[quote name="rcerboss" post="11590687" timestamp="1394221482"]Wasn't hoarding recently classified as a mental condition?
Yes, the cover was reversible. There was a whole campaign where people "voted" on it (choosing the ugliest one of course :/ ) and everything. It's pretty easy to see, even sealed (or that's how I remember it). If you aren't seeing the artwork on the other side..... well I doubt it's a 1st edition. If that even matters in the slightest.
And for what it's worth, I don't think there are any experts in game seals and wrapping lol
To be fair man, like 90% of the Nintendo trade ins have unused CN codes. I guess nobody uses that PoS rewards program, I know I don't. My time is too valuable to waste an hour filling out surveys for a "free" notepad or shoelaces, and the Platinum prizes that I did get from the earlier days sat on ebay forever (FINALLY managed to sell the playing cards and pins, but only after bundling them together for dirt cheap, so after ebay fees and shipping I barely kept enough money for a small combo meal
?). I know the employees at my local stores remove the codes and hoard them because, every once in a while, they are able to sell a bunch to a fanboy for a few bucks. Then again, they hoard (I'm sorry,
collect 
) everything, don't even get me started on the hell I went through to get the Xenoblade "artbook" that was rightfully mine from those bastards.
The point is, unused CN codes don't mean squat. Outside of the hardest of the hardcore (AKA people on sites like this) nobody pays those codes any attention.[/quote]
Every used game I have ever gotten has had an unused code. I know hardcore gamers who won't even bother with it. So yeah, the codes don't mean anything unless you are very hardcore. The Zelda CD I got this year netted me $30 on eBay almost enough for another game so that isn't bad. If you are selling the prizes you have to list them during the holidays and sell to international buyers.
