Taking a Closer Look at 3DS Game Case Variants: Covers, Print Runs, Sealing & Value Differences
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- I hope this video was insightful for some of you! I'm sure there are more variations I didn't cover & I also feel a little bit silly for forgetting to mention the Nintendo Select editions while editing.
But let me know if there's anything I missed worth mentioning! And if you happen to live outside North America are there any interesting variation differences in your region? Also at the end of the day, do any of these variations matter for your collection? I would love to know!
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This was interesting and informative! I was wondering if anyone knew the differences between all the 3ds print editions. Since prices are already high and I’m just collecting games to play, I don’t mind the edition or world editions.
Honestly this is the best mindset to have and certainly saves a lot of time & money if you're not too pressed over the specific variants.
So is there a big difference in price?
Price varies depending on game & what cover variant you're looking at. But generally world editions are the cheapest, even for brand new copies over most used standard copies. But with luck sometimes the variant doesn't matter too much for price, it's dependent on the seller and what they think is most desirable.
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Absolute banger of a video! Super informative and interesting! I do hope you blow up soon with this great content :)
Thank you! I'm glad you found this informative & as interesting as I do :)
Super cool didn't know about the first release and second release numbers. On the other hand I have trouble sleeping and I put this on before going to bed it was so comforting I passed out! Keep up the good work love your stuff and would like to hear you talk about the steam deck.
Thanks! Glad this was helpful & relaxing. I don't own the steam deck so I can't really talk about it at this time.
Well done on your collection of games bless you 🙏🏻☺️
Had to come Back to this video to remember the differences. Thought I subscribed months ago 😅 took me a few to find ya! Subscribed!!!!
Great info from a fresh RUclipsr😊thanks
I am enjoying your videos and I feel like I learn a lot. Been collecting games since 2005. I keep telling myself to stop but its so damn addictive.
Oh thanks! I'm glad to hear these videos have been helpful. And game collecting can definitely be an addictive hobby! 😅
The FR versions are sold throughout Canada. As Canada is multilingual, Nintendo always released the FR versions of their games across Canada. Third party publishers don't usually have the FR versions as far as I've seen. Also, for the first print numbering, I've noticed Capcom also keeps the 0 and A scheme at the barcode.
Oh I see, thanks for letting me know! I think I may have gotten a bit thrown with how Canada released 3DS games because I didn't see VGP or PGP list any FR versions on their website specifically. But maybe that's because new/sealed ones are hard to find at the stores?
Also interesting about Capcom! I just have Monster Hunter Stories from them which I want to say is Nintendo & has the 0/A numbering.
@@orbalology I don't think many FR version are available sealed anymore, which is likely why you won't see them often. I'm sure they printed a lot less copies of FR versions to begin with, for obvious reasons.
I actually like collecting the FR versions as they're pretty unique to Canada. I sourced Zelda OOT from Quebec and they actually had a much bigger french manual for the game compared to the one I sourced in my province which had separate english and french manuals (10 pages folded french manual compared to the 4 in the english manual/french version from my province). So even within Canada, different provinces get regional variants apparently.
Oh that's really interesting! It's surprising how much effort Nintendo used to put into some of these 3DS physical games, and even going the extra mile for some of these variants.
@@orbalology So true! When I got the Quebec version, I felt shortchanged lol. The two manuals (english/french) in my copy weren't nearly as nice as the single french manual. They're also both second print runs, so it's not even like one of them was a different run.
This has me curious about which games in my collection are first print, and what is second print. Did a little snooping around and there is the whole white case/red case for Mario games which is kind of interesting.
Oh yes, and I think for at least Europe & Japan they had yellow case options for New Super Mario Bros 2 too? Though I've seen some people sell those cases with NCST games - I'm not sure if that was an option or they just swapped the cases with another region. But yeah those color changes were definitely interesting choices by Nintendo.
Interesting video ^^ I also bought SMT Soul Hackers from Atlus recently and thought it was fake because there was no manual. Fun fact, in europe pal 3ds game cases were a bit thicker and in the case of soul hackers it was the american one atlus used, which is thinner. Now I got different sizes of 3ds games in my collection even though they are all pal games xD
Oh I think I remember hearing how some of the last PAL 3DS print runs had thinner cases because they were using the Japanese and/or NA cases. Hopefully the size difference isn't too noticeable! I'm not sure if it would be something that would bug me or not. But I'm glad you were able to grab a copy of Soul Hackers, curious how the new game coming out later this year will go.
@@orbalology I think I will buy cheap games just to replace the thinner cases xD Yeah im very hyped for the second game ^^
Oh that's a good solution 👍
I’ve been loving your videos I miss the 3ds it was a great system I hope Nintendo will find a way to port the library over to the switch for us that want 3ds games and to localize games that never got localized
Yeah I hope these games won't be lost forever on this older system. It's hard to port some of the titles that utilized the dual screens on the 3/DS systems extensively, but there are already some pretty good remakes on the Switch for some of the titles so it could totally be done!
There was also games with lenticular covers on the first run. Cave Story, Street Fighter and I think Frogger had them.
Oh that's right! I knew about Street Fighter & Cave Story, but not Frogger. That must be the ridiculously expensive one right? 😅
Nope just checked frogger was a big box. My mistake. I could've sworn there was at least one more lenticular cover 3ds game.
No worries! The missing lenticular cover game may come back to one of us some day 😂 I just remembered that Shinobi had a cool holo-like cover.
@@orbalology one deep dive later. WWE and PES 11 also had them so around four that I know of.
In my case I don't like red cases (latest prints of Mario games all come with it). Fortunately all my Mario games are first print and they cases are white. But the Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and Bowser's Fury were released in the late years of the 3DS with a red case.
I just ended replacing them for white ones. I have OCD and my 3DS shelf must be all the same color.
I feel you! I've been avoiding those red cases too - I much prefer the white shelf aesthetic 😂
Yes, world edition are no-no’s. And yes on the switch video, please. ☺️
Yup I try my best to avoid those world editions. Though I think I may need to give in for Kirby Planet Robobot - I should have grabbed that game when the standard editions were reasonably priced a few months back 😅
But sure, I can look into the Switch games & see what interesting variants to make note of :)
@@orbalology Yes I seen the Kirby world editions goin for a Hundred and up in my area. I got the first edition game a while back, I just checked after watching your video 😅, for 40 bucks at garage sale along with mirror of fate for 20. I’m not really a collector, but I do like first print games. Especially the games I love.
Ah it's always nice to land good deals out in the wild. I found some places selling the world edition for planet robobot at retail that I'm currently wrestling with. I may end up giving in because that's one of the last larger ticket items I really wanted to grab for my collection.
Personally I can deal with World editions. Having the colored corner on the back and the label on the front isn’t much of a bother to me since they aren’t on the spines.
Though recently, I’ve compared World and a regular first print of Pokémon games (Specifically World Edition Alpha Sapphire and regular first print Omega Ruby) while cataloging my collection, and noticed the manuals/inserts were different. World editions usually had the electronic manual guide on a single page of thin paper, but the regular ones used the thicker and glossy booklet. Also no Club Nintendo codes for games that had them in NA, so the relevant inserts or back printing on the cover art is not there. Strangely, the World Edition Ocarina of Time 3D uses the European Box art, which makes me wonder if other games had that treatment.
I unfortunately don’t have any World edition versions of games that came with actual manuals in NA, so that might be worth investigating to see if those are on cheaper paper or even omitted entirely!
I think that’s fine for folks that only want boxed 3DS games, but the fact that the manuals and such are more cheaply produced kinda makes me see why World Editions aren’t as highly valued.
NA and World's Edition (MDE) has the same USA cartridge inside. Game collectors are peculiar. They would pay premium price for a slightly different cover.
How to tell if an Etrian Odyssey game is a second addition? I am really worried I don't see a printing indication of what print it was.
Unfortunately I don't think there's a way to tell with non-Nintendo published games. The Launch/1st press editions came with a cardboard box and some extra goodies, but that's the only indication I know of.
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Are there cart differences for example a print 1 compared to a print 2 of ocarina of time?
I'm not too familiar with cart differences on 3DS games - I've seen conflicting info online. I know with Switch carts they update them in waves so I imagine they did something similar with 3DS games (though those games always had fewer updates compared to Switch games nowadays).
I also learned that Atlus (and others) started using shrink wrap instead of the Y-seal after I bought a sealed copy of SMT Soul Hackers, got it home, and thought I got scammed... 😂
Yup, I had the same thought when it happened to me the first time too. Glad it isn't the case, but the inconsistency is a bit weird from some of those 3rd party publishers to say the least 😅
Are the world editions the same? I got ocarina of time recently and am worried it got censored even more
The game carts are the same for world and NA editions. It's only the cases that are different.
I too am a bit of a collector for the 3DS. At 90+ games, I'm for the most part done getting any more. I personally stayed away from all the Nintendo Selects and Canadian versions with 'Fr' on the cover, strictly for cosmetic purposes.
Yup, I prefer the standard editions for the same reasons. I've gotten a few UAB and Canadian editions by mistake I'm still debating whether to replace or not 😅
@@orbalology after seeing this video of yours, i remembered that the world edition of ocarina of time has a different cover which looks really nice. i may double dip and get that one too
@@zeldude9515 I've considered doing that as well actually. I preferred it over the standard NA cover 😅
@@orbalology when i first saw a world edition listing, i think i tried asking the seller if the circle on the front was a sticker or part of the cover. don't think he/she understood 😌
interesting. most of my games are first press, the only exception being ocarina of time, my 3ds pokemon games and mario games are all first press copies
I was surprised to find that most of my Nintendo published games were first press except for Ocarina. My Switch collection on the other hand probably has more later print variants because I tend to wait for sales on those titles, I should probably check haha.
@@orbalology i doubt i'll get first press ones for switch considering im gonna be a late adopter hahahahaha
I didn’t know any of this and I just went through all my games. Luckily I don’t have any world editions even though almost all my games came from Amazon.
Oh you've lucked out! I've learned to avoid any Nintendo published games from 3rd party sellers on Amazon so not to get swindled with World editions 😅
What's the problem with world editions? Just out of curiosity?
For playing there is nothing wrong with them - they're the same cart as the standard North American version. Collectors however are particular with what edition they want, like you have with book collectors or really any hobby. These version released after the NA versions did so I think they're a bit more common to find brand new right now, making it less desirable or 'valuable' in some collector's eyes. I personally don't like how the world edition logo blocks the cover art. They sort of stick out like a sore thumb, though tbh you can't really tell on the shelf just by looking at the spines. So in sum there's nothing wrong with them and they're a decent option if you want brand new Nintendo published games for MSRP at the moment. But from a value standpoint I think the standard versions will be the preferred versions to own going forward, especially within NA.
Also are world editions regionfree?
World editions are ESRB/North American region. So despite the name they will only play on NA devices.
I agree with the world editions being kinda ugly but now with the eShop gone they will probably help a lot of people play these games for a fair price until eventually even world editions get expensive too. If I'm not mistaken in terms of inserts they're usually the same. It's not like first print would have a manual or more inserts and world editions wouldn't. Also the carts they use are typically the same too I couldn't spot any differences so if someone really wanted to they could buy a world edition and upgrade to a first print cover at a later time if they find someone selling the empty box.
I like the Nintendo select editions a lot that’s when they get the gold around the whole cover it’s a completely different style cover and that’s when it’s $20 usually
When those were released they were a great deal! I just wish the border around the cover art wasn't so wide, otherwise I would probably have tried to pick some up.
Ugh I hate world editions. A while ago I ordered some 3ds Pokémon games from Amazon and all of them came as world editions 🤢. Luckily I found some truthful sellers and was able to get the copies I wanted. I also had issues finding NA Bravely Default. Unfortunately I had to shell out quite a bit for it, but I have no regrets since it was the original print run and came cib with the original contents (manual and club Nintendo insert) as well as a perfect mint condition case and game. 🤷♀️ Oh well, at least shipping was free.
I've been trying to avoid most of the 3rd party online sellers for 3DS games now so that I don't accidently get another world edition. It's so disappointing when that arrives in the mail instead of the standard edition you were expecting 😩
I really dislike the World Editions, but I might have to cave in for Kid Icarus and Kirby Planet Robobot
I'm in the same dilemma and thinking of doing the same.
Omg what are you doing opening sealed games 😱
I like to play my physical games, and tbh the ones I just opened are not going for that much nowadays anyway 😅
Jesus christ come back you are heavenly.