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[bosh]

Only halfway through day 2

 

[liquidtmd]

I think you USA guys deserve a preorder wave to open up. It seems like torture in this thread, where others like UK, and EU have sellers orders being taken right now and sold out. Its nutz.. Anyway good luck!

 

[zeioIIDX]

I bet the moment I go play some Pump It Up at the arcade tonight, preorders are gonna open up while I'm in the middle of a song lol.

 

[KaYotiX]

I remember paying 59.99 for Star Fox.

$80 for Chrono Trigger and FF3

 

[VyechnayaSlava]

Second one seems like a scam. First one might be some troll bidders

Either listing is actually against eBay policies. They don't allow preorders more than 30 days in advance. These should be reported to eBay and remove

 

[Diablohead]

I remember paying 59.99 for Star Fox.

That's a good price compared to Sega's VFX chip in virtua racing, that was £74.99!

Spoiler

which I got for £15 ex-rental a year later

 

[MisterHero]

I'm gonna watch Wonder Woman for the 3rd time in a few.

Why yes, I also like to live dangerously.

 

[Blam]

RefreshGAF V2? I think so we've been here for 2 days now. How about getting past the time we wasted on GoFobo haha what a fun time that was.

 

[Version 3.0]

I remember Service Merchandise vividly. Though I admit I forgot about the form bit. Remember the conveyor belt tho!

I remember Service Merchandise vividly, too. I bought exactly one game from them: Secret of Mana. I went to the mall to get it, and wouldn't have another chance to do so for at least a week. But no store had it except Service Merchandise.

So I bought it there. And it cost me $105.

 

[LiK]

$80 for Chrono Trigger and FF3

JRPGs were def an investment

 

[KaYotiX]

JRPGs were def an investment

But damn were they worth it

 

[Acidote]

I remember paying 59.99 for Star Fox.

I remember paying with my brothers 14.000 pesetas for Killer Instinct. That would be 84€ today, BEFORE adjusting for inflation.

 

[DataGhost]

Either listing is actually against eBay policies. They don't allow preorders more than 30 days in advance. These should be reported to eBay and remove

Umm that's NES classics. They're fine.

For SNES, yeah, but earlier posts suggests enforcement is spotty

 

[Skeletron]

Still nothing...ho hum.

 

[ArtificialIntelligence]

Do we have anything about the JP Pre-orders ?

 

[KodaRuss]

I bet they have this thread pulled up at NoA just laughing at us.

 

[dukie85]

JRPGs were def an investment

Most I paid for a JRPG back then like that was maybe like $50 for a used copy of BoF II at a pawn shop.

 

[mattwhite924]

I remember Service Merchandise vividly, too. I bought exactly one game from them: Secret of Mana. I went to the mall to get it, and wouldn't have another chance to do so for at least a week. But no store had it except Service Merchandise.

So I bought it there. And it cost me $105.

I bought Super Mario Kart from a Service Merchandise... with unrolled pennies.

As a kid I didn't realize how terrible that was.

 

[fernoca]

24 minutes guys!

 

[Kalamoj]

Luckily Nintendo is not a hot seller in Hungary, I just walked into a MediaMarkt last november and bought the NES Mini. But just in case I preordered this.
Good luck guys, I hope everyone can get one.

 

[IrishNinja]

But damn were they worth it

they were, but stuff like breath of fire didn't feel worth that price tag to me
there's actually a lotta forgettable ones i obviously can't recall, just glad i didnt pay full price on stuff like super hydlide

 

[Vooduu]

I bet they have this thread pulled up at NoA just laughing at us.

 

[Koren]

$80 for Chrono Trigger and FF3

Well, I'm pretty sure I paid 699Frs for SFII Turbo, so that's 105€ ($115) in direct conversion, but inflation-corrected, it's 145€ ($160)

And yes, that was "normal" price...

The CHEAPEST carts were 65-70€ ($80, over 100€/$110 corrected by inflation)

 

[Madrugador]

I'll get mine day one. My favorite console ever.

Since I work at retail It shouldn't be hard for me to pre-order one

Spoiler

just expensive because of my country.

 

[Hastati]

24 minutes guys!

where did nostradogus go he needs to come redeem himself for his earlier failure

 

[Version 3.0]

I bought Super Mario Kart from a Service Merchandise... with unrolled pennies.

As a kid I didn't realize how terrible that was.

I wish I'd paid that $105 in unrolled pennies. The stores that didn't have the game were $20+ cheaper.

 

[Team Filler]

Every hour that rolls by and no update I'm like:

 

[LiK]

You guys are really doing this hourly countdown eh

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Inflation though. I paid more than $60 for some cartridge games back in the day.

$60 wasnt even the ceiling for SNES cartridges. I remember buying Super Mario RPG in 96 for $69.99. Hell some Square RPGs like FFIII (6) or Chrono Trigger could be as high as $90!

 

[jennetics]

Every hour that rolls by and no update I'm like:

 

[JJH]

You guys are really doing this hourly countdown eh

 

[ashylarry]

what are the chances Amazon.de will get new stock?

 

[Blam]

To those who are laughing at our demise I'll just like to point out this.

We will succeed.

 

[DataGhost]

what are the chances Amazon.de will get new stock?

Likely, if people cancel to get the US version or JP One as some are using amazon EU as backup

 

[Madame M]

$60 wasnt even the ceiling for SNES cartridges. I remember buying Super Mario RPG in 96 for $69.99. Hell some Square RPGs like FFIII (6) or Chrono Trigger could be as high as $90!

No Ned, just Square RPGs. Ninety dollars!

 

[Skeletron]

Maybe they're waiting for the hype to die down before putting up the pre-orders. Let this thread drop off the first page and see what happens.

 

[Dale Cooper]

You guys are really doing this hourly countdown eh

 

[JustenP88]

I've officially thought myself out of wanting this. Between the lack of information re: how we might be able to buy these things (aside from release day battle royales), and the realization that I'd only sit in the middle of my living room to accommodate a controller with a 5ft cord approximately one time, I just can't get it up anymore. I think I'm going to go back to the pre-announcement plan of bitching that these games aren't available on the Nintendo platform I've spent a hefty chunk of change on.

Good luck to everyone else though. I'm sure I'll be back on the other side of the fence for another 24 hours come 9/29.

 

[Tom Nook]

$74.99 for Super Mario RPG.

 

[Hastati]

This is somewhat painful.

I mean I'm good with CT on ds, but ...not like this

 

[Poot Poot Splash]

I feel it. 5 O'clock baby!!!!!

 

[BoogieWoogie]

$74.99 for Super Mario RPG.

In all honesty, still a pretty good deal.

 

[DataGhost]

$74.99 for Super Mario RPG.

Don't forgget the console and controller needed to play it. Pretty good to me.

 

[wolgoen]

I did not plan on getting one of these at first but since you lot keep banging on about them...

I pre-ordered one from Amazon.de earlier.

Damn you Gaf!

 

[Brunire]

To those who are laughing at our demise I'll just like to point out this.

We will succeed.

And in six months when this thing is sitting in most of our closets, collecting dust, we will always have the memory of our time together!

 

[buttdiver]

To those who are laughing at our demise I'll just like to point out this.

We will succeed.

US preorders came and went while you were making this post

 

[Naked Snake]

Amazon.com are gonna make this Prime only, aren't they?

 

[Team Filler]

The reveal of the JP games list with the big omission of Dragon Quest made me wonder if the hold up on Chrono Trigger was Yuji Hori related. Would he have any say over CT not showing up?

 

[panama chief]

$74.99 for Super Mario RPG.

$108 for that U.K. System

 

[Plasmid]

Amazon.com are gonna make this Prime only, aren't they?

I hope so