Earthbound coming to US Virtual Console in 2013

[wiggyx]

GBA Mother 3 is Earthbound 64. When they canned EB64 they moved the story over to GBA Mother 3 development.

Correction, it's what became of EB64.

[Kyle15]

I don't know about specifically on here, but there was definitely plenty of that around the 'net. And suggesting that Nintendo would have to pay a boatload on licensing rights to re-release the game is a silly argument too.

And for an unrelated observation, I'm starting to notice on the different boards that I go to that the people who don't have the game expect the value of the SNES cart to drop while those who already have it almost uniformly stand by the idea that the Wii U release won't decrease the value and may even increase demand. I love how at the end of the day it's all just wishful thinking in regards to protecting one's own interests. :P Almost no one who already has the game wants to see it lose any value.

I have a cart and hope the price drops! It'll be easier for gamers to get a hold of who aren't gonna buy it digitally. And maybe, JUST MAYBE, the box and guide will drop in price too. I want those BAD!

[Gregger]

Hope it lowers the price of the cart, the game isn't rare enough to merit the price it's going for imo.

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

Looking at Ebay there does appear to be some movement since the announcement. On 4/18 there were 61 copies on Ebay, on 4/23 there were 75 copies.

$167.89 is the average price right now. In March it was $185, and in February it was $205. Looks like it was already going down before the announcement, so that'll make it hard to determine whether or not the rerelease affected pricing.

http://videogames.pricecharting.com/...ndo/earthbound

[Rickstilwell1]

Looking at Ebay there does appear to be some movement since the announcement. On 4/18 there were 61 copies on Ebay, on 4/23 there were 75 copies.

$167.89 is the average price right now. In March it was $185, and in February it was $205. Looks like it was already going down before the announcement, so that'll make it hard to determine whether or not the rerelease affected pricing.

http://videogames.pricecharting.com/...ndo/earthbound

Maybe the prices went down just because they stopped selling so high. Once all the desperate people have their copies, all sellers will have to drop their prices for the next tier of customers below them if they want to move units.

[wiggyx]

^^^ I doubt it.

I'm seeing some copies going for ~125 at this point. I think I'll take the plunge if/when we see sub-100 prices again.