How would you know if a Poke'mon GBA game is original or not without opening the box ?

Question

I'm talking about major professional copying.

good point....i forgot to tell this.

I'm on phillipines and a look at SM batangas there's a game there......not pokemon XD but its cover is it. i think its titled acrynolis and the cover color was so ugly like it came from a broken printer

Answer 1

For a Poke'mon GBA game (or any other game for that matter),Nintendo puts a gold/yellow starburst somewhere on the package that says I think "Nintendo Offical Product" (that even counts for merchandise not sold as a game).But,watch out,sometimes they stoop down so low that they even copy the starburst.To also tell that any other game is fake, sometimes the color is faded on the box,or the name is usually misspelled or its a 100 in one game

Example:
Game Color Advance:500 in one



I once was in Spain for the summer,and there was a festival,at the festival were stands,and at the stands were Chinese people selling ILLEGALY copied games.I bought one cause they were cheap and my GBA was kind of busted already.I turned them into the police (not that I liked doing it but I don't want fellow gamers getting their new,shiny GBAs broken) and they busted them and two other stands.

Answer 2

Well, if you buy from something like wal-mart or EBgames, or your equivalent in your country... then I believe that its legit. But, if you go to a flea market, IF they sell it, dont buy it. I have bought trading cards from flea markets before, and they are all fake. Or a newsstand for that matter.

Answer 3

I think they have to have the Nintendo Seal somewhere....