"Rare" (or more uncommon) Gamecube Games?

[Queen Of The Felines]

is anyone else here trying to collect the interactive multi-game demo discs as well?i hardly ever see more than one or two on ebay at a time.

Yeah, me. Now I know who I'll be going up against.

Kristine

[Dobie]

What about Gladius?

Gladius isn't hard to find. They have a boat-load at my Walmart in the cheapy bin for $14.99 or $9.99. I'm guessing other Walmarts are similarly stocked.

[Steve W]

Sorry to drag up such an old thread, but I have a question. There's a store near me that has really good prices on current generation games. I've been buying up a lot of possibly rare Xbox games there for less than $15 recently. But I was surprised to see in the GameCube section that they've got a copy of NEC's TubeSlider for $45! Is that one rare at all? I bought a copy when it first came out, and got bored with it fairly quickly. I don't think it's high used price is due to it's great gameplay (like Capcom vs. SNK 2). Anyone know what the print run on TubeSlider was?

[Mayhem]

I think it's a "false rare"... I certainly never had an issue finding it in the time after its release... it might be hedging as it's a game that you are likely not to see at all on shelves now. I'd place it at uncommon status, maybe 3 or 4 out of 10.

[Vectorman0]

I think it's a "false rare"... I certainly never had an issue finding it in the time after its release... it might be hedging as it's a game that you are likely not to see at all on shelves now. I'd place it at uncommon status, maybe 3 or 4 out of 10.

I agree. I see it often enough, that it's not one of the top rare games for the system. Definitely more uncommon, but not very rare.

[sabre2922]

Any Gamecube games are becoming "uncommon" in my area.

There is a local Walmart in my area and they still sell a few NEW Gamecube games but most are thowaway titles like rugrats etc. with the exception of some copies of Metroid Prime 2 that they still sell at full price.

The only good store in my area that sells used games is Hastings wich has an incredible selection of PS2 (in constant rotation) and Xbox1 games but seems to be phasing out any and all Gamecube games as quickly as possible.

There are still some good new games at the Hasting and a few very good used GC titles in whats left of the dwindling GC used game section.
Once again Metroid Prime 2 is still priced at $29.99 to $39.99 used.

The funny thing is I have seen Slugfest for Gamecube at this very same store only a few days ago.
It seems to me that the Gamecube collector market will be somewhat like the Dreamcast collectors in the near future.
I LUV the Gamecube but it seems nobody in my area gives a shit about the great games it has to offer even long time gamers that know what great games are available for the GC.

The Gamecube will surely find a certain niche with a select group of hardcore collectors.

[Tommy]

Sabre, I am having the same problem over here at pretty decent re-sellers like game crazy and a couple other places. It is hard to find a gamecube that is decent rather than the kids games. I was looking for another copy of RE4 since the kids decided they were going to throw in Donkey Konga and throw out RE4. Needless to say I have no idea where it is.

[misfits859]

Re-ignite this thread and let's discuss what has become hard to find for the GC. There has never been an abundance of used GC stuff at my local stops and I'd like to know what to keep an eye out for.

[AMG]

It seems to me that the Gamecube collector market will be somewhat like the Dreamcast collectors in the near future.

The Gamecube will surely find a certain niche with a select group of hardcore collectors.

I definitely agree with these two statements.

[Mayhem]

Actually I'm inclinded to agree... why you think I started 18 months ago to start gathering as many as I could heh...

My last visit to the US for CGE last month, I expected to see the Cube shelves way down on stock. And I was right. Just about every shop had just one column of shelving for Cube games, even though the old Xbox console still had 2-3 and naturallly PS2 still had 4-5 shelf columns.

Having said that, I still managed to grab nearly 30 games I needed... evidently I got very lucky on a couple, but still, I managed to get three quarters of what I was still after.

So what is hard to find? In general at least, the higher the price, the harder it is to find. One of those modern systems that actually obeys the old principle. With that in mind I would say good luck in finding:

NCAA Basketball 2K3 (technically the rarest game?)
Pokemon Box
Jedi Knight 2
Bust-a-Move 3000
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu WITH the added poster
Robotech: Battlecry Limited Edition
1080 Avalanche w/ bonus footage
Shrek Super Party
Hot Wheels Velocity X

Actually to that add any of the games that came with outer cardboard boxes (Mario Party 6 and 7, Kareoke Revolution, 4 Swords, Odama). Or should I say finding the outer cardboard box.

[sisko]

Jedi Knight 2
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu WITH the added poster.

I respectfully disagree with both of these, but it might be a regional thing.

While I agree Jedi Knight 2 might be uncommon, I see it far far too often to shell out the $40 that GameStop lists it at.

Finding a complete Batman is fairly easy as well. Many GameStops/EBs have new ones still squirreled away some where. You just need to ask. Finding one in good shape though....well that is a different story. Most outer boxes have been beat to hell and back after spending this many years on the shelf.

Actually, in comparison, I had a [slightly] harder time finding Batman: Dark Tomorrow.

[Mayhem]

Regarding JK2, yeah perhaps, I wonder if some old stock has suddenly come back into the light. I'll agree I've seen it occasionally used in shops in the last two times I've been to the US, but before that, only once in 5 visits and that copy was missing the manual.

Maybe akin to how all the used copies of Skies of Arcadia Legends just started to flood the shops at one point...

[xfrumx]

What about DDR Mario Mix? It sold out of gamestops in the first couple days and was reprinted once and sold out right away.

[Xizer]

Star Fox Adventures is a Rare GameCube game.

[snes_collector]

F1 2002 and Rave Master, never saw a copy of either in stores, ever.

[PapaStu]

Ravemasters have popped back up at Best Buy's around here for 14.99 lately. I had initally only ever seen them at Fry's Electronics before.

[Mayhem]

Rave Master was originally thought to be a Toys R Us exclusive. I certainly only saw it sold in there, though Kris and I did spot a new copy in a Game Crazy once. I guess it did get sold elsewhere though as mentioned by others later on.

People are still turning up the odd copy of Mario DDR in shops apparently. I'd say though it could be considered for the list. Depends how many were actually made.

F1 2002? Still debating. That was one of the earliest games I got once I decided to try and go for a full Cube set, then again since I bought the copy I own, I've only seen one other...

[Niku-Sama]

Legend of Zelda Orcarina of Time 2 game bonus disc.

i cone across them every once in a while at EB games and theyre still about $40

[orrimarrko]

Wow - can't believe this topic is still getting posts.

There are almost NO rare games for this system. You can find almost any title on ebay any day of the week, and whether you can find it at your local gamestop is irrelevant.

Also, again, price is not an indicator of how "rare" a title is. Production and distribution are ultimately the deciding factors.

Carry on though...

[sirhansirhan]

Oddly enough, the Player's Choice variant of Harvest Moon: Magical Melody seems to be pretty hard to find. Anyone know when it came out? I still see sealed copies of the non-PC version pretty often, but I've only seen the Player's Choice one twice.

Also, I pretty much never see the Animaniacs game around.