Pokémon Video Game Prices Are Out Of Control

Pokémon video game prices are currently out of control. HeartGold SoulSilver, Platinum, and Black 2 White 2 are the three big ones currently, but even Diamond Pearl and Black White have become expensive. Why is this happening, what should you do, and what do I think?
#pokemon #gamecollecting #pokemonprices

[@p3dr0_o7]

This has really opened my eyes, I am quite an impatient person and really want things to happen at the moment I want, so I am one of those people who bought Pearl, White, and Platinum with such a high price. Seeing this I realized that I should cherish the games I have and spend my time with those and wait until the prices drop. I really want to complete my collection. I was also thinking them as a reselling object in the future but that was the greedy side of me, this video has really made me realize that I shouldn't think like that and that I should let my love for pokemon take over instead of being greedy. I hope more people watch your video. It did a great job for me and possibly many others.

[@Snivy102]

Ok, pinning this because it's my new favorite comment

[@malcolmjenkins3585]

Yea, i didn't get into pokemon until about 2016 (shield is my first main series game) so i get pretty anxious when i hear peeps talk about hiw good the old games were

[@postboy2242]

I'll never sell my white 2

[@jssh-o8i]

hey same! I haven't fallen for the inflatable prices yet, the closest I got was paying 300 for a used GBA SP that included every GBA game except Sapphire loose, but that also came with 11 other games as well as a carrying case and wifi accessory (along with some posters for the included games, about half the games' manuals, and 2 guide books for the Kanto remakes) ignoring the weird ramble I went on there, I've been so heartbroken to see these prices skyrocket- I've loved these games my entire life and have never been able to get the physical editions because my mom would constantly insist on flashcarts and piracy, so the fact that at the moment it's reasonably impossible to buy these games is just depressing. Hopefully all these prices deflate soon! Glad this video gave some good suggestions as to where to buy this stuff at a somewhat affordable price too, it's so hard to find this stuff for anything reasonable nowadays

[@indy5280]

I’ve kept everything off my pokemon soulsilver set including the big box and pokewalker from when it was new. Im so glad i kept everything

[@modeloman4568]

“I think emulation is evil”-the scalper selling Pokémon black for $4500 used

[@corn3514]

FRRRRRR

[@postboy2242]

Not like I can even give Nintendo money for these games because y'know I kinda can't

[@chicono17]

I mean I’m letting a legit copy go for like $150😏

[@Velociraptor2000]

And the damn cartridge almost at the end of it's lifetime use. To make it worse.

[@tarsalbutbetter8865]

7000 for soul silver

[@Nateson]

Hello fellow mid-20 year olds who now have disposable income and are trying to relive their childhood game experiences

[@DaniyalHaider]

To be fair, I think CiB cases especially HGSS warrant a £150 price tag.

[@Ckoz2829]

Hello!

[@memelissa7169]

I decided to Nuzlocke the entire series at a really bad time, thanks Pokemon Challenges lol

[@velvetblueco2422]

damn lets get it fellas

[@BuizelCream]

Here thumbing up everybody who says "Hello!" 😁

[@LotusAsakura]

Lmao. Watching this video in 2024 and prices are even HIGHER now. Shit is so out of hand it’s insane.

[@averageperson5494]

2 years later, the prices are still crazy...

[@cozyyoshi2156]

They're not too bad if you spend time searching. I just bought a genuine pokemon platinum cartridge for $55. The only downside is I didn't get the case since that alone sells for about $40

[@balls7924]

@@cozyyoshi2156how can you tell whether it’s a genuine copy

[@cozyyoshi2156]

@balls I bought a copy in 2009 (but lost it) so I've seen an original cartrige before. I also have other pokemon games to compare it to. The nintendo logo is spelt correctly on both sides and has the dot at the top right corner of the o. It's European so it says NTR-CPUP-EUR on the front and the back black code starts with CPUP. It says "Original Nintendo Seal of Quality" which is correct for Europe. Most fakes copy the USA cartrige. The white code on the green part is spaced in 3 parts (fakes often put a number/letter/symbol on every column) and ends with Y10-01 The down arrow on the front is not indented or raised, just slightly shiny like all my other nintendo cartriges bought from stores The sticker on the front has some browning on the top showing its over a decade old The words "The Pokémon Company" are in bold, and the colors of the sticker aren't washed out. It also works completely fine so far, and the main drawback of reproductions is that they often don't work properly at certain points of the game

[@aquoy]

@CozyYoshi that's lucky lmao you won't get deals like that all the time pokemon platium rn is atleast 90 to 130

[@Jay-zb7hq]

fr :(

[@thearmyofgreatness]

Imagine how much money they would make if they dropped the DS games on virtual console for 40$

[@anasmumin2405]

They would make a lot of money and just like how it happened for Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow.etc cart prices would go down

[@tanjoy0205]

How much would you pay for BW ?Or HGSS?

[@HandheldGamer1991]

10$ would be fair

[@Saixjacket]

Imagine Nintendo bothering to remake a game with dual screen functionality for the switch to try to make $40. I would not want them to do that, and they don’t wanna do that

[@ani311]

I'd easily pay 25 bucks per game if they are the DS ones. I'd love to have Platinum or Soul Silver again.

[@DashKoopa]

“Stop emulating! It’s bad!” meanwhile: Edit: I’d like to share my experience with the matter, I was lucky to have held on with my copies of both heartgold and soulsilver, the prices were a bit bonkers back then, but it was to a much much lesser extent.

[@polishedrelish]

and they don't re-release them (makes sense for ds games)

[@mobious01]

Pirate

[@BuizelCream]

Of course people play these games through piracy. The company who made these games don't even sell them anymore fresh from factory at a retail price 😑

[@Elitus]

@@BuizelCream at this tes the old retail prices where cheaper

[@AnangRabo]

hello my old friend nice see you again. It is time to take action.

[@elementneon]

"i bought 5 copies of..." NOW I see why these games are so impossible to acquire.

[@beforedrrdpr]

depends on the locale, local supplies hardly matter

[@Kikokrazyy]

Unfortunately, the prediction of prices going down was incorrect. In fact, it’s gotten worse. I look on multiple websites, and no matter where you go, people are starting to realize how much their stuff is worth. Or, the scalpers start rushing to these sites and buy up all the good bargains to resell for crazy amounts. We live in a society of instant gratification. It’s odd that all of sudden I’m nostalgic and want these games again. However, I feel these prices will continue to be high and unreasonable.

[@DarkJ1425]

Me personally: I firmly believe this bubble will burst one way or another, it will never last forever. Of course no one knows when because - if old crashes were any indication - it will happen suddenly and without warning.

[@phoenixelysia]

except... these games are NOT worth what people want for them. Emulators are free, Reproduction carts are virtually identical and play the same as a regular copy (they can also be made at home with some tools from said free emulators). Don't give slimy fucks your hard-earned money for something that's not worth it. In this type of situation, where nintendo refuses to port these games or keep them accessible, and 90% of websites are preying on instant gratification - pirate. pirate everything. it's the same game - is the nostalgia worth the money?

[@thatoneswarmdrone6409]

Piracy is the best policy

[@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755]

At this rate, i'm ready to say fuck it and buy a reproduction cart for 15$ and call it a day. I *really* want to get black and white again but i'm not about to drop hundreds of dollars even if I could. What sucks is I lost my copy of pokemon black that had a gamestop event victini because my little brother smacked my game case and that was the game I couldn't find. I know people prefer the authentic games (i have nothing against that) but man... these prices are insane.

[@thatoneswarmdrone6409]

@That one annoying Tornado Siren - You might as well homebrew and save money. Software doesnt fail, reproduction carts can fail.

[@coolbrazilianwind6127]

Me as a kid: I don't have enough money to buy the new Pokemon games, maybe it will be cheaper when I am older Me as an adult: FUUUUUUC

[@BuizelCream]

You're not alone in this man 😭

[@coolbrazilianwind6127]

@@BuizelCream Oof momento

[@coolbrazilianwind6127]

@NS 317 Playing FPS Shooter hand me downs online because I couldn't afford Pokemon games

[@MustacheDLuffy]

It was a lot cheaper at the time. You could buy HGSS or DPPT for $20-30 in 2012-13

[@mikesterepic6355]

@@MustacheDLuffy Platinum IIRC was $30, D/P was $25 , Hgss in 2013 was already up in price to like $50-60 with pokewalker used. Though they were manageable cause there wasn't a lot of interest since BW the newest ones for the most part.

[@EricAndStuff]

It’s crazy how the gameboy games can go through the wash and still be completely fine

[@Dan-bz2nh]

Except that one time where someone threw Pokemon Sapphire into a lot of water and dumped the rom to make a video about it... Lol

[@caseabase]

oh man, i had that happen with my copy of platinum years ago, and it still works to this day

[@pieter308]

For real?! 👀 Wow that's crazy

[@stetsonherrick8090]

It is at times jaw dropping how sturdy and built to last Nintendo hardware is, isn't it?

[@stetsonherrick8090]

@Null Dork I genuinely hope it doesn't come off as cold and indifferent if I say that I haven't got a Switch, so I really am not in the know on that issue.

[@DeegsX]

Here 2 years later, Pokerus still going hard it seems.

[@SMCwasTaken]

Do you speak another language?

[@SMCwasTaken]

@@kingdom2532 yes I do I also speak Spanish and I'm currently learning Japanese The Spanish version of Pokemon Sapphire is actually a few dollars cheaper That's why I was asking that question

[@nearfear100]

This video made 2years ago but the prices are higher then ever 💀

[@max9739]

I used to think 60 dollars for SoulSilver was expensive lol!

[@fukawadesu]

True lol 80$ CAD was expensive, my mom letted me know it very well.

[@papasitodonkey9749]

Yes also me.

[@meticulouselectronics]

My store had literally boxes and boxes of unsold soul silver and heart gold. It sold horribly slow. If only I just stole a box and quit. I'd be set for life lol

[@laomd]

It is

[@jojo17999]

Hopefuly i hv soulsilver and black but withount the cases

[@cherrypie581]

Also yard sales, I got a DS lite with heartgold for $15

[@ShinyStarriNite]

nice find!

[@TheRandomname951]

The steal

[@anasmumin2405]

Sometimes you get those amazing deals 😂. I've also had golden deals like those

[@CopaceticBeats]

Damn do the Cute Charm Glitch and have fun!

[@ethancampbell9096]

Where do you even find yard sales? Like, I see maybe 3 a year in my neighborhood, none with anything of value. Is there some website where I can see local yard sales or something?

[@thesilentangel8299]

It’s been 2 years since this video was made and the prices are even worse.

[@BeMoreBroadway]

Yesterday, I saw a store selling a copy of Pokémon Diamond, in its original package, for $70. I bought that game when it came out and still to this day can't believe how insanely expensive the games as a whole have gotten - hell, I can't even find a decently priced copy of Alpha Sapphire, and that game was (relatively) recent!

[@piplupxpp]

it’s only 10 dollars more from its original release price

[@alucard8433]

@@piplupxpp I believe you mean 30$ more.

[@karakoooo]

I got Pokémon white 2 for $40

[@TKGxCOD]

@@karakoooo where?

[@karakoooo]

@@TKGxCOD some local game store

[@chestersidd1626]

The notorious Pokerus. A valuable mechanic used for EV training.

[@paulwhittle3519]

Although with sword and shield it's easier to buy vitamins from wyndon. Pokerus has become obsolete, so pokerus is more fitting with this terminology within today's era 😊

[@edchampagne1806]

@@paulwhittle3519 k

[@PeriGreen776]

ok

[@christianedwards9025]

Ah yes the virus I never thought I'd get yet somehow got, still have a few pc pokemon with it on ice so I can keep spreading it.

[@Snow-dv7hx]

I grew up with the DS Pokemon games, and I have to say, everytime I went to GameStop, I would see the Pokemon games, and they were all, and still are, $60-70.

[@ajshiro3957]

i remember always seeing Pokemon Emerald in the store, and it was always 40 dollars. even when Black and White came out

[@fbgduval]

my local gamestops don't even sell DS and 3DS games anymore. I wish I never got rid of my Pokemon games when I was younger.

[@yumekojabami1326]

I saw Pokemon heartgold complete with pokèwalker for $60. I wish I had bought it because I didn’t even know how lucky of a find that was.

[@Saixjacket]

@@ajshiro3957 That’s the exact problem with all these whiners, they were never going to buy the game in the first place, because used Pokémon games have been kind of highly priced for over a decade now. These type of people were never going to buy the game.

[@jakoah7142]

@@fbgduval my local gamestop was selling all gamecube games for $5 each when wii was coming our I remember. I probably was the only one looking thorugh that shelf and always got at least 1 game but now thinking back I wish I got them all.

[@winepiss8798]

gosh this video aged poorly 🙃

[@carstenlewin9464]

2 years later and prices are still skyhigh

[@The_MEMEphis]

Honestly even higher at least in my area I saw Facebook marketplace posts in the $300-$400 range which is just stupid they are trying to artificially increase the value

[@larbmining]

My dad recently found my old ds games, threw them away and then was confused why I was a lil upset at him. Omega ruby, x and y, diamond pearl and platinum, heart gold and soul silver all thrown away. True pain

[@anasmumin2405]

I'm sorry to hear that man... I don't know what to say...

[@CodFishay]

What a dik

[@fallensurvivor21]

F

[@piyushmenon4987]

Your dad hates money then.....I swear you could've gotten at least $600-$700 for them, if you were to sell them.

[@anasmumin2405]

@@piyushmenon4987 My dad threw away alot of my stuff too Not the games luckily because I used to keep them safe in a separate place but the cases Pokemon SoulSilver, Black, Shadows of Almia and a few more My brother had his Heartgold and White case in there too Possibly $200 or $300 right there When you start wasting more money to buy back some of the things, they start to realize what they done

[@HolograpicTaco22]

Emulators: exist Ebay sellers: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that"

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

You cant trade between emulators lol

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure No one is trading gen 4 Pokemon in the modern day. That is such a ridiculous thing to care about when you can get trade evolutions and QoL fixes within an emulator and go onto Showdown if you want to battle your friends.

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 i personally have been because after emerald, i stopped playing up until ultra sun so im playing catch up a bit. But i guess not everyone is.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure You don't have to trade for that though. Just play the games normally.

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 not every game has every mon

[@jesseb4827]

It’s been 2 years bro… prices are still screwed and FB marketplace is the worst

[@TheMadTavern]

"That still available..." "Yeah, it's still available." "Alright bet, thanks..." never heard from again hahahah

[@sypher690]

One of the other issues with acquisition prices is the sheer amount of fakes that are around as well.

[@xShinigamiRyukuux]

This is where I think getting roms is justified. I'm not saying you should pirate a game on release, but once a game's been out for longer than a decade, is long out of print, and is unavailable for first-hand purchase physically or digitially, it's fair game.

[@colmlooney5843]

100% agreed. Pirating is bad, but really the lesser of 2 evils (the other one being scalping/getting scalped)

[@tituslafrombois1164]

I stand firmly on the position that piracy is ethical once the company no longer officially sells the game through any means. Even if you obtained a legitimate copy at that point, the money wouldn't go to the studio or developers. So there's no difference if you download the rom or not.

[@firstname745]

Way before the pandemic I remember seeing an ebay post of this guy selling what seemed to be 40-50 authentic platinum cartridges with the GameStop stickers still on the protective plastic case. For $80 each.

[@demi-femme4821]

Yeah, Nintendo ain't making any money off of BW2. If you have a moral objection to pirating a ten-year-old, out-of-print game, then you're either a fool, a coward, or both.

[@projectz975]

yeah, the "lost sale" argument just doesnt track when the publisher isnt selling the game anymore. Wether you buy a DS game from a flea market or download it off a rom site, Nintendo doesnt see anything from that anyway

[@classicrob16]

I still have my copy of pearl with the original save file, all my elementary school friends with whom I've traded are still in my pall pad. So no, I won't be parting with it.

[@dairtobefalco52]

Damn!! That’s awesome. I wish I took care of my stuff and stored them properly.

[@rolltideroll8458]

@@dairtobefalco52 Same

[@adamc4576]

Thats so cool

[@excalibur493]

Same. I've hate purging old save files.

[@shaktra1563]

Same! I have all the mainline games starting from gen 3 moving forward. Didn’t know they could even go for this much 😗

[@EthanPHX]

2 years later, COVID is long gone, and the prices show no sign of dropping anytime soon.

[@Shyguy2434]

They did drop. The dropped by like 45$-65$!!!

[@brianguardado7642]

Just bought Heart Gold for 170$ don’t regret one bit of it. My parents wouldn’t buy me much things as a kid. As an adult I can finally live what in my childhood I would only dream of. I’m entirely happy with my purchase :) my happiness as silly as it may be, doesn’t have a price. Specially with the insane amount of hours I work and family.

[@jaskiratsingh887]

Kudos to you, the heart gold/ soul silver games are hands down one of the best games. I remember when I lost my Pokemon white game my mom took me to get soul silver to cheer me up which it did but I felt that, compared to other kids I didn't buy many games or other game consoles so I treasured the few I did have. You're going to enjoy the game a ton, ngl it took me almost two years to finish it, the champion was so difficult for me. I am so happy for you, you are going to enjoy the game.

[@Harle_y6606]

Damn, I own a heartgold since day 1 and didn't know it was big time expensive

[@Xenomorph-hb4zf]

I still got my Soul Silver copy from 2010 when I traded games with a kid in my school. Gave him my Mario and Luigi Bowsers inside story game for his Soulsilver. We said we would trade back after a week but I never saw the kid ever again. I personally think I got the better game out of the deal

[@eye1dry138]

You should just emulate games for free. Waste of money to buy these

[@Aaron409x]

Same my guy same.

[@edmundironside9435]

back in 2013, it felt impossible for there to be a bad pokemon game

[@Snivy102]

I went to a huge launch event for the game. I was soooo hype. And when I finally got it, I decided to take a break after a couple hours of playing. At the time, that seemed normal to me, but looking back on it, that was the first Pokemon game where I decided to take a break. Up until then I had just played each new Pokemon game every hour that I was able to until I beat it - only taking breaks for a couple hours of sleep, with my DS on my pillow lol

[@Fiendoh]

@NS 317 tbh the launch of gen 5 was terrible to most nostalgia driven fans cutting the dex to 156 gen 5 pokemon is a bad move no matter how you put it, pokemon has always been about the ability to choose your own team and to complete it with a variety of multigenerational mons. had the dex been expanded as in bw2 people would be looking more fondly at gen 5 from start. to this day you cannot catch pikachu native to unova in bw2 because game freak assumed you owned the older games or you used the dream world feature to get it that being said, its kinda a trend for old generations to make massive cuts to dex on the generation launch and to keep the dex gated for main campaign (cough d/p having 151 regional dex, smaller than in gen 3)

[@MezzoForte4]

@@Fiendoh Was that really such an issue? I BARELY remember making a (very brief) fuss over that design choice. I always play with the newly introduced Pokemon anyway so the game making me chose new monsters was a non-issue for me. I took me years to realize what they were actually doing in that it was a sort of soft reboot to the series and I loved them for that. What helped is that all the other Pokemon were still available in the Post game or via game transfer. That's the way it should be done, not straight up deleting them from the game data like a certain recent game.

[@duhve]

@@Fiendoh As a new fan introduced to pokemon around 2013, I remember bw was such a hated game by many that there were many copies floating around ebay and I snagged a copy to try out. I became a huge fan of pokemon after that without knowing anything else. (even watched the bw anime. Scary I know)

[@Fiendoh]

@@MezzoForte4 it apparently WAS an issue because starting from the gen 6 kanto gets pandered super hard. nostalgia drive is stronger in this community than you think

[@oeurves_d-oriel]

Coming back to say, nearly two years later, that these games have not gotten cheaper. I lost my DS Pokemon games more than a decade ago when I let my brother borrow them to get mystery gift events for me since he worked at a Gamestop at the time. He lost them during a commute on a train and realized his mistake too late. He has gotten me some games back to compensate throughout the years, and I'm very thankful. I've also bought a couple of games in this series for myself back, as well. The only game I've yet to recover is either Pokemon Black or White 2. I'm just miffed that every listing I see for those games is more than $100 to this day. I'm this close, and it's tempting to just negotiate to get that game for less, but perhaps I should still wait.

[@erm_jammy]

Happened to me too, my older brother gave me Black and Heart Gold and I have no clue where I left them since that was ages ago since i played them. It’s sucks that they’re so expensive now, I wish I took care of them.

[@CrocodileRay]

One year later, the Gen 5 games and G2 Remake prices are still crappy.

[@silkwormstories5230]

I am genuinely shocked that the prices were out of control. I've kept my old copies of Pearl, B2 etc. Incidentally, I have a story of the best "price" I ever paid for a game. I have a friend at work who bought both Sword and Shield. He offered to give me Shield in exchange for a homemade chocolate cake. Yes, that cake recipe is that good.

[@fluffygonzo7358]

Who doesn’t like cake.

[@zonk1477]

Well it's just insane when a 3DS costs more then a Nintendo Switch.

[@keatonestoll9476]

I think a 60$ game is fair for some homemade chocolate cake

[@SmoothTurtle840]

I’m guessing they probably just wanted a friend who’d be willing to trade them the version exclusives that they couldn’t get with just Sword.

[@SMCwasTaken]

@@keatonestoll9476 trust me even if the cake looks bad, it will always taste good

[@Josh-hi2ti]

Pokémon games become the next global currency, step aside "bitcoin" your days are limited.

[@sheff4719]

Facts

[@a-s-greig]

Pikacoin.

[@Chaddyp100]

I love how all the predictions in this video didn't come true

[@Shyguy2434]

Ahh! How many people have never used price charting! They did!!! They each went down by like 40$-65$!!!

[@Blazer1177]

Prices did not drop down lol

[@Brutalious]

For the love of God, someone please give this man a glass of water.

[@sperziemone]

I had to stop the video 😖 *shivers*

[@NamelessAidan]

I think it's more a microphone issue. Some people also seem to be more sensitive to mouth noises and stuff than others... I turned down the volume a bit and it helped!

[@sekiro_the_one-armed_wolf]

Dear god I only just noticed it because of you

[@fernandovelazquezvelasco2764]

hahaha once you notice...you can never unnotice it

[@starpawstarpaw1041]

Same his voice sounds hoarse

[@ashpog]

im a firmly believer that this is all fault of the "pokemon card investors" other than ruining the tcg, they even ruined the game prices. this is why i hate these people. they ruined Everything pokemon i simply can't wait for the market to crash and these "investors" to lose all their money. it's what they deserve for ruining our childhood

[@Whiteythereaper]

Correct. It's people with money to spend wiping out other people's collections & 2nd hand/charity shops buying them for cheap from people who have no idea of their value. It's cryptobros who wanna make a quick buck and people who think they're "a successful retro collector & game seller" just because they find donated GBA consoles and copies of Pokemon XD

[@2mono7]

calm down bro don't get so mad over a ds game. just be like me and buy a 10 dollar Chinese copy

[@shrimppimp4509]

@@2mono7 I would if it was able to use the internet to use the fan made servers and the pokemon transfer

[@showbizpizzaarchive5055]

Umm.. i get what ur saying but jeez lmao wanna be any more dramatic? They didnt "ruin everything pokemon!" Or "ruin our childhoods", bruh

[@smileytlj23]

@@Whiteythereaper that's not entirely true. Yes people are capitalizing on a trend of overcharging popular retro titles, but considering how Nintendo is treating their EShop people don't have much choice but to buy physical. Sony at the very least decided against shutting down the servers for the ps3 and the vita due to backlash. Nintendo won't. They'd rather you break your back for their games than maintain a system that provided digital avenues to a retro experience. It's not just the techie dude bros.

[@primal44]

A lot of these prices aren’t dropping 😭

[@Wasted_AF]

This video aged pretty badly. Prices are worse than ever and, with the closing of the eShop, we'll probably start to see the 3DS titles rise in price too. Hell not too long ago a cib copy of Emerald sold for $800!!! If it's not just someone manipulating the market by buying it from themselves, then it's people genuinely seeing that and thinking it's a worthwhile deal. If anyone wants to experience these games, either emulate or buy a fake copy

[@NatureBoy818channel]

Brought all 3DS Pokémon games mainline and at least 1 versions of the DS

[@bluecar7719]

I dont think people who are paying these crazy prices know what emulators are

[@jonathangillooly9361]

The problem that comes with using an emulator until you get a Pokémon game yourself is that you can’t really move a Pokémon from an emulator to a regular game… or at least you can’t do it easily. Why emulate your first Pokémon game if you can’t take them with you to another game.

[@bluecar7719]

@@jonathangillooly9361 I have a problem and dont have a problem with emulators at the same time. I would only let some use one if they had bought a good amount of other pokemon games to support game freak. Otherwise its just piracy

[@tituslafrombois1164]

I believe a good portion of the DS Pokémon games have IR blasters and sensors in the cartridges, others have step meters in them so you can "take your pokémon on a walk". These exclusive hardware features are probably a big factor in the prices. You wouldn't get the full experience from just a rom.

[@firstname745]

@@jonathangillooly9361 True. But who wants to buy a sealed version of Fire Red for $25k just to trade their Charizard over to the newest games? It's funny how I remember seeing sealed copies of Emerald at my Best Buy in abundance and now they're worth more than a car.

[@APlusProds]

@@firstname745 it’s obviously a collectible if it’s still sealed. Nobody would pay $25k to open a sealed product and play it…

[@InconsistentContent]

I'll never sell my own games. I still have my Pokémon Red and Yellow with the books and box from waaaaay back when they first came out. They're my childhood and my team's are on them😁😊

[@zestyvoyage2188]

Maybe you should consider transferring your teams on red and yellow since the batteries in those cartridges will not last forever

[@coolguy11fortnite]

@@zestyvoyage2188 you can’t transfer them from original cartridges

[@zestyvoyage2188]

@@coolguy11fortnite actually you can it's very complicated but there's a video that explains how to do it kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJTCe6KsmNBkqdE

[@leviathan3508]

@@coolguy11fortnite actually you can. And now theres an extremely simple device to do it too! Its called GB operator by epilogue.

[@AndrewPoopyPants]

Cool story bro 😎

[@NeonVars]

The fact that these prices haven't gotten down since this video was released (and in some cases shot up) is proof that they're here to stay for a while, at least until Nintendo gathers enough wits to bank on gamers wanting to play older titles. But I doubt Nintendo will bring these games on to modern consoles before they decide to remake them. They simply haven't shown any interest in doing either.

[@NuggetGX]

Bro it’s been 2 years and the prices are even worse now 😭😭😭😭 gotta Buy em all before it gets worse!

[@SMCwasTaken]

That mentality is exactly why the prices keep growing The reason why these games are worth so much is because you can transfer them to Pokemon bank, Once Pokemon banks shuts down these games will lower in price Besides these games sold millions of copies

[@NuggetGX]

@@SMCwasTaken yeah had to just yolo it and got heart gold and platinum off ebay! 100% worth it in my opinion!

[@OttonFilms]

@@SMCwasTaken this isn't true at all lol. Sure the pokemon bank is a factor, but 99% of people buy these games as per nostalgia and to collect. Nintendo refuses to re-release the GBA games to the switch, and the DS games cannot be re-released without major revisions due to the split screen. The gamecube games have licensing issues which makes it hard to re-release them. Loose games are still expensive but complete in box copies are a different story. They sold millions of copies, but of those millions; millions were opened/ heavily damaged and realistically less than 5% of all those sold copies are boxed still. (even less sealed). These are collectors items, if you want to actually play the games there are thousands of ways to play it without paying prices for authentic copies (emulation, repos, flashcarts,etc...). My pal owns a retro video game store and his #1 selling "retro" games are GBA pokemon games. People are and will keep on paying to re-live their childhoods. I only see these going up as people buy these games to store away/display.

[@ryaquaza3offical]

“What I’m getting at is that Logan Paul is partly responsible for the current increase in pokemon game prices” Me: *causally adds that to the list of reasons to dislike him* Edit: wow the kids here are aggressive

[@sycophant8470]

logan paul isn't jake paul, he made the mess up with the suicide forest but the dude is honestly a good guy

[@jjplayzgacha1903]

Ikr hate both brothers lol

[@calebb7012]

@@sycophant8470 no. They both are terrible to live near, and awful in general. There are multiple lawsuits against BOTH brothers.

[@sycophant8470]

@@calebb7012 i do not care about the neighbors of the team ten house they were a bunch of rich assholes, this cancel culture-esque refusal to accept that people have changed is so cringe.

[@ryaquaza3offical]

@@sycophant8470 I think the fact he filmed a dead people for views, faked a fight and being colourblind is more cringe but whatever

[@youngmaverick8702]

This is really true the worst part is that if your not careful you can end up purchasing a fake one it happened to me three times when I try purchasing a copy of Pokemon Emerald at GameStop. The store managers felt so bad that they ended up giving me the Final Fantasy 7 remake for free.

[@joshiffy]

Finding a genuine copy of any GBA pokemon game now online is virtually impossible and it sucks

[@a_bear]

@NS 317 A lot of them come from china. Copyright laws are different, demand is high and unsuspecting people will easily go for the cheaper, most popular looking listing. Good business. See the top ebay listings for any gen 3-4 game. You know those top listings "from the united states" that sell loose cartridges for cheaper and usually have 100s of sold and 100s of left to sell? Bet my ass 90% of those listings come shipped straight from china. But little Timmy's mom didn't know the difference between "Nintendo" and "Nlntendo" 😔

[@topeee]

@@a_bear China is also responsible for creating fake items here in the Philippines hhaha no wonder

[@Kanethedragon]

With a little bit of research and attentiveness, knowledge can get you a long way to ensuring you purchase legitimate copies and not copies from scammers trying to pitch it off a legit. So anyways, here you go for future reference. m.imgur.com/a/1epF5

[@ML-gc2fi]

This video didn’t age well at all, lol! Prices haven’t dropped and appear to be the same. Idk if they’ll drop, either. My parents, are the same and im glad they are. They let me keep all my childhood games and all that.

[@IsaacPurpleguy]

It sucks. I just want to play an official copy of Platinum 😭

[@SMCwasTaken]

Fr R4 just doesn't feel the same 😢

[@IsaacPurpleguy]

@@SMCwasTaken finally got a copy but at what cost 😔

[@Victini0510]

"The prices won't stay that bad, give it a year or two" now prices are just as bad, if not worse. You also did not mention the reproduction side of the market, making any purchase extremely risky.

[@beybladeestadosunidos2952]

facts ever since the remake pearl/dimond and platinum decrease

[@Iamjitterdoll]

Yep. I gave up and managed to trade some other overpriced collector stuff in another hobby in exchange for the games. They felt they got a bargain for the collectible, and I got the game by trading a collectible I haven't been able to sell for 2 years. I'll have lost money on the trade with the collectible being worth $100, but I was about ready to just donate it to goodwill, so this worked out for me, in my eyes.

[@Superluigi881]

Don't buy these games from eBay. That's all I'll say. Learned the hard way.

[@dlmiles9266]

Nah fam there are great guides on youtube on how to spot fakes and it make the chance of you getting ripped off slim to none. Each generation of pokemon games has atleast 1 or 2 dead giveaways when it comes to telling if its a fake or not. You just have to pay attention and do you research on what you are buying!

[@joeycaceres4230]

@@dlmiles9266 i bought from game stop since the pokemon games are cheaper got white and soul silver for about 75 a pop ebay is so over priced sometimes but gl pokemon collectors

[@samarthvenkatesh6720]

5:23 made me chuckle. I think the general consensus is indeed that Emerald, Platinum, HGSS, and BW2 are the four best Pokemon games, and in my opinion with good reason.

[@sandophall5152]

I feel so lucky about two years ago I managed to snag emerald for $20 from a family friend and diamond for just $10 from another.

[@candyneige6609]

Four best Pokémon games that you can play on your DS that is, for four best Pokémon games that you can play on your 3DS, everything changes, ORAS replaces Emerald, XY replaces Platinum, SM replaces HGSS, and USUM replaces B2W2, since they all utilizes the 3D graphics and also the only ones that have a 3D effect feature if that’s interesting for you, and as we all know, early 3D Pokémon games have better graphics than 2D Pokémon games, even modern 3D Pokémon games doesn’t even have the aforementioned 3D effect, only the early 3D ones does, and as the 3D effect is on the rise again as people grew more nostalgic over this, more and more people buy 3DSs as they have that feature, and some of them end up buying the aforementioned Pokémon games like XY, ORAS, SM and USUM that have the 3D effect, i have two of those, XY and SM, but either way, the prices of XY, ORAS, SM and USUM is starting to skyrocket.

[@TheDavidish]

@@candyneige6609 All those games you listed still pale in comparison to the DS/GBA games

[@candyneige6609]

@@TheDavidish It is correct if by "pale" you mean "better". If not, then i'm sorry to tell you that you might be a genwunner.

[@user-yw8ek4dj5v]

@@candyneige6609 You're an idiot. DS games are far from gen 1. It's also a common consensus that they're vastly superior. It's a fact that what most people consider the best are one of the following; emerald, Platinum, HGSS or BW2. Also graphics don't make a game better. I presume you're a kid or definetly not over 20 to understand this.

[@xigbarii8432]

This video aged terribly. Facebook marketplace still has 100+ dollar authentic games. Maybe the sellers watched your video

[@eonicshadow4316]

fax

[@aletskun3877]

My great grandmother left my mom a tiny box full of silver rings and chains. I think i will start considering leaving my Pokémon collection as heirlooms too.

[@NuggetGX]

Bro I’m gonna leave all my consoles, games, and a list of movies and shows my ancestors all need to watch! 🤣

[@WolfOfTheStars]

You are very underrated! I agree with everything spoken here. Im a long term pokemon fan since Gameboy and Gamecube and Pokemon has been my way of opening up to the world. I grew up a mainly lonely childhood because I lived too far away from town, my mom's job made it hard to take me places and my dad worked too. Pokemon was my thing that made me happy because it gave me something to do after school because I barely had friends and my neighborhood at the time had no other kids there. I thank pokemon for being that thing I needed to keep me happy when I felt alone!

[@Snivy102]

Pinning this wholesome comment. I think a lot of us can relate to it.

[@StefanStriegl]

Collectors: Oh no. Pirates: I don´t see the problem.

[@fabioribeiro2619]

Yes.

[@aussiebattler96]

well basiclly.... i can't find the games im after for a good price so stuff it pleanty of good emulators

[@LuckyOwl_7]

Yaarg! I be plunderin’ th’ free anime an’ Pokeman games!

[@relo999]

As a collector for more than 15 years, I can safely say only the "flash collectors" as I'd like to call it go "oh no". Fuck, waited 8 years for a virtualboy for the right price, 5 for a Jaguar, etc., etc. The way I see it most of the "flash collectors" aren't really collectors, they're pretending to be collectors and actually are investors. A healthy collector doesn't need everything yesterday, they just want it someday. People that want everything now also are the people that quickly drop out of the hobby but often expect to get back what they payed or more (a fun way to spot them online in listings is them claiming "I know what I have" or "I know the price" when they want offers)

[@aussiebattler96]

@@relo999 yeah its quite annoying. been collecting for quite some time now for the ps2 and xbox 360. Im wanting to start for the nintendo ds but the pokemon games going for over 250 bucks is just stupid, I'm hoping it dies down fast. if they were mint copys for the gameboy, gameboy colour and gameboy advance (complete in box) I'd understand, but a loose NDS game cart hell no. it ruins it for the true collectors out there.

[@lestforce4810]

This video didn’t age well at all

[@ZKLofiTone]

what do you mean?

[@Patisaloser]

​@@ZKLofiTonethey're even higher now

[@ZKLofiTone]

@@Patisaloser no waaaayyyy!!! REALLY?!!!

[@Shyguy2434]

​@Patisaloser No, they aren't! Did you even look things up before stating that as a fact?? Hgss dropped by 35$ bw2 dropped by 45$ platinum dropped by 50$. They aren't "Still going up" stop passing something off as true without doing research! They did in fact go down. They may still be pricey but they aren't going up!

[@ZKLofiTone]

@@Shyguy2434 oh, what is your source please?

[@rocksteady702]

2 yrs later prices are still high.

[@WallyTheWagon]

Unfortunately 😔

[@homebaked1731]

It really annoys me when I see facebook marketplace listings claiming that the ds pokemon games are "RARE"

[@nineicytails4287]

Prior to the release of Sinnoh remakes I had this weirdly high hope that we'd get some sort of re-release of the original Gens 3-5 in a package for the switch. Other game series have done this, and aside from changing things up for the bottom screen, how bad could it be?

[@chrisrichfield8906]

i figured we would at least get Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire on the virtual console.

[@Nicomanism]

@@chrisrichfield8906 no Pokemon Emerald and Pokemon Platinum.

[@tritonerbui7724]

*Its Gamefreak*

[@Acrum99]

@@tritonerbui7724 but they did rerelease RB and GS for the 3DS. So it’s still possible even if it’s not very likely.

[@fernandomarroquin8901]

it could be as bad as one game on the cart and the rest come on a download code lol

[@scope8201]

6:30 Aged like milk a year later.

[@thomasdiaz7064]

I’m here 2 years later still seeing black 2 selling 150+

[@garyhernandez84]

"...SNES games have been on the decline for many years" *Laughs in Earthbound*

[@HIPHOPHEAD1031]

I mean honestly none of them have generally gone down in the past years, I don’t know where he got that from

[@mydumblife8067]

Even if you bought that game in the box for several hundred, you could definitely turn around and sell it in the low thousands. Check ebay sold listings, people are stupid with disposable income and it's totally fine to take advantage of that, sorry that life isn't fair

[@antusFireNova]

Earthbound is an exception

[@JakeLT64]

@@HIPHOPHEAD1031 SNES game prices have been increasing at a significantly slower rate lately. Heavy titles were pretty much doubling in price every few years for a while

[@HIPHOPHEAD1031]

@@JakeLT64 yeah sure buts that’s not a decline

[@obits3]

Regarding selling your childhood stuff, I totally agree. I’ve kept a binder of Pokémon trading cards with the first 151 Pokémon for around two decades now. This includes many cards that I could sell for at least $100 today, but I wouldn’t part with them. They represent an important part of my life.

[@zacharybrafman402]

A year or two huh?

[@davidsparling9631]

I started re buying my games at the start of 2020. Was the smartest decision ever

[@jimmyjay689]

Still pretty late....2017- 19 was the best time...simply due to the release of the Switch...people were giving away their DS and 3ds collections for extremely cheap...also Wii U as well....I was able to get many notable games for $5 -$10 dollars

[@almarkowbender]

If you started in 2020 you overpaid for every single one.

[@fernandomarroquin8901]

@@almarkowbender especially the shin megami tensei titles! omg each is 80$ now or more.. when they were 20$ or less in 2017

[@davidsparling9631]

@@almarkowbender no I didn't. They're value was way lower then the start of 2021. They're also only going to go up in value over time.

[@almarkowbender]

Almost any game you bought in 2020 was a lot less expensive a few years ago. Yes, you might have payed less than the game is going for in 2021 but right now is the highest peak used games have probably ever seen...

[@Sin_Doog]

I’m in an interesting situation. I wanna replay Platinum after realizing I only ever played through it once compared to how I’ve replayed the Hoenn games 15+ times. However, my copy of Platinum out of all my pokemon games is the last copy that hasn’t had its day 1 save file erased. It has all my memories and pokemon from my childhood on it and I don’t wanna erase that. So instead of replaying the copy of Platinum I still own, I’m gonna buy a 2nd copy so I won’t have to erase a big chunk of my childhood. Sounds silly to most people, but as a very sentimental person its one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever made.

[@Awesum]

Without a doubt. I've been playing since 98 as a child. I have children of my own and currently play Shield as my son plays through Sword. I have transfered pokemon since Gen 4 all the way too Shield, and traded my kid ones he's liked..which are older than him lol. It might be silly to some but they have value to me even though they won't to someone else..

[@yumekojabami1326]

No this makes sense. I wouldn’t erase my childhood even if I didn’t have to spend anything.

[@nicolasandresrodriguezcruz9287]

I’m literally in your exact same situation, but i am looking for Pokémon black though

[@yumekojabami1326]

@@nicolasandresrodriguezcruz9287 I’ve seen black for like $50 on eBay

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

I bought platinum and hg last year for $60 a piece

[@diaperbuster]

It’s been 2 years, the prices haven’t dropped 😨

[@animeightbit9467]

This video aged like milk.. heartgold and soulsilver is still high. Saw one at an auction of those 2 for $600. It was a complete and sealed tho

[@ItsFelix_]

yeah sadly, i caved and found an authentic cartridge only soul silver on ebay for ~$130

[@notsarcasm]

2020 and 2021 seriously have felt like the years of scalping all of my hobbies suddenly got really expensive

[@RayWearer]

I feel you bro

[@TheBBCSlurpee]

Every scalper deserves to be slowly crushed to death in a hydraulic press :O

[@sum-dood]

Try finding nice crx parts lol

[@cjmars822]

Agreed with you completely. I used to buy used games all the time just because I finally got around to wanting to play them. Enter 2020 … not anymore. Although an excellent point was made that really made me think: why now? I no longer have any issue waiting for this insanity to pass.

[@Austin_Bass]

When I was 7, my DS Lite, along with my copy of White, White 2, and Heartgold, were stolen from me. Although I was able to get my hands on a copy of SoulSilver a few years later, I am still searching for White and White 2. I only have memories of the story and characters, but no memory of my team. I will find them eventually though

[@Komagawautaismywife]

I hope you find them

[@bracuszavala7679]

You will find them eventually brother, your bond with them makes it inevitable

[@hm.7959]

It was definitely a kid with freckles

[@firstname745]

I though I lost my Heart Gold copy for years until my mom found it and asked me if it still works. Its still dented from when one of my dogs almost bit a hole into it and it still works perfectly. Carried me through my worst school experiences. Cheers.

[@demi-femme4821]

Emulate. You might think it will be better to have them legit, trust me, it's not. The games are both out of print, you have no moral obligation to a giant faceless corporation and not even Nintendo would go after you for this.

[@Sameo22]

2 years later, they are still expensive...

[@CrystalCrynight]

I resonate with the part about pokemon always being with you, to me, its just always been a franchise that has given me comfort and as a young kid my parents sold my Soul silver and black cartridge without asking, so when i recently tried to buy a cartridge black again just to have and play it legitimate, i was so confused to how expensive they are

[@MegamanElric16]

I barely managed to track down a Gamestop out of my city that had a single copy of SoulSilver for $70. I am never selling this game; it is a fantastic Pokemon game, but mainly it was too much trouble just to get it.

[@woopie8945]

Omg my poor parents had to do the same for me with heart gold 😂

[@persian338]

Oh boy. I went through that too. Some years ago, i was looking for heart gold since i had never played it, but on the internet the prices were CRAZY! Like 120-400€, wtf! Thank god a friend of mine sold me the game for 60€

[@persian338]

I had more luck with leaf green, since my cousin's friend had a copy, he played it, my cousins played it, and they said they weren't interested in it anymore and i got it from free. I am looking forward to platinum and emerald, i won't ask my cousin who has the games because he is very attached to them, so good luck to me😌

[@woopie8945]

@@persian338 oh god R.I.P your bank account

[@NitghVision]

I found my Pokewalker about a year and a half ago and felt nostalgic and grabbed a copy of HG for $60 at GameStop before "pokerus", might have been the best decision I made since then!

[@ChaotixBR]

It is nintendo's fault. When I was at USA in 2009 there were still fresh loads of Sonic Rush Games, that were made in 2005 because SEGA makes a lot os waves of their to keep with demand. And nintendo, as we know don't do that.

[@qactustick]

These prices aren't due to a lack of supply. Did you watch the video? These games sold millions of copies apiece. They aren't at all hard to find if you know where to look. Pokémon games aren't rare by any stretch.

[@ChaotixBR]

@@qactustick I did watch and the supply is was never that much enough. specially for the rising of pokemon fans every year.

[@mikesterepic6355]

@@ChaotixBR You do realize that they made the amount to meet demand back then right? Stores were alway packed with those games for the longest time until the DS was discontinued. They had no way of knowing that everyone and their grandmother wanted to play pokemon several years later . That's like being surprised that stores weren't ready for surge of interest in the pokemon TCG as who would expect 30 yr old manchildren to be fighting over something intended for younger audiences? The " They should've thought ahead of time" mentality is gross. Nothing like having them print an over abundance of games when interest in the games was at its lowest point cause maybe there will be interest in it. If you were referring to the fact that they should let you order new copies of their older games off their website , that'd be an interesting concept though I doubt they'd do ever do that. Definitely would be a way to kill the price of those games.

[@a_bear]

@@qactustick In an indirect way it is. Other companies may reprint their games at a later date. Doesn't really happen with Pokémon and people know this. Once they stop printing the Pokémon game, people can hoard with all they got and watch the magic numbers go up. Game runs out from suppliers so now the price is up to individual sellers and at this point the value becomes an illusion.

[@KorinIta]

@@mikesterepic6355 what if the games break or get lost? I’ll only have expensive games to buy instead of just reprinting the old games or reprogramming and releasing them for pc/switch

[@Hexstasy100]

This could be all solved in Nintendo made it easier to play these games without emulation, but instead they close down the last place where you buy a legit copy for a good price.

[@yeahicamp5237]

"Give it a year or two and you'll see these prices drop back down." Two years later update: he was wrong.

[@buurmeisje]

wdym the prices have gone down, the average price for Pokémon Platinum when this was released was $130, now it's $75

[@HotFryReptiles432567]

Pokémon Colosseum and Emerald still selling for $125-$200

[@OttonFilms]

prices will never go down to what they were post 2020. Nintendos refusual to re-release the GBA games to the nintendo store, the DS games being a nightmare/impossible to port because of the double screen, the gamecube games having licensing issues due to the various companies that worked with them, and gamecube games being a nightmare to port to any system. Emulation is the only that is making it possible to play these games. The old games will forever now be collector items sadly.

[@mannyblight6140]

I wish along side the remakes they’d start making legacy collections like with capcom and just let us have the old with the new without it being locked to virtual only

[@anasmumin2405]

That would be amazing. That's why Megaman games aren't over the chart These companies are good at realizing when people are going to start feeling nostalgic of their old games and instead of letting the market got overboard, they make a remaster and at the end of the day they make more money and you get a good game for a good price as well

[@Saixjacket]

@@anasmumin2405 MegaMan? That’s a garbage example. Keiji inafune sold his soul for mighty number 9. Capcom. knows how to ruin its franchises lol

[@raerohan4241]

@@Saixjacket What are you talking about? All the Megaman legacy collections were super highly rated and had very positive reception. Megaman's a great example of this being done well.

[@GeteMachine]

Using team rocket to represent scaplers and scummy resellers just had me laughing. So in character.🤣

[@mr.x2567]

It honestly sounds more like the guy that sold James a Magikarp.

[@clayhambrick6861]

How are resellers scummy? They do not make the market price, the consumer does… as matter of fact if there were less resellers, there would be less available copies online, which would make the game more expensive…

[@serily4524]

@@clayhambrick6861 because they are and dont say they are part of the problem, its both the buyer and the reseller problem this is happening, so dont give them slack when they sold those games for those horrendous prices themselves.

[@clayhambrick6861]

@@serily4524 do you not understand basic economics and supply and demand? The seller doesn’t make the price? The price is set based on what the average consumer pays.. it’s fair to say the price is high, but how is it the fault of the seller? It’s not just readily available otherwise you could just find it wherever pretty easily.. but you can’t… Seriously if you don’t want to learn basic economics, go find them yourself. Marketplace, flea markets, yard sales, it’s not hard. If you can’t do that. Deal with market prices.

[@Goldedyoungin]

Prices still haven’t dropped I hate that Pokémon is more mainstream now

[@StolenPw]

Two years later and they are in the 350 range

[@bessieburnet9816]

Seriously. I REALLY wanna play Heartgold. Even the physical versions I find in stores go over 50. Literally more expensive than before! The only reason I got Pearl over Platinum is because I found one that was actually cheap enough. God, I know people love the Gen 2 remakes but holy crap...

[@b4rs629]

I remember looking all over for Heart gold in 2013 and I finally found a loose copy for $75 at a gamestop. Yet, I was able to walk into a Walmart and find a Soul Silver brand new for $35-40 locked behind glass. I wished I could an authentic case for Heart Gold that does't cost an arm & a leg.

[@LolLol-gd7ly]

R4 card

[@pathsgfx]

Honestly i just bought a NDS emulator on my phone for like 5 bucks and just downloaded ROMs for Soul Silver, Platinum and Black V2

[@Symonch_]

Gamestop sell it at 40€

[@thedoyla]

Be patient and keep looking. Eventually, after about 3 months found HG in box for less than 35 USD

[@user-uy3sj8cz2b]

I remember my mom telling me NOT to sell my games... still sold a shit ton, but kept all of my favourites. Thanks for looking out, mam

[@Hylander27]

You where lucky my mum throw away my Pokemon games without telling until after she did it ..I was still a kid at the time

[@weedcat42069]

same here, she also told me to take care of the cases too and look after them. i am grateful to her.

[@ponca1813]

Mine threw away all my GBA stuff plus all my old PC games and their boxes, such a shame, I really liked them but I moved out overseas and couldn't take them with me.

[@YeTism]

My mum said the same thing but I didn’t listen. Had to buy all the pokemon games back

[@Nic9458]

Two years later and the prices are still the same if not more

[@kami_ikigai6534]

3 years later and game prices are still wild

[@elishawomack]

It's also crazy how many fakes I've seen of these games when scrolling through Marketplace, Mercari and eBay... It's such a crazy time for retro game carts

[@LoudSodaCaleb]

I remember back in the day I wanted to flesh out my collection when black 2 (complete) was was 50 bucks and I said no because it was “overpriced”. Oh how little did I know…

[@hamontequila1104]

The same thing happened to me but with ruby

[@ridensroom6957]

@@hamontequila1104 emerald for me too

[@BroadcastsFromPoorFarm]

@@imrinani I'm missing the same ones, except I do have HG-which I bought during a gamestop used game sale where it was buy 1 new get 1 used half off. And randomly found HG in stock. I don't know why I left B2W2 for last to collect though, lol. Out of all the ones to wait until last to buy, I chose that series!

[@Serious5GamingS5G]

I think the reason why specifically old pokemon games cost so much today is because you can transfer pokemons to more modern pokemon games

[@SMCwasTaken]

Yeah Once they shut down Pokemon Bank and Put Emerald on NSO, the prices will stabilize

[@flamez3833]

Really good video but I must say: it is now 2023, I just payed $199 for soulsilver from the local game store so the prices haven’t changed yet… then a few days later got recommended this video lmao! Disposable income mixed with nostalgia is a SOB! Hope the prices return to a reasonable range soon though. I’m really glad I couldn’t allow myself to sell ALL my Pokémon games when I did. I kept my copies of diamond and platinum for whatever reason. If only I had kept the rest I would’ve had the complete collection as I always bought both versions for their exclusives

[@adamthechao9519]

You KNOW It's Bad When When It's Twice (Sometimes Thrice) As Much As Something You Can Play It On!

[@ShinyStarriNite]

that's actually a good point, i guess i should consider that rule of thumb the next time i see crazy priced games

[@Fullmetal22]

From the future, nothings changed. Nintendo still sucks

[@fiendfrank]

This didnt age well. Prices went up up up!

[@SpriteShade]

Almost 3 years later and unfortunately this did not pan out. Maybe because scarlet and violet were not received well. Platinum is $120 CIB.

[@Shyguy2434]

In the video he showed how when the vid was uploaded platinum was was like 180$ loose! What exactly is ur point?

[@MrMitchbow]

I’m lucky my mom was respectful of my games growing up. Unfortunately my sister never cared, and was brutal throughout. She bullied me in to quitting Pokémon when I bought heartgold, and I did. Until oras came out and I couldn’t not get sapphire again. But I missed out on every game’s release between those :/ thanks sis

[@darkninjafirefox]

I'm sorry you had to go through that. I was always told I would grow out of it and tried to make myself dislike it. I was miserable until getting soulsilver a few years later. I hope you can enjoy the series again without shame!

[@super8bitvideos]

a roommate brought a girl over once while me and my other roommate were trading in ORAS and she goes "you're playing pokemon?! do you guys get laid?!" We gave eachother a look then gave our other roommate a VERY different look, and tht was the last time we saw here there.

[@internethardcase]

@@super8bitvideos So your roommate's bringing a girl in getting laid and your trading in ORAS. Is she even wrong though?

[@manuelastoria679]

I had to be a closet Pokémon players growing up. Glad i kept my games though.

[@frankhorrigan1508]

@@internethardcase I was going take you seriously but then i saw your profile picture.

[@gloriousgal9958]

I love the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon music in the background.

[@Herbeon420]

Man, about a year and a half, maybe two years ago, I purchased sun, moon, ultra moon, SoulSilver, x, y, platinum, black, white2 all for under 40$ American each. Glad I managed to reacquire them before team rocket blasted the prices off 😀

[@chase1146]

6:39 this aged poorly...

[@cs82271]

Makes me glad that I was able to get most of the gen 1-5 pokemon games when they were cheap. Bought the gen 6 games at half price and gens 7 and 8 were full price. I'm also very glad that I could play all the mystery dungeon and ranger games for the first time this year because I saw they were all available digitally

[@bdt2002gaming]

Wii U Virtual Console is truly a blessing, isn’t it? I still have my original Ranger cartridges, but I bought all of those games you mentioned just in case something happens.

[@MaryArts]

Ranger was so awesome!

[@miratarnish6316]

That one section about your parents making you get your money's worth really hit me. My first and only pokemon game for half my childhood was a third hand copy of Pokemon Yellow passed down from my brother and sister, about as old as I am.

[@Saixjacket]

I legitimately still have a copy of Pokémon yellow that was run over by a car. It still works

[@superness56]

As a long time earthbound fan I feel this. I originally got my copy as a kid before the price skyrocketed. Sometimes I see it on my shelf and think about selling it since it’s worth so much, but the sentimental value is too strong to do so.

[@JohnDoe-kf4mr]

2-3 years later and no sign of a decrease at all.

[@atm1058]

I remember buying HeartGold and SoulSilver a couple years ago and thinking how outrageous it was that I was still paying full retail price for such an old game. Wow am I now glad that I did buy them.

[@DubsBrown]

It depresses me to think of all the awesome games that are not getting played because they have triple digit price tags and the people who want them can’t afford them.

[@b4rs629]

@@DubsBrown Same. I could go buy BW1&2, but that would cost $4-500. I'd rather wait for the remakes at this point. Right now my collection consists of just Let's Go, HGSS, ORAS, BDSP, XY, USM, SWSH. I stopped playing after 3rd gen due to me not being able to get newer handhelds to keep up with the games.

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

@@DubsBrown Laughs in sailing the high seas.