Quote Originally Posted by dgdgagdae View Post
Clearly, SMS collectors in general, and a couple in this thread in particular, have decided that this particular version of this particular game is worth enough to them that they will pay what others believe are exorbitant prices to get the item. Why do we need 8 pages of argument against them doing this? Isn't that a lot of what this hobby is? As a comparison, there are people who will pay upwards of $10,000 for a gold NWC cartridge. I don't need to hear how that's different than Sonic with a UPC sticker, the point is that some things are more valuable to some folks than to others. That's what collecting is!
It can still be a rare/valuable variant, but it shouldn't be required for a complete US set. It's like the 3 screw/5 screw NES variants, you shouldn't need all versions of a game to have a complete collection.

Quote Originally Posted by understatement View Post
I don’t think you could remove the UPC games from the US list because they were not sold in Europe with the UPC stickers!
But from the one actual Canadian variant in the DP Guide;

Description: This is the only Canadian release that wasn't just the US or European version with an extra UPC sticker, and easily identified by the fact that it credits Irwin Electronics (the Canadian SMS distributor) on the front cover. Originally distributed as a pack-in with Canadian systems.
That seems to imply that the Canadian releases have extra stickers too, yet they don't get a separate listing. There still can be a difference in value between variants since Canadian variants aren't that valuable, but they should be classified the same way in the rarity guide. It seems that these UPC sticker games should just get a mention in the Euro sections of the games and that's it.