I found a sealed copy at a pawn shop earlier this year and it was only $5 so this is my personality now

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

Dear God that is luck. Amazing find!

@therealPinta77

3 жыл бұрын

You're from r/gamecube also, aren't you?

@retroreviews8054

3 жыл бұрын

@@therealPinta77 maybe...

@alanchen7593

3 жыл бұрын

Dear fucking god. Congratulations, and fuck you.

@KillerDragoon87

2 жыл бұрын

Are pawn shops a good place to look for gamecube items?

Fun fact, the Zigzagoon with Extreme Speed is the one most often used in competitive, with Belly Drum.

@maxhadanidea

2 жыл бұрын

raichu got it's most useful coverage with surf

@koolaids7538

8 ай бұрын

You can trade those back to your gen 3 copys??

@diamondwarrior420

Ай бұрын

@@koolaids7538 no

Extremely rare. Like 20 copies on eBay right now, 2 years after this video was posted.

@kaipography

2 жыл бұрын

Not rare, just pricey. There’s a difference. Lucky I got mine for $300 several years back when that was there going rate.

@Gameboy-Unboxings

Жыл бұрын

​@@kaipography lol the title literally days "the rarest gamecube game." 🙄

@PegaPorco

Ай бұрын

@@Gameboy-Unboxings stop saying pokemon stuff is rare. There is no such thing. Everything with pokemon in the title sold milions of copies. It's scarce because whoever has it nowadays doesn't want to sell.

Whoa I had no idea at all my game was this rare until now. I was shook when I saw the sales numbers and what not. Got it as a gift from my mom when I was little and recently found my set while going thru old boxes. I am gonna boot it up with the included memory card soon and hoping my mons are still on there!

@TheJacoliexp

2 жыл бұрын

Any updates?

@Henradley

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJacoliexp yup! They are all still there! Even the dioramas I made with them way back when lol

It's funny because this is far from rare in the PAL region and is actually pretty easy to acquire. Particularly as it came as standard with Pokémon Collseum.

@shadowhunterrx

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed ! Just checked my PAL version if collseum right away and its just sitting there with the include memory card+box. Was really a steal at the time for 60€. But strangely it has the tag of "not for solo sale" on it. Leftovers from the bundels ?

@splitter7376

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadowhunterrx Yeah It would have been from a bundle that also included a Black GameCube console. That's how I got mine.

@leeartlee915

2 жыл бұрын

That’s too funny. Wonder why NOA did what they did with this software. Must have been some reason as Pokemon was blowing up around the time this came out.

@elmerandrewcrowley2822

2 жыл бұрын

the single box release, not included with Colosseum is still quite rare.

@leeartlee915

2 жыл бұрын

@@elmerandrewcrowley2822 Yeah… but the point of the OP is that in PAL you could get the software itself more easily. Maybe not in the special little case but the if all you wanted was “Pokemon: Boxed (or whatever it’s fucking called)” you could.

Got this with the colloseum mega pack, still got the reciept of only paying £50😳

@Emsha

2 жыл бұрын

yeah same, idk why people say its expensive it really isnt

@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming

2 жыл бұрын

You guys both have 1 of the approximately 1000 North American copies then... do you guys have the Gameboy to Gamecube link cable and the red and blue memory card? Probably apart of the value.

@Emsha

2 жыл бұрын

@@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming I have everything but the memory card, but even then my version is a pal one

@natstar7864

2 жыл бұрын

@@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming It was sold outside of north america in other english speaking countries the amount he paid was not in $ either.

@preyingshark4878

2 жыл бұрын

@@Emsha North American version is $1000+, PAL version is like a tenth of that I believe and the Japanese version is worth next to nothing lmao

Love this video! So cool to see an overview on this rare title's history!

@WhoAskedYou

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, guys! Glad you enjoyed it!

Wait why do you only have 400 subs?! I learned so much from this video!!

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

It's because of your video here that I chose to hunt down a copy of the game - I don't have the case and manual, only the disc, but that's find for me for now. It's just so fun to play Pokémon Ruby on my TV :)

Found one at my local retro game shop in great condition for $1600 and now I own the holy grail of Pokémon games.

awesome and entertaining video! i had no idea this was made for the gamecube and another reason im sad i wasn't born during the gba era

see, this is why i love youtube. i randomly find out about something on another website, then i go to youtube to visually see what its all about. lol

Nice one kevin! I remember this game but I never owned it was cool taking a look into what it actually was! Also I love your set up!!

@WhoAskedYou

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Isla!!

I learn so much every time I visit this channel! 🤯 No one asked, but please continue informing us anyway! 😊 I enjoyed all the visuals and legit gasped at that resell price point. 💸💸💸

@WhoAskedYou

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Cella!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

really enjoyed your Pokemon distribution serious a lot. 10/10 content!

for a channel that has a 1k subs this is made really really well.

I've had a copy as a kid and when I bought a gamecube again a couple of years ago I bought it again (I'm in Europe and they're not all that expensive here, especially compared to the US)

Pokemon Box, the first thing I ever bought with a credit card. Didn't even have a GameCube at the time. I just read in Nintendo Power that it was going to be a limited time thing. Got it, and about a few months later I got the system.

Dude, you deserve so many more views. Subbed!

This is in my flips grail list, along with ncaa14, rule of rose, and a coogi sweater lol

Huh, I never knew about that special memory card. I bought a copy a couple of years ago. I forget the price, but its below current ebay prices, but not massively cheap. I recently bought Ruby so I'll be using this game more to do mass transfers between Ruby and Sapphire (Assuming it allows me to connect two different games to the box) EDIT: Just checked my finances logs, turns out I bought it in mid 2016 for $75 AUD, which is half the price of the cheapest memory-card-less copy sold on ebay. I'd say that's a decent deal.

@splingo_

2 жыл бұрын

I recently got an aussie copy same price, only just the disc and blank cover. I'd say it's worth it for me though.

Great video Kevin! Loved the lighting and visuals, and especially the argument about physical media preservation. Who asked you? I ASKED YOU!!

@WhoAskedYou

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad somebody asked! Thanks for watching, dude!

I live in germany and just ordered the colloseum bundle for arround 100€ which now seems like a steal but this is a good video dude

crazy i have one of the 1000 copies still surfacing and it’s mint condition. finna hold this for a few more years

@TheBrandonn

2 жыл бұрын

I'd get rid of now while the market is still hot. The nostalgia for the box will undoubtedly die and reduce by at least 50% in value over time

About the online features having kill switches: I recall something about one of the monster hunter games having similar features turned off sorta arbitrarily, the community came up with a bit of a backdoor solution to bring it back. Maybe someone will work out a solution to the pokemon stuff.

@DarkAngelEU

2 жыл бұрын

You can basically copy-paste old mons into new games, so there's no need for backdoors, just alot of soldering

Great overview!

Good thing is you can still achieve all this via emulation so huge shout-out to the teams out there and the guys who dump their games and save files to save others time and money. Can also be achieved via a modded Wii which is far cheaper and fun to mod to get all this going.

My mom got me this game off the website back in the day as a birthday gift, not realizing it wasn't really a game, and I didnt have a gamecube. Its still mostly intact in the basement

I remember Box. You'd get special pokemon bc of it. When I went to New York in 2006 for the Journey Across America (my brother & I were the 1st winners ever) this major Serebiiforums member named "PsyUmbreon" was there giving out the Pichu and all other pokemon from Box along with eggs for high IV bred pokemon, unheard of at the time. I was too young to appreciate to the fullest what I was getting for free as an annoying 12 year old

Lol I remember ignoring this game hundreds of times at game stores, it always went for like $15 used at gamestop and I thought it seemed stupid. But, I have the Pokemon Colosseum pre-order disc with Jirachi on it, so that's the jewel of my collection and I'm happy with it.

@MercenaryX21

Жыл бұрын

I have that as well

Great video! You deserve more subscribers.

It's weird that it's so rare in NTSC. In PAL regions it's really not that rare. I still have it right here.

@xINVISIGOTHx

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not really listening to the video so I'm just giving my opinion on this. I think the US version is rare because you had to order it from the Nintendo store in NYC and they didn't really advertise it anywhere except maybe Nintendo power magazine. So people couldn't just randomly see it in a department store and pick it up

Unless you live in the uk. Where Pokémon box can literally be purchased for £20 ish.

Got mine at the world championship 2004, didn't know it would be valuable. Still have it to this day, but the memory card has my name written on the stickers haha

Underrated channel, nice English subbed.

Its very cool to see that Brigette was reused for Bank. I always like things like that :p

That memory card is fire not gonna lie.

I remember a ton of commercials for this. Sapphire was my childhood game. I remember seeing it at Target, but never really wanting it bc I just reset the games and played them over again so many times I never felt super precious about my pokemon -- ive never got rid of a game in my life really. funny to think if I got this a a kid Id be sittin on 1k rn

The wingull army has begun

LOL I wasn't even thinking about how the Pichu isn't transferable unless you delete Surf

What's with the lack of uploads? Your videos are great quality

@Mr-Opium

2 жыл бұрын

For real this guy makes some high quality videos

Good video. You put in a lot of effort into this and I am jealous of your skills. I actually have this game, I remember asking my parents to buy it for me, then never actually using it because it was so boring. I stumbled across it recently when moving storage boxes, and decided to look it up. Never would ever guessed it was worth 1000 dollars. Not really sure what I should do with it. I have a couple other 'rare' games, but nothing at that price, lol

@Maverick180c

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have the source as to the 1000 copies left claim? And would you really consider it the rarest?

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's crazy how much the price has spiked over the years. It was in the $200-300 range a year or two ago, but GameCube games are especially popular right now in the retro collecting circuit, so I'm sure that has something to do with the price spike. VGChartz is sited in the video for where I got the baseline sales information, but Pokemon Dungeon and a handful of other sites reported on it as well. Outside of Japan (Europe and the U.S.), it's estimated 0.01M copies were sold. It was hard to find exact numbers for everything, but the UK version was a lot more accessible and sells for much less aftermarket. A number of sites also reported that 1/10 copies sold outside of Japan were the U.S. version, so it's an educated estimate based on that and sales listings from the past five or so years. As far as I'm aware, Pokemon Box is the most expensive aftermarket title for the GameCube, outside of non-retail discs like the GC display kiosk demos or things of that nature. Glad you enjoyed the video!

@Maverick180c

3 жыл бұрын

@@WhoAskedYou Cool! Man, I am wondering if I should send it in to get graded/slabbed. I know that's reserved for sealed or cib (bigbox in this case) games. I don't have the big box, but it's barely been touched, has all the inserts stickers and memory card in case... If it is such a rare game and I have no intention of playing it, maybe I should do it just for preservation against the accidents or disc rot you mentioned. 1000 copies... How many more do you think are like mine, purchased and then forgotten in a storage box?

@Maverick180c

3 жыл бұрын

@@WhoAskedYou I always wonder about sales listings on sites like ebay- how do you know if that copy of, say, chrono trigger hasn't been passed around by the collectors circuit several times over? Is there a unique serial number or something to keep track of who is holding what? There ought to be one, it would be pretty helpful, haha

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

Graded copies definitely go for more. The grading scale is pretty rigorous, but if you think it's in really good condition, it may not hurt to send it in. There's probably some way of tracking serial numbers on it or something, but I didn't look into it that extensively. I was just aiming for a general estimate when doing the research on sales, since there's so little information available about it. I'm sure there are a decent number of copies that are sitting around in storage somewhere, completely forgotten.

I can’t believe there’s only about ~1000 copies of the U.S. version left! One of my elementary school friends had this game, so I assumed it was relatively common. I’m kicking myself for not taking advantage of buying this back when it used to go for about ~$100-$200 on eBay…

Man. I have a copy of this somewhere gonna have to start digging.

First and foremost, very well made video! Very professional and cool. Secondly, It’s hard to imagine that 10k sales means there’s only 1000 left, that’s insane speculation. Already assuming 90% are trashed? That’s ridiculous… I mean, a lot more than 10% still exist of the rarest NES games are still around. Pokémon Box sucks ass as a product, I’ll definitely feature it on “it’s expensive but is it good?” Lol kind of obvious answer. Finally, about the pichu knowing surf - I hope nobody wasted that kind of time, that’s ridiculous. You can already get pikachu to learn surf in Pokémon stadium, use mewtwo and somebody else good as 2/3 in your team, pikachu has to be on your team so leave 3rd slot for him… get through the level 100 cup, and bam, he knows Surf. I gave this lvl 3 pikachu a thunderstone, thunderbolt, Thunder, and seismic toss, and this surfing raichu was a solid member on my lvl 15 team!

I still have this game all the way back from when it was new. I have like 900 pokemon stored on there from my years and years of replaying FRLG/RSE+colosseum and XD

@cashnelson2306

2 жыл бұрын

haha xd you used the software for its intended purpose xd haha lol xd

@SuperKamehameha2

2 жыл бұрын

@@cashnelson2306 pokemon XD is a game, smart ass

I paid £87 on eBay for a mostly-complete Pokemon Colosseum Mega Pak which came with this (had the beat-up outer box, a GameCube but bizarrely a purple one rather than the black on the box, Colosseum and Box double pack and a GBA to GameCube cable, only thing missing was a memory card), which now seems like an even better deal! Plus the seller was a well-known UK charity shop so the money went to a good cause :)

I wanted Box back then because I had all 5 GBA Games and a living dex, so I wanted to instantly complete the Pokédex in all 5 games.

I got the GameCube bundle at the tail end of the GameCube lifespan.

Best video about pokemon box!

when my pop died i found a copy of this in his box of GameCube games

I traded in this game at a local store and they were perplexed and shocked that it actually existed. Now I kinda wonder if I should’ve kept it

@AS-ri1mb

2 жыл бұрын

😬

I still have my copy. It's in complete condition, has a couple scuff marks on the plastic but it's nearmint open but all documents and items are still there

Got it back then with Colloseum & Pokemon TV.

This is legit my first GameCube game. Still got it! It was damn near $100 AUD! I got it from EB Games though.

ExtremeSpeed Linoone can be seen now and again in competitive Pokémon.

Love my copy, in fact, I should check my storage.

I need help. I have received the pokedex in FireRed and have three Pokémon yet I cannot store Pokémon in Pokémon Box due to the error that I have to receive the pokedex first. How can I fix this?

I'm pretty sure i got it for free on club nintendo back in the day, the memory card in the UK was just bog standard grey one. Also pretty sure you can play the later games on the UK version of pokemon box, i played Leaf Green and Fire Red, it took a while for it to transfer the rom from the cart over the link cable but it did work, though it's possible i'm just remembering loading times for the later games for box mode.

Here’s a crazy idea: Nintendo releases a mini console, similar to the NES and SNES Mini from a few years ago, but it is dedicated to Pokémon games. Maybe the first 4 generations or so. It could include all of the games from those gens, and a way to transfer Pokémon between the games and some sort of internal offline storage system, like Pokémon Box. You could also connect it to the 3DS and Switch, and use the internal storage to store your Pokémon from newer and current gen games. It could even be shaped like a Pokédex. It could literally be a physical National Dex. It would be the perfect way to satisfy fans of all generations, and to preserve your favorite games and your living Pokédex forever. It would be awesome. But you know, Nintendo, so…

@TheOneAndOnLEE.

2 жыл бұрын

Also, taking it a step further, it could function like a Nintendo Switch. Have a docked mode, as well as a handheld mode so you can play/trade/battle on the go. It would have all of the GB/GBC/DS titles pre installed, and maybe even incorporate dlc so it can support future generations of games. It could come with an updated (offline) version of Pokémon Home that can connect to the pre installed games, as well as new titles to keep it seamless. It’s a lot to ask for, but a kid can dream.

Fun channel . Do you still make content ? Was very informative and a great way to see the game becuz now it’s doubled in price…

I bought the disc on its own for £10 back in 2016. I've stored my Living Dex on there and then my copy of FireRed completely died. I miss my save file but my work is not 100% lost.

Look. I know I am late on this. SUPER LATE, but my life got turned, flipped upside down the last few months, so cut me some slack. Anyway, on the subject at hand. I have heard of this game, but never got around to sitting down with it as I never owned a Gamecube. It is an enigma for sure. Great video as always, Kevin. Keep up the awesome. :)

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, dude! Glad you liked it :)

@V-Revolticon

3 жыл бұрын

@@WhoAskedYou Hey. You do good work, Kevin. I am more than happy to help.

Wow never knew the value of this game, I'm pretty sure I still have one somewhere

In Europe, Pokemon Box came with standard copies of Colosseum. That why it’s not very rare here at all. Even I own it, it’s one of only four Pokémon games I have.

They were common in Canada, at least in a Walmart store in surburb

I got swiss (homebrew) on my GameCube and downloaded this game onto my system. It's pretty useful

Idk about it only being sold in Pokémon center in U.S I remember seeing them back in EB games when I was younger

I got the Colosseum Pak in the UK and it came with this and a 250 block memory card

Cool vid my man.

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

A year later and they’re going for $1700+

@WhoAskedYou

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's crazy how high the price spiked!

If you play adventure mode. Do you use your Gameboy as a controller? Or are you able play with a Gamecube controller after connecting your GB to the Gamecube.

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

I had to think about this one for a moment. I believe I used the GameCube controller to control Adventure Mode, but I'd have to boot it up again to confirm that 100%.

When you wrote Pokémon Pokèmon I had to close the video

I wish I knew that when I had my copy because I can’t find it and im thinking I may have sold it

I’m glad I bought my copy for about $200 like 5 years ago

I have it in my collection because it was an addon disk contained in pokemon colloseum. Never tried it because i sold my gba-gc cable.

I like this type of content, so you deserve a subscriber!

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - Working on a bunch of new stuff that I'm hoping to put out soon! :)

Is this version any different from the one that came with the Colosseum/Box duo pack?

didn't even know this was a thing

I don't remember getting a special memory card here in the UK.. my memory card was grey with normal stickers.

This was a lot fun to watch~! I loved it uwu

@WhoAskedYou

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mai!!

OMG people pay over $1000 for this in the US?! I can find it for £30 on ebay in the UK - that's really crazy.

@TheBrandonn

2 жыл бұрын

Calling BS

@TheBrandonn

2 жыл бұрын

Unless the ones there are PAL or some sht and that's why no one wants it

@penis__

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBrandonn it is PAL, but that doesn't mean no-one wants it lol, people would want it for the same reason you'd want NTSC

Speaking of, I have a brand new copy of the Japanese version. Unopened and sold to me for around $150 USD.

Wow, I bought a copy of Pokémon Box 10 years ago for 100 USD and I thought it was too much back then!

I sold this game ages ago.. 🥲 back in like 2009

Glad I kept this game... in the box of course, lol

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

I always beat myself up for telling my family I didn't want it as a kid. Good on you for holding on to it!

I want to try to purchase this eventually despite the price...I don't need it for any reason other than just wanting it in my collection.

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

For the historical significance alone, it's a really cool piece to have in any collection. Best of luck when you decide to track down a copy!

@AuraKnight95

3 жыл бұрын

@@WhoAskedYou Thank you!

These have gone up so much it’s ridiculous considering the Japan and PAL versions are both under $100 LOL but fun game !

I’m baffled and annoyed they never found a way to have Gen 2 Pokémon transfer over thru Pokémon box and the GameCube

you need way more subs

I got it at Pokémon Center, still have

This is quality content

@WhoAskedYou

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

Man people be crazy, I got a Pokemon Box by just painting an Amazon box like a pokeball. Some guys gotta make do

@WhoAskedYou

2 жыл бұрын

Call it rare and list it on Ebay. I'm sure it'll sell!

I remember I purchased it from the Pokemon Center online when I lived in Nova Scotia Canada (think it was the last purchase I could ever make there >TnT

Dusted mine off last week. Got the european megapack

Looks like you can play some form of pokemon chess with the duplicates

I don't really care that much about the game itself, I just want the Extremespeed Zigzagoon and the Surf Pichu :')

the tax write off joke got you a sub and like 🤣

how tf do u only have 400 subs

So I recently took a picture of my game collection with this and every other super rare GameCube and Wii title and sent them to DKoldies with 2000 OBO, please itemize. They requested I type the list.