This is rather odd IMHO. This Euro Kizuna Encounter was not in as good as shape as the last one yet this copy sold for over $1,000 more. I bet that if someone had a mint copy they could get $15,000 for it. I bet that Shawn could get $15,000 for his copy. Is there any chance that this game will stop rising in price? I don't think that this game is as rare as some people say it is. I bet a lot of collectors have it but choose not to sell it because of the rarity of it.
This game was released in 1996 in Europe and did have a limited release but I am willing to bet that over 90% of the people who own this game do not know what it is worth. I bet there is probably a bunch of these copies in people's closets who think that the Neo Geo is a dead and an outdated system. If someone could get the word out to all the people in Europe about this game, then I bet you would see a lot more of these games popping up and a drastic price reduction. I am willing to bet that at least 200 copies of this game were made. Remember, this site only has about 1% of all the people who were ever into the Neo Geo so a lot more is out there that we don't know about.