Rare and Expensive Games

Overview
Like humans, games age. Some will develop into cult classics like Earthbound and Conker's Bad Fur Day, and some will burn up and die in a matter of weeks, like Duke Nukem Forever, and Ride To Hell Retribution. The good games that do develop a devoted following may be widely available for purchase, but are accompanied by a hefty price, and some just disappear after they've been taken off store shelves. Anyway, here's a list of games I know of that are valued higher than the average game.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land ($40-$60)


This one's pretty recent. What happened was that they took this off store shelves in Target and GameStop after a year since it's released, and now it's usually valued over $50 at numerous onlie stores! The game is pretty good itself, but it seems Nintendo pulled a "New Super Mario Bros.", where they take an old nintendo classic and give it better graphics. I guess yo u could say that they did that with Link Between Worlds as well.

Pokemon XD ($20-$40)
Ahh geeez, Pokemon XD, if you don't now the story about XD and I, you could read it here, if you don't care, or already know, continue reading. Basically it's a pokemon spin-off game that everyone seems to enjoy. Pokemon Colosseum; the prequel, I think, is better, but I'll leave that up to you to decide. If you don't know already, you get to catch that pokemon on the cover. Yay...

Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver ($35-$55)
For the record, I don't even know why these games are valued so much, all I know is that I saw these for $45 used at GameStop, and that's not normal for a DS game. For those of you dweebs who don't know,  These games are remade versions of Pokemon Gold and Silver. It includes an updated pokedex; all the way to Gen IV, and a PokeWalker peripheral (that I killed in the washing machine when I owned it). If you ask me, it's not worth the price, but I guess this could be the next rare collector's item. Spreaking of Rare...

Conker's Bad Fur Day ($50-$70)
The common factor with most of these games is that they seem to be released when it's console's generation is about to end. Unfortunatly, this was one of those games and it experienced very poor sales. This game prettly much plays like any other Rareware game, but with a lot of adult references. This game also uses a 64bit cartridge, so it's quite heavy compared to other games, matching only Pokemon Stadium 2, and Resident Evil 2.

Mario Party 9 ($49.99 Retail)


Call me crazy, But I think this one may be worth more in the future since it's not selling well, and that the Wii's generation is over.

To be continued...