EARTHBOUND Label

[Lukejaywalker23]

I was looking at my earthbound label and I noticed that it doesn't have the same gloss as all my other carts. The quality is nice but just not as glossy. Did Nintendo/Square us different labels on later titles?

 

[fake]

Repro

 

[ShootTheCore]

Definitely sounds like a repro. Open it up and see if it has mask ROM chips.

 

[Lukejaywalker23]

chips legit and so is back sticker. its just the label in worried bout

 

[ggallegos1]

Your label is a repro then, probably to replace a damaged original.

 

[Colorado Rockie]

It's a "Made in Mexico" cart, which are usually not as glossy as the Made in Japan ones. I don't know though. Pics would help.

 

[Lukejaywalker23]

What ya think?

 

[wyo]

It's a "Made in Mexico" cart, which are usually not as glossy as the Made in Japan ones. I don't know though. Pics would help.

 

[Colorado Rockie]

^
Lmao. It looks legit to me. I'm no expert on that shit though.

 

[Kid Panda]

Who cares? Just play the game. This is collectard shit dude.

 

[Lukejaywalker23]

is mega man x3 and final fight 3 also a Mexican cart? those labels always look messed up.

 

[Colorado Rockie]

is mega man x3 and final fight 3 also a Mexican cart? those labels always look messed up.

I don't own either of those games. It should say on the front and/or back label though.

 

[GohanX]

is mega man x3 and final fight 3 also a Mexican cart? those labels always look messed up.

Most of those carts came from Blockbuster, that's a big reason why.

 

[gusmoney]

They've been snailtrailed many times over by the general public prior to reaching your pristine, grail tier, collection.

 

[RAZO]

Who cares? Just play the game. This is collectard shit dude.

This.

Luke, It could also be that the original label was probably in shit shape so he bought or made a repro. So It just lost half it's value lol.

 

[andsuchisdeath]

is mega man x3 and final fight 3 also a Mexican cart? those labels always look messed up.

Yes.

Your label doesn't say where it's made so I'm certain it's fake.

It should say "made in some dudes bedroom"!

EDIT: It appears that Earthbound is one of few (only?) carts that doesn't indicate where it was made. Weird. Maybe it is legit. Just open it up.

As far as I understand all carts from 1995 and up were made in Mexico.
I don't see why Earthbound would be an exception, but pfft maybe it is!

 

[Lukejaywalker23]

Yes.

Your label doesn't say where it's made so I'm certain it's fake.

It should say "made in some dudes bedroom"!

EDIT: It appears that Earthbound is one of few (only?) carts that doesn't indicate where it was made. Weird. Maybe it is legit. Just open it up.

As far as I understand all carts from 1995 and up were made in Mexico.
I don't see why Earthbound would be an exception, but pfft maybe it is!

Yeah the PCB is legit and so is the back sticker but I just wonder about front label. Its like it doesn't have any protective coating on it but its high quality. Wondering if Nintendo cut cost on the last few SNES games to be released and made shit labels. Its identical to the N64 labels in quality.

 

[lithy]

Gotta watch out for those rare Super Ninny boots.

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showt...dventure-Island-off-of-eBay-and-it-looks-real

 

[andsuchisdeath]

Yeah the PCB is legit and so is the back sticker but I just wonder about front label. Its like it doesn't have any protective coating on it but its high quality. Wondering if Nintendo cut cost on the last few SNES games to be released and made shit labels. Its identical to the N64 labels in quality.

Do you have any other "Made in Mexico" carts to compare it too? They all lack the glossy finish "Made in Japan" carts have.

Gotta watch out for those rare Super Ninny boots.

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showt...dventure-Island-off-of-eBay-and-it-looks-real

Haha

 

[CZroe]

Nintendo’s 1st party labels stopped getting plastic-coated in 1995. First title I bought at launch like that was Killer Instinct and I was preordering all major Nintendo/Rare releases back then. They are decidedly less glossy and get damaged easily, especially across the top edge.

My current copy DEFINITELY doesn’t have a repro label:
https://imgur.com/a/3MRig (Full resolution gallery link)

That small box isn’t a repro either: It’s an original production display box made with Nintendo's mid-‘90s non-digital publishing techniques. They zeroed out half the UPC to keep retailers from accidentally selling you the empty display box.

My original box/game were stolen from me in the late ‘90s but this crappy label is definitely legit. One way to identify a fake Earthbound is when the label is TOO glossy. Yours looks legit to me... and really nice.

 

[CZroe]

Yeah the PCB is legit and so is the back sticker but I just wonder about front label. Its like it doesn't have any protective coating on it but its high quality. Wondering if Nintendo cut cost on the last few SNES games to be released and made shit labels. Its identical to the N64 labels in quality.

That’s exactly what happened for the North American market. Japanese labels continued to be plastic-coated. N64, Game Boy, GBC, GBA all had crappy labels until 2003 or whenever Fire Emblem launched. That was the first North American GBA title I recall that returned to plastic-coated labels like Japan. Meanwhile, my imported Japanese GBA from before the US launch came with a nice plastic-coated “F-Zero for Game Boy Advance” (AKA “Maximum Velocity” here). I recall discovering several GBA bootlegs in 2003 by their glossy labels when they were supposed to be matte. Checking inside confirmed every single time until after Fire Emblem launched.

They got cheaper during the SNES life in other ways. They stopped including dust covers before Donkey Kong Country launched. They stopped printing L & R on the controllers. They stopped printing a few things on the console and started molding it instead (“Eject” lettering, for example). That may have also factored into them getting rid of the cartridge lock but there was clearly something else going on since they only did it in the USA and redesigned the cartridges to defeat the lock (Spring 1993).

 

[oliverclaude]

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What ya think?

Somehow...

 

[Lukejaywalker23]

Thanks CZroe. Figured you would know.

 

[snes_collector]

Who cares? Just play the game. This is collectard shit dude.

So you are okay with repro labels on real carts? I’m not ocd about condition but I’m really not a fan of repro labels.

And yes Mega Man X3 and Final Fight 3 are both made in Mexico labels

 

[Kid Panda]

So you are okay with repro labels on real carts? I’m not ocd about condition but I’m really not a fan of repro labels.

And yes Mega Man X3 and Final Fight 3 are both made in Mexico labels

Yea I don't give a crap about a piece of paper on a piece of plastic. I'm not looking at the label when I'm playing the game. Like I've said before, "The art is in the cart".