DS Not For Resale **RARES**

JaxsBoxJaxsBox
in Collector's Corner
I know it's a niche collection but a few serious collectors on this site. Want to put together a list of the top 10 or 20 DS carts. Would like to do it as rarest 1 and down. Even narrowing it down to 10 or 20 rarest no order would work. Think it would be interesting to see what other collector come up with. Pics are welcome as well.



Top 10 in order rarest= 1

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Top 10 no order

1. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Regigigas and Shaymin Distribution Cart

2. DQ IX Malroth

3. DQ IX Orgodemir

4. Naruto

5. Best Buy Nintendo Zone

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Ok to get the ball rolling I'm going to avoid Pokemon Distrobutions and other like carts and nominate Golden Sun and Transformers. These may best fit for the top 20 though real close call. 



Top 20 no order

1. Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends

2. Transformers Demo

3. Mario & Sonic Olympics

4. Nintendo Zone Wireless Distribution Box DS Card

5. Naruto

6. Zelda TP Trailer

7. DQ IX Estark

8. DQ IX Malroth

9. DQ IX Orgodemir

10. DQ IX Zoma

11. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Arceus Distribution Cart

12. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Darkrai Distribution Cart

13. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Deoxys Distribution Cart

14. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Dragonite Distribution Cart

15. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Manaphy Distribution Cart

16. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Regigigas and Shaymin Distribution Cart

17. Pokemon Black/White - Secret Egg Distribution Cart

18. Pokemon Black/White - Zoroark Distribution Cart

19. Pokemon Platinum - Secret Key Distribution Cart

20. Best Buy Nintendo Zone



Other worthy titles:

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Brain Age-GDC 06 Gift

Children of Mana

Diddy Kong Racing DS - Version 2

Elite Beat Agents - Version 2

Magical Starsign

Metroid Prime Hunters - Version 2

Metroid Prime Pinball

Pokemon Blue Rescue Team

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum - Pikachu Colored Pichu and Jirachi Distribution Cart

Yoshi's Island DS - Version 2

Yoshi's Touch & Go - Version 2

Guitar Hero On Tour





New addition of Nintendo WiFi-Nintendo Zone





 
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  • coffeewithmrsaturncoffeewithmrsaturn
    nvm



    Pokemon Blue and Mario/Sonic Olympics should be top 20, right? 
  • SpacemanSpiffSpacemanSpiff
    Naruto would be up there for me.
  • NickTLGNickTLG
    They, uh, must be rare. I've been looking through bins since I started and haven't come across any.
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox
    How about Zelda TP, The 4 DQ IX Maps to knock out 5 more spots.
  • jonebonejonebone
    I don't collect them yet but maybe I will now. Coincidentally I have two of the top six inbound!
  • LAMRN15LAMRN15
    I wonder what my Children of Mana copy is worth. It doesn't say "not for resale" but it's not a retail copy. The box is perfectly normal looking, except for a "for display only" bar on the bottom of it. no barcode, and some special sticker on the back of the cart. I got it from a Gamestop store manager when I went in to buy the game and it was his own personal copy he'd gotten for free, as store manager. He just sold it to me for $25 straight up, so I took it without thought.



    I don't collect NFRs, this was just a fluke that I have this one. Had a guy on another forum offer me up to $70 for it for his DS NFRS Collection, since it was one of seven he was missing. He wasn't really sure what it was worth, though.
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox
    Originally posted by: jonebone

    I don't collect them yet but maybe I will now. Coincidentally I have two of the top six inbound!




    Top 20 are in no order just listed. If you have any of those you are off to a good start.
  • coffeewithmrsaturncoffeewithmrsaturn

    Originally posted by: jonebone



    I don't collect them yet but maybe I will now. Coincidentally I have two of the top six inbound!





    The casualness with which you made this comment is mind-boggling   I'm very curious as to how you managed to score two of the rarest while not even collecting this set, haha.
  • jonebonejonebone

    Originally posted by: coffeewithmrsaturn




    Originally posted by: jonebone



    I don't collect them yet but maybe I will now. Coincidentally I have two of the top six inbound!





    The casualness with which you made this comment is mind-boggling   I'm very curious as to how you managed to score two of the rarest while not even collecting this set, haha.

    Haha, spoiler alert, I may or may not be posting a pretty insane NFR haul within the next week   DS stuff was just the tip of the iceberg!
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox
    Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Arceus Distribution Cart

    Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Darkrai Distribution Cart

    Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Deoxys Distribution Cart

    Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Dragonite Distribution Cart

    Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Manaphy Distribution Cart

    Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Regigigas and Shaymin Distribution Cart

    Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum - Pikachu Colored Pichu and Jirachi Distribution Cart

    Pokemon Black/White - Secret Egg Distribution Cart

    Pokemon Black/White - Zoroark Distribution Cart

    Pokemon Platinum - Secret Key Distribution Cart



    Now you add in these 10 Pokemon Distributions it squares up the top 20... There are a few other carts that are not mentioned yet that could easily knock some off the list.
  • coffeewithmrsaturncoffeewithmrsaturn
    What about Guitar Hero On Tour? That's one I never got, and I only ever see Decades and Modern Hits show up. Besides that, everything I would have said has been mentioned already as far as I know. Glad to see Brain Age GDC get some love. That one seems overlooked, even though it's not only a first party title but also an event exclusive made in what I assume was extremely small quantity.



    What's rarer--Brain Age GDC or Twilight Princess? Fun question since both are event exclusives, right?
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox

    Originally posted by: coffeewithmrsaturn



    What about Guitar Hero On Tour? That's one I never got, and I only ever see Decades and Modern Hits show up. Besides that, everything I would have said has been mentioned already as far as I know. Glad to see Brain Age GDC get some love. That one seems overlooked, even though it's not only a first party title but also an event exclusive made in what I assume was extremely small quantity.



    What's rarer--Brain Age GDC or Twilight Princess? Fun question since both are event exclusives, right?



    Think titles like Ninja Gaiden, Metroid Prime Hunters, or Final Fantasy would be a few worth more mentioning. As for Brain Age vs TP hands down TP because of content.


  • coffeewithmrsaturncoffeewithmrsaturn
    I may just not remember seeing it, but I seem to have had trouble finding the regular On Tour one. I'll have to check and see if I'm just confused.



    As far as value, I know the TP crushes Brain Age, but I'm just wondering about pure rarity. Would something made for E3 have more copies than something made for a keynote speech at GDC...
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox

    Originally posted by: coffeewithmrsaturn



    I may just not remember seeing it, but I seem to have had trouble finding the regular On Tour one. I'll have to check and see if I'm just confused.



    As far as value, I know the TP crushes Brain Age, but I'm just wondering about pure rarity. Would something made for E3 have more copies than something made for a keynote speech at GDC...

    The fact that TP is an actual trailer for a game makes it unique. Also being it has a custom designed case and orginal cover art. Being a more desirable series with a very very large fan base makes each copy that was released harder to come by. Still GDC copies are rear. Would really need a total of known copies made and known copies in collectors hands to determine it though. 


  • DarkToneDarkTone
    Does DTOL count for this list?
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox
    DTOL is not included. Limited release but not a NFR or at least I do not think it was tagged as one. My copy is still sealed so I could be wrong?
  • DarkToneDarkTone
    Nah, think you're right.
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox
    Come on everyone feel free to share your opinions.
  • PapaStuPapaStu
    For me,



    Naruto, Golden Sun, Guitar Hero: On Tour (for me, still never seen one), Transformers, all four DQ IX Maps, Nintendo Zone, Brain Age, Twilight Princess, Pokemon Distros.



    Other notables include: The Version 2's for Yoshi's, Nintendogs Dalmatians, Children of Mana. The other rear label Nintendo ones have all been pretty easy snags over the years.







    Diamond Trust was a full release. Nothing on it says Not for Resale. They just did the KS and self published it.
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox

    Originally posted by: PapaStu



    For me,



    Naruto, Golden Sun, Guitar Hero: On Tour (for me, still never seen one), Transformers, all four DQ IX Maps, Nintendo Zone, Brain Age, Twilight Princess, Pokemon Distros.



    Other notables include: The Version 2's for Yoshi's, Nintendogs Dalmatians, Children of Mana. The other rear label Nintendo ones have all been pretty easy snags over the years.







    Diamond Trust was a full release. Nothing on it says Not for Resale. They just did the KS and self published it.



    I can't see Guitar Hero making the top 10. Even the top 20 is hard to bump some of those other titles out.  




  • PapaStuPapaStu

    Originally posted by: JaxsBox




    Originally posted by: PapaStu



    For me,



    Naruto, Golden Sun, Guitar Hero: On Tour (for me, still never seen one), Transformers, all four DQ IX Maps, Nintendo Zone, Brain Age, Twilight Princess, Pokemon Distros.



    Other notables include: The Version 2's for Yoshi's, Nintendogs Dalmatians, Children of Mana. The other rear label Nintendo ones have all been pretty easy snags over the years.







    Diamond Trust was a full release. Nothing on it says Not for Resale. They just did the KS and self published it.



    I can't see Guitar Hero making the top 10. Even the top 20 is hard to bump some of those other titles out.  



     



    Oh I don't disagree, but I've seen more Mario & Sonic at Olympics and even Transformers in open eBay auctions than I have the first Guitar Hero: On Tour.


  • FluffyFluffy

    Originally posted by: JaxsBox





    17. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum - Pikachu Colored Pichu and Jirachi Distribution Cart











    Those are not as rare as they are expensive. There are a couple floating around, and if you want rare I don't know if that would make it on here.
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox

    Originally posted by: TheDuffy5




    Originally posted by: JaxsBox





    17. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum - Pikachu Colored Pichu and Jirachi Distribution Cart











    Those are not as rare as they are expensive. There are a couple floating around, and if you want rare I don't know if that would make it on here.








    It has only been one seller who made a decent little Pokemon Distrobution score that has had them listed. Would say these are more inexpensive then ever because of the recent flood. The past year has had multiple large nfrs lots pop up and a mass sell off which made many titles more available then ever. This title is still a rare find and can't be over looked because of it's recent turn up.
  • FluffyFluffy

    Originally posted by: JaxsBox




    Originally posted by: TheDuffy5




    Originally posted by: JaxsBox





    17. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum - Pikachu Colored Pichu and Jirachi Distribution Cart











    Those are not as rare as they are expensive. There are a couple floating around, and if you want rare I don't know if that would make it on here.








    It has only been one seller who made a decent little Pokemon Distrobution score that has had them listed. Would say these are more inexpensive then ever because of the recent flood. The past year has had multiple large nfrs lots pop up and a mass sell off which made many titles more available then ever. This title is still a rare find and can't be over looked because of it's recent turn up.



    Since I'm new to NFR collecting I didn't really know about this new turnup. But I have been doing this for about a year to a year and a half, and in that time I've always seen them, just for out of my $ range.


  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox

    Originally posted by: PapaStu




    Originally posted by: JaxsBox




    Originally posted by: PapaStu



    For me,



    Naruto, Golden Sun, Guitar Hero: On Tour (for me, still never seen one), Transformers, all four DQ IX Maps, Nintendo Zone, Brain Age, Twilight Princess, Pokemon Distros.



    Other notables include: The Version 2's for Yoshi's, Nintendogs Dalmatians, Children of Mana. The other rear label Nintendo ones have all been pretty easy snags over the years.







    Diamond Trust was a full release. Nothing on it says Not for Resale. They just did the KS and self published it.



    I can't see Guitar Hero making the top 10. Even the top 20 is hard to bump some of those other titles out.  



     



    Oh I don't disagree, but I've seen more Mario & Sonic at Olympics and even Transformers in open eBay auctions than I have the first Guitar Hero: On Tour.

     



    Do you think the fact that the other Guitar Hero titles being worth so little prevent some from being listed?




  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox
    New cart added to the mix.
  • FluffyFluffy

    Originally posted by: JaxsBox







    New addition of Nintendo WiFi-Nintendo Zone





     



    Well I've never heard or seen this before, but now I guess I know how they do the nintendo zone feature. There should be a list somewhere of where the nintendo zones are so we can probably tell exactly how many there are, specificically Best Buy ones. I'm going to try to find it......


  • FluffyFluffy
    "Bring your Nintendo 3DS or 2DS system to any of over 29,000 locations to receive an automatic and free connection to Wi-Fi"



    Courtesy of http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendozone



    EDIT: There may be more out there than I thought...
  • JaxsBoxJaxsBox

    Originally posted by: TheDuffy5



    "Bring your Nintendo 3DS or 2DS system to any of over 29,000 locations to receive an automatic and free connection to Wi-Fi"



    Courtesy of http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/ninte...



    EDIT: There may be more out there than I thought...





    29,000 must be the world wide number. Wonder if that number reflects wifi locations or Nintendo Zone locations?


  • FluffyFluffy

    Originally posted by: JaxsBox




    Originally posted by: TheDuffy5



    "Bring your Nintendo 3DS or 2DS system to any of over 29,000 locations to receive an automatic and free connection to Wi-Fi"



    Courtesy of http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendozone



    EDIT: There may be more out there than I thought...





    29,000 must be the world wide number. Wonder if that number reflects wifi locations or Nintendo Zone locations?

     





    I beleive it reflects nintendo zones, not Wifi zones, after going back to the site. But at the same time I do agree it is worldwide, so probably most of these are not in English, and/or they are not specific Best Buy ones.



    So maybe if we put it on the list and call it "nintendo zone carts" we wouldn't really mean every cart, becuase these carts should have their own rarity list of their own, and that list would have specific carts on it. (Say 1. McDonalds cart, 2. Best buy cart, etc.)

    (What I was trying to say above is that we should group these carts together for one spot on the list)



    IDK how far up the list these carts would be, but looking at all the locations, this might go either way. Since most carts are still in use, it would be hard to get one, but there are so many of them they might not be hard to get. Persinally I've never seen one for sale.
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