Will

My GC controller and case payment just got taken by Nintendo too - Time to start getting excited!

Same here! I was always sad they never did another version of this - I'd have loved to have had more of it.

I think nowadays it's pretty much only Nintendo games that could get me to spend more than say about 50 quid. Maybe there's a few SpiderMan games I'd pay full price PS5 prices for and GTA6 is another exception I'd go higher on. With Switch 2 I reckon I'd have been willing to pay more for Mario Kart had it of been more expensive. At £100 I'd definitely have bought it, at £150 even I still reckon I'd have gone for it - I know that I'm going to get an insane amount of value out of it even at those prices. The next Mario and Zelda games? Same thing, no issue at all paying £100 for them. The yearly re-release of whatever sports game? I'm probably never going to pay more than £20 for one of those ever again.

It's not the mechanics, it's the expression of them. Yeah it's exactly this as it makes it so blatantly obvious where the rip off is taking place. I've only looked at one source as this hasn't really interested me but it's immediately obvious that Nintendo will have something to the effect of "Gliding using an in-game pet as the gliding mechanism" protected and Palworld have... made a system where you glide using an in-game pet as the mechanism - it's as much of a clear cut case as you can get. Yeah they have to be specific, the Tetris case is an interesting one to read up on how it all works.

The email thing is kind of annoying. I had mine for the controller and case this morning so moved money into my current account to pay for it. If it doesnt get taken today then they may as well have not sent the email, the money will go on other stuff coming out first.

I had the Switch 1 version of this and use it to this day. Have this one on order and can't see any reason to move away from it later - how come it's just a stand in for you? Screen protectors I don't bother with, never seen the point. Why do you keep your Switch in the front garden?

That’s super helpful, thanks for sharing - you’ve got some great stuff there! Looking at the pics those N64 games are in amazing condition. I’m basically thinking if I can get somewhere between the CEX buy and sell price I’m happy. If you’re interested I can sort some better pics but all of those are in basically new condition. Burning Rangers would be dependent on me finding the box - I know its there somewhere but have a bit of searching to do. Except where noted it’s all PAL. I do have a big pile of JP Saturn and Gamecube stuff I need to put down.

For anyone interested I'm putting together a List of Stuff I'm getting rid of. If anything takes your fancy let me know.

For the most part yes, I’m a bit annoyed with my Dad for ramming so so much of it in boxes too small to move house but I guess that’s my fault for not being there to sort it properly. I think the GBA I found is my original one. It was the first import I ever had. Amazingly Stourbridge used to have an awesome little Indy game store and they sorted a Japanese one with Mario Kart for me. I was the coolest kid in school.

Yeah, I might try it for all of the potentially higher value stuff. The difference between CEX buy and sell price is quite wide, even landing half way between feels worth it.

The box is a bit banged up but one of those Dreamcasts is brand new:

I already have a few spice cube controllers and yet I’d definitely pay a premium to get a new one.

For anyone interested here is the stuff I’ve sorted through so far at my parents place: Not sure whether to give eBay a try or just dump it all to CEX. Are there any other ways of getting rid of this type of stuff nowadays?

I don’t want to but I know I’ll end up buying this at that price.

Thanks @Julius and @Hero-of-Time! Ordered a controller and a carry case and with that I am all set for launch day.