Funny story, I have a neighbor who had a box of old SNES games. He told me that if I wanted I could walk his dogs and take a game as payment. I looked in the box and saw Mega Man X3 and knew it's value from watching the top 5 rarest SNES games. I immediately contacted him and let him knew the value of the game and told him that it would be wrong to take the game for just simply walking his dog. He thanked for being honest with him and not taking advantage of him. A couple months later he told me that his driveway needed to be power washed and if I power washed his entire driveway then he'd give me Mega Man X3 as payment. A week of power washing later and I now had the new rarest game in my collection.

I gotta say, this is one of the best compilations I've seen in a long time! Unlike other channels, that just lazily stitch together old videos, [often in a shoddy manner that doesn't quite work,] this actually has some care put into it. Of course, it helps that this video is not just a mere compilation, but more of a retrospective. A proper revisit to those past videos.

I think one of the reasons the Wii version of Dokapon Kingdom tanked in value is because of that enhanced port that came out on Switch and PC recently.

So part of the reason why Megaman X3's value is so high, in addition to relative numbers of copies sold, is that for a really long time it was highly resistant to both being emulated and working on reproduction or flash carts. Why is that? Because of two things: Capcom included a custom math coprocessor chip in each cart that expanded the capabilities of the SNES, similar to the SuperFX chip but more limited; and graphics in the game were stored in a unique compression format that needed to be decoded at runtime in order for them to be displayed correctly. Because of that, for a long time, the only way that you could play Megaman X3 (and X2) was on an original cart, on original hardware. That made it very valuable to collectors very early on, and its value is further retained by the fact that copies have at this point found themselves in collectors hands, collectors hesitant to part with them. The rest is inflation and um, the pandemic bump.

If we get rarest Genesis games Sonic 2 With a Line should be at number 1

Game collecting is frankly insane. I mean, I'm a collector myself, but it's simply crazy to pay 3k for a Barbie game.

I love your videos! Being 44 years old, I grew up with all the classics!

Funny Story: I actually went to a retro games store today, and in one of the glass cases they had Complete in Box compies of both the European AND American copies of Tiny Toons: Buster's Bad/Scary Dreams. The European one (Buster's Bad Dream) was $90. Guess how much Scary Dreams costed? 450 DOLLARS.

Nice to have a little compilation of these videos. It's definitely gonna be interesting to see what might be the rarest title when the Switch has its time of transition with how many small print run publishers like Limited Run and Super Rare Games there are to see which games are considered the rarest. It might have to be a far biggest list than just 5 titles lol

Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie Barbecue was actually available for just US$7.99 on the Nintendo 3DS eShop as DSiWare...

I think I'm not the only one who appreciates retro gaming even more now😂..sometimes the most shitty games are the most expensive so its not too much about the actual quality of the game itself so i`m just waiting for the day when superman for N64 and E.T. for Atari 2600 demands are increasing. cheers 👾👾

Seeing some of these prices, makes me glad I long since switched to emulation of the older games... nearly $1,000 for Bonk on the NES is ridiculous and NOBODY but the eBay scalper is gonna make any money from that- not Nintendo or Hudson.

Compilations, especially with updated info, seem like win-win situation. Doesn’t take as much effort as putting together the original videos, and viewers get updated info in a convenient package (plus seeing content they may have missed). I like it!

A banger of a video. As soon as I got to the Animaniacs part I had to pause the video however. For some reason I vividly remember playing the game on the DS when I was younger. I could be mistaken it for the GBA version easily but for some reason I keep thinking it was on the DS. Could be my bad memory. Besides that amazing video. Time to go hunt for these games lol

I think you should make an exception for the Fire Emblem Fates collector's edition on 3DS. This editions includes all three versions of the game on one cart, including Revelation which was normally only downloadable. Since the 3DS eShop has been taken down, this is now the only way to play that version of the game. Just the loose cartridge is worth at least $300.

59:12 Don't forget the obvious third factor: it was released on September 2011, just during the rise of the Nintendo 3DS!

I am surprised that the virtual boy games in the list gotten cheaper which is interesting for a rare console

Great video Drew! This has been my favorite series that you have done. Kudos to you for making this marathon

Game boy game collectors when they see a potato based game: "I just think they're neat."

Awesome video, I'm just looking at picking another console to start collecting for and this was super helpful!(and frightening hahaha) Thanks man! Hope to run into you at Really Rad Weekend.

Nice to see a possible remodel of your game room! (considering the greenscreen)

Lol the random rock coming in as BGM on some of the intro scenes is hilarious to me

But when are we going to get the Top 4 Rarest Pokémon Mini cartridges? 💀

I really appreciate you updating these prices for every game Drew, seriously, that's really cool of you.

I love this kind of content, i discovered your channel thanks to them... and it was awesome seeing your growth in those years. Thank you, and keep going!

Amazing video!!! Thank you so much for the updated prices.

Im not going to lie i would watch hours of your videos as background to just interest in collecting, this really fits well to what i want to watch from your channel.

Drew is one of my favorite youtubers and I've been watching him since I learned what youtube was, It's cool to see how far he's come to even making a game (which I still haven't beat lol,) thank you for sparking my love for gaming Drew!

When I first got into the gamer part of KZfaq nintendrew was the first person I got into because of the n64 content. I love to see you still making awesome videos for us, never stop.

Drew, this is an awesome video and the updated prices are such a great touch! What a cool compilation idea 👍

Great video! Love the research and always have top notch content!!!

The sound I made when Solatorobo popped up was not human. I loved that game back in the day!

Wowzas! Some games I haven't even heard of before. Cheers for this cool video!

So exiting thanks for a new video nintendrew..

Adding to the comment on mega Man X3, The reason primarily why it's so rare is that it cost as much if not more than a N64 cartridge, I believe it cost about $75 because of the custom chipset that was in it when it was originally released. The release timing was also at the very end of the main line Super Nintendo support.

Love your game room, Lots of great things there.

Some of these prices are outrageous

Great vid. I like how you talked about stuff I like talking about.

1:23:28 the icing on the cake is that the game's file size is 88 mb

This is my favorite video to help me fall asleep

Back in the day I use to work at Blockbuster & being a Gamer I knew about Shantae & told them they should rent it out, but they told me they never heard of it & it would only be rented to girl gamers & they wanted generic games that would be rented to everyone or a game that already is selling well. So I am not surprised Shantae is on this list! Also I love Puzzle games & have Spuds Adventure for the GB, but did not know about the sequel, Amazing Tator...might have to look into getting that one! Thanks Nintendrew!

Holy cow. I'm so happy got Shante years ago for $100

Thank you for doing this, I watched some of these with price charting opened up to look up the current prices of games, now I don't have to do that lol

Man I've been watching you for years

Luckily, Shantae was re-released by Limited Run on the GBC and the Switch. You should be able to get a copy for much cheaper than the original release. I snatched one up the moment I found out about it so I could finally play the game.

I missed the primere, but oh my gah, 1 hour of nintendrew, this is crazy, to me this is like watching jesus turn water in to wine.

It's nice to know that I own one of the games in this video and that it went up in value

I own both Touch Detective games that were released outside of Japan and a physical copy of Indivisible. Almost sold the Indivisible to GameStop until I saw on a website that a physical copy of the game was rare and had an extremely limited print run.

Man I'd be one happy dude if I had these games and held onto them

This was def cool to see an update on prices on all these games on the diff lists. Some of those games I have and crazy to see them go up, especially Gotcha Force since I'm pretty sure I have it complete. Would never sell it tho. I guess a leg up the Wii Ver of Dokapon Kingdom has over the Switch ver is the newer one got censored with certain parts for some reason.

What's really amusing is with the 3DS eShop closing I'd have to actually say a physical version of Fire Emblem Revelations jumps up to be up there. As the exact number is equal to the number of limited edition copies of the game that were sold were sold. Because that's the only way you can play it now

I wish i would have stole Stadium Events from my older brother's friend (who really wasnt a friend, my brother ended up knocking his teeth out with a bat "by accident" cuz dude was such an asshole)...he was the type of kid who when you played tag back in the 80s would never leave the safe zone and if he did would cry to his mom if he got tagged. "I can't run, it's too hard...why are you all so fast?...i didn't poop my pants, it was a wet fart."

am i the only one who noticed drew is using a green screen in the beginning to fake the background into looking like his room? you can notice it when drew turns his head and you can see the games behind him show through the side of his glasses.

Hey bro never stop making videos if you like Nintendo bro just don't stop just keep doing what you do

The game itself is what is valuable to me. Not monetary value on the eBay market. If I want the game, I don't care what it's cash value is as I have no intent on selling it.

Well time to grab the popcorn

Fun list, you need to do a nintendo switch one too. Shantae & the Pirates Curse, Yukalalee, Thimble weed park. There are plenty

Fun fact: animaniacs: lights, camera, action! was a home depot exclusive ds title.

Zombiez Seeker for the DS is pretty pricey also. Loose copies aren’t that expensive at around $60 but CIB copies are at $150 and new copies seem to be rare and are at $250 according to price charting. Axiom Verge for the Wii U had a PAL physical version which is worth more than the NA copy which you don’t see to often as PAL versions of games are usually cheaper than their NA counterparts

Oh no, it's this guy again lol. I love yo videos homie

I owned the Turbo game… I sold it for cents

I love Gotcha Force was hoping I saw it on here! Played it with a friend who had a copy when I was young. I've emulated it a bunch as well

This video gave me micro aneurysms thanks

I think what was surprising was seeing Game & Wario over $100 as I got that complete in box for $8 awhile back at a flea market

Thankfully, Shantae was rereleased on modern platforms, so you can now easily play the game in an official way without having to sell your children for it!

i cant help but seeing that Flintstones game on the NES, help but think "Grandad" from the popularity of the Meme involving Joel.

I love Bomberman and and I recently got Bomberman : The Second Attack for myself for my birthday using a code to get over $ 70.00 off and It was great. I have seen a few of these games in retro game stores and never knew about them. I tend to see some games really high or lower than other people say it is going. Cool video. ^_^

If there's ever a video to remind you of the benefits of emulation, this would be the one.

17:37 Why did you lay the Virtual Boy down instead of just setting it on its stand?

I remember my local video store having Stadium Events for rent. Idk why it always stuck out to me. But in vividly remember it. It was always in the exact same spot. Probably ended up in the sale bin for a few dollars. Who knows what happened to it.

Cyber bike would have been a great way to bring back Namco’s Prop Cycle.

It surprises me not seeing DemiKids on the GBA section

You gotta visit the strong National Museum of play if you're into games this much homie. They have all the relics and a full arcade with old and new games. If you're ever in Rochester I suggest that and then going to the Genesee brewery. ❤

Never thought a KZfaq channel would do a clip show.

Another awesome video from Nintendrew is about to come! I can’t wait to see what the rare games are!

I cannot help but think that money laundering is why so many of these got so expensive so fast.

Long time no see! by the way, in final fight guy , poison is a no show?

To this day I regret selling my copy of Pokemon Box. I ordered it online back when it was new.

Aww damn. I didn't know one of my games for the DS was so valuable. Wish I could sell it now.

I have that same light switch in my console room, lol.

Not gonna lie... I sold my boxed Shantae last year. Used it to finance an OLED Switch, the Switch version of Shantae and somewhere around 30+ Marvel and DC omnibuses. Haven't looked back.

Hell yeah!

This was epic

the 3350 dollars for the barbie game killed me lmfao

How does a freaking game about Barbie go from $800 to over $3,000, this must be a Top 10 game of all time!

The PAL version of Worms Armageddon in the UK never goes for that much...

If you are taking different editions of games into consideration, than the USA version Hyrule Warriors Collectors Edition would be the rarest WiiU game by far.

The worst part about gaming is when everyone came in, used it to chase rent and ruined it for everyone. Good job guys!

This is exactly the video I wanted to watch tonight, wow. Also: you’re so cute, hah. Great work!

Haa good to see ya Drew

Just realized that Wendy Every switch Way has a super similar HUD to a Sabrina The Teenage Witch. It was called Sabrina: The Animated Series Zapped! Edit: just looked, Sabrina: The Animated Series Zapped! was also a Way Forward game

Toxic Avengers was a movie before the cartoon

I thought for NES one of the rarest was Nintendo World Championships the golden cartridge, they were only given during tournament for select ones 😅😮

Does anyone know the name of the game the intro music comes from?

you should put the sewing machine video in the description

I’m about 60% of my way to completing my collection of officially-licensed NES games, but after seeing the 2023 price of some of these super rare ones, I’m close to deciding a 100% complete collection won’t be happening. Great video, though - I love content like this!

This dude reminds me it’s the sport card guy off of better call Saul

You forgot Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.

I would have to assume the drop in value on dokapon kingdom is due the the recent switch port it received.

My rarest game is Devil's Third, i payed $10us for a new copy, but that's a bit unfair since i don't live in the US, i live in south america, but it is an US copy, and now the game can't be find anywhere so i guess the price will be the same here. I also was the book of unwritten tales for Wii U at $30us, but skipped on it and now i can't find it :(