when did bootleg Nintendo DS games start to look so professional?

[fishsandwich]

i knew something was wrong when i opened the box. the package felt... flimsy. the box was skinny, light, and slightly concave. the european rating on the front was a giveaway, especially since it had the normal esrb rating on the back. plus this is "aliens infestation", a game that is rated "Teen', not "Everyone" like it says on the back. the insert is pretty good... just a touch grainy. instruction book is decent, not as glossy as i expected and the booklet just ended without any of the normal legal stuff. none of the normal nintendo warning pamplets one normally gets in a new/sealed game, either.

still, this would easily fool a parent.

anyone been almost fooled lately?



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[VertigoProcess]

It sounds like they put more money into making that bootleg then the game would actually be worth...

[TheChristoph]

I unknowingly bought a bootleg copy of Tetris DS from an eBay seller a couple of years ago. This was right before the DSi XL came out. I gave away my DS Lite in anticipation of the XL. When I finally got it, the game wouldn't run. Upon a closer look, the case was a slightly darker shade of gray, but the instructions and the insert really seemed official quality. I researched it further and it became clear it was a fake. It's too bad, because I've still yet to play Tetris DS.

[Urzu402]

I bought a Used Tetris DS from a local Gamestop, and guess what? It was fake. I promptly returned it for a full refund but still Gamestop should have some people checking to make sure the DS games people trade in are legit.

[YoshiM]

I unknowingly bought a bootleg copy of Tetris DS from an eBay seller a couple of years ago. This was right before the DSi XL came out. I gave away my DS Lite in anticipation of the XL. When I finally got it, the game wouldn't run. Upon a closer look, the case was a slightly darker shade of gray, but the instructions and the insert really seemed official quality. I researched it further and it became clear it was a fake. It's too bad, because I've still yet to play Tetris DS.

This happened to me to back in 2009. I had recently gotten together with my long lost sisters (with an equally long story) and my little sister is a gamer like me but with a love for Tetris. I wanted to get her Tetris DS for her birthday and got one on eBay. When I received it, it was in a HUGE clear plastic case. The manual, while feeling professional, was off center. The cartridge color was also off along with the coloring and alignment of the cartridge label. Put the seller on the spot for a refund and they said they had "no idea" it was a bootleg. Didn't even want it back.

[calthaer]

I got a fake Yoshi's Island and Advance Wars once from a reseller; they refunded my money when I called them on it. This is one more reason why I don't bother with eBay any more for console games. I might go there for old PC games, but for Nintendo stuff, there are way too many pirates.

[Famidrive-16]

I bought a Used Tetris DS from a local Gamestop, and guess what? It was fake. I promptly returned it for a full refund but still Gamestop should have some people checking to make sure the DS games people trade in are legit.

I bought a Tom and Jerry bootleg GB cart at a Gamestop a few years back and it was so poorly put together I thought it would break apart if I even moved it.

Something tells me they don't really check the handheld stuff.

[soloman]

I bought a Tom and Jerry bootleg GB cart at a Gamestop a few years back and it was so poorly put together I thought it would break apart if I even moved it.

Something tells me they don't really check the handheld stuff.

If it's enough to fool people on the forums, it's enough to fool a store employee. I've bought GBA carts with professionally printed stickers, pop them in my machine and see "scene release" splash screen.

[Gameguy]

I bought a Tom and Jerry bootleg GB cart at a Gamestop a few years back and it was so poorly put together I thought it would break apart if I even moved it.

Something tells me they don't really check the handheld stuff.

I've seen a Gameboy Color only game in a standard Gameboy style case in an EB Games with a crappy looking label, when I told an employee there that it was a bootleg he said it wasn't fake and that Nintendo must have just run out of cases. I don't really think some employees know what they're doing.

[Porksta]

I've seen a Gameboy Color only game in a standard Gameboy style case in an EB Games with a crappy looking label, when I told an employee there that it was a bootleg he said it wasn't fake and that Nintendo must have just run out of cases. I don't really think some employees know what they're doing.

Did you totally pwn that douche?

[Gameguy]

Did you totally pwn that douche?

I think I actually did, I told another employee(possibly the manager as he seemed more competent) about the game being a bootleg and it was taken to the back so it wasn't for sale anymore. Does that count? I forgot about that part until now.

[rlemmon]

Realistic bootleg ds ganes have been a problem for a while now. They seem to mostly come from amazon's private sellers or what ever they call them as well as ebay. I have read that nintendo will brick a 3ds if you incert a bootleg ds game, i hope thats not the case but they are in an anti piracy rage over fake ds games and those flash cards that let you play downloaded roms on your system.

There are also ds systems being bootleged as wel. Here a good link on the bootleg systems.

http://www.1up.com/news/ebay-sold-fake-ds

[duo_r]

They make fake books and boxes now???

Wow I thought the rule used to be avoid loose titles

[rlemmon]

All this bootleg crap is gonna be a real pain down the road when collectors are looking for old ds games and systems, trying to figure out wich ones are real.

[BlastProcessing402]

They aren't gonna brick your 3DS if you accidentally buy a bootleg game. I know they have some bullshit in the TOS about it, but it's never going to happen. That's mainly about flashcards anyway.

If Little Jimmy's gramma accidently buy him a bootleg pokeymans off eBay, Nintendo ain't gonna wreck nothin. Cuz they know Little Jimmy's grandpa, Big Jimmy, gon sue them anyway.