Why is this game so expensive and hard to find?

Limited copies made

>tfw got both games with pokewalkers at retail nearly 7 years ago

well the latter explains the former

>>30753829
>tfw still have Heart Gold with all the boxes and plastic

>>30753844
I lost my heartgold box, still have the case
Soulsilver has everything

Lack of copies since they'd have to have made a bunch of pokewalkers with each one.

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>tfw ex worked at a gamestop and was given a literal bucket of pokewalkers that they couldn't sell.

Still have around 20 of them.

>>30753684
It is not in best continent.

>>30754031
Which is?

>>30753684
Because it's objectively the best Pokémon game. Same reason Tetris DS is the only version that still holds any value.

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>>30753684
Because of that gimmick device pictured on the right, and resellers disregard whether or not it's included with the game. That's why it became so expensive, yet for some reason the market got away with selling for that price with the game only.

>>30754071
Probably this

>>30754086
Try again.

>>30754071
Shhh, you'll upset the Gen V fedoras.

people hardly ever trade in pokemon games, they all keep their value

>>30754052
Eurasia

>>30753971
Why did u stick it up your anus?

Limited print

Being the goat game of its time made demands high

All older pokemon games are annoying to find or expensive. I was looking for HG for a few months and finally settled on a bundle with some GBA games on ebay

>>30753844
>>30753873
>tfw a shitty friend stole my copy and sold it to our local gamestop right after I got the event Mew

Idk if anyone bought mine or if it's still there but someday I may try to buy it back. Maybe my save will still be intact.

>tfw lost my Pokewalker at school
>searched everywhere for it, checked lost and found. nothing
Some normie shitter probably has it in a drawer somewhere, untouched since they picked it up

>>30754426
Same here, but I bought another from the website while they still had them.
Couldn't get another belt clip back for it, but maybe that was for the best.

>>30753684
I got both HG and SS with their original cardboard boxes. I didn't even know they were fetching those prices.

>>30753684
>tfw lost pokewalker somewhere at home when it stopped syncing up properly to my game
still have HGSS tho, it's one of my favorites and I replay it fairly consistently

>>30754071
>best Tetris game
>has infinite spin
Don't think so.

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>>30754191
I know how resale values work, anon

>>30754588
Either way, it's a recent-ish Tetris game developed by Nintendo, instead of some hacked together mess from EA or Ubisoft.

>>30753684
Just buy an R4 and get the rom. Romhacks are honestly better than the vanilla games anyway.

>>30754071
Tetris DS had a really, really, really small printing, for god-only-knows what reason. Like, it was gone from most online retailers within a couple of weeks. People speculate that it was either because Nintendo didn't believe the game would sell or because of some kind of legal issue that Nintendo noticed at the last minute.

>>30753684
>tfw bought Soul Silver, lost it, bought a used HG and STILL managed to lose it.
I was a very dumb kid. I always see at least one used copy at my local gamestop so I might rebuy it in the future, now that I'm a less dumb person

>bought HG bundle when it came out
>pokewalker got eaten by a dog
>game card got stolen
>bought one each again, still have the original case and box
It's very weird. But I love the walker.

my brother sold one yesterday lol.

>tfw bought a copy of HG off craigslist for $40
>no pokewalker

>>30754086
What's the full image of that Raikou?

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>>30756948
Let me tell you how things used to be...
I kinda want to see too

>>30754261
Was feeling curious don't judge me

>>30753684
>only bought SS because they didn't have DPPt
>paid R$130
>now worth R$400+
I've taken care of the box and everything, it's in pretty perfect condition, but I won't sell it

>>30754261
Absolute Topkek

>>30754963
>I was a very dumb kid
Gosh darn. When i was a kid these games didn't have the words "heart" and "soul" attached to them.
Stop making me feel old.

>tfw got that second hand for 20€, even had the pokewalker
feels good

My local target was selling the stock off at the end of HGSS run. I picked up 4 copies of HG and 2 copies of SS for 10 dollars each all complete and still shrink wrapped . I had a copy of each already so all of them are still unopened. I might get around to selling one or two in the future.