Boxed Mario's Tennis for Virtual Boy

[suckerpunch5]

So, I have a boxed copy of Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy, but it appears to be a display box. My little brother read in "some game magazine" that the only way to get a boxed copy was to by Mario's Tennis from Blockbuster, and get a display box from them. I checked around, and www.virtual-boy.org/mtdisplaybox.htm seems to confirm this. They call a boxed copy "uncommon."

The DP guide says a complete copy is $5. I know Mario's Tennis is a pretty common game, but is this DP price taking into account the rarity of the box? I don't know a lot about Virtual Boy, so maybe someone with a bit more knowledge could tell me some more about this? Thanks

[Slimedog]

I've seen the NFR box for Mario Tennis before. I would guess it isn't all that rare. Especially considering how Blockbuster was the primary outlet for VB in the beginning. They probably had a lot of these boxes floating around.

[joshnickerson]

Nintendo manufactured the boxes for Blockbuster (and possibly other rental stores) so they would have a display box to rent the game out with. When the Virtual Boy died, a good chunk of the boxes were probably thrown out, so it's definately not easy to find, as the remainder of the boxes were most likely quickly snatched up by collectors.

[norkusa]

They are uncommon, but they aren't that rare. Complete copies of Mario's Tennis with the box usually sell for $20 on Ebay. I've even found 2 in the wild over the past couple years.

[Jumpman Jr.]

I actually never knew they existed until now... Dang.
Now I have to go out and find a box for Mario's Tennis to make my Virtual Boy Collection CIB.
I was using a Japanese Mario Tennis box as a subsititute until now. :frustrated: