We all knew that Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow would be a success on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, but just how much of a success may well come as a surprise. The games have topped the Famitsu charts as Nintendo Japan sold 69,234 download cards at retail during the first week of the game going on sale. This has put the game in pole position!
Famitsu: Pokemon #3DS #VC sells 69,234 download cards at retail in its first week in Japan, ranking 1st. https://t.co/KcZt913TGd
— Cheesemeister 😷💉💉💉 (@Cheesemeister3k) March 6, 2016
Japan must not be able to get their hands on the original, physical games anymore.
Well…yeah.
They’re 20 years old, of course they can’t. And even when people do manage to find physical copies, they’re always way more expensive than the Virtual Console versions lol.
YES, they can. They are like 500 Yen too.
Not to mention, the batteries of the cartridges don’t work anymore. Even if you get one, you’d need to replace it yourself.
Mine still works and saves. For how much longer though is another story, I know one day I’ll turn it on in my GB and the data will be gone! Goodbye Mew!
Noooooooo!!!
Did you buy it used? Every original battery should have run dry by now. Even the batteries of GSC, should have, let alone those in RBY.
No, it’s my original Blue version cartridge. Iv restarted the game several times on it but it’s never forgot or erased data. Now my Silver cartridge did lose data and doesn’t hold data for long periods of time. Does that make sense?
Not really. You’re extremely lucky, then.
To be fair, I’ve tried to keep it in as best shape as I could. Always careful, always in a case. Also, I started the process of moving Pokemon from SoulSilver all the way up to Aqua Sapphire. It’s been a few month process, I haven’t touched it in months…
Thinking back, I wish so much that I could have some how saved that data of the very first play through of the game. To see my mistakes, how my play style changed, types used, so on. That would be a very worthy save.
My Blastoise with four water attacks would hide in shame if I were to rediscover him.
Haha, yah I know what you mean.
No they shouldn’t. My copies from 96 still works. They will eventually but unless it’s GSC it takes a long ass time.
Weird. Is the model used in the original cartridges more durable? I replaced the batteries of my Gold and Crystal carts, but never got around to do the same with my Yellow cart. I assumed they’d use the same model, if not a more durable one in GSC due to the internal clock.
You can. They are sold in every retro store in Tokyo. But most people DON’T want those.
I would actually love to have a copy of every version and frame them. I really want a green copy.
It’s just a gray cartridge with a green sticker you know. Unless you get all the other JP versions it wont look any fun. But they are around 3-5 bucks if you’re interested. ebay might have a set but they charge you more unless you find a good selller.
Yeah I just want them for the nostalgia factor. I love art, something’s have sentimental value just because of how large a part they play in our life’s. For me, Pokemon is definitely one that stands the test of time, even if I don’t like more than half of them. : )
Say it, I dare you. :D
Well the VC games have the advantage that you can later transfer your pokemon over to the next pokemon sun and moon through pokebank, which makes them so much more valuable IMO. Plus with the VC games you don’t have to worry about an internal game battery running dry so you won’t lose your save file.