Meant to ask... How do you display games that came in a sleeve? Print custom art and put everything in a regular case? Currently I just have the sleeves slipped between other cases but that's not exactly ideal.
You did an awesome job with this thread NintendoTwizer. You went way in depth and that was a great video! I'm glad I was of help to you in completing your collection including being the one who you got the rarest game from. I only ever saw that one copy and I found it at a Gamestop where they had it mistagged as just one of the single titles since it wasn't in their system. It was pretty early on in my Wii collecting before I realized it was hard to find.
Awesome awesome collection! I don't even have any in the top 50 and I thought I had a couple rarer titles. What are some of your favorite wii games? Maybe some more obscure ones you like? We all know about the marios, xenoblade, zelda, etc.
Dag, yo! What a journey! Congrats on this awesome milestone!
I responded and subbed to your video. Great video! Very well put together (Must have taken forever to do!)
I actually laughed a bit at the way you pronounced "Lucha" from Lucha Libre. Yew fellers from the North West are so silly when it comes to the Spanish language. lol
Ha, I should have asked my six year old daughter as she is in a spanish emersion school. She could teach me a thing or two.
What an awesome thread. Thank you for your research and for sharing.
My question is what about the situation of a listing being for multiple copies. For example, there are 4 listings for Burger Bot on eBay, but one of them is Deal Tavern with 71 new copies. Did that factor into your perceived rarity? If we're talking about availability as a prime consideration, that game will be available for quite awhile Curious about your thoughts on this.
Amazing!!! Thanks for such a detailed write-up. Following your thread has been a treat. I think it woke up a lot of people to the fact that there really are more than a handful of great games on the Wii.
What an awesome thread. Thank you for your research and for sharing.
My question is what about the situation of a listing being for multiple copies. For example, there are 4 listings for Burger Bot on eBay, but one of them is Deal Tavern with 71 new copies. Did that factor into your perceived rarity? If we're talking about availability as a prime consideration, that game will be available for quite awhile Curious about your thoughts on this.
Ah, yep... that Deal Tavern. You got me there, just an oversight on my part. Had I saw the 71 copies it would have dropped off the list.
So when you said unique games, did you mean Wii exclusives? I'm trying to go for exclusives for nearly every system but if there's 1,262 exclusive games...I think I might just pick up the "good" exclusives lol.
I like your rarity list. I haven't been looking for Wii games for a bit, but it seems to line up pretty close to what I was considering. Curious as to why you left Disney Violetta out of the ranking?
Thats a really hard one to place. Its really an odd duck. Seems like only one seller has copies (Deal Tavern) and I'm unsure if he has 5 copies or 500.
He has 735 copies. Congrats on the post but the majority of it is just going to breed wrothless speculator shits. I have seen the majority of your "rares" in bins up North where its harder to even find wii games.
Ha, the list and information is almost more impressive than the set itself. Great work gathering all that data and making a complete list for such a large library of games, many of which are extremely hard to find. I feel like we're already going up the other side of the valley. Most of the stores around here are picked clean of 'good' Wii titles and have been for some time. Also a lot of rares going up in price quite rapidly. Congrats on the set!
Yeah I disagree about this being a prime time to get into Wii. Still a "good" time perhaps, but when Mensa has gone from $30 to $300, the market is ripe with speculators and people willing to key on the "next big thing". I think the best time to get into Wii was probably 2014-2015, though doing it now is still going to be better than 5 years from now.
Also, I'd expect Mensa to be topped out at these levels with little room for growth. The high price tag will bring out more copies and people will try to sit on those copies thinking that it is worth it based on past sales. The BINs will stagnate and as auctioned copies start bringing less, it will gradually cool. Then people will pile into the next big thing (Maximum?) and those prices will get higher before stalling as well. This is the normal speculative cycle of when a system is collected though... this already happened with Fritz Chess. It was "the rare game" for a little while there (2013ish?), but it's value has done nothing but stagnate ever since.
I feel that's going to be the trend moving forward with most new stuff. How many of those short list PS4 games, Wii U games, etc. are basically maxed out instantly due to speculation and people trying to get ahead in collecting. Just look at the Wii U collection thread. Lots of talk about a system that's just finished its retail cycle. It'd be like having a NES hidden gems thread in 1995. To me it's kind of a bummer as it sucks the fun out of collecting pretty quick for me personally. Maybe some people enjoy the challenge, but watching retail games instantly become 'rare' overnight like Rio Games is ridiculous to me. One thing that saves the Wii from this would be the vast library, but I still believe it to 'max out' much faster than NES-GC.
So when you said unique games, did you mean Wii exclusives? I'm trying to go for exclusives for nearly every system but if there's 1,262 exclusive games...I think I might just pick up the "good" exclusives lol.
Nah, not exclusives. Just all games that came out in North America. I would picture most of them being exclusives, but haven't looked into actual numbers.
What an awesome thread. Thank you for your research and for sharing.
My question is what about the situation of a listing being for multiple copies. For example, there are 4 listings for Burger Bot on eBay, but one of them is Deal Tavern with 71 new copies. Did that factor into your perceived rarity? If we're talking about availability as a prime consideration, that game will be available for quite awhile Curious about your thoughts on this.
Ah, yep... that Deal Tavern. You got me there, just an oversight on my part. Had I saw the 71 copies it would have dropped off the list.
Still an excellent, informative list, and I was happy to learn a few from you and get confirmation on some of my other ones that I thought were hard to find for me. Thanks again for sharing all this.
So when you said unique games, did you mean Wii exclusives? I'm trying to go for exclusives for nearly every system but if there's 1,262 exclusive games...I think I might just pick up the "good" exclusives lol.
Nah, not exclusives. Just all games that came out in North America. I would picture most of them being exclusives, but haven't looked into actual numbers.
Man, what a great set. There have to be a tiny handful of collectors that exist out there with a 100% full Wii Set, and yours is probably the nicest-displayed out of all them. Huge congrats man, that wall is like a symbol and shrine to the Wii era with all that white.
P.S. I never thought anyone on Earth would hate the colour selection of New Super Mario Bros. Wii more than I do, but you must hate it more lol.
I feel that's going to be the trend moving forward with most new stuff. How many of those short list PS4 games, Wii U games, etc. are basically maxed out instantly due to speculation and people trying to get ahead in collecting. Just look at the Wii U collection thread. Lots of talk about a system that's just finished its retail cycle. It'd be like having a NES hidden gems thread in 1995. To me it's kind of a bummer as it sucks the fun out of collecting pretty quick for me personally. Maybe some people enjoy the challenge, but watching retail games instantly become 'rare' overnight like Rio Games is ridiculous to me. One thing that saves the Wii from this would be the vast library, but I still believe it to 'max out' much faster than NES-GC.
agreed. With how popular retro game collecting has become, everyone looks at it as something that should carry on indefinitely, and they'll try to get a head start on the newer stuff. But if the used market on modern games is nearly entirely speculative, there's no way those values will hold up. The earliest NES collectors started because they enjoyed doing it, and it meant something to them. Not because they figured they could make bank later.
P.S. I never thought anyone on Earth would hate the colour selection of New Super Mario Bros. Wii more than I do, but you must hate it more lol.
Lego Star Wars is the ugliest in my opinion. Since the majority is white cases, having a couple yellow just looks like it's supposed to be white but it got dirty
P.S. I never thought anyone on Earth would hate the colour selection of New Super Mario Bros. Wii more than I do, but you must hate it more lol.
Lego Star Wars is the ugliest in my opinion. Since the majority is white cases, having a couple yellow just looks like it's supposed to be white but it got dirty
Man Star Wars gets my first runner-up with one foot one the 1st-place podium. The only saving grace to those cover/cases is that the cases were white, so you knew you weren't just looking at a badly-weathered game. Either way, horrrrrible colour selection.
On the same note for the Wii U, what the hell were the Starfox Zero team thinking when deciding to make the cover of the game this slightly off-white, yellow/beige-ish colour? It looks ok and all, but in 10 years every Wii U collector is going to think that cover is discoloured with UV damage.
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Ive seen and even have some of those games. I had no idea they were rare. Ill have to keep an eye out for the others.
Dag, yo! What a journey! Congrats on this awesome milestone!
I responded and subbed to your video. Great video! Very well put together (Must have taken forever to do!)
I actually laughed a bit at the way you pronounced "Lucha" from Lucha Libre. Yew fellers from the North West are so silly when it comes to the Spanish language. lol
Ha, I should have asked my six year old daughter as she is in a spanish emersion school. She could teach me a thing or two.
My question is what about the situation of a listing being for multiple copies. For example, there are 4 listings for Burger Bot on eBay, but one of them is Deal Tavern with 71 new copies. Did that factor into your perceived rarity? If we're talking about availability as a prime consideration, that game will be available for quite awhile Curious about your thoughts on this.
What an awesome thread. Thank you for your research and for sharing.
My question is what about the situation of a listing being for multiple copies. For example, there are 4 listings for Burger Bot on eBay, but one of them is Deal Tavern with 71 new copies. Did that factor into your perceived rarity? If we're talking about availability as a prime consideration, that game will be available for quite awhile Curious about your thoughts on this.
Ah, yep... that Deal Tavern. You got me there, just an oversight on my part. Had I saw the 71 copies it would have dropped off the list.
So when you said unique games, did you mean Wii exclusives? I'm trying to go for exclusives for nearly every system but if there's 1,262 exclusive games...I think I might just pick up the "good" exclusives lol.
Congrats buddy, been waiting for this thread
I like your rarity list. I haven't been looking for Wii games for a bit, but it seems to line up pretty close to what I was considering. Curious as to why you left Disney Violetta out of the ranking?
Thats a really hard one to place. Its really an odd duck. Seems like only one seller has copies (Deal Tavern) and I'm unsure if he has 5 copies or 500.
He has 735 copies. Congrats on the post but the majority of it is just going to breed wrothless speculator shits. I have seen the majority of your "rares" in bins up North where its harder to even find wii games.
Ha, the list and information is almost more impressive than the set itself. Great work gathering all that data and making a complete list for such a large library of games, many of which are extremely hard to find. I feel like we're already going up the other side of the valley. Most of the stores around here are picked clean of 'good' Wii titles and have been for some time. Also a lot of rares going up in price quite rapidly. Congrats on the set!
Yeah I disagree about this being a prime time to get into Wii. Still a "good" time perhaps, but when Mensa has gone from $30 to $300, the market is ripe with speculators and people willing to key on the "next big thing". I think the best time to get into Wii was probably 2014-2015, though doing it now is still going to be better than 5 years from now.
Also, I'd expect Mensa to be topped out at these levels with little room for growth. The high price tag will bring out more copies and people will try to sit on those copies thinking that it is worth it based on past sales. The BINs will stagnate and as auctioned copies start bringing less, it will gradually cool. Then people will pile into the next big thing (Maximum?) and those prices will get higher before stalling as well. This is the normal speculative cycle of when a system is collected though... this already happened with Fritz Chess. It was "the rare game" for a little while there (2013ish?), but it's value has done nothing but stagnate ever since.
Once again your collection makes me speechless.
So when you said unique games, did you mean Wii exclusives? I'm trying to go for exclusives for nearly every system but if there's 1,262 exclusive games...I think I might just pick up the "good" exclusives lol.
Nah, not exclusives. Just all games that came out in North America. I would picture most of them being exclusives, but haven't looked into actual numbers.
What an awesome thread. Thank you for your research and for sharing.
My question is what about the situation of a listing being for multiple copies. For example, there are 4 listings for Burger Bot on eBay, but one of them is Deal Tavern with 71 new copies. Did that factor into your perceived rarity? If we're talking about availability as a prime consideration, that game will be available for quite awhile Curious about your thoughts on this.
Ah, yep... that Deal Tavern. You got me there, just an oversight on my part. Had I saw the 71 copies it would have dropped off the list.
Still an excellent, informative list, and I was happy to learn a few from you and get confirmation on some of my other ones that I thought were hard to find for me. Thanks again for sharing all this.
Once again your collection makes me speechless.
So when you said unique games, did you mean Wii exclusives? I'm trying to go for exclusives for nearly every system but if there's 1,262 exclusive games...I think I might just pick up the "good" exclusives lol.
Nah, not exclusives. Just all games that came out in North America. I would picture most of them being exclusives, but haven't looked into actual numbers.
Man, what a great set. There have to be a tiny handful of collectors that exist out there with a 100% full Wii Set, and yours is probably the nicest-displayed out of all them. Huge congrats man, that wall is like a symbol and shrine to the Wii era with all that white.
P.S. I never thought anyone on Earth would hate the colour selection of New Super Mario Bros. Wii more than I do, but you must hate it more lol.
I feel that's going to be the trend moving forward with most new stuff. How many of those short list PS4 games, Wii U games, etc. are basically maxed out instantly due to speculation and people trying to get ahead in collecting. Just look at the Wii U collection thread. Lots of talk about a system that's just finished its retail cycle. It'd be like having a NES hidden gems thread in 1995. To me it's kind of a bummer as it sucks the fun out of collecting pretty quick for me personally. Maybe some people enjoy the challenge, but watching retail games instantly become 'rare' overnight like Rio Games is ridiculous to me. One thing that saves the Wii from this would be the vast library, but I still believe it to 'max out' much faster than NES-GC.
agreed. With how popular retro game collecting has become, everyone looks at it as something that should carry on indefinitely, and they'll try to get a head start on the newer stuff. But if the used market on modern games is nearly entirely speculative, there's no way those values will hold up. The earliest NES collectors started because they enjoyed doing it, and it meant something to them. Not because they figured they could make bank later.
P.S. I never thought anyone on Earth would hate the colour selection of New Super Mario Bros. Wii more than I do, but you must hate it more lol.
Lego Star Wars is the ugliest in my opinion. Since the majority is white cases, having a couple yellow just looks like it's supposed to be white but it got dirty
Is your next adventure the Wii U?
P.S. I never thought anyone on Earth would hate the colour selection of New Super Mario Bros. Wii more than I do, but you must hate it more lol.
Lego Star Wars is the ugliest in my opinion. Since the majority is white cases, having a couple yellow just looks like it's supposed to be white but it got dirty
Man Star Wars gets my first runner-up with one foot one the 1st-place podium. The only saving grace to those cover/cases is that the cases were white, so you knew you weren't just looking at a badly-weathered game. Either way, horrrrrible colour selection.
On the same note for the Wii U, what the hell were the Starfox Zero team thinking when deciding to make the cover of the game this slightly off-white, yellow/beige-ish colour? It looks ok and all, but in 10 years every Wii U collector is going to think that cover is discoloured with UV damage.
Congrats, your Wii collection looks amazing.
Is your next adventure the Wii U?
haha, at the rate he completed this I think he could have a Wii U set done by the end of the week