Will the price of "Emerald" GBA game ever be lowered?

[GottaLuvPikachu]

$34.99 seems a little steep for a Game Boy Advance game. I mean yes, I did pay $29.99 for the Sapphire edition, but still.....I want the Emerald edition (for the Teddiursa) but I can't really justify paying $35.

Is there any chance the game's price will be lowered soon?

[Vavavoom ♣]

Here, in Ottawa, it's currently 27.99$. So... I can't really complain... <- ^^

[yoshikiller995]

If you want it cheaper, buy it used.

[Always and Never]

Here, in Ottawa, it's currently 27.99$. So... I can't really complain... <- ^^

But that's Canadian money. Too bad I don't know the exchange rate.

[GottaLuvPikachu]

If you want it cheaper, buy it used.

I've been to several Game Stop locations and viewed their selection of used GBA Games. None of them have Emerald. And usually when they are used, from what I know about used games, they don't have the manual. For Emerald, especially for the info about the battle frontier, I would consider the manual essential.

Oh well, I guess I might be able to get it @ Best Buy if I'm lucky. I have a coupon I could use that's good off video games. Or I can try Walmart, where its a tad cheaper ($33.88 in my area).

[Pokefan2008]

the manual is not that important it dosent even talk abot the battle fronteir

[Lightning]

But that's Canadian money. Too bad I don't know the exchange rate.
The Canadian dollar's pretty good now. So it's just under $27 US. o.o Assuming you're in the states.

Where are you looking? Like others said, it tends to be cheaper at stores like Wal-Mart, and if you can get it used, it'll be even less. Otherwise, you might have to wait until they declare a price drop on it as a best seller or something, which I'm surprised they haven't done yet.

[yoshikiller995]

http://serebii.net/emerald/frontier.shtml

All you need to know about the battle frontier.

[black dog]

i really wish the price of emerald would go down. i always walk into gamestop hoping to find a cheap emerald and i look in the used box and all there is is sapphire and ruby... for 25 bucks each

[Leon K. Fox]

I'm gettin' it off Ebay myself, if the seller's good it will be almost as good quality and much cheaper, same for Fire Red

[Woofer]

$34.99 seems a little steep for a Game Boy Advance game. I mean yes, I did pay $29.99 for the Sapphire edition, but still.....I want the Emerald edition (for the Teddiursa) but I can't really justify paying $35.

Is there any chance the game's price will be lowered soon?
You and me are exactly the same then. :surprised:

I've wanted Emerald for a while, exclusively for Teddiursa. Crazy.

Anyway, yeah, a used copy, ebay, or Amazon might be your best bet. I'd already have Emerald if I had the right stuff to buy online.

[Ninja Monkey]

You have to be careful when buying off of ebay, a lot of those tend to be bootleg copies.

[C Sherbii S]

Just save up your money and buy it new. That way Nintendo and GameFreak make money off of it.

[Random]

You have to be careful when buying off of ebay, a lot of those tend to be bootleg copies.

Worst they could be just be selling you a hand made gba flash cart with a rom inside of it, i heard people get problems from migrating those into D/P. So just wait and buy the real emerald at any gamestop, your best chance is buying it used.

[PoisonOwnzYou]

I'm sure in a couple of months it will go down a couple of bucks. That's the way economy works. If you dont want to wait that long, you could always buy it off e-bay. Or you could use an ROM, but it could lead to problems if you dont have a cartridge. I would suggest saving up your money and buying it that way.

[~RNC~]

I got mine off ebay for only $15 buy it now, i don't think the seller knew very much about the games though, anyway if you buy off ebay don't buy from the seller that are from the asian counries, I bought a ruby version that was a fake. I was mad to say the least.

[Random]

I got mine off ebay for only $15 buy it now, i don't think the seller knew very much about the games though, anyway if you buy off ebay don't buy from the seller that are from the asian counries, I bought a ruby version that was a fake. I was mad to say the least.

Well that must of been lucky, hopefully its not a fake also ^-^' But yeah i totally agree you about not buying gba games from asain countries, cause they're more likely to give you a flash cart with a rom in it, and more likely a fan-hack then a regular rom. Dont be fooled by it.

[Leon K. Fox]

Just make sure they're selling the box, that at least somewhat increases the chances it's real right? (I only bid on ones were the cart AND box are shown myself)

[Ken-san]

I got mine the day it came out, and even then it was around 35$. So I doubt it'll be lowered. Sorry for being negative.

[Ninja Monkey]

I got mine the day it came out, and even then it was around 35$. So I doubt it'll be lowered. Sorry for being negative.
Most GBA games start out at $35 and get cheaper after time.

[Vavavoom ♣]

Most GBA games start out at $35 and get cheaper after time.

That's for the DS games. I remember that few years ago, when I bought the GBA Pokemon Games, they were over 40.00 bucks. <~

[Random]

That's for the DS games. I remember that few years ago, when I bought the GBA Pokemon Games, they were over 40.00 bucks. <~

I used to remember they were 50 bucks too.

[Shinji_]

Emerald was Intensly lowered o_O down here when it first came out it was like 50-60dolllars from what I remember so 34dollars is a big discount o_o

[Ninja Monkey]

Where are you guys buying games from? My handheld games have never ever been that expensive.

[~RNC~]

Well that must of been lucky, hopefully its not a fake also ^-^' But yeah i totally agree you about not buying gba games from asain countries, cause they're more likely to give you a flash cart with a rom in it, and more likely a fan-hack then a regular rom. Dont be fooled by it.

I got extremely lucky, the guy i bought it from said the game was given to him and he didn't have any kids so I guess he just didn't know how popular the games were and thank god it wasn't a fake either.

[GrayLuna]

well if you already waited this long why not wait alittle more see if the price lowers by the holidays cause last year around October i bought my Firered for 19.99 at Target then the next week firered and leafgreen where 15.99 on Circuit City (i should of waited 1 more week =P) so try to see if the price lowers around Thanksgiving Halloween or Christmas usually at Best Buy, Target, and Circuit City they'll lower prices on popular games around the Hollydays

[GottaLuvPikachu]

I got the game @ Best Buy a week ago. I had one of those coupons that was good for 10% off video games, movies, PC games and music that they mail out a few times a year. I didn't want to wait forever for the price to go down. Now to see about Ruby since I want to complete my Pokédex eventually....

[GrayLuna]

i think that with sapphire and emerald the only pokemon that you are missing for the pokedex is Zangooze i don't think you should buy ruby unless you really want Zangooze or to compleat the pokedex in emerald to get a johto starter if you know someone that has ruby just trade for a Zangooze

[GottaLuvPikachu]

Maybe I could find a place to rent the game, use my game link cable between my two GBAs and send a wurmple or two over and get Zangoose & Treecko on sapphire or Emerald.

[GrayLuna]

yea well i am not exactly sure but i think you only need a Zangooze so i don't really think it would be worth spending another 30 dollars just for 1 missing pokemon renting is a good idea though