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[Madame M]

Is Phoenix Wright shrink wrapped like Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and Lost in Blue (as in it looks like it has been shrinked with someone's home shrink wrapper)?

 

[belgurdo]

We needed another "my game I bought from GS/EB isn't in pristine condition therefore it is contaminated and unplayable" thread

 

[Madame M]

Thanks for replying

 

[TurtleSnatcher]

We needed another "my game I bought from GS/EB isn't in pristine condition therefore it is contaminated and unplayable" thread

qft

 

[RaidenZR]

We needed another "my game I bought from GS/EB isn't in pristine condition therefore it is contaminated and unplayable" thread

Is that so much to ask? When I buy a GB game I don't particularly care for the usual pancake-flatness I usually get. I can understand a dent or two, maybe a bent corner here and there but what the hell? Do they ship these things in flat rate envelopes lately?

 

[Madame M]

This thread is not about Gamestop, it's about Capcom.

 

[TurtleSnatcher]

This thread is not about Gamestop, it's about Capcom.

Actually before you edited didnt u say it was about konami ?

 

[Madame M]

I edited the post because I figured too many proper nouns would confuse some of the slower people. I see that it did.

Hopefully someone here knows the issue I am talking about and will have an answer for me...

 

[DustinC]

I edited the post because I figured too many proper nouns would confuse some of the slower people. I see that it did.

Hopefully someone here knows the issue I am talking about and will have an answer for me...

Why don't you just clarify what you're talking about then, seeing as how that would make sense and all...

 

[Madame M]

When I had an explanation people complained about this thread.

 

[DustinC]

When I had an explanation people complained about this thread.

Way to step it up then.

 

[Y2Kev]

When I bought Phoenix this Saturday at EB, it also was not shrink wrapped.

This leads me to believe I got screwed, but apparently its widespread.

 

[Madame M]

You probably got a display copy

 

[MrDaravon]

God do we need another one of these fucking threads? If you don't like it, don't go there or order online, motherfucking Christ. Logically you shopping there only is showing them that consumers don't care.

 

[Madame M]

Apparently we do need this thread, because I still don't know whether or not Capcom went all Konami on their DS game shrinking.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

Yeah, my copy of Phoenix Wright I got from gamestop.com was shrink wrapped the same way. Everything looks like it's in perfect condition though.

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

I bought it new at an indie game shop and it was shrink wrapped.

 

[Madame M]

The Experiment: What did the shrink wrap look like? Was it like Nintendo published games where everything is neatly folded or was the shrink wrap loose and have unnatural corners?

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

Loose and unnatural. The same way Castlevania was wrapped.

Capcom went cheap on this game.

 

[Madame M]

Thanks The Experiment and Cerebral Palsy, I think that clears it up.

 

[Matlock]

I got a review copy straight from Capcom and it wasn't the cigarette style wrap that everyone loves.

 

[Madame M]

okay you lost me at cigarettes. Cigarettes = normal (as if Nintendo published), right?

 

[AniHawk]

Castlevania, Phoenix Wright, Lunards, and Mega Man Battle Network 5 DS were all like that. Not sure why.

Lost in Blue might've been like that too.

 

[Scoobert]

ALOT of new games are coming wrapped up like that, DS, PS2, GCN, Xbox. It doesn't matter what system. I keep noticing it more and more lately. I can do a better shrinkwrap job then what is being sent out now, it's really pathetic.

Companies must have found a cheaper way of shrinkwrapping. It all looks like a someone used saram wrap and used a blow dryer.

 

[Matlock]

okay you lost me at cigarettes. Cigarettes = normal (as if Nintendo published), right?

Cigarette = thin, hard wrap that's folded on the edges.
Other = thick, pliable wrap.

 

[bantha]

wow a thread about which cellophane on a game is better. You guys snuck the winner for "most pathetic thread of the year" in just 3 days before 06.

 

[demi]

wow a thread about which cellophane on a game is better. You guys snuck the winner for "most pathetic thread of the year" in just 3 days before 06.

I don't think this is the only thread created about this topic either

 

[ntb825]

If you bought it at Gamestop and it was the last copy, they had to re-shrinkwrap it because it's the holidays. Actually, we're supposed to do it regardless but they really stress it during the holidays because of gifts. If it's opened, even if it came that way, it can't be returned.

 

[Xenomiggs]

Lost in Blue might've been like that too.

Yeah, it was. And I got the review copy, so it was directly from Konami.

 

[MC Safety]

Please explain to me why shrinkwrap matters. I mean, the shrinkwrap comes off, it goes in the garbage, game goes in the console, all is good and right with the world.

 

[demi]

He is just unsure if he got a gutted copy or something

Which doesn't fucking matter since it's you know, a DS game and not a PS2/Xbox/GCN game where the disc could have been gutted and scratched but you know mdm is a retard who doesn't understand yaddayaddayaddayaddatomatoadventuresucks

 

[daegan]

If you bought it at Gamestop and it was the last copy, they had to re-shrinkwrap it because it's the holidays. Actually, we're supposed to do it regardless but they really stress it during the holidays because of gifts. If it's opened, even if it came that way, it can't be returned.

no it didn't, this game came like that from the factory.

 

[Uremifasolasiututut]

I'm guessing some new games did not come with proper inserts (consumer warnings, DS instructions, etc.), and somewhere down the line the package was opened and resealed? Or perhaps the stores are opening them to insert security features?

I say this as my copy was also shrink wrapped as such.

 

[Matlock]

Why is this discussion still moving? I got one DIRECTLY FROM CAPCOM and it was wrapped like that.

OMG CAPCOM GUTTED IT BEFORE I GOT IT.

Idiots, the lot of you.

 

[Madame M]

He is just unsure if he got a gutted copy or something

Which doesn't fucking matter since it's you know, a DS game and not a PS2/Xbox/GCN game where the disc could have been gutted and scratched but you know mdm is a retard who doesn't understand yaddayaddayaddayaddatomatoadventuresucks

Is this proof demi hasn't touched a DS? Because there aren't exposed pins or anything...

 

[Xenomiggs]

Please explain to me why shrinkwrap matters. I mean, the shrinkwrap comes off, it goes in the garbage, game goes in the console, all is good and right with the world.

I keep the shrinkwrap. Seriously, it helps me re-sell the games easier.

 

[ChrisReid]

I keep the shrinkwrap. Seriously, it helps me re-sell the games easier.

And if you lose it, you could just tear off a sheet of plastic food wrap and include that.