it from you for more than MSRP.

On another note, IGN gave the game a 7.0 and I tend to agree with this assessment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIIDxMmk1h0

Implementation reeks of laziness, but I'm still excited to play all of the old games for the nostalgia factor. :D[/QUOTE]

The IGN avg. of the individual scores is an 8.0 FYI.

Presentation - 5
Graphics - 8
Sound - 10
Gameplay - 10
Lasting Appeal = 7

An 8/10 doesn't sound too bad to me, not that I really give a shit what IGN has to say 99% of the time.
 
[quote name='ssjmichael']The IGN avg. of the individual scores is an 8.0 FYI.

Presentation - 5
Graphics - 8
Sound - 10
Gameplay - 10
Lasting Appeal = 7

An 8/10 doesn't sound too bad to me, not that I really give a shit what IGN has to say 99% of the time.[/QUOTE]

IGN weights their categories. It is not a simple average.
 
[quote name='poopdoofio']IGN weights their categories. It is not a simple average.[/QUOTE]

Actually I'm pretty sure they just pick the final score out of their ass. There is no weighted avg. used
 
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