Dean
Choi's Clawmaker
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OK, it's been quite awhile since we last did this, but with all the new talk about Pocket Reversi UK lately and questions about rarity, let's revisit.
I still maintain that a complete UK Pocket Reversi is possibly the rarest NGPC game and it's hard to refute, despite the fact that some get listed on eBay. Remember that only 2 or so were listed for sale within the first 3 months of the Edge article and that's a decent indicator.
One comment I have, and god help me for being the first to suggest this, is that some of the new ones may be bootlegs. We haven't seen this yet in the NGPC world (well, except for multicarts), but why not? Most are coming from Hong Kong these days and that's where many boots originate. And if you think about it, wouldn't need to bootleg the cart. Just buy some cart only UK Pocket Reversi's for cheap, some of those dirt cheap Neo Derby complete carts for the clamshell case and pink and yellow inserts. Now all you need to do is copy the insert and manual and you're done. Hmmm, makes you wonder doesn't it.
But also is there an "Asian" release, just like other NGPC hard case game with English text? Would explain the current source too.
But first, let's kick off the UK PR complete count:
D-Lite = 1
next?
I still maintain that a complete UK Pocket Reversi is possibly the rarest NGPC game and it's hard to refute, despite the fact that some get listed on eBay. Remember that only 2 or so were listed for sale within the first 3 months of the Edge article and that's a decent indicator.
One comment I have, and god help me for being the first to suggest this, is that some of the new ones may be bootlegs. We haven't seen this yet in the NGPC world (well, except for multicarts), but why not? Most are coming from Hong Kong these days and that's where many boots originate. And if you think about it, wouldn't need to bootleg the cart. Just buy some cart only UK Pocket Reversi's for cheap, some of those dirt cheap Neo Derby complete carts for the clamshell case and pink and yellow inserts. Now all you need to do is copy the insert and manual and you're done. Hmmm, makes you wonder doesn't it.
But also is there an "Asian" release, just like other NGPC hard case game with English text? Would explain the current source too.
But first, let's kick off the UK PR complete count:
D-Lite = 1
next?