The other thread is more about graded Pokemon games, so I figure why not start a non graded non Pokemon one as well though I’m gonna open with Pokemon stuff anyway lol.
A while ago, I decided I wanted to get all the language variants of SoulSilver because I had English and Korean carts from childhood. I later decided this was silly, but I did end up picking up a CIB Japanese, a CIB German and a regular box only Italian before I stopped. It’s kinda hard to tell in this picture but the German box is kinda massive compared to the English/Japanese ones, which is a bit of a running theme with European 3/DS boxes compared to the rest of the world.
Something I am chipping away at though is getting all the Pokemon steelbooks. For whatever reason, Nintendo of Europe tends to offer steelbooks as preorder bonuses while Nintendo of America doesn’t, so it’s a bit annoying trying to get them all. I’ve been focusing the 3DS first due to age/personal taste, but I’ll get around to the rest of the Switch ones eventually. The Switch ones also have a bit of a wrench in the plans with Legends/SV getting Korean steelbooks as well, which is an even bigger pain to get.
3DS wise, the only Pokemon steelbooks released in the US were the Sun/Moon and Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Amazon exclusive dual packs, while the rest were released in fan packs in Europe. A friend in Europe has been helping me pick up some European stuff, which let me snag a bundle of the rest of the European 3DS steelbooks I’m missing (Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Ultra Moon, plus an extra Ultra Sun and a gold USUM which I might replace my current ones with). That leaves me with only the SM steelbook to get, which I’ve been vaguely procrastinating on for a while.
Anyways, that’s enough from me. Post some fun expensive cardboard/plastic rectangles and funny squares/circles.
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