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I didn't think fakes were that common. That's rather surprising to me.

The odd thing about the FireRed cartridge is it's going new, directly through amazon, for $109. Not through a seller. That would make a lot more sense if it was through a seller.

Seems like buying extra Pokemon games and not opening them would be a great way to make a small fortune in a few years o.0
 
◘Ins0mnIac◘ said:
I didn't think fakes were that common. That's rather surprising to me.
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Go to Hong Kong or anywhere where copyright laws aren't heavily enforced. Bootlegs* are very easy to get, and they get distributed easily. Add onto that that your Gamestop employee getting paid $8 an hour isn't an expert at bootleg vs legit carts, and you can see how easily they can be spread.

*Bootlegs/fake carts can either be the ACTUAL game loaded onto a cart, or a fan-made game loaded onto a game cart. The former, as far as game play is concerned, is identical to the real thing but probably has a poor quality battery and won't last very long. The latter are fan-made games that modified a Pokemon game to create their own thing.

The odd thing about the FireRed cartridge is it's going new, directly through amazon, for $109. Not through a seller. That would make a lot more sense if it was through a seller.
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Not true. It says "sold and shipped by Quick Buys." Somehow they're getting it so it seems liek Amazon is selling it, but they aren't.
 
Yeah mine was the actual game loaded onto a cart. Instead of the green cartridge of emerald, I got a dingy gray cartridge with the emerald sticker on it. I do consider it my fault. Upon further inspection of the box I noticed that it did not have that little "Authentic Nintendo" thing on it. I should have paid more attention to the picture of the box and the feedback. I don't think I even looked at the feedback from the user. *Sigh* You live and you learn. *Is cautiously looking for a new emerald*
 
Third generation games are still really common, I found 2 Sapphires, 3 Emeralds, 2 FireReds, and 1 LeafGreen last summer. (though no Ruby, hmmm...) No fakes, but I never remember Emerald being sold with any GBA...
Speaking of bootlegs, I want Quartz because it's an awesome hack.\

Edit: Just pretend this says Pokemon Emerald, that's what mine looks like.
 
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