Too early to start talking about rare/valuable Wii games?

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damn, not even a big Kirby fan but ive heard good about both of those...took this thread's advice & picked up Pandora's Tower new for $20 at GS, prolly won't get around to it for years but at least it'll be there!
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A few years ago I managed to snag me four sealed copies of Metroid Prime Trilogy from a electronics store in Sweden of all places.

For some reason they were being sold for the equivalent of £14.99 each! Even stranger when you consider the hyper inflated prices of games in Sweden.

I have three of them still sealed. How much might one speculate I could get for these beauties should I sell? I don't normally do this kind of cynical game buying but the fact that these titles had already been discontinued when I found them made me pounce.
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Betagam7 wrote:A few years ago I managed to snag me four sealed copies of Metroid Prime Trilogy from a electronics store in Sweden of all places.

For some reason they were being sold for the equivalent of £14.99 each! Even stranger when you consider the hyper inflated prices of games in Sweden.

I have three of them still sealed. How much might one speculate I could get for these beauties should I sell? I don't normally do this kind of cynical game buying but the fact that these titles had already been discontinued when I found them made me pounce.
Probably much higher than you paid...especially because they're still factory sealed new like you said...just check out price checker. Some of the games I had or have surprised me what they are listed at. But they are games I'm not willing to part with either way...
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darsparx wrote:
Betagam7 wrote:A few years ago I managed to snag me four sealed copies of Metroid Prime Trilogy from a electronics store in Sweden of all places.

For some reason they were being sold for the equivalent of £14.99 each! Even stranger when you consider the hyper inflated prices of games in Sweden.

I have three of them still sealed. How much might one speculate I could get for these beauties should I sell? I don't normally do this kind of cynical game buying but the fact that these titles had already been discontinued when I found them made me pounce.
Probably much higher than you paid...especially because they're still factory sealed new like you said...just check out price checker. Some of the games I had or have surprised me what they are listed at. But they are games I'm not willing to part with either way...
Just checked on Ebay and one went in January for £129 BIN

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Betagam7 wrote:
darsparx wrote:
Betagam7 wrote:A few years ago I managed to snag me four sealed copies of Metroid Prime Trilogy from a electronics store in Sweden of all places.

For some reason they were being sold for the equivalent of £14.99 each! Even stranger when you consider the hyper inflated prices of games in Sweden.

I have three of them still sealed. How much might one speculate I could get for these beauties should I sell? I don't normally do this kind of cynical game buying but the fact that these titles had already been discontinued when I found them made me pounce.
Probably much higher than you paid...especially because they're still factory sealed new like you said...just check out price checker. Some of the games I had or have surprised me what they are listed at. But they are games I'm not willing to part with either way...
Just checked on Ebay and one went in January for £129 BIN

How do you spell Kerching? :lol: :D
Even i could of told you that. Anything new, and CIB of a wildly popular series usually goes for quite a bit.
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They have dozens in stock at gamestop, new for $45. Unless you are referring to the steelbook version.
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mjmjr25 wrote:They have dozens in stock at gamestop, new for $45. Unless you are referring to the steelbook version.

Been waiting on it to drop or get a good coupon for it.
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mjmjr25 wrote:They have dozens in stock at gamestop, new for $45. Unless you are referring to the steelbook version.
Lol. I remember going to Gamestop at midnight to pick mine up in the middle of some Call of Duty release or some bro game like that. Felt so out of place. My choice of games and showering habits set me apart.
Maybe now Nintendo will acknowledge Metroid has a fanbase?
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Flake wrote:
mjmjr25 wrote:They have dozens in stock at gamestop, new for $45. Unless you are referring to the steelbook version.
Lol. I remember going to Gamestop at midnight to pick mine up in the middle of some Call of Duty release or some bro game like that. Felt so out of place. My choice of games and showering habits set me apart.
Y U no like shooters, bro? :lol:

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Flake wrote:
mjmjr25 wrote:They have dozens in stock at gamestop, new for $45. Unless you are referring to the steelbook version.
Lol. I remember going to Gamestop at midnight to pick mine up in the middle of some Call of Duty release or some bro game like that. Felt so out of place. My choice of games and showering habits set me apart.
Haha I had the same experience when I purchased Etrian Odyssey III.
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