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Re: 'WATA Certified' Copy Of Sonic The Hedgehog Sells For Record Price

abdias

I'll raise this point again: the American copies has less historical value, as their box and manual artwork are not envisioned by the game creators. Sometimes even in game there are sprites that were not made by creators (this apart of text translations that often are censored and modified at the overseas marketing division's will).
Even with that in mind, American copies cost a lot more for whatever reason.

Re: This Reimagined GameCube Controller Offers Wireless Play, Pre-Orders Open Now

abdias

there is info about if the controller is rechargeable or use alkaline batteries?

IMO it is the major weakness of wavebird.

About the classical layout, well, the bootleg wavebirds are still easy to find brand new on China, most are crappy, some are indistinguishable from the original, that's an alternative. If you have a broken wavebird, you can swap membranes, in that case even the crappy ones will be awesome.

Re: Nintendo eShop Is Now Available In Argentina, Colombia, Chile And Peru

abdias

@valharian on google search for e-shop prices. It is a webpage that tells where the game you want is cheaper. Each game is different, there is not a place that wins everywhere, things change everyday too. That said, Argentina and Brazil usually are the best for e-shop only games, while Asia and Australia very often are the cheaper for the big triple A games.

Re: Talking Point: How Much Would You Pay For A Mint Copy Of Super Mario Bros.?

abdias

@KingMike what you said don't change the fact that the NES version is not the original version, is is an altered version by an overseas marketing company, therefore worth historically much less than the Famicom version.

I don't know nothing about books, but I guess that as general rule an very old Divine Comedy transcript worth more if it is in Italian than in English.

Also, rarity is non existent for Super Mario Bros anywhere. Exclude the duck hunt version and you still get millions produced.

Re: Talking Point: How Much Would You Pay For A Mint Copy Of Super Mario Bros.?

abdias

Among other things, the American copy lacks historical value, as it is a re-release. The creator's original vision is all on Japanese copy. If the Japanese artwork is better or not is something subjective, but objectively speaking it was created by the creators and not by an overseas marketing division.

If you have a internet browser that supports translation, you can get a CIB Super Mario Bros for the Famicom (without shipping) for around 1100¥ (around 10 Trumps).

Re: Deck-Building Card Battler 'Monster Train First Class' Is Out Now On Switch

abdias

@Spiders you can speed up the battle as normal on switch version, it is a really faithful port. Cross-save sadly is not a thing but aside of that, both versions are completely integrated.

About the steam deck, the pc version will need an update to work as good as the switch version without a mice. On switch version there are visual aids on every screen for what button does what. Those are missing on PC for the most part.

Re: Pokémon Legends: Arceus Has New Pokémon, Including A Horrible Fish Ghost Bent On Revenge

abdias

@riChchestM IMO, Sword/Shield makes you feel tired very soon. Those remakes are not meant for competitions, but in family battles will work just fine, and the fact that they are not worried about balancing the pvp aspect of the game now is a good thing, they can go crazy with the movesets for example. I believe that your daughter either lives with you or communicate a lot with you, so you will have no problems creating rules to make your battles fun.

For battle people who you don't know on internet Sword/Shield probably will be better, but I believe that is not your focus.

Re: Switch Online NES And SNES Controllers Are Back In Stock, NES Bundle 50% Off (Europe)

abdias

@Gamecuber I dont know what is happening there, 8bitdo controllers are supposed to work docked. Try the following:

1- turn on your switch docked and go to "change controller grip"
2- with the 8bitdo turned off hold Y and press start to turn it on, when it turn on release both buttons
3- if anything shows on screen press the sync button (not all 8bitdo have this button)
4- if the thing still is not working try to update the controller firmware and repeat the above

if it not solve your problem, contact their support. They're very good, and often fix/exchange for free, but there is the shipping cost for china that may or may not be expansive on your region