THE rarest Gamecube game?

[DigitalSpace]

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

I see it a lot around here - not too long ago my Best Buy had several new copies at $9.99.

[Queen Of The Felines]

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

Neither, around here anyway.

Has Freaky Fliers been mentioned? I didn't even know it existed until Mayhem stumbled upon a copy a few months back.

Kristine

[snes_collector]

Neither, around here anyway.

Has Freaky Fliers been mentioned? I didn't even know it existed until Mayhem stumbled upon a copy a few months back.

Kristine

I've never saw a copy of it outside of a blockbuster.

[DigitalSpace]

Freaky Flyers is a little uncommon around here, but not too hard to find. Could be a regional thing, though.

[Simplynes]

Anyone know why this is going for so much money?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/POKEMON-BOX-ruby-Sapphire-GAMECUBE-RARE_W0QQitemZ8248444231QQcategoryZ20390QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem @_@

[dbiersdorf]

What... the... fuck?

Wow am I glad I bought that on PokemonCenter.com back when it came out. I got it for $23 or something. There's hardly any completed listing either, the only one I could find was for $95.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gamecube-Pokemon-Box-Ruby-Sapphire-US-RARE-VERSION_W0QQitemZ8243988673QQcategoryZ62053QQssPag eNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Mayhem]

Because it's no longer available, that's why. It was either available from the Pokemon Centre in NY, or via the website, and I believe both no longer stock it.

Impressed there's another Brit with the US version :)

(for the record, the European version is NOT rare, but is not that easy to find in general)

I'm just glad I asked QoF to order a copy for me a while ago (and she got one for herself at the time). We just wish we'd bought more in hindsight LOL

[Mr Mort]

What about MLB Slugfest 2004? I have one copy, but I can't find another copy anywhere...

[dbiersdorf]

Yeah it's rare, or I think it was anyway, I remember it was a $5 clearance game back in 2004 during the Circuit City sale and I got it off someone for maybe $7, and resold it on eBay for $60. :)

[snes_collector]

Wow, guess I better look for that one.

[Mayhem]

MLB Slugfest 2004 isn't as hard as people think. It was on eBay a fair bit in the past sealed, and I believe QoF has seen at least one, if not two copies in stores in her area. Put it down as a high uncommon.

[ProgrammingAce]

I'm going to toss Chaos Field in the running. It's already hard to find, and it has only been out for 2 weeks. None of the major online sites or mags have reviewed it, pick it up while you can.

[max 330 mega]

just wondering if anyone thinks hello kitty roller rescue is ever going to be rare? i picked it up forever ago, and have not seen any copies of it in stores for a long time.

[vincewy]

There're many Gamecube games that could be very rare in the future, in fact, overlooked:

Mario DDR - recalled due to fear of liabilities from seisure.
Zatch Bell
One Piece: Grand Battle
Road Trip: Arcade Edition
Virtua Striker 2002
Chaos Field
Ikaruga
Bust-A-Move 3000
Cubivore
NCAA Basketball 2003
PSO I&II (not Plus)

[Mayhem]

I've got all of those except BAM3000 and Ikaruga (still looking for a decent priced copies, though there are enough copies online about) and Zatch Bell (not heard of that, how old is it?).

[rjohnson]

Ikaruga
Pikmin 2
Chaos Field
Freaky Fliers
Bloody Roar
all great games, and yes, (hard) harder to find...

Have not opened Chaos (pre-ordered it after discussion here on it)...yet...might never either...

Really hard to find...

[Queen Of The Felines]

Robotech: Battlecry Limited Edition

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8246763344

@_@

Kristine

[sisko]

Robotech: Battlecry Limited Edition

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8246763344

@_@

Kristine

Are the outer packaging and contents of the Gamecube version identical to the PS2 version?

[snes_collector]

I'm going to toss Chaos Field in the running. It's already hard to find, and it has only been out for 2 weeks. None of the major online sites or mags have reviewed it, pick it up while you can.

I may be wrong about this, but I think that Chaos Field may be expensive in the future, will be because noone will want to sell it. Ofcourse I could totally be wrong.

F1 2002's got to be high in the list. I wish I could find me a copy :(

[pacmanhat]

Ikaruga
Pikmin 2
Chaos Field
Freaky Fliers
Bloody Roar
all great games, and yes, (hard) harder to find...

Have not opened Chaos (pre-ordered it after discussion here on it)...yet...might never either...

Really hard to find...

Pikmin 2? Really? I've never had a problem finding multiple copies of this.

[dbiersdorf]

Pikmin 2 is and never will be hard to find.

[GetImOliver]

Don't forget that Atlus ran a reprint of a lot of its harder-to-find titles, Cubivore included. Nearly every Gamestop I've been to lately has one for $40 used.

[squidblatt]

What about that Darkwing Duck game? I'm not a hardcore GC collector, but I remember seeing a used copy only once and it was gone by the time I came back to get it a few days later.

[snes_collector]

What about that Darkwing Duck game? I'm not a hardcore GC collector, but I remember seeing a used copy only once and it was gone by the time I came back to get it a few days later.

Are you talking about Disney's Donald Duck: Going Quackers? Because there is no Darwing Duck GC game. As for it's rarity it's more uncommon, you don't see it that much, but if you look hard enough, you can find a copy.

[squidblatt]

What about that Darkwing Duck game? I'm not a hardcore GC collector, but I remember seeing a used copy only once and it was gone by the time I came back to get it a few days later.

Are you talking about Disney's Donald Duck: Going Quackers? Because there is no Darwing Duck GC game. As for it's rarity it's more uncommon, you don't see it that much, but if you look hard enough, you can find a copy.

Well no wonder it's so rare - it only exists in my mind! Guess that explains why I couldn't find it again at the store.

[Mayhem]

He might mean "PK Into the Shadows" here, but that's not that hard to find. When you realise TRU seemed to have gotten a lot of the stock (indeed, you can find it really cheap there still new I bet).

[squidblatt]

He might mean "PK Into the Shadows" here, but that's not that hard to find. When you realise TRU seemed to have gotten a lot of the stock (indeed, you can find it really cheap there still new I bet).

That looks like what I saw. Guess I just didn't look close enough. Thanks.

[hydr0x]

you might be thinking of the Donald Duck Phantomias game which IS NOT the same as Goin Quackers, despite what some "experts" on here were saying recently

edit: that's what happens if you don't look at the last site of a topic LOL

[vincewy]

Quick ??, is Mario DDR been discontinued? If so, it'll be one of the rarest GC games.

[snes_collector]

you might be thinking of the Donald Duck Phantomias game which IS NOT the same as Goin Quackers, despite what some "experts" on here were saying recently

edit: that's what happens if you don't look at the last site of a topic LOL

That to me? I never said I was an "expert". I'm not partically an "expert" on this game, as I don't see it in my area alot.

And if this post wasn't directed to me, disregard it.

[tylerwillis]

What about that Darkwing Duck game? I'm not a hardcore GC collector, but I remember seeing a used copy only once and it was gone by the time I came back to get it a few days later.

Are you talking about Disney's Donald Duck: Going Quackers? Because there is no Darwing Duck GC game. As for it's rarity it's more uncommon, you don't see it that much, but if you look hard enough, you can find a copy.

Well no wonder it's so rare - it only exists in my mind! Guess that explains why I couldn't find it again at the store.

Collecting is hard enough without imagining games. ;) Although it might be mildly amusing to walk into an EB and demand title x for a random console, then get utterly pissed when they can't find it.

[hydr0x]

And if this post wasn't directed to me, disregard it.

i think it wasn't, although i can't even remember what his username was :D

[Austin]

I'm going to toss Chaos Field in the running. It's already hard to find, and it has only been out for 2 weeks. None of the major online sites or mags have reviewed it, pick it up while you can.

I may be wrong about this, but I think that Chaos Field may be expensive in the future, will be because noone will want to sell it. Ofcourse I could totally be wrong.

F1 2002's got to be high in the list. I wish I could find me a copy :(

I hit three game stores and was able to grab the one copy they got between them. Unless the game gets another shipment, it's going to be a pain to track down someday.

[Simplynes]

I know the NTSC version of Mario DDR is hard to find (for now at least) but what about the PAL version? has that been discontinued too?.

[KeeperBvK]

I know the NTSC version of Mario DDR is hard to find (for now at least) but what about the PAL version? has that been discontinued too?.

I don't think so, at least I've seen it in several stores last week.

[Mayhem]

If you can't find Chaos Field, just order it online somewhere, many places still have stock.

As for PAL DDR Mario, I checked a few online UK stores and they've still got stock, so I'm guessing it's still readily available.

[tylerwillis]

If you can't find Chaos Field, just order it online somewhere, many places still have stock.


Aye, I got my copy (http://www.tylerwillis.com/2006/01/07/chaos-field/) from estarland.

[keiblerfan69]

If you can't find Chaos Field, just order it online somewhere, many places still have stock.


Aye, I got my copy (http://www.tylerwillis.com/2006/01/07/chaos-field/) from estarland.

I got mine from EBgames. They only had 2 copies.

[vincewy]

Is it just me or did anyone agree that many of the Gamecube games will be much harder to get, regardless of condition? I've looked around for some niche titles like Chaos Field, Zatche Bell, One Piece, only EB/GS has them, but you're talking about 1-2 copies in stock, plus sales of many at TRU, normally I don't like to splurge and can wait for a while for price drop, but I broke down and bought quite a few lately

RE4
Final Fantasy:CC
Mario Party 4
Pikmin 2
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
Geist
Mario DDR
Batten Kaito
Zatch Bell
One Piece
Chaos Field
Zelda 4 Sword
Zelda Wind Waker (non-PC version, very tough to find sealed now)
Star Fox Ad (non-PC version)

Unlike many XB and PS2 games that were made in large print #, some titles, if you miss first few copies on store shelf, they're gone.

[MightySlacker]

Damn, a few weeks ago I saw a sealed F1 2002 in the CompUSA clearance bin of all places. Gonna have to check and see if its still there

Dave

[itobandito]

I think that the Resident Evil Demo Disc will be one of the real rarities too. I just got the Pure Evil double pack today, and I entered my code and it took it and said the game would be on its way to me soon. It's the last day of the promotion, and according to the Pure Evil double pack, only 10,000 demos were made.

I'm pretty excited by that :)

What does this Demo Disc contain? RE 4 demo???

[goatdan]

I think that the Resident Evil Demo Disc will be one of the real rarities too. I just got the Pure Evil double pack today, and I entered my code and it took it and said the game would be on its way to me soon. It's the last day of the promotion, and according to the Pure Evil double pack, only 10,000 demos were made.

I'm pretty excited by that :)

What does this Demo Disc contain? RE 4 demo???

Yes, it came in a sleeve if you entered your codes on a web site. Apparently, it is the same demo as a store-sent demo that Nintendo had provided, but it came in it's own sleeve. The demo itself probably won't be that rare, but the sleeve that it came in probably will be.

[Mayhem]

Is this it btw...?

http://www.mayhem64.co.uk/misc/re4demo.jpg

Got it I think from someone on here...

[CreativeOnlineSurname]

I was in EB tonight and came across something I've neither seen nor heard of before... Metroid Prime and Legend of Zelda:
the Wind Waker in one case. It had the cover art split down the middle between the two games, as with the descriptions on the back. I didn't get to check the discs to see if they might be different, but it appeared that the instructions were simply two manuals, both the normal ones for each game.

Has anyone seen this who could tell me more about it? It had a price tag of $45.00, which I know it shouldn't be worth, but I almost don't want to pass it up if it is that rare. Thanks.

[vincewy]

I was in EB tonight and came across something I've neither seen nor heard of before... Metroid Prime and Legend of Zelda:
the Wind Waker in one case. It had the cover art split down the middle between the two games, as with the descriptions on the back. I didn't get to check the discs to see if they might be different, but it appeared that the instructions were simply two manuals, both the normal ones for each game.

Has anyone seen this who could tell me more about it? It had a price tag of $45.00, which I know it shouldn't be worth, but I almost don't want to pass it up if it is that rare. Thanks.

If you have a lot of money to spare, go for it, as I've seen tons of game release variations of Gamecube. There're also Sonic Heroes + DX and Super Monkey Balls 1 + 2 releases in cardboard boxes, and the same combos with only shrinkwrap from TRU.

Some titles also have exclusive K-mart logos on them, don't know what makes them different.

[Buyatari]

This is from the Wind Walker/Metroid gamecube bundle pack which retailed for $129.99 and was still available up until about Thanksgiving.


I was in EB tonight and came across something I've neither seen nor heard of before... Metroid Prime and Legend of Zelda:
the Wind Waker in one case. It had the cover art split down the middle between the two games, as with the descriptions on the back. I didn't get to check the discs to see if they might be different, but it appeared that the instructions were simply two manuals, both the normal ones for each game.

Has anyone seen this who could tell me more about it? It had a price tag of $45.00, which I know it shouldn't be worth, but I almost don't want to pass it up if it is that rare. Thanks.

[Roi]

(Talking PAL)
What about those Disney mickey games ? I actualy only did see that Basketball game ones!

http://www.revo-europe.com/packshots/disbasket.jpg
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx_assets/product_images/224941.jpg
http://www.1stvideo.com/GameCube/DisneySportsFootball.jpg

When you look on Ebay you will only find 2 copies op the skateboarding game, and there both from Netherland.

On the back of that basketball game there was a dutch adres, so maybe they only have been released in Holland ?!

[Mayhem]

In general I've found the Disney sports games to be a lot easier to find on PAL than NTSC.

Having searched for them NTSC wise and gotten them all, I put the rarity in the order (easiest to hardest) Skateboarding, Football, Soccer, Basketball.

Conversely Basketball on PAL isn't that difficult to get.

[orrimarrko]

I put the rarity in the order (easiest to hardest) Skateboarding, Football, Soccer, Basketball.

I would agree 100% with that ranking.

In fact, I was just thinking about that last night.

The basketball is much harder to find than the other three.

I would say that Soccer and Football are about the same, but feel that more people are hanging on to their Soccer copies than the football ones.

Skateboarding is the easiest of the four.

Orri-

[orrimarrko]

This is from the Wind Walker/Metroid gamecube bundle pack which retailed for $129.99 and was still available up until about Thanksgiving.

Hey Adam,

Do you have a pic of the game case? I didn't know if yours is still sealed or not.

No biggie if you don't. I've seen the bundle, but never opened.

Thanks,
Steve (Orri-)

[Mayhem]

The basketball is much harder to find than the other three.

Indeed, it's the only one of the four I didn't get from a shop; found a shrinked copy on Amazon for $25. Which isn't bad considering used copies go for $40+ on eBay.

[Austin]

I've never even seen the Disney sports games.

They're Konami, so it figures they'll be tough to find.

[Buyatari]

double post

[Buyatari]

I've never even seen the Disney sports games.

They're Konami, so it figures they'll be tough to find.

Who ever thought a Disney game for a Nintendo system would be hard to find. Thats almost as hard to believe as taking two incredibly popular things like DDR and Mario and having a low print run.

[dbiersdorf]

Does anyone have a copy of Tower of Druaga? It was a bonus disc when you preordered Baten Kaitos in Japan. I saw it on eBay once and made the stupid mistake of not bidding, and if I recally correctly it ended at about $35. This was probably two years ago. It comes in a classic NES style box, and Namco is even spelt Namcot (their old name) but the game is on a GameCube disc.

I'd love to see one of these again.

[snes_collector]

I don't believe I've saw ANY of the Disney Sports games in awhile. Also, I believe alot of Ubi Soft games may end of being hard to find. I rarely see either Monster Truck game, and they go for more than I want to pay, Pro Rally, and Rally Championship(was this published by UbiSoft?) come to mind. I don't see the Dinotopia game too much either, that one may end up uncommon.

[DigitalSpace]

Rally Championship was published by Conspiracy Entertainment. Pro Rally was the only Rally title published by UbiSoft. It's easy to mix them up, though.

[Mayhem]

Does anyone have a copy of Tower of Druaga? It was a bonus disc when you preordered Baten Kaitos in Japan. I saw it on eBay once and made the stupid mistake of not bidding, and if I recally correctly it ended at about $35. This was probably two years ago. It comes in a classic NES style box, and Namco is even spelt Namcot (their old name) but the game is on a GameCube disc.

I'd love to see one of these again.

Your wish is my command ;)

http://62.168.142.47/~mayhem/images/druaga.jpg

My personal copy... btw PlayAsia has them in stock if you want to go order :)

[max 330 mega]

is any japanese reading needed for that game? seems like i might pick it up if its easy to navigate with no knowledge of japanese.

[Mayhem]

Can't say that is, apart from needing to know the item list and guide so you can get them on each level (impossible to complete otherwise). GameFAQs or similar can probs help with that.

[Darren870]

How much is the Robotech Battlecry Collectors Edition worth? I might be able to get one however its pricy. Whats there normal value?

[Mayhem]

Value? Whatever someone will pay for it! ;)

I got mine for $20 sealed but I suspect that might have been a damn good deal. It retailed for $80 apparently at the time.

[Captain J]

Does anyone have a copy of Tower of Druaga? It was a bonus disc when you preordered Baten Kaitos in Japan. I saw it on eBay once and made the stupid mistake of not bidding, and if I recally correctly it ended at about $35. This was probably two years ago. It comes in a classic NES style box, and Namco is even spelt Namcot (their old name) but the game is on a GameCube disc.

I'd love to see one of these again.

Your wish is my command ;)

http://62.168.142.47/~mayhem/images/druaga.jpg

My personal copy... btw PlayAsia has them in stock if you want to go order :)

yeah i picked up a copy from them brand new for only $29.99 or you can get it used for $19.99, here is the link!

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-4i-49-en-15-tower%2Bof%2Bdruaga-70-pli.html

[hobbes13]

Hmm....

I have a Star Wars Rouge Squadron 3 demo disk that includes the original Atari Star Wars arcade game and other bonus crap. Best Buy was giving away a huge stack of them after the Christmas season of 2003.

Is this rare at all?

[dbiersdorf]

No, not in the least.

Anyone got a picture of the Soul Calibur II demo disc? I've also never seen that one before.

[joshnickerson]

http://videogamecollectors.com/albums/joshsroom/image4.sized.jpg

On the right.

[dbiersdorf]

Damn, yeah, I've never seen that before.

[orrimarrko]

Neither have I.

Nice.

BTW, are you all counting Japanese (or any non-US) Gamecube games in this discussion?

That normally doesn't take place, hence my question.

What I meant was, typically just the US games are called into question, as the lists are completely different.

I only bring that up because of the Druaga bonus question.

Thanks,
Steve

[Mayhem]

Just US in this discussion.

I was looking for the SC2 demo for quite a while, and then one appeared on eBay about 9 months ago (which I won). Followed by another shortly thereafter. About the only two I've seen however.

[slapdash]

Heh, if those WERE the only ones, then I got the second one. :-)

[DocRamon]

i got my SC2 demo off ebay about a year ago now, perhaps a little more. the auction included the ps2 and xbox versions as well. picked up all 3 for $25 or so. they're actually on ebay quite often, but i've often found them with horrible listing names, or including in more generic "collection of video game demos" bundles. finding the cardboard sleeve seems to be harder than finding the disc itself.

[lol monster]

What about the Resident Evil 4 Gamestop Edition? My Gamestop still has a few new at $45, and I am wondering if I should pick them up.

[Auxilla]

I bought one yesterday on Ebay.Doubt its rare but I never heard much talk about it.Sucks it has Gamestop on the cover of that nice tin.

[Mayhem]

Well 48,000 of them made, so you call whether that'll be rare or not.

[dojosky]

also what about Groove Rider: Slot Car Thunder by encore ??? to this date i have only seen one at a gamestop once ...