THE rarest Gamecube game?

[grayrobertos]

there is zero copies on uk ebay which probably means we got snided out of it :(

[Roi]

What about The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage Pickled Edition ?

[Doonzmore]

I'm starting to see that one pop up more often now adays though it's not as common as the PS2 version though. It may just be a future rarity.

[mikeetler]

What about The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage Pickled Edition ?

It was originally a US Toys R Us exclusive and a number of TRU stores I've been in still have them for under $15. It doesn't look like there was a wider release, so for scarcity only it could be in the top 40 but there is (and most likely will not be) enough demand for anyone to notice.

-Mike

[xaer0knight]

i would think Ikaruga or Alien Hominid... Later will become a rarity... Last i looked Ikaruga was going for some $$$ on ebay.
I paid 35 bucks for a used copy on EBAY, couldnt even find it at my local gamestops, EB games, or gamecrazy and that was 6 months ago or so

[snes_collector]

What about Rave Master? It didn't get hit most(if any) major retailers. So it may be rare(and/or expensive) in the future.


Also, I picked up a new copy of Tom & Jerry War Of The Whiskers yesterday for 15$ new at KBT. Does it have any potential to because rare?

[mikeetler]

What about Rave Master? It didn't get hit most(if any) major retailers. So it may be rare(and/or expensive) in the future.

Rave Master was definitely a low production title. I rarely saw new ones and I think I've seen one used one in the last six months.


Also, I picked up a new copy of Tom & Jerry War Of The Whiskers yesterday for 15$ new at KBT. Does it have any potential to because rare?

Not a chance. Very heavy production since it was a budget priced release ($19.99 then dropped to $14.99). Targets near me had tons, and I see it in nearly every other national retail chain.

[sisko]

What about Rave Master? It didn't get hit most(if any) major retailers. So it may be rare(and/or expensive) in the future.

Rave Master was definitely a low production title. I rarely saw new ones and I think I've seen one used one in the last six months.


I believe Rave Master was originally available only from Amazon.com, however retailers are getting the game in.

Toys-r-us is currently taking preorders for the game which is slated to arrive sometime this month. At least, thats what they told me.

[Mayhem]

Rave Master is pretty much only available from Toys R Us, though Kris and I did see one copy new at a Gamecrazy during our trawl in April. I got mine, surprise surprise, off Amazon.

Tom&Jerry is very hard to find in Kris' area... and the one used copy we did see (that I got) was priced at $25 (though thankfully the store was doing a 3 for 2 sale, so I got one game for free from them).

[mikeetler]

What about Rave Master? It didn't get hit most(if any) major retailers. So it may be rare(and/or expensive) in the future.

Rave Master was definitely a low production title. I rarely saw new ones and I think I've seen one used one in the last six months.


I believe Rave Master was originally available only from Amazon.com, however retailers are getting the game in.

Toys-r-us is currently taking preorders for the game which is slated to arrive sometime this month. At least, thats what they told me.

Funny, 'cause the only new ones I saw were a in early May at a Funcoland and an EB.

-Mike

[PapaStu]

The local Super Electronics Chain (Frys) out here in the Bay Area got Rave Master in when it first came out. Some stores dont have it anymore, Others still do.

[snes_collector]

What about Egg Manic:Eggstream Madness? Pretty cool game that I don't see often. Does it have potential?

[Roi]

What about (PAL)

Cocoto Kart Racer
Cocoto Platform Jumper
Cocoto Tennis
Cocoto Fishing Master

I never see those IRL !

[Mayhem]

What about Egg Manic:Eggstream Madness? Pretty cool game that I don't see often. Does it have potential?

You got it? I can't find any reference to a Cube version, just Xbox and PS2.

[DigitalSpace]

Keep an eye out for Rally Championship. It doesn't have much demand since it's a racer nobody knows about, but it's not easy to come across - I've only seen two copies locally in the past year, including the one I picked up.

Also, City Racer seems to be scarce.

[Roi]

What about Egg Manic:Eggstream Madness? Pretty cool game that I don't see often. Does it have potential?

Here in Holland it's not rare, a common budget game.

[Mayhem]

Ah might explain it then... no US release, just PAL...?

[smork]

It's odd ot me that Ikaruga gets mentioned often -- I went looking a few months ago and found 3 brand new ones (bought 'em all) for $19.99 and at least 10 or so used ones all around the area. Maybe it's another one that's distributed odd, regionally.

[sisko]

Ah might explain it then... no US release, just PAL...?

It did indeed get a US release.

[snes_collector]

What about Egg Manic:Eggstream Madness? Pretty cool game that I don't see often. Does it have potential?

You got it? I can't find any reference to a Cube version, just Xbox and PS2.

Yeah, I got the US Cube version. I don't see it too often though. It's a good game, but the load times kill it.

[Mayhem]

It says something then that there's no entry for it at EB Games, Toys R Us or Amazon.com then :/

Or any copies on eBay at the moment. Actually scrub that, there are a couple, guess they spaced the words out better than when I searched before :roll:

It IS listed at Gamestop at least... but I've never seen a copy of it on a shelf.

[Roi]

I guess
Cocoto Kart Racer
Cocoto Platform Jumper
Cocoto Tennis
Cocoto Fishing Master

Are PAL only then ? (And more rare than the DS version.)
I never saw one of those games in a store.

[snes_collector]

It says something then that there's no entry for it at EB Games, Toys R Us or Amazon.com then :/

Or any copies on eBay at the moment. Actually scrub that, there are a couple, guess they spaced the words out better than when I searched before :roll:

It IS listed at Gamestop at least... but I've never seen a copy of it on a shelf.

I picked my copy up at a place called Roses. I think I might have saw 3 other copies since then, all at different GameStops.

[Vectorman0]

Has anyone ever seen Grooverider Slot Car Thunder in stores? I had to get mine off ebay since I could never find one.

[dan2357]

What about Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, It was $19.99 new when it came out, but now I cant find it for under 30. Only saw it in stores for a short period.

[snes_collector]

Has anyone ever seen Grooverider Slot Car Thunder in stores? I had to get mine off ebay since I could never find one.

I see it every once and awhile. Been meaning to pick it up, actually.

[Mayhem]

I saw it once during the trawl in August. Maybe I'll pick it up if I see it again then.

[Vectorman0]

It's an interesting game, I would say it is worth it if you can find it for $10 or less. I haven't spent much time with it, but it seems like it gets very hard very fast.

[Dobie]

I picked up Slot Car Thunder a year ago because it looked like it would play like an updated RC ProAm. Not so much. :/ Its all memorization of tracks, and if I remember correctly, it was also extremely frustrating to play, because you can't see what is ahead of you a lot of the time. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody but completionists wanting to get all GC games, but to each his own.

[20eyes]

Not sure if these have been covered or not:
Cubivore
Bust A Move 3000

[sisko]

Not sure if these have been covered or not:
Cubivore
Bust A Move 3000

Actually, I think Cubivore is ready to be knocked from the list with its recent rerelease...

[YoshiM]

Also, didn't they do a similar thing with Rogue Squadron III Rebel Strike?



Yeah, you could buy the demo disk that included a couple of levels and the Star Wars Arcade Game which I believe also entitled you to a copy of the full game when it came out.

However every place was practically selling these things so I don't think it's really "rare". My local EB was blowing them out for $5 a pop not too long ago.

[TurboGenesis]

Future rarity - Chaos Field

Yup another shootie rarity. Coming on limited store shelves December 14th. With it being released late in the Gamecube life cycle and being a game of a "dead" genre and purely niche title its definitly going to be pretty rare. Maybe not the rarest but in due time...

[snes_collector]

I think we're forgetting some titles that may be rare. Including

ET: SFD
He-Man
Goblin Commander
also, on GameStop they have listed PowerPuff Girls: RR but not Pickled Edition. Anybody saw this anywhere?

[PapaStu]

Future rarity - Chaos Field

Yup another shootie rarity. Coming on limited store shelves December 14th. With it being released late in the Gamecube life cycle and being a game of a "dead" genre and purely niche title its definitly going to be pretty rare. Maybe not the rarest but in due time...

Thanks for bringing this one back up, Oobgarm and I had been talking about this and I totally forgot about it.

So far i'm seeing it only on Gamestops website.

[sisko]

I think we're forgetting some titles that may be rare. Including

ET: SFD
He-Man
Goblin Commander
also, on GameStop they have listed PowerPuff Girls: RR but not Pickled Edition. Anybody saw this anywhere?


Most titles listed here are ones that most people haven't heard of. That being said, abbreviations don't help us much at all. What is ET: SFD?

Wasn't He-Man cancelled?

I believe there was only one Powerpuff Girls game on the cube, and Nintendo.com confirms that. They probably just didn't include the entire subtitle.

[Austin]

Future rarity - Chaos Field

Yup another shootie rarity. Coming on limited store shelves December 14th. With it being released late in the Gamecube life cycle and being a game of a "dead" genre and purely niche title its definitly going to be pretty rare. Maybe not the rarest but in due time...

Thanks for bringing this one back up, Oobgarm and I had been talking about this and I totally forgot about it.

So far i'm seeing it only on Gamestops website.

I've seen next to nothing about this release. I think I'll have to put in a preorder at Gamestop.com because at this late in the game I'm worried I won't be able to find it on store shelves anywhere in December.

[Mayhem]

ET:SFD = ET: Search for Dragora.

Well I had to go look it up as I hadn't heard of it. I haven't SEEN it either during the games shopping this week either. Any idea when it came out? Time to go look see if there's any copies on eBay...

Nope can't see anything there either...

[snes_collector]

ET:SFD = ET: Search for Dragora.

Well I had to go look it up as I hadn't heard of it. I haven't SEEN it either during the games shopping this week either. Any idea when it came out? Time to go look see if there's any copies on eBay...

Nope can't see anything there either...

I'm don't think I've ever saw ET and I'm almost positive I've never saw He-Man. Maybe they got cancelled, but GameStop.Com has the cover art for both. Can anyone confirm them as US releases?

[Bojay1997]

It was released for the PS2 only in Europe. As far as I know, it didn't even get a European release on the GC.

[Doonzmore]

Im pretty positive ET and He-Man were cancelled here in the U.S.

[CYRiX]

Didn't feel like reading but the rarest game is NCAA Basketball 2k3 because only like 6000-10000 were produced, they cut them off for some reason I cannot remember.

[sisko]

Didn't feel like reading but the rarest game is NCAA Basketball 2k3 because only like 6000-10000 were produced, they cut them off for some reason I cannot remember.

Posts like this piss me off. Why bother coming to a message board if you're too lazy to read the messages? Read the frickin thread, and then contribute if you have some new information. NCAA has been mentioned at least a dozen times already, 3 of which were on the very first page!

I confirmed that He-Man was indeed cancelled for Cube (though it DID have a relatively small GBA release), and it appears that ET was also cancelled as it is not listed in Nintendo.com's Master List.

[snes_collector]

Just checked someone's written list on GameFAQ's http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/file/gamecube_games.txt here's the link if it will let you go. The are both under the cancelled section, with no info about He-Man, and not too much for Et. Just to let you guys know, Nintendo Power reviewed He-Man, so it must be somewhere in a near complete form.

Also, does anyone ever see F1 2002? I've been lookng for this one, and can't find it.

[Sanriostar]

Not sure if these have been covered or not:
Cubivore
Bust A Move 3000

Actually, I think Cubivore is ready to be knocked from the list with its recent rerelease...

And I welcome it. Cubivore's too good a game to just keep as a rarity; I'd rather more people could play it.

[sisko]

Also, does anyone ever see F1 2002? I've been lookng for this one, and can't find it.

Never. Thanks for pointing it out....I'll start keeping an eye out for rogue copies.

[MightySlacker]

PSO 1 & 2 and the plus version still arent easy to find
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

What seems to be the hardest to find and most expensive at the moment is Pokemon Box. Gets 3 digits on a regular basis

Dave

[sisko]

PSO 1 & 2 and the plus version still arent easy to find
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast


PSO 1&2 was recently rereleased by Game Quest Direct.
PSO 1&2 Plus is fairly common around these parts.

Jedi Outcast is undoubtedly uncommon, though far from a rarity.

[Queen Of The Felines]

Also, does anyone ever see F1 2002? I've been lookng for this one, and can't find it.

Jeez, Mayhem and I just found it today for the first time ourselves. @_@

Kristine

[snes_collector]

Also, does anyone ever see F1 2002? I've been lookng for this one, and can't find it.

Jeez, Mayhem and I just found it today for the first time ourselves. @_@

Kristine

Is it any good? It's an EA game, so you'd think there would a decent amount of copies around. I guess the people who have it, like and don't want to sell it.

[Mayhem]

It's an EARLY Cube release. By that I mean it's in one of the old style cases (the ones that don't have a hole on the bottom ). It's the first copy I've seen in shops whilst QoF and I have been doing the game trawl, and we've done it several times now over the last 18 months.

Jedi Outcast? Yeah I'd say that was hard to find. I've seen it twice over the last year in shops and both times still priced at over $30. I think I'll get a copy off eBay if anything...

Btw my collection is now over 320 US games and counting :)

[DigitalSpace]

I don't see F1 2002 that often either - I don't remember seeing it more than three times in the past year.

Here's a couple more to keep an eye out for:

Rally Championship (not to be confused with Pro Rally) - In the past year, I've only seen two copies in the wild, and that includes the one I bought. It will get tougher to track down.

Lotus Challenge - A port of Motor Trend Lotus Challenge on the Xbox. Released in July 2004 at the budget price of $19.99. Earlier this year, I spotted a new copy at a GameStop and that's the only one I've ever seen. Kinda wish I bought it now.

[Mayhem]

Got both of those fortunately, and so has QoF. And three of the four copies were found in shops (I got my copy of Rally Championship off eBay). I believe I saw one copy of Lotus Challenge in a shop during the game trawl we did last week, and no Rally Championship.

[snes_collector]

Lotus Challenge - A port of Motor Trend Lotus Challenge on the Xbox. Released in July 2004 at the budget price of $19.99. Earlier this year, I spotted a new copy at a GameStop and that's the only one I've ever seen. Kinda wish I bought it now.

Must be regional, still quite a few copies around where I live.

[Ed Oscuro]

Future rarity - Chaos Field

Yup another shootie rarity. Coming on limited store shelves December 14th. With it being released late in the Gamecube life cycle and being a game of a "dead" genre and purely niche title its definitly going to be pretty rare. Maybe not the rarest but in due time...
So far i'm seeing it only on Gamestops website.
Oh, I definitely gotta get that...will probably point a few other people I know towards it, as well.

[sisko]

Here's a strange one for you.

Mario DDR.

It's been out for what? 3 weeks? The game is no longer in production, and has stopped shipping. You can bet your bottom dollar I will be picking up a second one shortly.

[Griking]

Here's a strange one for you.

Mario DDR.

It's been out for what? 3 weeks? The game is no longer in production, and has stopped shipping.

How do you know that the game was cancelled? Its not that I have any reason to doubt you its just odd for a Mario game to get canned after such a short period of time.

[Oobgarm]

Future rarity - Chaos Field

Yup another shootie rarity. Coming on limited store shelves December 14th. With it being released late in the Gamecube life cycle and being a game of a "dead" genre and purely niche title its definitly going to be pretty rare. Maybe not the rarest but in due time...
So far i'm seeing it only on Gamestops website.
Oh, I definitely gotta get that...will probably point a few other people I know towards it, as well.

I pointed out this one a while back.

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73855

[gamegirl79]

Here's a strange one for you.

Mario DDR.

It's been out for what? 3 weeks? The game is no longer in production, and has stopped shipping.

How do you know that the game was cancelled? Its not that I have any reason to doubt you its just odd for a Mario game to get canned after such a short period of time.

It looks like he might be right. I just looked on a bunch of online stores and NONE of them have it. Amazon no longer is selling it, and the sellers on Amazon have the game marked up to $120!

[Austin]

Here's a strange one for you.

Mario DDR.

It's been out for what? 3 weeks? The game is no longer in production, and has stopped shipping.

How do you know that the game was cancelled? Its not that I have any reason to doubt you its just odd for a Mario game to get canned after such a short period of time.

It looks like he might be right. I just looked on a bunch of online stores and NONE of them have it. Amazon no longer is selling it, and the sellers on Amazon have the game marked up to $120!

Wow. Could it be in-between printings? Guitar Hero was unavailable and selling for $100+ a package for a few days about a week back, but everyone seems to have been resupplied.

[gamegirl79]

Wow. Could it be in-between printings? Guitar Hero was unavailable and selling for $100+ a package for a few days about a week back, but everyone seems to have been resupplied.

I suppose the first printing of Mario DDR could have sold really well due to the holidays and subsequently no stores have it at the moment. Buy.com has it listed on their site with an "on order" status and a 1-2 week ship time. Who knows?

[sisko]

http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=nintendogamecube&message.id=711066&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

NOA_MAC (and the other NOA_* people) work for Nintendo. These guys know their stuff, and have [to my knowledge] never been incorrect about something.

[Six Switch]

i didn't see a post from noa_anything in that thread

[sisko]

i didn't see a post from noa_anything in that thread

Read the first post.

[Mayhem]

Well there were TONS of them in the shops last week when I was there... so they are still readily available, just perhaps no longer actually being made (one print run?).

[snes_collector]

http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=nintendogamecube&message.id=711066&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

NOA_MAC (and the other NOA_* people) work for Nintendo. These guys know their stuff, and have [to my knowledge] never been incorrect about something.

Wow, that's wierd and depressing. I had hight hopes of playing DDR on the GC. But still, I dunno weather do believe it or not.

[DigitalSpace]

Here's a strange one for you.

Mario DDR.

It's been out for what? 3 weeks? The game is no longer in production, and has stopped shipping. You can bet your bottom dollar I will be picking up a second one shortly.

Well, that certainly qualifies for the "WTF?" category.

[snes_collector]

Here's a strange one for you.

Mario DDR.

It's been out for what? 3 weeks? The game is no longer in production, and has stopped shipping. You can bet your bottom dollar I will be picking up a second one shortly.

Well, that certainly qualifies for the "WTF?" category.

Especially to those people, like me, who haven't bought one.

[PapaStu]

Well if you actually Play Mario DDR know that its much more of a story game then an actual just play what you want DDR game. That being said, its an interesting little thing and is something i'm glad we got, but after we cracked it open and beat it, we've not touched it again.

[unwinddesign]

How much did Mario DDR retail for, and was it only available with the dance pad? :/

[Cobra Commander]

DDR retailed for $49.99 and I'm pretty sure it was only sold with the pad. If it was sold separately, I'm gonna hunt that one down too.

[joshnickerson]

Well, that certainly is as you say "teh suxxors". Fortunately, last week as I was in Circuit City my brain said "Hey, if you want that Mario DDR game, you'd better pick it up before the holiday rush begins." So I did, and by the looks of it, I'm glad I did. However, I was in Best Buy last Saturday and they had a big stack of 'em. I guess it's just a local thing.

But to be already discontinued? Wow. I've only played a little bit of it, but it's still a fun title. It must have debuted miserably for that to happen.

[Buyatari]

Thanks for the hint. I picked up a couple at BlockBuster. They have a sale right now all new games are $39.99 instead of $49.99.

I was told at another Block Buster who had them that they couldn't sell them because they were being recalled due to seisures.

Adam

[joshnickerson]

Thanks for the hint. I picked up a couple at BlockBuster. They have a sale right now all new games are $39.99 instead of $49.99.

I was told at another Block Buster who had them that they couldn't sell them because they were being recalled due to seisures.

Adam

:hmm:

[sisko]

I did some further checking at EB today. DDR Mario indeed has a discontinued code. Following a hunch, I also check Karaoke Revolution, but it is still active.

Bringing up another game, is UFC Throwdown uncommon or rare?