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https://vgcollect.com/item/205422

Created this entry and after submitting I noticed a typo. I went to edit said typo and when I checked my edits, I noticed it had been rejected. Then I checked the entry and see completely different (and lacking) info. Disc Item Number is gone and details about what's included are also absent like the number of pages of the artbook.  ???

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Classic Video Games / Re: Do you have a favorite Box art?
« on: August 25, 2021, 12:59:58 pm »
Only the finest!










Jokes aside, there's so many favorites over the decades that I can't think of any that immediately stand out.  :P


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Off Topic / Re: Kabul just fell to the Taliban
« on: August 17, 2021, 01:19:04 pm »
Still last time I checked Didn't the US train 300K soldiers and given them plenty of equipment and training to fight back for 20 years? I could be wrong but isn't that army size larger than that of the taliban wich was 200K big if I'm not mistaken? heck if where talking more recent articles it was estimated well below 100K army size. What happened here?

Corruption. The money intended to pay soldiers never ended up in their hands. Corruption from the top down ensured those at the top got their cut and by the time it trickled to the soldiers and everyday layman there was nothing left to give. Most of them just dropped their arms and switch sides as at least the Taliban would pay them something.

I knew the situation was f'ed years back when Hamid Karzai (former pres) went on TV and was like "Thank you CIA" while holding briefcases of money. This continued after he was out and the puppet government always was just an elaborate house of cards. Go look at the video the Taliban released where they had captured that General's mansion. Utter opulence where clearly no expense was spared. That money should have went to his people/soldiers and instead he lived like a king.

It's important to note that they've said the Afghans do not have that sense of nationalism as most are tribal so defending the sanctity of the country just wasn't a big thing for them.  :P

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User Feedback / Re: ignition365
« on: August 07, 2021, 12:31:15 pm »
ignition365 hooked me up with his extra Zelda+Loftwing amiibo. Great communicator and easy to deal with.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases
« on: July 30, 2021, 10:08:31 am »
LRG put up Super Meat Boy today and had a Vita release for it. I had a separate tab open for it and when I went to hit refresh it popped up a page for Lawbreakers.  :o

Apparently it was some kind of anti-bot measure and instructed you to go to the main page and click on SMB for Vita. Only problem is, there was no listing for a good 30 seconds. I saw the CE version sell out instantly and finally hit refresh and it showed up. I was able to get a copy locked down but my cousin missed out.  :-\

I certainly did NOT miss this mad scramble nonsense. I get that it's Vita and they don't have the chips available but I MUCH prefer the open pre-order model they've since adopted.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:
« on: July 29, 2021, 11:40:22 am »
Speaking of spamming companies, Humble Bundle, PlayAsia and especially Right Stuf Anime are my worst offenders. RSA will send me multiple message a day it's so obnoxious.  >:(

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Classic Video Games / Re: I heard retro game prices have peaked
« on: July 25, 2021, 01:02:48 am »
It's kinda interesting how this hasn't been brought up

In them recent times factory sealed graded games of pretty common games have gone for insane prices. previously some games could buy you a car nowadays you can buy a pretty nice house  ::)

Mario bros for over 500K

zelda nes for over 800K

Mario 64 for a whopping 1.5M  :o

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/7/super-mario-64-game-fetches-1-5m-at-auction-breaking-record-667309

Supreme condition or not those prices seem like madness to me.

Even the snes ps1 dev console didn't sell for those amounts at just 300K a significant piece of gaming history. Seems like a steal compared to the common stuff that is sold at these heritage auctions.

it's kinda funny how even just a few years back people where already saying that 10 - 50K was insane for a stadium events or them NWC cardridges wich where at the very least legitamtely rare yet going for a fraction. I wonder if these sales are legit. and if they are why the hell didn't these people buy copies of mario 64 factory sealed for a mere fraction elsewhere this can't be natural ::)

All of those are (allegedly) money laundering rackets. The problem with that is it makes the mouth-breathing dummies who don't know better think they're sitting on a damn gold mine when they aren't.  :P

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:
« on: July 22, 2021, 01:43:56 am »
Both actually, I didn't realize I double ordered the joycons too, so I have an extra set of joycons and a couple extra amiibos.  Apparently I bought 2 amiibo from BB to get free shipping.

Well GS delivered on the JoyCons so I'm good there. I'd already allocated money for them and an Amiibo before the whole saving for a house thing so I'll take you up on the Amiibo at least.  ;D

Need to remember to swing by GS on the weekend so I can pre-order the Zelda G&W if possible.

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Bah...stupid white border!  >:(

Anywho...I was made aware of this the other day. After the Sisters Royale debacle, I was hesitant to order from Strictly Limited even though they had an English language version of this on their partner site. I would have liked a CE version of this but didn't want to wait forever and a day plus run the risk of my order getting shipped by boat again.  :o

Imagine my surprise when I found out this got a NA release. A friend who runs a game store posted his copies on FB and I had to do a double take when I saw the ESRB rating. Needless to say I went right to Amazon and put an order in for the Switch and PS4 versions.  :P

For the unaware, Cotton is a horizontal shoot'em up similar to the Parodius series. So as to not repeat my mistake with Magical Chase (:(), I managed to snag almost all versions of Cotton with the exception of Cotton Boomerang on Saturn and Cotton 100% on PS1. I know there's a Cotton 2/Boomerang/Guardian Force compilation coming to Switch later this year so I HOPE that too gets a domestic release.  ;D

If you're a schmup fan, do yourself a favor and scoop this up!

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:
« on: July 18, 2021, 03:12:11 am »
Yeah, I guess you're right, it shouldn't be a hassle; but hey, you managed to get them in the end, and that's what counts.

LOL here we go again...

The Zelda/Loftwing amiibo showed coming soon on Best Buy's website. I have kept that page up for over a month. I figured since it releases today I MIGHT have a chance. Nyet...I kept refreshing the page and suddenly the "Coming Soon" button turned to "Sold Out."  :P

It's on Amazon for a cool $63 or I can buy bootleg cards with the function for $10.  :o

Likewise the Skyward Sword JoyCons show not available on GameStop's website. I'm hoping those pop up within the week like the Monster Hunter Rise Pro Controllers did. I'm weary though as there's more LOZ fans out there than MH fans.  :P
If you still need it, I forgot to cancel my extra preorder so I've got an extra you can have for cost + shipping if you want it.

Which item is the pre-order for, the Joy-Cons or the amiibo?

I was able to order the Joy-Cons from GS on Friday morning. Shows my order being shipped through Fed Ex so I can't wait for them to 'Ace Ventura' my package.  :P

Either way, that is a very generous offer.  ;D

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:
« on: July 16, 2021, 03:09:11 am »
Yeah, I guess you're right, it shouldn't be a hassle; but hey, you managed to get them in the end, and that's what counts.

LOL here we go again...

The Zelda/Loftwing amiibo showed coming soon on Best Buy's website. I have kept that page up for over a month. I figured since it releases today I MIGHT have a chance. Nyet...I kept refreshing the page and suddenly the "Coming Soon" button turned to "Sold Out."  :P

It's on Amazon for a cool $63 or I can buy bootleg cards with the function for $10.  :o

Likewise the Skyward Sword JoyCons show not available on GameStop's website. I'm hoping those pop up within the week like the Monster Hunter Rise Pro Controllers did. I'm weary though as there's more LOZ fans out there than MH fans.  :P

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:
« on: July 12, 2021, 01:03:15 pm »
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I forgot that Monster Hunter Stories 2 came out today and I didn't get my arse into GS at open to snag some Amiibos. They're showing sold out on the site so I'm betting I'm going to have a hell of a time running these down. I pre-ordered the last ones for Rise but they wouldn't let you do that this time around.  :-\

I swear to God I am at my wits end with Nintendo of America and this practice of under-producing. I absolutely cannot understand why they refuse to use pre-orders correctly? I'm trying to give them freaking money and they act like they don't want it.  ???  ::)  :o

Same thing happened to me with the Terry amiibo - I forgot, and when I checked online it was already sold out, gone for good.

Oh well, whaddya gonna do.

I managed to find all three on Saturday morning. I ventured out to a GS that's in a rougher part of town instead of my regular one by my house. My cousin hit up the one by me and they only had one of the three left (Tsukino). It's aggravating that I had to do that and why I couldn't just simply go to the one closest to me, see ample stock, pick them up and be on my way. I'd even settle for being able to pre-order them and pick them up within 48 hours of release. It really should not be that much of a hassle.  :P

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General / Re: Opinion of the New Switch Model
« on: July 10, 2021, 10:42:11 pm »
At the job I jokingly refer to the new Switch as the "Switch Vita" (because the Vita had a OLED screen back in 2011) and it's like if Nintendo wants the Switch to become a little more like the Vita.

But it's really just a way for us Vita fanboys to pretend the Vita didn't fail :'(

The Vita didn't fail! It...it just didn't succeed!  :P

As for this new Switch...underwhelming is the first term that comes to mind. Funny enough, someone like me could probably benefit from a bigger and brighter screen. I tried playing Bloodstained on vacation and could hardly make anything out.  :-\

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:
« on: July 10, 2021, 01:14:16 am »
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I forgot that Monster Hunter Stories 2 came out today and I didn't get my arse into GS at open to snag some Amiibos. They're showing sold out on the site so I'm betting I'm going to have a hell of a time running these down. I pre-ordered the last ones for Rise but they wouldn't let you do that this time around.  :-\

I swear to God I am at my wits end with Nintendo of America and this practice of under-producing. I absolutely cannot understand why they refuse to use pre-orders correctly? I'm trying to give them freaking money and they act like they don't want it.  ???  ::)  :o

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