THE rarest Gamecube game?

[DavidDayton]

Titles that I literally never see:

What's funny about this is that I have -everything- on your list other than NCAA Basketball, Hide & Sneak, Evolution Snowboarding (I thought it was Skateboarding - which I have, I believe), City Racer, Muppets Party Cruise, WTA Tour Tennis, Auto Modellista, Dinotopia, Disney Sports Basketball, Top Angler, Monster 4x4, and Shrek.

I even have most of your "I own it but rare" titles.

Dragon's Lair 3D is hard to find?

[jonebone]

@Doonzmore

What about Zelda / Metroid combo pack-in? You seem to know your Gamecube, how does that one stack up IMO. I only see it on eBay a few times a year.

[Doonzmore]

How's Rave Master these days? I saw mention of it in this topic years ago. Still not worth good $, but doesn't seem to have gotten any easier to find in the wild.

I still have my factory sealed copy that I purchased from Best Buy in 2007. So that rules out that it was a Toys R Us exclusive as previously thought. You're correct it really hasn't maintained any value whatsoever and there's no demand to speak of. It hasn't shown up in my travels as much as other anime fighters like Naruto and Zatch Bell (Some versions of Naruto 2 and one of the Zatch Bell's came with an exclusive trading card, keep your eyes peeled.)

@Doonzmore

What about Zelda / Metroid combo pack-in? You seem to know your Gamecube, how does that one stack up IMO. I only see it on eBay a few times a year.

It's been a while since I've come across that one, but I know for sure I've seen it at least twice, never at Gamestop though. When you say "pack-in" does that mean that it came bundled with the Gamecube at one point? Definitely rare and one of the more expensive titles on the system.

What's funny about this is that I have -everything- on your list other than NCAA Basketball, Hide & Sneak, Evolution Snowboarding (I thought it was Skateboarding - which I have, I believe), City Racer, Muppets Party Cruise, WTA Tour Tennis, Auto Modellista, Dinotopia, Disney Sports Basketball, Top Angler, Monster 4x4, and Shrek.

I even have most of your "I own it but rare" titles.

Dragon's Lair 3D is hard to find?

Are you a Gamecube collector yourself? Some of the games I mentioned may purely be a regional thing. I've been to about 12 Gamestops in the state (some of which are closed now) and 11 other game stores (including PlaynTrade, Game Crazy and Disc Traders) between my house and where I attend college. It'll get tougher once GS stops carrying Gamecube stuff once the Wii U comes out but right now game collecting is as good as it ever was for me. Like I said I've only purchased 2 Gamecube games online, those being Bionicle Heroes and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Nothing rare, but at the time they were half the price of what GS wanted for them. So my observations are based on what I've noticed in the wild.

As for Dragon's Lair 3D, I know I haven't seen that one very much since it was released 9 years ago. I've owned the X-box version for some time and that one is much easier to find it seems.

Also, don't forget the 2nd cover variation for Midway Arcade Treasures.

[theclaw]

I still have my factory sealed copy that I purchased from Best Buy in 2007. So that rules out that it was a Toys R Us exclusive as previously thought. You're correct it really hasn't maintained any value whatsoever and there's no demand to speak of. It hasn't shown up in my travels as much as other anime fighters like Naruto and Zatch Bell (Some versions of Naruto 2 and one of the Zatch Bell's came with an exclusive trading card, keep your eyes peeled.)

It's probably one of those games that got flaky regional distribution then. A quick ebay look, shows no copies for sale within over 750 miles of my location.

[The 1 2 P]

It's been a while since I've come across that one, but I know for sure I've seen it at least twice, never at Gamestop though. When you say "pack-in" does that mean that it came bundled with the Gamecube at one point? Definitely rare and one of the more expensive titles on the system.

I'm pretty sure it came bundled with Gamecube and that may have been the only way to find new copies initially. Ironically enough I found mine at Gamestop but they actually charged me for both games seperately(it had a price for MP and one for WW on it, probably since it was the first time they ever got one of those in and couldn't exactly figure out how to price it).