this is why Emulation is sometimes a great way to play these old games When your other "Legal" option is to spend almost as much as a new console it sometimes is easier and cheaper to just Emulate it
One of the worst things about the resellers is the fact that SO many fakes exist, if you don't know exactly what to look for there is a high chance whilst buying off ebay you will end up with a fake cart for real cart prices, its fucked
@@PoffleASMR YES! when I was looking for a game of omega ruby I saw so many fake listings and ones that were stolen pictures from other listings, Remember this when your looking for anything online from eBay or those type of sites check to see if they have a sale list that’s how I’ve managed to not get scammed, Also thank you for commenting 🌸
im only mid 20s, but started collecting as a young kid in the 2010s, its genuinely so disappointing how expensive games have gotten. my USA crystal cost me 60$ in a MALL ten years ago, i know i was probably paying a bit much for it back then, compared to other options. i remember when emerald could easily be had for under 100 on ebay. hell, even the side games have been inflating. conquest and explorers of sky are absolutely crazy right now, while super mystery dungeon is only 30ish with the box, and sold just 2/3 what EoS did..... im hoping they deflate like the NES has, considering there are millions of copies of these games....
@@mortis3345 considering that with pokemon games you are able to transfer mons from even the oldest games with the appropriate hardware i feel like the price will only go higher as supply dwindles and rightfully so
considering that with pokemon games you are able to transfer mons from even the oldest games with the appropriate hardware i feel like the price will only go higher as supply dwindles and rightfully so if u can understand supply and demand
Battery doesn't effect the save on the gba only the orignal gameboy games. The battery on the advance just effects time based events like berry growth ect.
@@austenlangford Oh thank you for telling me that, I’ve only had one of those cartridges where it had the watch battery, it was a Pokémon Red game from my brother, every time I would turn off the game boy I would have to start over so that’s why I thought the same thing for the gba too, Thank you for clarifying.
As someone from outside USA who has been slowly and painstakingly collecting the USA version of the Pokemon games, let me tell you that it's only going to get worse, and the bubble is not going to pop. Prices will keep going up because every year there is less and less of these games (and of anything retro) just due to electronic failures, people botching the carts when trying to swap the battery, or pcbs rusting or getting thrown into the trash, and so on. Prices post-covid collapsed, and now they're more expensive than what they were back then. But that's why emulation is so great, I play my games on a chinese handheld, I don't dare do a full playthru of Crystal or Emerald on real hardware with the prices they cost right now. If you want nostalgia then emulation is the way to go, either on a CFW 3ds or any chinese handheld that can emulate gb-gbc-gba, heck if you want the real hardware experience you can always buy a flashcart and still play on your gba, or ds or whatever. My advice is if you really want any of the physical carts, or gamecube games like Colosseum or Gale of Darkness better buy what you want asap, because no matter what year you're reading this, collecting stuff is expensive, and pokemon even more so. Pokemon TCG Pocket has put again the whole franchise in the eyes of casual society like it happened with Pokemon GO, and everyone wants to get in; 2025 about to be a rough year, and 2026 even more so with the 30th anniversary. Better hurry and get what you can now.
As someone who has resold old possessions for fair prices, the buying community is also evil, they harassed me to extreme degrees because they missed out on a item I sold for fair prices and begged me to cancel the order. I refuse to do shady practice
@@jfkonlsd1364 A fair price to me is depending on what that productions condition is now if somebody is charging $1,000 dollars and up for a factory sealed Pokemon crystal game yeah I completely get that but if somebody is charging $200 for a just the game nothing else am still gonna look at that listing crazy but if that person really wants that game there going to buy it so I understand that too, At the end of the day I see it the most in the Pokémon space.
@@jfkonlsd1364 personally I try to do closer to retail. A lot of stuff has a “false scarcity” about it. But I’m mainly trying to talk about how unhinged some buyers are, not about what I have sold. I no longer resell Pokémon products because I was only ever trying to unload some of my unwanted possessions.
I definitely understand. I'm a little older and I was able to get these games before the price jump. I do agree its crazy the price of crazy and fans have no choice to emulate.
Here is a tip if you want cheaper it’s sometimes cheaper by a lot to import the European versions than buy USA copies one example is Pokémon box r+s in USA it’s 4000 in Europe it’s 50
the thing i don't get is they made two versions each gen . so would there not be a ton of Pokémon games available. and its not like they sold poorly every one at least had one Pokémon game.
Tell me about it, I wanted get a copy of Black/White or Black 2/White 2 so I could send a lot of my Pokemon from Diamond to Bank to then send to HOME but last time I checked, people on Amazon and eBay wanted between $250-$500 for them. Then you also have to worry about the scammers who claim it’s a legitimate cart, but are actually selling reproduction carts.
if people dont buy the items at these prices they wouldn't be that much in the first place people need to speak with wallets instead of ya mouths this is just how markets are also these physical media games are not being made anymore lmao if you want to play them then just get reproductions they are around 30 dollars all day online play exactly the same only difference you cant trade or emulate the games its actually free makes no sense to make this video these games are old they are not going to be in perfect condition all the time and people are willing to pay more for the condition being better i am one of those people it is actually hard to find games in perfect or near perfect condition
these are speculators trying to turn a quick buck, their speculation target is nonsensical tho, considering that there's no shortage of these games to be found, in varying conditions. I get that 30 dollars in 2020 is about 55 dollars today, but none of these resold games are even worth that price without being at least complete in box or have been repaired to have their battery cells replaced.
@@MahouPoint I’ve noticed that, I saw this video where this “profit flipper” went to a goodwill and bought a 3ds for $20 then went on eBay and listed it for $200
Well if you don't like the prices they're charging for old games, just go to walmart and buy them. Oh wait, you can't. Better cough up the dough or emulate them. The prices of these increasingly hard to find games will not be going down.
It's called supply and demand. I'm sorry you want things you can't afford, but that's not anyone else's problem. The prices are set by what people are willing to pay. If you're unable (or unwilling) to pay that price, that doesn't mean the price is unreasonable it means it's unreasonable TO YOU. They're not making those Pokemon games anymore, so they're rare. That combined with the fact that a lot of people want them makes the price high. It's not greed that makes the price high, but market forces. The only thing immoral is market manipulation, for example, a company intentionally destroying supply that already exists in order to keep prices high, or scalpers buying up all the inventory in order to create artificial scarcity so they can resell at ridiculous prices.
@@thelbtlover first of all thank you for commenting, I said in the video I know why it’s like that because of supply and demand but am also going to stand on business because it is greed when it comes to those eBay resellers your not going to tell me a half scratched up Pokémon colosseum game is worth $200 bucks or just the games box is worth $100, Some of those resellers I can tell don’t care about Pokémon and just care about lining there pockets, At the end of the day I would rather sell my childhood game go somebody who I know was going to play it and not sell it on mercari or eBay for 200-300 bucks even tho they got it from me for 10 bucks I’ve seen to much of it, ALSO the price is unreasonable TO ME that’s why I found another way to play it I’ll say this in the later half of what you said your right I don’t like that company’s do that. Thank you again for commenting ✨⭐️
You can't convince me that Pokemon games are "rare". They sold millions of copies when they were released and you can find hundreds of listings for copies at any given point. Just because they're valuable doesn't make them rare
@@RootBeerBilly They are very rare to find complete in box (box+manual+cart+paperwork) and in good condition, and that scarcity spills over to the loose carts. Kids threw away the cardboard box 99% of the times the second they got home, with just the manual surviving in many cases. People want the complete version because the boxes are beautiful, and when they can't afford (or don't want to pay) the high prices, the alternative is to go for just a loose cart which are much more readily available alongside the manuals. Even if millions of copies sold, there are less and less copies in the market every year, and thus less and less sales. Collectors buy but they don't sell, and supply dwindles. This leads to increased prices, and with places like aliexpress and etsy selling straight up bootleg carts, it gets harder and harder to find a legit copy, and people don't mind overpaying for it. They are both valuable and rare, and people are constantly getting into the franchise. Even in japanese marketplace websites where a few years ago you could find carts of gen 1,2,3 by the hundreds, prices have basically triplicated. A complete Japanese Pokemon Emerald copy (game+box+instructions+wireless adaptor) can easily go for 150 bucks nowadays, and carts that used to cost 5-10 bucks now cost 15-25, this is also due to foreigners buying the supply (some for reselling, some for collecting) because they used to be much more affordable (a few years back I bought my complete JP Crystal copy for about 35 bucks, now they go for double that if you are lucky). I'm sorry you feel this way, but old pokemon games will never be cheap or affordable ever again, and it sucks, but things work this way with most old collectible items of known media franchises. All I can say to anyone who is still hesitating to buy, buy before it goes even higher.
@@Taig Any game that's complete in box from that era is going to be rare because the boxes are cardboard, a lot of us just threw them away as kids. Most people like me just want to play the games though and don't care if it's just a loose cart
It's just supply and demand. Those games are now considered retro and the people that want it or grew up with it, or couldn't afford it when they were younger now want it, and those that want it all now have a considerable chunk of change to spend on it so the prices naturally go up. It's just supply and demand, it's not evil. That's just how the market works esp since those items are no longer being produced by the supplier
this is why Emulation is sometimes a great way to play these old games
When your other "Legal" option is to spend almost as much as a new console it sometimes is easier and cheaper to just Emulate it
You know what’s just as evil? Yo-Kai Watch 3 selling for $400-$700
That game was short printed outside of Japan
@ Okay
One of the worst things about the resellers is the fact that SO many fakes exist, if you don't know exactly what to look for there is a high chance whilst buying off ebay you will end up with a fake cart for real cart prices, its fucked
@@PoffleASMR YES! when I was looking for a game of omega ruby I saw so many fake listings and ones that were stolen pictures from other listings, Remember this when your looking for anything online from eBay or those type of sites check to see if they have a sale list that’s how I’ve managed to not get scammed, Also thank you for commenting 🌸
Buy the Australian versions. They are almost always real
im only mid 20s, but started collecting as a young kid in the 2010s, its genuinely so disappointing how expensive games have gotten. my USA crystal cost me 60$ in a MALL ten years ago, i know i was probably paying a bit much for it back then, compared to other options. i remember when emerald could easily be had for under 100 on ebay.
hell, even the side games have been inflating. conquest and explorers of sky are absolutely crazy right now, while super mystery dungeon is only 30ish with the box, and sold just 2/3 what EoS did..... im hoping they deflate like the NES has, considering there are millions of copies of these games....
@@mortis3345 considering that with pokemon games you are able to transfer mons from even the oldest games with the appropriate hardware
i feel like the price will only go higher as supply dwindles
and rightfully so
considering that with pokemon games you are able to transfer mons from even the oldest games with the appropriate hardware
i feel like the price will only go higher as supply dwindles
and rightfully so if u can understand supply and demand
Battery doesn't effect the save on the gba only the orignal gameboy games. The battery on the advance just effects time based events like berry growth ect.
@@austenlangford Oh thank you for telling me that, I’ve only had one of those cartridges where it had the watch battery, it was a Pokémon Red game from my brother, every time I would turn off the game boy I would have to start over so that’s why I thought the same thing for the gba too, Thank you for clarifying.
As someone from outside USA who has been slowly and painstakingly collecting the USA version of the Pokemon games, let me tell you that it's only going to get worse, and the bubble is not going to pop.
Prices will keep going up because every year there is less and less of these games (and of anything retro) just due to electronic failures, people botching the carts when trying to swap the battery, or pcbs rusting or getting thrown into the trash, and so on.
Prices post-covid collapsed, and now they're more expensive than what they were back then. But that's why emulation is so great, I play my games on a chinese handheld, I don't dare do a full playthru of Crystal or Emerald on real hardware with the prices they cost right now.
If you want nostalgia then emulation is the way to go, either on a CFW 3ds or any chinese handheld that can emulate gb-gbc-gba, heck if you want the real hardware experience you can always buy a flashcart and still play on your gba, or ds or whatever.
My advice is if you really want any of the physical carts, or gamecube games like Colosseum or Gale of Darkness better buy what you want asap, because no matter what year you're reading this, collecting stuff is expensive, and pokemon even more so.
Pokemon TCG Pocket has put again the whole franchise in the eyes of casual society like it happened with Pokemon GO, and everyone wants to get in; 2025 about to be a rough year, and 2026 even more so with the 30th anniversary. Better hurry and get what you can now.
well, someone who isn’t whining and understands how market demand works
Resellers in general are evil lmao, great video!
@@fivedubs Thank you 🌸, They really are.
@@fivedubs can you give a legitimate reason why they’re evil besides you don’t like the price they’re selling for?
@ why are you defending selling a DS game for $200+ 🤣🤣
@ explain why its bs to sell for that much?
@ do u understand supply and demand? or do u just use emotions to determine value on retro games
If u learn how to emulate you can play them all in 1 spot. And for FREE!
God I hate these guys
As someone who has resold old possessions for fair prices, the buying community is also evil, they harassed me to extreme degrees because they missed out on a item I sold for fair prices and begged me to cancel the order.
I refuse to do shady practice
@@thefiletypeiswrong7212 and I thank you for that, We need more people like you in those spaces especially since times are hard right now.
what do you call a fair price? These people are going to call you a scammer if you’re not basically giving them the game for retail
@@jfkonlsd1364 A fair price to me is depending on what that productions condition is now if somebody is charging $1,000 dollars and up for a factory sealed Pokemon crystal game yeah I completely get that but if somebody is charging $200 for a just the game nothing else am still gonna look at that listing crazy but if that person really wants that game there going to buy it so I understand that too, At the end of the day I see it the most in the Pokémon space.
@ 200 for a retro game that is still in high demand is not crazy at all lol
@@jfkonlsd1364 personally I try to do closer to retail. A lot of stuff has a “false scarcity” about it. But I’m mainly trying to talk about how unhinged some buyers are, not about what I have sold. I no longer resell Pokémon products because I was only ever trying to unload some of my unwanted possessions.
10/10 soundtrack, 1/10 voiceover.
jk you sound great.
@@Anonyhouse If it does sound bad am really sorry trying to fix my mic settings and thank you for commenting 🌸
I definitely understand. I'm a little older and I was able to get these games before the price jump. I do agree its crazy the price of crazy and fans have no choice to emulate.
Thank you for speaking up about the greed. I only want authentic products.
Here is a tip if you want cheaper it’s sometimes cheaper by a lot to import the European versions than buy USA copies one example is Pokémon box r+s in USA it’s 4000 in Europe it’s 50
but there's 1 issue
a lot of Consoles are region locked
Welcoe to the recentand current games and card games. It sucks but I'm glad I was in before all of these.
the thing i don't get is they made two versions each gen . so would there not be a ton of Pokémon games available. and its not like they sold poorly every one at least had one Pokémon game.
Tell me about it, I wanted get a copy of Black/White or Black 2/White 2 so I could send a lot of my Pokemon from Diamond to Bank to then send to HOME but last time I checked, people on Amazon and eBay wanted between $250-$500 for them. Then you also have to worry about the scammers who claim it’s a legitimate cart, but are actually selling reproduction carts.
if people dont buy the items at these prices they wouldn't be that much in the first place people need to speak with wallets instead of ya mouths this is just how markets are also these physical media games are not being made anymore lmao if you want to play them then just get reproductions they are around 30 dollars all day online play exactly the same only difference you cant trade or emulate the games its actually free makes no sense to make this video these games are old they are not going to be in perfect condition all the time and people are willing to pay more for the condition being better i am one of those people it is actually hard to find games in perfect or near perfect condition
They are very young. They’ll learn.
these are speculators trying to turn a quick buck, their speculation target is nonsensical tho, considering that there's no shortage of these games to be found, in varying conditions. I get that 30 dollars in 2020 is about 55 dollars today, but none of these resold games are even worth that price without being at least complete in box or have been repaired to have their battery cells replaced.
@@MahouPoint I’ve noticed that, I saw this video where this “profit flipper” went to a goodwill and bought a 3ds for $20 then went on eBay and listed it for $200
Well if you don't like the prices they're charging for old games, just go to walmart and buy them. Oh wait, you can't. Better cough up the dough or emulate them. The prices of these increasingly hard to find games will not be going down.
Breaking news. Capitalism sucks for consumers in 2024
It's called supply and demand. I'm sorry you want things you can't afford, but that's not anyone else's problem. The prices are set by what people are willing to pay. If you're unable (or unwilling) to pay that price, that doesn't mean the price is unreasonable it means it's unreasonable TO YOU. They're not making those Pokemon games anymore, so they're rare. That combined with the fact that a lot of people want them makes the price high. It's not greed that makes the price high, but market forces. The only thing immoral is market manipulation, for example, a company intentionally destroying supply that already exists in order to keep prices high, or scalpers buying up all the inventory in order to create artificial scarcity so they can resell at ridiculous prices.
@@thelbtlover first of all thank you for commenting, I said in the video I know why it’s like that because of supply and demand but am also going to stand on business because it is greed when it comes to those eBay resellers your not going to tell me a half scratched up Pokémon colosseum game is worth $200 bucks or just the games box is worth $100, Some of those resellers I can tell don’t care about Pokémon and just care about lining there pockets, At the end of the day I would rather sell my childhood game go somebody who I know was going to play it and not sell it on mercari or eBay for 200-300 bucks even tho they got it from me for 10 bucks I’ve seen to much of it, ALSO the price is unreasonable TO ME that’s why I found another way to play it I’ll say this in the later half of what you said your right I don’t like that company’s do that. Thank you again for commenting ✨⭐️
You can't convince me that Pokemon games are "rare". They sold millions of copies when they were released and you can find hundreds of listings for copies at any given point. Just because they're valuable doesn't make them rare
@@RootBeerBilly They are very rare to find complete in box (box+manual+cart+paperwork) and in good condition, and that scarcity spills over to the loose carts.
Kids threw away the cardboard box 99% of the times the second they got home, with just the manual surviving in many cases. People want the complete version because the boxes are beautiful, and when they can't afford (or don't want to pay) the high prices, the alternative is to go for just a loose cart which are much more readily available alongside the manuals.
Even if millions of copies sold, there are less and less copies in the market every year, and thus less and less sales. Collectors buy but they don't sell, and supply dwindles. This leads to increased prices, and with places like aliexpress and etsy selling straight up bootleg carts, it gets harder and harder to find a legit copy, and people don't mind overpaying for it.
They are both valuable and rare, and people are constantly getting into the franchise. Even in japanese marketplace websites where a few years ago you could find carts of gen 1,2,3 by the hundreds, prices have basically triplicated. A complete Japanese Pokemon Emerald copy (game+box+instructions+wireless adaptor) can easily go for 150 bucks nowadays, and carts that used to cost 5-10 bucks now cost 15-25, this is also due to foreigners buying the supply (some for reselling, some for collecting) because they used to be much more affordable (a few years back I bought my complete JP Crystal copy for about 35 bucks, now they go for double that if you are lucky).
I'm sorry you feel this way, but old pokemon games will never be cheap or affordable ever again, and it sucks, but things work this way with most old collectible items of known media franchises. All I can say to anyone who is still hesitating to buy, buy before it goes even higher.
@@Taig Any game that's complete in box from that era is going to be rare because the boxes are cardboard, a lot of us just threw them away as kids. Most people like me just want to play the games though and don't care if it's just a loose cart
It's just supply and demand. Those games are now considered retro and the people that want it or grew up with it, or couldn't afford it when they were younger now want it, and those that want it all now have a considerable chunk of change to spend on it so the prices naturally go up. It's just supply and demand, it's not evil. That's just how the market works esp since those items are no longer being produced by the supplier