Destroying Nintendo DS Coverart

[GetImOliver]

Blockbuster cases happen to be a little too small to fit the art for most Nintendo DS. Unfortunately, it is my charge to jam the art in the DVD sized ammaray anyways. This leads to the art becoming "wrinkled" and it isn't very pretty to look at. However, if I cut about 1/2cm off one of the edges, the art will fit fin in a standard sized case cover. So I was just wondering if you DS collecter types would rather have wrinkled cover art that was all there or flat cover art with a little bit chopped off?

[mr_pollock]

Hi.

Would you rather be stabbed to death or shot in the face?

Thanks.

(That's the situation we have here.)

[GameNinja]

I would rather have it a little bit wrinkled because wrinkles can be fixed to look better than a cut label. BUT that is for my collection. It might be more attractive to look at by the renters if it is cut. Chances are that they won't miss that half inch or art, but a collector would.

[Bratwurst]

Just fold over whichever end you were going to cut off. Someone that cared later could straighten it back out with some heavy pressing.

[boatofcar]

If you are that concerned, color copy the cover and crop that one.

[hu6800]

Blockbuster cases happen to be a little too small to fit the art for most Nintendo DS. Unfortunately, it is my charge to jam the art in the DVD sized ammaray anyways. This leads to the art becoming "wrinkled" and it isn't very pretty to look at. However, if I cut about 1/2cm off one of the edges, the art will fit fin in a standard sized case cover. So I was just wondering if you DS collecter types would rather have wrinkled cover art that was all there or flat cover art with a little bit chopped off?


If you buy the game from walmart instead it will look brand new?

[pixelsnpolygons]

LOL at some of the responses. Truthfully though, since this is a board frequented by serious collectors most of them aren't going to be too happy about either option. In my opinion if the cover art has been cut up (I see this a lot at video stores, too) it is worthless to me. A nice big crease down the cover may be destroying less of it, but if it is noticeable it ruins it for me as well.

I guess though, how much can one expect if they're buying games to collect from Blockbuster? I doubt many people do, and if they do, they can't be expecting much... in fact they should be happy if they receive a cover at all - much less a box to put it in. I'd just fold the cover over if I were you, but really, once a game enters a Blockbuster it is destined to be crushed, vomitted, spilled, pissed, sneezed and shit on before anyone gets a chance to buy it so most people won't care anyway.

[hezeuschrist]

Blockbuster cases happen to be a little too small to fit the art for most Nintendo DS. Unfortunately, it is my charge to jam the art in the DVD sized ammaray anyways. This leads to the art becoming "wrinkled" and it isn't very pretty to look at. However, if I cut about 1/2cm off one of the edges, the art will fit fin in a standard sized case cover. So I was just wondering if you DS collecter types would rather have wrinkled cover art that was all there or flat cover art with a little bit chopped off?

Why are you doing that, it doesn't make any sense. Just use the original DS cases and artwork and lock them in the double CD blue lock boxes.

[MrSmiley381]

Better yet, let's have every Blockbuster in existance burst into flames, taking every crappy ruined game with them.

My Blockbuster isn't destroying the case inserts, oddly enough. Then again, I haven't really looked at them.

[mills]

the fact that places like blockbuster, ebgames, and gamestop destroy and or ruin boxes, instructions, inserts, and even games by either cutting them, ripping them, throwing them out, or putting stickers over the labels is degrading the common value of all video games.

fuck you videogame stores.

[GetImOliver]

Well, if it were up to me we'd just display the original DS cases as opposed to making them fit in a DVD case. But you do have to remember, I was just asking the opinion for the lesser of two evils. I'll try the "fold the side" thing but our main consumer is the renter, not the collector. If there is, however, a some rare "Blockbuster Exclusive" DS title that has to fit it's cover into a stupid DVD case, which would you rather have? Wrinkles or a minute folded edge? I'd go with the folded edge, myself.

[Jive3D]

This is why I don't buy used games from Blockbuster. I used to work there, and they really do NOT respect their games.

Writing in sharpies on the labels, placing magnet tags in terrible locations, and anally raping the boxart while pouring sugar into the boxart's mother's gas tank is the order of the day for those MFs. Another reason I was happy to quit when I worked at a Blockbuster...hmm, about 8 years ago. Dang...

[petewhitley]

I don't understand why people get their panties in a knot over this. I won't collect roughed-up games either; so I don't typically buy them at Blockbuster, Hollywood, etc. Alot of families and such buy their games there and could give a good goddamn about the packaging if the price is right. Buy your mint-condition games from eBay, retail, etc. and leave the rental places alone. They satisfy the public and keep your M.I.B. games worth more than most.

[n8littlefield]

Why not just buy the DS cases from Nintendo directly? They aren't that expensive, and you could order a few extras so if you pick up some more games in the future that come w/out cases.

[Jive3D]

That's exactly what I did - It works great as replacement GBA cases too - since the GBA games have a nice slot made for them inside each DS case - Honestly, i think that theys hould just migrate all upcoming GBA media to be used in the DS cases.

Check out this GBA / DS box art project. It's really great for those GBA games that you might pick up as cartridge only - I made a nice case using the DLed art from the Metroid Hunters demo so that its actually in a real box and not that cardboard crap that it came in...

check it out...

http://www.snackbar-games.com/gbacovers.php

(I think that I posed this link elsewhere in the forum before, but it's very cool)

[esquire]

I don't understand why people get their panties in a knot over this. I won't collect roughed-up games either; so I don't typically buy them at Blockbuster, Hollywood, etc. Alot of families and such buy their games there and could give a good goddamn about the packaging if the price is right. Buy your mint-condition games from eBay, retail, etc. and leave the rental places alone. They satisfy the public and keep your M.I.B. games worth more than most.

It's not necessarily that I would buy a game from BB, its the fact that by destroying the original condition of the game they are decreasing the chances we'll be able to find a complete one some time in the future. If more and more people trade in their games to BB or Gamecrazy where they destroy the cases, instructions, cover art, etc., chances are it will become more difficult to collect them in the near future, especially with the harder to find games.

[GameSlaveGaz]

the fact that places like blockbuster, ebgames, and gamestop destroy and or ruin boxes, instructions, inserts, and even games by either cutting them, ripping them, throwing them out, or putting stickers over the labels is degrading the common value of all video games.

fuck you videogame stores.

But on the bright side, if you work at these bastard chains or know people that do you can usually get free stuff by salvaging stuff they were gonna destroy.

For example - GameStop does not take back used PSP Memory Sticks. Therefore, whenever someone trades in a PSP and leaves the stick, the PSP-owning employees get a free memory stick. Same goes for strategy guides and instruction manuals and boxes to cartridge games (The 2 weeks I worked at GameStop I salvaged the manuals to Zelda II and Dragon Warrior from the trash. I also salvaged a perfectly good Genesis from the trash. I have NO IDEA why they were throwing it out) My boyfriend has also gotten some free NES games because GameStop stopped taking back NES games and people still bring them by, and some just leave them when they find out they can't trade them in.

I also wanted to mention that maybe BlockBuster can start ordering displays from Promotional Arts (www.promotionalarts.com) Toys R Us uses this company to supply their stores with display boxes (aka clamsells) of our $35 and up titles. They're mock-ups of the exact covers of the live product, just empty. The PS2/XB/GC games come in standard generic DVD cases (lime green for the XB games though) and DS games are actually empty DS boxes. The ones that suck are GBA and PSP displays, cuz they're just cardboard. But they recreate the front and back to a T so there is no missing or misprinted information. The problem is, and I dunno if it's just my store or if it's all TRUs, but sometimes we don't get clamshells in for games until weeks or even months (sometimes never) after the game comes in so we either have to risk putting out a live copy (in a security case of course, but these things are still ripped off) or taking the time to print the image off the computer and slap together a makeshift display case - which I always do cuz I'm a perfectionist.

I think more stores should purchase clamshells from Promotional Arts instead of gutting live product. But most corporations don't wanna spend more money. Greedy bastards.