Rare/valuable DS games?

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Ys Strategy and Giana Sisters are a couple of other decent games that were released in Europe but not NA.
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KillerJuan77 wrote:What about the european edition of Dementium? I've heard that it fixed a good chunk of the flaws but it's fairly hard to find.
What flaws?
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I think it's interesting that Electroplankton could be a rare/valuable title. I know it was pretty expensive a while ago, but it never really interested me. In my mind, something like Korg DS-10+ or Korg M01 is way more desirable... but if they ever get too expensive I assume potential users would just buy actual synthesizers so I DUNNO.

I can imagine Knights in the Knightmare being highly sought-after, but the PSP version might put a dent in demand. I know I'd prefer to play it on the DS, but I have yet to even get through all the tutorials.
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BoneSnapDeez wrote:Ys Strategy and Giana Sisters are a couple of other decent games that were released in Europe but not NA.
I thought Giana Sisters was released in the US. I remember for awhile seeing it on Walmart.com and it's resonably priced on Amazon.
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Opa Opa wrote:
KillerJuan77 wrote:What about the european edition of Dementium? I've heard that it fixed a good chunk of the flaws but it's fairly hard to find.
What flaws?
The save and checkpoint system. They aren't big flaws but many people hated them.
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KillerJuan77 wrote:The save and checkpoint system. They aren't big flaws but many people hated them.
I forgot about that.

Not too big of a deal though. The game is really, really short.

I remember they put in save points in the second one.
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Opa Opa wrote:
KillerJuan77 wrote:The save and checkpoint system. They aren't big flaws but many people hated them.
I forgot about that.

Not too big of a deal though. The game is really, really short.

I remember they put in save points in the second one.
It's not only short but it's a fricking horror game. The lack of checkpoints and saves made it more tense.
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Betamax001 wrote:
BoneSnapDeez wrote:Ys Strategy and Giana Sisters are a couple of other decent games that were released in Europe but not NA.
I thought Giana Sisters was released in the US. I remember for awhile seeing it on Walmart.com and it's resonably priced on Amazon.
Whoops! You're right. Seems like it came out 2 years after the EU version. For whatever reason I've seen more copies of the PAL version in the US than the NA version. And when you search on Amazon the PAL artwork shows up by default... Weird.
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BoneSnapDeez wrote:
Betamax001 wrote:
BoneSnapDeez wrote:Ys Strategy and Giana Sisters are a couple of other decent games that were released in Europe but not NA.
I thought Giana Sisters was released in the US. I remember for awhile seeing it on Walmart.com and it's resonably priced on Amazon.
Whoops! You're right. Seems like it came out 2 years after the EU version. For whatever reason I've seen more copies of the PAL version in the US than the NA version. And when you search on Amazon the PAL artwork shows up by default... Weird.
You know that happens a lot on Amazon weirdly enough.
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Was Radiant Historia mentioned? I know that game was heavily sought after and almost impossible to find for a while. I'm not sure if this still holds true though.

Also, as a side note, when I worked at my previous job, we had pretty much every single game that I saw on this list so far. It makes me kind of want to go back there and see if some of them are still there.
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