Retrogamer0001 wrote:FerretGamer wrote:I read this on GAF, it seems that the restock of Metroid Prime Trilogy has arrived in stores. However, I found it interesting that the packaging is different than the original release (i.e. not a steelbook.)
It comes in a standard Wii case with a printed cover.
I'm glad I got my steelbook CIB way back from Gamestop (it was only $44.99 at the time).
Definitely not paying that outrageous price for a reissue that will NOT hold its value...what collector will realistically be interested in that thing when the original looks so much better?
THE BAD
I saw it that way displayed in a couple of stores too, I should have asked if the Steelbook is behind the counter with the game disc. Not that I would buy it, already own two from when they were cheaper at PlaynTrade and Gamestop. I also saw
Xeonoblade Chronicles CIB including the extra ad Flyer and Club Nintendo paper. On the back underneath the used price sticker, there is the refurbish sticker, the R can be seen. The R stickers show the game has passed thru the Refurbish Center. A shame so many dummies traded it in and now the game is selling double the price!
THE UGLY
Concerning Metroid Trilogy, I doubt Gamestop would purposely downgrade the case at the Refurbish Center unless it was pretty scratched up. My bet is any games without the original case and or manuals were done by the customer with Gamestop not caring how they are traded in as long as at least the discs were there.
THE GOOD
Back to that Xeonoblade game. I actually bought this game with manual from the very same Gamestop location many months earlier at a cheaper price, at the time it did not have the Club Nintendo Coin redemption paper inside. The employee let me have the flyers from that Refurbished copy. Not sure if the Club Nintendo Code is still active, but now my copy with the exception of the preorder Art Book is CIB.
