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Bayonetta 2 Wii U jumps in price
palmer6strings:
I bought it when it was released and I still haven't played it yet. Mainly because I can't stand playing the Wii U.
Bear78:
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My guess...
Everything Nintendo releases is already a more limited printing then most Sony or MS games. This seemed to be the case with GameCube and maybe Wii U but maybe not with the Wii. Unlike the GameCube and Wii, there has not been any "Greatest Hits" line for the Wii U or 3DS for that matter. Usually when a game got a reprinting, it was thrown in a Greatest Hits line at a discounted price. While some more popular games for Wii U and 3DS have got a reprinting they have stayed at the same initial release price (OOT 3D), have come with "less stuff" (Like Bayonetta here), or they just haven't got a second printing since they weren't popular at launch but have since become popular (Pikmin 3). Combine that with the general consensus that first party Nintendo games are usually pretty high quality, in demand, and are the most popular games on the system and you have prices stay high or go up when a game sells though its initial print run.
I pretty much knew that the first run of Bayonetta 2 would some day be a "rare" game as soon as it launched. Niche, but popular, game on a system that usually doesn't have games like Bayo on it that is going to have a lower print run because it's on a Nintendo system. It took some time to sell through it's print run but now it's dried up and prices are going back up.
This is all just speculation of course.
hoverboots:
I assumed it's because of Smash, a few people went out to buy it, one person put that on the internet, and it turned into a feeding frenzy. I got mine from Gamestop for like $20.
KalessinDB:
I'm excited to hear about the No-Bayo-1 re release. When I bought it, I considered splitting the discs into two separate cases because people here made such beautiful Bayo 1 WiiU artwork, but the starburst "Includes Bayo 1!" on the 2 sleeve annoyed me if I was gonna do that.
Now hopefully someone will scan the clean 2 artwork and I can reprint it and separate them.
Oh the first wireless problems of a shelf queen.
Dr.Agon:
--- Quote from: KalessinDB on January 21, 2016, 03:08:13 PM ---...When I bought it, I considered splitting the discs into two separate cases because people here made such beautiful Bayo 1 WiiU artwork, but the starburst "Includes Bayo 1!" on the 2 sleeve annoyed me if I was gonna do that...
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fortunately the euro version (possibly other regions as well...don't know ) came in 2 separate cases, so no problems for me...