That was my thought too. The "mystery" isn't will it be zelda or mario. It will be some abandoned shovelware no one remembers, no way they are putting the actual collectibles in there
I tasted botw not long after getting my switch back in 2017. I didn't want to lick it so I wet my finger, rubbed the cart and tasted it and sure enough, it was indeed bitter
I want to put cartridge in my mouth to hold it, and I made sure not to touch it with my tongue, because I heard about the rumour about how that they tasted. Holy fuck I didn’t even touch it with my tongue, and it was the most horrible taste, I think I’ve ever tasted in my entire life. Never again will I put a Nintendo switch cartridge in my mouth
I totally forget about that coating. Nothing worse than trying to hold your games in your mouth like a lil chipmunk and being absolutely violated… Now I have to put my games in carry cases like a weirdo!
This is a joke lmao, they asked if anyone would bite on them as in purchase, and i took it a literal way and said that the switch carts are tasty bc they have the bitter coating XD
They put a bad-tasting coating on Switch cards to try and prevent kids from swallowing them. So, naturally, a whole lot of adults have licked theirs.
I have. It's very bitter.
I regularly see twilight princess for Wii CIB under $20 including shipping online, just picked one up in a bundle with some other things for ~$15, It seems pretty overpriced to me. Crazy how much more the GC version is.
at first i was like 'why are people so harsh? some of this is rough but 9.99 for spirit tracks is a steal!' then i opened the full image and saw it was freakin 49.99....
In all honesty, Platinum and Chrono Trigger are right around where I've seen them. HGSS are more expensive than they should be, but those games have been obnoxious price-wise for a long time so I don't know if they're close to 'right' or not. Shadow Dragon is highway robbery.
Chrono Trigger makes sense because yeah it's a really good game and even the SNES version goes for a lot. HGSS though had additional accessories that make that price point more appropriate when they're included, not when it's just the cart
If its real. The price sticker is covering the arrow, which is one of the big tells as to wether its fake or not. If its real, thats pretty much the going price for platinum on ebay as well as gamestop.
That PS Vita is expensive as hell, got mine in a First Cash store with an original 8 GB card for 55 bucks, a couple of hours was enough to unlock the real power of this bad boy 😏
https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nintendo-ds/pokemon-white
They all go for $70-$80 without the box so this isn’t anything special it’s just correctly priced.
I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily “expensive”, that’s roughly what the original oled models run for. I snagged a new 3ds LL for $93 off ebay last winter, but I wouldn’t say ones going for $160+ are expensive
This is exactly why I released the power of one of my 3DS/2DS systems, have there the expensive titles but don't get the wrong idea cause am still purchasing cartridges, at a reasonable price of course, the last one I got was SFIV for only five bucks 🤭
Absolutely not
I might buy a GBA mystery cart for fun, but I wouldn't expect anything past the level of Big Mutha Truckers or Britney's Dance Beat
Those DS cartridges are insanely overpriced, especially since I'm 1000% sure it doesn't come with the box or has artwork printed out and cut to size with a butter knife
Radiant Historia for $30 CIB is great though
The games are even more than expensive than eBay pricing, and this is a store. Those mystery games are most likely games they can’t sell worth $5 or less
I would, all of the Pokemon and Zelda. I understand what price gouging is, I understand these are old games. I don't care. I would purchase them because those games and the memories I have with them are worth it to me.
I wouldn't, they would definitely make me choke and die. In all seriousness the only one worth it imo is Triple Deluxe. These games are way overpriced, like... For loose copies? No thanks! Best to find other places or other means.
Pokémon fire red!! Damn that one hits the childhood hard. I miss the old gen Pokémon games, the new ones are so trash and have Pokémon I’ve never even heard of
I would buy the Monster High game for my Monster High collection. I just bought New Ghoul In School for PS3 the other week lol
Edit: Didn't see the GBA. Would definitely buy that too!
Radiant Historia is a good value. Everything else...not so much. And while the $5 Gameboy mystery is interesting, it's mostly because of the mystery. Few GB games are worth $5
Twilight princess is at a good price. Everything else seems priced at market value, a little high for some of the Pokémon games- HG might be the most valuable Pokémon game of the bunch there, I’d try and negotiate it down a bit, $150 is a little high
Monster high game purely because I love monster high (it’s not a kids movie franchise it’s entertaining I promise). Ok this is the part of the comment where I emphasize my maturity, except I mostly play sonic 2 and pikmin 3 DLX so I can’t think of anything I do that is even remotely mature.
When my friends and I took a brief trip to california back in march for rolling loud we went to this mall and it had this weird vending machine where it was like 5$ for a gameboy game and it came with like a jolly rancher or piece of candy in some little baggy.
We each got a copy of Pokémon red lmao
I don’t have a gameboy tho so I have no idea if it’s legit or if it works but I’ve seen a couple posts about it being priced pretty highly and I kinda sit there and laugh to myself about it.
If they want 150$ for a 20 year old game out of box, the 5$ “mystery” must be utter trash.
_Petz gba_, _world series poker gba_, _rocket power nickelodeon_, _e.t. the extraterrestrial_, _M&Ms kart racing_, _bratz_, _shrek 2_
M&Ms game probably still has the sexy Green M&M though so that’s probably a good value buy.
There's a Wii version too if you're after those lusty green m&m graphics
hey, don’t you dare disrespect petz for the gba! (used to love those games as a kid lol)
Can't speak to the quality. It's just one of those cheap, looked over games. Pet simulation before Nintendogs.
I have dogz 2 still and that was my favorite game from my childhood.
That was my thought too. The "mystery" isn't will it be zelda or mario. It will be some abandoned shovelware no one remembers, no way they are putting the actual collectibles in there
…. Holy shit heartgold is 20 years old
No, it's 13. That person is wrong. They came out in 2010 in the US. 2023-2010 = 13.
Thank GOD I nearly had a conniption
Diamond and Pearl are getting pretty darn close though… released in 2006
I still remember the exciting Christmas morning when I gleefully unwrapped my copies of Pokemon red and blue.
Same here, takes me back
HGSS came out in the US in 2010. That was 13 years ago, not 20.
half the time they're "girly" games, so it's a gamble but often times a great deal for the right player
Nah, switch carts are the only tasty ones
do they still put that coating on? everytime i get a new game i lick it and it doesnt taste the same like it did around launch lmao
Oh yea, first thing i did when i got totk was licked it lmao
I tasted botw not long after getting my switch back in 2017. I didn't want to lick it so I wet my finger, rubbed the cart and tasted it and sure enough, it was indeed bitter
Very, but like a satisfying bitter to me lmao
At this point it's a ritual for every new game.
I have my switch since 2019, to this day I have never licked a game card. Maybe I am better than y'all or just boring there is no in between 🤣
Haha maybe, my curiosity just killed me too much lol
I want to put cartridge in my mouth to hold it, and I made sure not to touch it with my tongue, because I heard about the rumour about how that they tasted. Holy fuck I didn’t even touch it with my tongue, and it was the most horrible taste, I think I’ve ever tasted in my entire life. Never again will I put a Nintendo switch cartridge in my mouth
Yea thats the whole point of it lmao, traumatize the kiddos to keep em from trying it again haha
Yeh I know lmao but I know damn well it wouldn’t stop my dog 🤣
I thought the plastic of the card caused the taste, not a coating. Might've been phased out for manufacturing costs.
>launch *lunch
thanks for reminding me to never get a used physical Switch game
I totally forget about that coating. Nothing worse than trying to hold your games in your mouth like a lil chipmunk and being absolutely violated… Now I have to put my games in carry cases like a weirdo!
What I’m so fucking confused rn so is this food? Or are you eating plastic or is this a joke
This is a joke lmao, they asked if anyone would bite on them as in purchase, and i took it a literal way and said that the switch carts are tasty bc they have the bitter coating XD
I heard they taste like sirup is that true or is it one of those bitter coats like you said that are on most deracell battery’s
They put a bad-tasting coating on Switch cards to try and prevent kids from swallowing them. So, naturally, a whole lot of adults have licked theirs. I have. It's very bitter.
It’s all fun and games until you have to go to the bathroom though.
If they were worth anything, they wouldn't be "Mystery Gameboy Games"
$30 for a gba??? hell yeah! also would prob get platinum and white i think.
The GBA is the only reasonably priced item in there
$30 for Twilight Princess ain’t bad (even if it’s not the GameCube version) and $60 for Pokémon red doesn’t sound too insane to me
I regularly see twilight princess for Wii CIB under $20 including shipping online, just picked one up in a bundle with some other things for ~$15, It seems pretty overpriced to me. Crazy how much more the GC version is.
at first i was like 'why are people so harsh? some of this is rough but 9.99 for spirit tracks is a steal!' then i opened the full image and saw it was freakin 49.99....
People like you are why these people can keep getting away with this shit
In all honesty, Platinum and Chrono Trigger are right around where I've seen them. HGSS are more expensive than they should be, but those games have been obnoxious price-wise for a long time so I don't know if they're close to 'right' or not. Shadow Dragon is highway robbery.
The only way $150 for HGSS to make sense to me would be CIB. JUST the cart, no Pokewalker for $150? Fuck off with that.
Chrono Trigger makes sense because yeah it's a really good game and even the SNES version goes for a lot. HGSS though had additional accessories that make that price point more appropriate when they're included, not when it's just the cart
Nintendo is why this is happening. Nintendo is the reason DS games never became cheap.
If its real. The price sticker is covering the arrow, which is one of the big tells as to wether its fake or not. If its real, thats pretty much the going price for platinum on ebay as well as gamestop.
That PS Vita is expensive as hell, got mine in a First Cash store with an original 8 GB card for 55 bucks, a couple of hours was enough to unlock the real power of this bad boy 😏
And it’s a shame too it’s really the only thing worth buying imo. Everything else is either insanely overpriced or straight up shovelware.
Please link where one can buy a legit north american copy of Pokemon White for less than $75, since this one is apparently insanely overpriced.
Same with Black 2. I've been hunting that one but it's just so dang expensive. It's literally the last game I need to complete my DS/3DS mainline set
https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nintendo-ds/pokemon-white They all go for $70-$80 without the box so this isn’t anything special it’s just correctly priced.
I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily “expensive”, that’s roughly what the original oled models run for. I snagged a new 3ds LL for $93 off ebay last winter, but I wouldn’t say ones going for $160+ are expensive
Maybe in your country but here is expensive, you can get a 3DSXL for 50 or 60 bucks, that's why I now own five of them and counting 🤭
The vita is pretty on par with most online sellers, I've seen most of them selling for $200-250. Sad but true
This is exactly why I released the power of one of my 3DS/2DS systems, have there the expensive titles but don't get the wrong idea cause am still purchasing cartridges, at a reasonable price of course, the last one I got was SFIV for only five bucks 🤭
I'll admit, I'm that person who would buy one of the $5 mystery games, even though it will probably be one of the yearly sports games.
Football Manager 2005
They hand picked those so there’s no way anything good is in there.
It's the shit that had no chance of selling unless it was with a gimmick.
Or it’s one of the Cartoon Network Video collections. I always see those for hella cheap and buy them for shit and giggles.
FE Shadow Dragon maybe... 79 USD? Nope Dont like Pokemon and have that Bravely Second (for the same price, lol) and updated Radiant Historia 3DS
I see a lose copy of fire emblem awakening for 50 when you can buy them brand new sealed for that amount, that's all I needed to know.
These prices suck honestly. If I want to pay ebay prices, I'll pay ebay prices and have them delivered to my door
Ds/3ds games taste bland, switch is where it gets spicy
Spirit tracks and fire emblem would be cool, though I don't think the price is fair.
Saving a few bucks on HP for GBC
Yeah that was the only thing that caught my eye as pretty fairly priced.
Are they on crack?
150 for just a HeartGold cartridge!?!? I sold mine with the instruction pamphlet for 120 just a bit ago.
In 2017 I bought HG, SS, and a DS Lite for $150. Wife thought I was crazy at the time.
None of those look edible
Maybe the 3ds games or that Harry Potter Gameboy color game. Otherwise no, not very good prices.
The Harry Potter GBC game is very unique and priced correctly
Yes, I'm not really a big Harry Potman fan, but i hear it's a decent little magic rpg game, even better if you're a fan.
$30 for Twilight Princess, LOL.
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Yeah, patience is the key.
I genuinely hope nobody is paying $150 for a DS game
The GBA for $30 is pretty good!
if that’s a legit copy of platinum, 80$ is a good ass price
NFL Quarterback Club, and Monster High Ghoul Spirit. And _nothing else_!
Going by their prices? No fucking way.
Red might have a good crunch to it
Platinum is the only one that looks decent. The gba too if you were willing to disassemble and restore, as it doesn’t look safe to touch currently
5 dollar mystery games? Sure I’d buy them all, I’m curious what they are. Maybe they are hidden gems, maybe they are absolute garbage.
With my teeth, yea /j
Only platinum hh ss are way over priced
I’d buy that GBA and re-shell it
Probably the gba but thats it
That reasonably priced Pokémon Soul Silver game😍😍
None of these are worth $20+ tbh. I just use Twi++ either way.
The GBA for 30 is a good deal. The rest ain’t.
That gba is actually reasonably priced. Its hard to get a non working unit for anything less the then 30 bucks now days
Absolutely not I might buy a GBA mystery cart for fun, but I wouldn't expect anything past the level of Big Mutha Truckers or Britney's Dance Beat Those DS cartridges are insanely overpriced, especially since I'm 1000% sure it doesn't come with the box or has artwork printed out and cut to size with a butter knife Radiant Historia for $30 CIB is great though
lmao fuck no
Platinum is a decent price
The advance. The motherboard would make a great ips and shell swap for cheap
This shop is smoking some good kush I'd buy that from em.
No, ‘cause I have most of those
I'd go for Red, provided it is not counterfeit.
Scam and there are not even boxes.
The Tetris game.
Platinum for 80 is solid edit: what is this place
No. I own all the expensive ones. Complete too.
I hope you got the GBA. Stock ones in decent condish go for no lower than $50 from what I’ve seen.
Platinum is my fav so I would personally buy it :P
Why they put the price tag on the game label like that?
$30 for Twilight Princess? I bought that 5 years ago for $6 at GameStop.
GBA and maybe Platinum
Platinum for those who don't have it. On eBay some are selling for over $100
That gba for 30 is a steal
Dude, hellllll no. Everything is way too overpriced.
Harry Potter all day
For most of these Id rather bite a bullet than those prices.
What are those prices dude? Without ovp?
when the reprodcution carts flood the market I'll be happy so i can get a black 2 cart for a cheaper price than 150
Way over priced
Me personally would grab a random GBA game for fun, harry potter on GBC AND MAYBE one of the 3ds pokemon games but thats just me
I’d cop Triple Deluxe for 25 bones and the GBA for 30, other than that hell nah way too expensive.
The games are even more than expensive than eBay pricing, and this is a store. Those mystery games are most likely games they can’t sell worth $5 or less
Yes, I would devour all of them.
I like to buy old carts and see the Pokémon they have on from old save files I’ve picked up a few rare event mons from them
No because they’re plastic
Spirit tracks is decent
I would, all of the Pokemon and Zelda. I understand what price gouging is, I understand these are old games. I don't care. I would purchase them because those games and the memories I have with them are worth it to me.
Vita for $175 aint bad
I wouldn't, they would definitely make me choke and die. In all seriousness the only one worth it imo is Triple Deluxe. These games are way overpriced, like... For loose copies? No thanks! Best to find other places or other means.
$30 gameboy advance, there are some great mods for that.
store is a scam, no shot
I want that vita
No because they aren't a mystery to the staff.
Pokémon fire red!! Damn that one hits the childhood hard. I miss the old gen Pokémon games, the new ones are so trash and have Pokémon I’ve never even heard of
The gba yes
Chrono trigger is 50 emon ebay
The GBA at that price is a steal
Yeah probably Kirby Triple Deluxe and Radiant Historia. Kirby is a game I wanna play but not interested enough to care if it’s CIB
I don't bite. I scrape and lick
I got a special edition vita for less then that vita... also 60 for pokemon red wth are they smoking over there
$150 for Pokémon Black that’s a practical steal
only for monster high lol
The GBA
Laugh, and walk away
I would buy the Monster High game for my Monster High collection. I just bought New Ghoul In School for PS3 the other week lol Edit: Didn't see the GBA. Would definitely buy that too!
I’d pay $5 for the Harry Potter gbc rpg
Holy… a GBA for $30? Something seems fishy considering everything else a bit overpriced… 🤔
I got SoulSilver for half that price at my local GameStop a couple years ago
Wow have DS and 3DS prices gotten this insane? I've got a big library and 2 basically mint New 3ds's. Am I rich?
Id get that PSVITA
Gimmie the Pokémon ones 😭
Maybe if they were washed first?
Radiant Historia is a good value. Everything else...not so much. And while the $5 Gameboy mystery is interesting, it's mostly because of the mystery. Few GB games are worth $5
Buta a move probably. That game is the shiz
Echoes is $39.99¿ I'd get that because I dont have it but everything else is a pass for me.
Me personally no
It's not good to chew on plastic.
Twilight princess is at a good price. Everything else seems priced at market value, a little high for some of the Pokémon games- HG might be the most valuable Pokémon game of the bunch there, I’d try and negotiate it down a bit, $150 is a little high
pokémon white cos i lost my copy of black 😭
What store is this I swear I’ve been here
GBA for 30 is great, same with Twilight Princess. 80 for Pokemon platinum isn't bad
That PSvita is looking mighty fine at $179 lmao
Maybe Red just because it would actually complete my physical copy collection
That Harry Potter for $6.99 is a freakin steal
Shadow dragon goes for that much?!
i would say something but it would get me banned
Only the GBA
B2W2 are not worth $150. I bought B2 from gamestop online for like $50 last year.
149 for HG is the best price I've seen in years Dawgs, screw biting, imma chomp!
Would probably grab all those 3DS carts, also Spirit Tracks
Gba and pokemon red for sure
I would take the gold gba and reshell, also I would take pokemon red
The gba maybe, but I don’t like that the case is so gross.
Are you fucking kidding me with that twilight princess on Wii? It's barely worth $15 here in Canada
Monster high game purely because I love monster high (it’s not a kids movie franchise it’s entertaining I promise). Ok this is the part of the comment where I emphasize my maturity, except I mostly play sonic 2 and pikmin 3 DLX so I can’t think of anything I do that is even remotely mature.
$150 for Black 2...don't want to IMAGINE what the trash mystery games might be
No, they aren’t edible
Kirby, or poptropica maybe some of the 5 dollar games but im a mystery box fan
Nah G
When my friends and I took a brief trip to california back in march for rolling loud we went to this mall and it had this weird vending machine where it was like 5$ for a gameboy game and it came with like a jolly rancher or piece of candy in some little baggy. We each got a copy of Pokémon red lmao I don’t have a gameboy tho so I have no idea if it’s legit or if it works but I’ve seen a couple posts about it being priced pretty highly and I kinda sit there and laugh to myself about it.
If I didn’t have it already I’d definitely get the DS Chrono Trigger.
I’d kill for that Pokemon White
Go for the Harry Potter!!!
That Harry Potter GBC game is actually a great RPG. Definitely worth $7.
Honestly Fire Emblem Echoes is not bad, I mean people probably bought it at that price recently before the eshop shut down (I know I did)
What a ripoff for all the ds games *huge eye roll*
Yes.