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.

Heel Cena is awesome. This run is showing that he really is great at what he does.

Agreed @BowserBasher, Saturday was a bit dull with a great main event, Sunday was an amazing undercard with a main event that didn't quite hit what it should have.

Wasn't all that impressed with this season. I feel like originally there were great ideas with real dystopian storylines that you could actually see a world in which they might happen. Now I either don't see them as being remotely possible or just completely ridiculous storylines. I think it's something similar to the uncanny vally, if the stories are somewhat restricted and you feel like it might just be possible then they can be quite uncomfortable to watch. If someone has a computer that changes reality based on voice commands you just don't care. I think Common People and Hotel Reverie were the best of a bad bunch, but neither of them were particularly great.

Yeah I thought that would be the case, it's only the gamecube stuff that is imports, the rest is all UK/PAL.

@Ashley here is the US stuff I have here. I think I have a few more at my parent's place and then a ton of JP stuff in the cupboard here.

I do, but I think it's all US/JP stuff - I have a ton of it here so will take a pic and put it in here for you if interested. Do you forget that we both learned our craft from the same master? That's good to know, I have a few things, particularly systems, that seem to be well over that, will make sure I do it when they're likely to be quiet. I did the same thing but then re-aquired even more stuff when I was first working in EB then later from car boots. I have some things I probably got for free that are now in the £400 range - mad.

@Hero-of-Time did you just take everything to CEX? What's the process like? I've decided I'm going to get rid of my entire collection of retro stuff - don't want it to be a huge hassle but also want to get half decent prices for it all.

That’s exciting @Ashley! What a pain. At least you know about it now rather than finding out after moving in. If you really wanted the place it would be a good way of getting some money off but if they’re having to do that it suggests it’s not particularly well managed and you’d probably have to expect more issues to cover later on. Where are you looking at buying?

I’m about half way through the WrestleMania IX documentary and loving it so far. Unfortunately I’m away from home this weekend so it will have to wait until next week to finish it off. My money is on Cena to win this, with a good amount of heel interference. I think they go with a real screw over of Cody and Cena walks off into the sunset with the belt, then the story to Summerslam is Cody’s mission to get it back. Similar to you, I don’t see what they do with Cena if he doesn’t win and he’s been so good as a heel I think there is an awesome story if he does get the belt. I hope they go with a Jey win but I have a feeling in the back of my head they won’t. I think my money is still on Jey winning but I really don’t feel too confident on it. Aside from the previous two I think the stuff I’m most looking forward to is: Jade Cargill vs. Naomi I’ve never been a big fan of Naomi but I really like Jade. Not sure this will actually be this great but for whatever reason I’m looking forward to it. Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins Probably the obvious one. The CM Punk / Seth build up was amazing at points over the last few months. Roman could be removed without losing too much but I think this will be a great match and should be some interesting story coming out of this. Women's World Championship Triple Threat: Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley Another one thats been quite fun to watch the build up and all three are great. The way things have been going I feel like Iyo will win then she can go off and do other stuff while Bianca and Rhea keep on feeding for a bit. Looking forward to it but I think I’ll definitely be watching the morning after rather than staying up.

For all its faults I actually love Wrestlemania IX, probably more due to my age/ability to watch wrestling at the time - the documentary sounds super interesting - going to try and give it a watch.