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Confused about new purchase..."Property of Nintendo"???

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willy3d:
This is an odd first post, but I figured if anyone knows the answer, the folks on this site would. (BTW: love the site!)

I recently made an impulse purchase at GameStop, intending to find a game for the DS that I could play with my children.  After much debating, I chose a new copy of Magical Starsign, a game that I admit to selecting for its perceived appeal to my 10-year old daughter more than anything.  After opening the case and removing the chip, I flipped it over and saw a label that says "Not For Resale" and "Property of Nintendo".  I know that there have been a few DS games that were given to GameStop stores for display purposes only and subject to return on demand, like certain Pokemon titles, and they all had the same sticker.  Is it possible that GameStop repackaged a sample game and sold it?  If so, am I in danger of Nintendo ninjas dressed as Mario and Samus busting into my home and demanding said game?  I wouldn't normally worry (Samus ninjas?  AWESOME!) except my son, daughter, landlord and fish won't appreciate the intrusion.  Plus, the game is not half bad.

scott:
Hmm, I have no idea. Hopefully some of the DS peeps will though. Welcome to the site btw!

I have a Pokemon FireRed event cart, which was kept by a friend of mine who worked at Toys R Us. He received it from management after the event was over, as they didn't need to ship it back to Nintendo afterwards. Also Pokemon promo carts have are notorious for leaving stores and circulating the "wild" (tall grass). If it is a special promo cart, I wouldn't worry about the Samus Ninjas, unless they are Zero-Suit Samus Ninjas. In that case you may die from dehydration from all the drool. ha

scott:
Also, the only thing I would be upset about would be the fact that you bought it new. When if it was for display/ not-for-resale, it obviously isn't new, or retail. I'm guessing it wasn't sealed?

madmax:
You definitely should ask around. Maybe reddit?
I unfortunately don't collect DS games so i can't say anything about it but sometimes these become collectors items because they aren't very commonly distributed ;)

Good luck

PS: i wouldn't worry about the "property of Nintendo" thing. I have several games that say "Not for use outside of Japan." and some other warning that says sales of the game outside of Japan is forbidden. If anyone's getting ninjas, I am xD

matt:
I used to work at GameStop and can clue you in on this. Nintendo used to ship us games that were formerly used as display copies. What I gathered was that when the reps would visit the store to maintain and change out the games, they would send them back to Nintendo and then GameStop would buy and sell them as used copies.

Also welcome to the site!

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