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Title: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 27, 2025, 07:24:43 pm
I just bought this game that is misprinted a bit on front but a LOT on back and its sealed.

https://imgur.com/a/yRo1FQv

does anyone have ever seen soemthing simulair to this?

(https://imgur.com/a/yRo1FQv)
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 27, 2025, 10:28:50 pm
Are you absolutely certain it's a legit cover?

The actual misprint flaws aside, the letters look blurry and the whites are not white with smudges which happens to a far lesser degree on even good repro's. still if you'd ask me the blue ink leaking into the white cover is a big red flag. screams like it being a printed cover.

if you actually want to be sure it's a legit cover. get a real one and look closely at the print. if it's a repro cover you will see that it's more blurry especially in terms of the letters.

also if you want a better opinion on here. show us some huge pictures of the letters on he backside, especially the smaller stuff.  Show also some pictures of the backside in more detail/ bigger pictures do it in chunks for bigger image.

your current pictures are pretty blurry and just give a rough image of the big flaws.

Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 28, 2025, 06:31:13 am
yes I am sure of that the game is sealed. I dont have it here yet but the seller is the nr 1 videogame store in my country. they dont sell fake stuff  and they dont even want stuff they are unsure about or even homebreew stuff.

I took the picture from their website. then I couldnt upload it due to being the wrong file size so i went to paint  and saved it as an different file type.

here is an link to the sold listing maybe those pictures are better for you

https://www.nedgame.nl/nintendo-switch/ace-attorney-investigations-collection--misdruk-/6225065785/

I cnat provide any aditional pics till I have it in hands which if everything pants out as it should  should be by tuesday 

also I own an copy of the game  thats nto sealed anymore so should be easy to compare later
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 28, 2025, 03:14:26 pm
yes I am sure of that the game is sealed. I dont have it here yet but the seller is the nr 1 videogame store in my country. they dont sell fake stuff  and they dont even want stuff they are unsure about or even homebreew stuff.

I took the picture from their website. then I couldnt upload it due to being the wrong file size so i went to paint  and saved it as an different file type.

here is an link to the sold listing maybe those pictures are better for you

https://www.nedgame.nl/nintendo-switch/ace-attorney-investigations-collection--misdruk-/6225065785/

I cnat provide any aditional pics till I have it in hands which if everything pants out as it should  should be by tuesday 

also I own an copy of the game  thats nto sealed anymore so should be easy to compare later

Coming from nedgame it does change stuff a bit but still no guarantees that the middle men they got it from didn't just print a cover cause of damage. check the print for sure I'd say. if possible just visit a nedgame and compare it with a normal usa copy.

Nedgame defo the no1 game store in the country in terms of size, but I wouldn't call em experts, they made some huge mistakes in the past. Had so many deals from that store some of the employees know quite a bit but overall I wouldn't say there knowledge is great, abused em so much they even changed some rules thanks to me in which they can alter the price even if you bought it at a certain price ::) their old stock that popped up from time to time was actually crazy

just giving you an example when cover is printed.

from a distance it looked great but than up close. just be sure to play close attention if it's more blurry in comparison to a real copy. even in this misprinted shape it should still be consistent at the normal parts.

(https://i.imgur.com/9aznNcV.jpeg)

right is a fake reprint, they usually have higher quality of front box art so it's harder to notice on those usually (still noticable). but for whatever reason barcodes and small text always gets messed during printing. color diff was mainly water damage but the letters being more blurry was a clear give away.

also definitely do share some huge pictures of the backside in chunks. than more folks can give an actual opinion. cause no guarantees it's legit. middle men could have just messed stuff up or some employee doing some shady stuff. Might have been water damage etc.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 29, 2025, 07:09:27 am
its already shipped out lol visiting nedgame wouldnt have been an option to me anyway. I dont own an car.

and I doubt it would be worth it to fake it nedgame sold it for 45 bucks.  thats a whole lot of effort to go trough to sell it for the normal price pretty much.

I will make some pictures of it next to my own copy  when i reive it though.

just dont expect too much my camera isnt the best sicne its OLD. and I dont own an smartphone so using that camera isnt an option either:P
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 29, 2025, 07:46:25 am
its already shipped out lol visiting nedgame wouldnt have been an option to me anyway. I dont own an car.

and I doubt it would be worth it to fake it nedgame sold it for 45 bucks.  thats a whole lot of effort to go trough to sell it for the normal price pretty much.

I will make some pictures of it next to my own copy  when i reive it though.

just dont expect too much my camera isnt the best sicne its OLD. and I dont own an smartphone so using that camera isnt an option either:P

You don't need to cancel it before receiving it. you got 14 days to make a choice to keep it or not. wouldn't worry about that your fine in terms of that.

also allot of pretty older digital camera's even if kinda cheap do surpass the last few gens of iphone. it's shocking tbh considering how much people hype it up. camera quality of an iphone is actually kinda shit if you'd ask me. the colors and overall quality are trash. even a 10-15+ year old camera that was 100+ $ from a decent brand will be much better.

will be interesting to see the pictures though.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 29, 2025, 11:16:50 am
its already shipped out lol visiting nedgame wouldnt have been an option to me anyway. I dont own an car.

and I doubt it would be worth it to fake it nedgame sold it for 45 bucks.  thats a whole lot of effort to go trough to sell it for the normal price pretty much.

I will make some pictures of it next to my own copy  when i reive it though.

just dont expect too much my camera isnt the best sicne its OLD. and I dont own an smartphone so using that camera isnt an option either:P

You don't need to cancel it before receiving it. you got 14 days to make a choice to keep it or not. wouldn't worry about that your fine in terms of that.

also allot of pretty older digital camera's even if kinda cheap do surpass the last few gens of iphone. it's shocking tbh considering how much people hype it up. camera quality of an iphone is actually kinda shit if you'd ask me. the colors and overall quality are trash. even a 10-15+ year old camera that was 100+ $ from a decent brand will be much better.

will be interesting to see the pictures though.
oh trust me I was never gonna cancel it.

funny since you mention the camera i was looking up the type then found it

https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/fotocamera-s-digitaal/m2314222801-sony-cybershot-dsw-w350-14-1-mega-pixel?correlationId=eda07181-2c04-418f-8877-9bf777e9e9a5

just look at the asking price and there are a ton of them for simulair prices. didnt expect my old trusty camera to be worth anything lol

DANG:P
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 29, 2025, 11:49:02 am
its already shipped out lol visiting nedgame wouldnt have been an option to me anyway. I dont own an car.

and I doubt it would be worth it to fake it nedgame sold it for 45 bucks.  thats a whole lot of effort to go trough to sell it for the normal price pretty much.

I will make some pictures of it next to my own copy  when i reive it though.

just dont expect too much my camera isnt the best sicne its OLD. and I dont own an smartphone so using that camera isnt an option either:P

You don't need to cancel it before receiving it. you got 14 days to make a choice to keep it or not. wouldn't worry about that your fine in terms of that.

also allot of pretty older digital camera's even if kinda cheap do surpass the last few gens of iphone. it's shocking tbh considering how much people hype it up. camera quality of an iphone is actually kinda shit if you'd ask me. the colors and overall quality are trash. even a 10-15+ year old camera that was 100+ $ from a decent brand will be much better.

will be interesting to see the pictures though.
oh trust me I was never gonna cancel it.

funny since you mention the camera i was looking up the type then found it

https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/audio-tv-en-foto/fotocamera-s-digitaal/m2314222801-sony-cybershot-dsw-w350-14-1-mega-pixel?correlationId=eda07181-2c04-418f-8877-9bf777e9e9a5

just look at the asking price and there are a ton of them for simulair prices. didnt expect my old trusty camera to be worth anything lol

DANG:P

it's cause they make decent quality pictures still way better than smart phones. it still has a usage these days.

still unless your camera broken you good in terms of picture quality I'd say that's a good brand.

also it's kinda shocking how it's almost the same price used almost 20 years later as it's brand new price of 200$ back in the day. that's insane tbh but after experiencing crappy modern smart phone camera's on even 1K+ $ phones I could definetely see it lol.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 29, 2025, 02:49:53 pm
yeah it was from my mom who back then bought it for 150 bucks.

not that i want to sell it  at this point I am attached to it but still funny to see. I expected it would be worth 5 bucks maybe:P

anywya I will post pictures tomorrow when I got it assuming the delivery man doesnt mess up:P
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 29, 2025, 05:40:40 pm
yeah it was from my mom who back then bought it for 150 bucks.

not that i want to sell it  at this point I am attached to it but still funny to see. I expected it would be worth 5 bucks maybe:P


Thought the same thing, Until I wanted to buy a mid tier digital camera again since my old one broke :P
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 30, 2025, 07:44:51 am
wel I just got it in  but it turned out I have the asian version. should still work mostly but I have serieus doubts about it being real now myself. I will post the pictures in a bit  but  1 thing I notice I cnat show in an picture is the cover seems to be a bit too big. in switch games normaly the cover is thighly pushed  between the plastic to keep it in place. here areound the spine of the case I can push it in a bit.

edit: pictures

https://imgur.com/a/4ey3o5a
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 30, 2025, 09:07:40 am
wel I just got it in  but it turned out I have the asian version. should still work mostly but I have serieus doubts about it being real now myself. I will post the pictures in a bit  but  1 thing I notice I cnat show in an picture is the cover seems to be a bit too big. in switch games normaly the cover is thighly pushed  between the plastic to keep it in place. here areound the spine of the case I can push it in a bit.

edit: pictures

https://imgur.com/a/4ey3o5a

(https://i.imgur.com/Hudzeyu.jpeg)

Could you maybe give me a closeup of the letters of this picture and try to make it with with better light.

especially the white small text.

the letters look insanely blurry but just need to make sure.

just a close pic of a couple words. get a setting for close pictures and do it under proper light.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 30, 2025, 11:22:00 am
I hope its good enough but this is the bets I can do in broad daylight

https://imgur.com/a/tMCasHP

edit: my friend says it was real and he knew trough the dots in those diamond shapes. when he said that i amde 2 more pictures of the front 1 of the misprint copy and 1 of my copy. the pic is of the same part so you cna compare

that is this link

https://imgur.com/a/MWGForT
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 30, 2025, 01:36:30 pm
I hope its good enough but this is the bets I can do in broad daylight

https://imgur.com/a/tMCasHP

edit: my friend says it was real and he knew trough the dots in those diamond shapes. when he said that i amde 2 more pictures of the front 1 of the misprint copy and 1 of my copy. the pic is of the same part so you can compare

that is this link

https://imgur.com/a/MWGForT

So I've gotto say in my humble opinion yours is probably a printed cover,

Original usa print at the top, vs yours blurry at the bottom. the difference is too huge for it to be legit. it's not just blurry, the letters ain't fully white plus they have black outlines.  It looks like it's been printed on a consumer printer. and it also has different flaws that look like that off a regular printer.

I think the middlemen that sell to stores messed up and had some damaged copies but the contents are unused. so they printed some and called it a day. and since that is an official source for stores to buy games nedgame can call it legit.

(https://i.imgur.com/Ja1lcVe.png)

Now there might be a 1% shot that this might be legit but I think it's unlikely personally. I've heard of some smudged factory sealed copies before. but can't recall where. was some time ago.

since you have 14 day refund timer. post it on a reddit game or switch collecting thread and see if another misprint collector has more info on it or perhaps has comparable switch games with same kinda details etc. fish for some reactions.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 30, 2025, 02:07:50 pm
the mentioned friend was pretyt sure it was legit though and I know he has a lot ofknowledge about printing etc so I honeslty dont know what to believe at this point.

the middleman story makes no sense though. I mean why  put this one like this and not print 1 without damage? only to risk  it getting returned. it just doesnt seem fesable and or worth the risk for so little money.

I despice it but I am considering getting it graded. I dont care if it gets an 1 or 10  its just to authenticate it.

also not sure if you sued my pictures but my evrsion was an asian one. I thought I had the us version but whas wrong.  the front is the same so that shouldnt mather but the nacks are in fact different.

either way honestly i dont know what to do at this point. grading is extremely expensive probatly 80 to 100 bucks at least. and you risk it egtting lost as well:(

also I have no idea how to even do it.

the only thing I am sure about is that if I go the grading route it wont be wata

they are piece of shit scammers
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 30, 2025, 02:08:48 pm
the mentioned friend was pretyt sure it was legit though and I know he has a lot ofknowledge about printing etc so I honeslty dont know what to believe at this point.

If you have someone who collects this calling it legit. I'd go with that. like I said fish for some opinions of reddit game collecting threads.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 30, 2025, 02:10:30 pm
the mentioned friend was pretyt sure it was legit though and I know he has a lot ofknowledge about printing etc so I honeslty dont know what to believe at this point.

If you have someone who collects this calling it legit. I'd go with that.
he is not an collector of games perse  but he does use profosinal hardware  to create cards  etc.

he has knowledge about printing not games necesairly.

also 1 thing I should say the pics dont relay do it justice  but the front is way more blueish then the pictre shows

edit: I put an long post before you repleid to this so you should check the previus page as well for an way longer comment
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 30, 2025, 02:12:52 pm
the mentioned friend was pretyt sure it was legit though and I know he has a lot ofknowledge about printing etc so I honeslty dont know what to believe at this point.

If you have someone who collects this calling it legit. I'd go with that.
he is not an collector of games perse  but he does use profosinal hardware  to create cards  etc.

he has knowledge about printing not games necesairly.

also 1 thing I should say the pics dont relay do it justice  but the front is way more blueish then the pictre shows

edit: I put an long post before you repleid to this so you should check the previus page as well for an way longer comment

I would believe you considering the blue smudges on the back. again imo printed non original

go to reddit and see if other misprint collectors have something comparable.


Also

The asian version you used as a comparison doesn't matter, I compared it to a usa version since your misprint is also a usa version.

but even with the asian version print quality would be better.

It looks like shitty print quality to me personally. but hey something went wrong at the factory supposedly so who knows
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 30, 2025, 02:17:41 pm


the middleman story makes no sense though. I mean why  put this one like this and not print 1 without damage? only to risk  it getting returned. it just doesnt seem fesable and or worth the risk for so little money.


also in the last 5 years orso Nedgame usually tries to milk stuff that is worth more rare etc with tons of people online complaining how overpriced nedgame is. limited editions or premium products for way higher prices at other stores. If this was a true misprint I find it strange they asked the very same price.
Current era nedgame would charge more for that if i where to look at other products or they would just not even sell it on the site and sell it elsewhere. I think they don't even fully believe it themselves either hence why it's been sold at the same price.  plus since it's a damaged copy they probably got some money back from the middle men. I highly doubt they paid full price for this.

but again that's just me speculating. you got 14 days to fish for questions from other collectors. would highly recommend reddit, pretty active over there.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 30, 2025, 02:19:39 pm
reddit isnt relay an option for me. I dont want all kidns of accoutns of me floating arround that I dont use.  Also frankly if I see how the modding is on reddit I dont ever wanna go there.  they ban everyone  for no reason at all.

doesnt help that  navigatong on reddit is hell as well. besides I tried googling on game misprints in general  and I couldnt relay find anything about it at all. it makes sense due to how niche it is but still.

about the print quality we agree. however since soemthign went wrong with the blue  its verry possible that affected it as well.

ironicly the best  way to find out would be to open it but at that point it has no value anymore even if real

and about endgame scalping yeah i know that is an issue. I did reach out to nedgame I doubt it goes anyway but maybe they can tell me a  bit about how they got it.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 30, 2025, 02:22:04 pm
reddit isnt relay an option for me. I dont want all kidns of accoutns of me floating arround that I dont use.  Also frankly if I see how the modding is on reddit I dont ever wanna go there.  they ban everyone  for no reason at all.

doesnt help that  navigatong on reddit is hell as well. besides I tried googling on game misprints in general  and I couldnt relay find anything about it at all. it makes sense due to how niche it is but still.

about the print quality we agree. however since soemthign went wrong with the blue  its verry possible that affected it as well.

ironicly the best  way to find out would be to open it but at that point it has no value anymore even if real

and about endgame scalping yeah i know that is an issue. I did reach out to nedgame I doubt it goes anyway but maybe they can tell me a  bit about how they got it.

I could make a reddit thread about it and see what people say if you like? withouth other misprint collectors  you'll never know if it's legit or not till it's graded.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 30, 2025, 02:24:22 pm
reddit isnt relay an option for me. I dont want all kidns of accoutns of me floating arround that I dont use.  Also frankly if I see how the modding is on reddit I dont ever wanna go there.  they ban everyone  for no reason at all.

doesnt help that  navigatong on reddit is hell as well. besides I tried googling on game misprints in general  and I couldnt relay find anything about it at all. it makes sense due to how niche it is but still.

about the print quality we agree. however since soemthign went wrong with the blue  its verry possible that affected it as well.

ironicly the best  way to find out would be to open it but at that point it has no value anymore even if real

and about endgame scalping yeah i know that is an issue. I did reach out to nedgame I doubt it goes anyway but maybe they can tell me a  bit about how they got it.

I could make a reddit thread about it and see what people say if you like? withouth other misprint collectors  you'll never know if it's legit or not till it's graded.
sure if you need any more pics or anything let me know

and if you do please give me the link so I can follow at least as well
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on September 30, 2025, 02:29:28 pm
reddit isnt relay an option for me. I dont want all kidns of accoutns of me floating arround that I dont use.  Also frankly if I see how the modding is on reddit I dont ever wanna go there.  they ban everyone  for no reason at all.

doesnt help that  navigatong on reddit is hell as well. besides I tried googling on game misprints in general  and I couldnt relay find anything about it at all. it makes sense due to how niche it is but still.

about the print quality we agree. however since soemthign went wrong with the blue  its verry possible that affected it as well.

ironicly the best  way to find out would be to open it but at that point it has no value anymore even if real

and about endgame scalping yeah i know that is an issue. I did reach out to nedgame I doubt it goes anyway but maybe they can tell me a  bit about how they got it.

I could make a reddit thread about it and see what people say if you like? withouth other misprint collectors  you'll never know if it's legit or not till it's graded.
sure if you need any more pics or anything let me know

and if you do please give me the link so I can follow at least as well

sure I'll do it later on, how is the seal btw. is it tight, y folded or is it loose.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on September 30, 2025, 02:34:46 pm
y folded  its maybe a bit lose around the game in the middle of the front and back but I have seen worse on other legit switch games. the material seems to be the same as well as far as I cna tell.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: tripredacus on October 02, 2025, 09:44:07 am
Legit printed items can have errors like that. There seems to be a print shift on the back and it looks like it does indeed effect the entire plate. The fact there is a print shift and an ink error is cool. I wouldn't necessarily jump to it being fake.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on October 02, 2025, 10:39:37 am
yeah in rl the blue especialy on the front is way more noticible then on the picture. I just have no idea how to show that:(

im inclined to think its real as well but I am in doubt especialy due to this topic funny enough:P
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on October 02, 2025, 06:13:43 pm
yeah in rl the blue especialy on the front is way more noticible then on the picture. I just have no idea how to show that:(

im inclined to think its real as well but I am in doubt especialy due to this topic funny enough:P

From what I've seen asking around most people think it's legit. haven't gotten a ton of people that responded but from the few that did they said it's not fake
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on October 02, 2025, 07:31:51 pm
yeah in rl the blue especialy on the front is way more noticible then on the picture. I just have no idea how to show that:(

im inclined to think its real as well but I am in doubt especialy due to this topic funny enough:P

From what I've seen asking around most people think it's legit. haven't gotten a ton of people that responded but from the few that did they said it's not fake
thats great news. could you rpovide an link? if possible I like to read what people say as well:)
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: sworddude on October 02, 2025, 07:35:59 pm
yeah in rl the blue especialy on the front is way more noticible then on the picture. I just have no idea how to show that:(

im inclined to think its real as well but I am in doubt especialy due to this topic funny enough:P

From what I've seen asking around most people think it's legit. haven't gotten a ton of people that responded but from the few that did they said it's not fake
thats great news. could you rpovide an link? if possible I like to read what people say as well:)

this one is the best answer

https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/16113-misprint-factory-messup-for-a-switch-game-miles-edgeworth-investigations-legit/#comment-447679

reddit ones just 2 people which where just short answers, nothing to interesting.
Title: Re: misprint video game
Post by: wowgek7 on October 02, 2025, 07:57:25 pm
thanks I appreciate it a lot:)