Last year Nintendo resurrected the Nintendo World Championships, an event it first held back in 1990. As a result, interest in the special competition cartridges - handed out to winners over 25 years ago - grew exponentially, making these already highly collectable items even more desirable.
While they're not the rarest gaming items in the world, the fame of the Nintendo World Championships has made these special carts incredibly well-known, but actually getting your hands on one today means having very deep pockets indeed. However, back in 1997 a collector by the name of Jason Wilson was able to hatch a plan which meant he could snap up several of the carts - one of which cost him just $50.
For the full tale, make sure you slap your eyeballs on the excellent video below, courtesy of Daniel Ibbertson. Just try not to curse yourself for not thinking of the same idea back in 1997.
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Huge thanks again Damien & Nintendolife staff for sharing this interesting topic
Let's discuss in comments how the site is becoming less and less text driven these days, hmm?
I'd rather read my articles than watch them. :X
@TobiasAmaranth Agreed 100%.
@TobiasAmaranth 100% agreed nothing more frustrating than seeing this kind of thing on my daily commute to and from work.
Id rather read than watch a video about it, especially when Im at work or in school
@TobiasAmaranth meh I like both, video guides for stuff idk how to do mostly.
@tobiasAmaranth agreed, but partially because Youtube is blocked at work so I can only read articles here lol.
they ought to make gold and silver 3ds carts for this year.
@TobiasAmaranth yes. But I guess that's not how the Internet feels...
Good god it took about 7 minutes to get to the point. To save 10 minutes of your life...
This guy looked up the names of who won them and called them up offering to buy them counting on them not knowing they are valuable and got one for $50.
BTW: having articles with headlines that simply link to other sites or videos suck.
@Toincoss Appreciate it.
Seems like some people didn't see the huge "Video" tag in the title of the article.
Make sure to read the titles, video content is always marked as such.
@TobiasAmaranth Agree here as well Much prefer text. If article turns out to be a video I usually close it...
@Imerion Like https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/03/twilight_princess_developers_discuss_the_new_additions_to_the_hd_edition lolol
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