The Gamecube had it's share of rare and collectible games during it's six year life span. Below is a list of rarest and most expensive Gamecube games.
The list is ranked by highest sales price over the last three months. All the games are not rare (hard to find with small quantities available), but relative to demand all of these are in short supply.
NCAA College Basketball 2K3
New Price: $400 Used Price: $37The rarest game for the Gamecube. NCAA Basketball 2K3 is a college basketball game on the Gamecube so it wasn't destined to sell very well. Sega helped seal the deal when they cancelled all 2K series games on the Gamecube and stopped this game in the middle of production. This is one of the few sports games to become rare and valuable on any system.
See Current NCAA College Basketball 2K3 Prices
Phantasy Star Online Plus
New Price: $200 Used Price: $58Phantasy Star Online Plus is a rerelease of the Phantasy Star Online game for Gamecube (also on this list). The Plus version fixed a few bugs in the intial release and added a few extra areas. The game sold poorly because it was an online game released after everyone realized the Gamecube's online was dead on arrival.
See Current Phantasy Star Online Plus Prices
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
New Price: $200 Used Price: $30Digimon Rumble Arena 2 is similar to Super Smash Bros in gameplay but uses the Digimon characters. Its a sequel to the original Digimon Rumble Arena but did not sell as well as the original. The game received a lukewarm reception from critics but is still valued by collectors.
See Current Digimon Rumble Arena 2 Prices
Beyond Good and Evil
New Price: $198 Used Price: $22Beyond Good and Evil was released by Ubisoft in 2003 on every console. It was reviewed well but sold poorly on all systems. In May 2008, Ubisoft leaked a teaser trailer for Beyond Good and Evil 2 which sparked more interest in the original and increased prices.
See Current Beyond Good and Evil Prices
Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix Bundle
New Price: $160 Used Price: $44DDR Mario Mix is a regular DDR game with Mario characters, music, and art. It is the only US released DDR game on the Gamecube. Nintendo released the game in limited quantities for the 2005 Christmas season and it quickly sold out. In early 2006 Nintendo restocked shelves but quietly discontinued the game soon after.
See Current DDR Mario Mix w/ Pad Prices
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2
New Price: $150 Used Price: $42A role playing game with a focus on online co-op play. Sega released this game as the marquee title for the Gamecube's online service. The service never caught on and Phantasy Star Online sales suffered. Sega shut down their servers in 2007 but you can still play the game solo or with 4 player split screen.
See Current Phantasy Star Online Prices
Resident Evil Code Veronica X
New Price: $150 Used Price: $31This was one of the four Resident Evil games Capcom re-released on Gamecube. Code Veronica and Resident Evil 2 received limited production runs after the Gamecube's poor sales. After Resident Evil 4 released on the Gamecube prices spiked for all four RE games but only Code Veronica's prices remained high enough to make this list.
See Current Resident Evil Code Veronica X Prices
Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes
New Price: $140 Used Price: $40Twin Snakes is a remake of the original Metal Gear Solid for PS1 and was co-developed by Silicon Knights and Konami. Development was overseen by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and Shigeru Miyamoto. Critics loved the game and gave it an 85 average on Metacritic but the remake didn't sell as well as the original.
See Current Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes Prices
Ikaruga
New Price: $140 Used Price: $34Ikaruga is a shooter originally released for Arcade and Dreamcast. In general, the shooter genre doesn't sell very well and Ikaruga was no exception. The game is ranked as the 2nd best 2D shooter by ScrewAttack and the 3rd greatest shooter by IGN.
See Current Ikaruga Prices
Pokemon Box
New Price: $110 Used Price: $45Pokemon Box isn't a game but allows players to store and sort Pokemon from the Gameboy Advance Pokemon games. In the US the game was only sold at the Nintendo World store and online, which limited the sales. The European version was never sold in stores but available through the Nintendo of Europe loyalty program.
See Current Pokemon Box Prices
Cubivore
New Price: $100 Used Price: $30Cubivore is a action/adventure game with some RPG elements. You raise your creature through different mutations and offspring until you can defeat the Killer Cubivore. The game was called "Animal Leader" in Japan and was brought to the US by Atlus. Like most of their games, Cubivore received a very limited production.
See Current Cubivore Prices
Star Wars Jedi Outcast
New Price: $100 Used Price: $25Jedi Outcast is an Action game original released on the PC and later ported to the Gamecube and Xbox in 2002. The game has you playing as a former Jedi Knight and lets you use lightsabers, blasters, and turrets. Jedi Outcast was the only LucasArts published title on the Gamecube and did not sell as well as the Rogue Leader games published by Nintendo.
See Current Star Wars Jedi Outcast Prices
Other Expensive Gamecube Games
- Fire Emblem Path of Radiance - Used Price: $41
- Pikmin 2 - Used Price: $38
- Zelda 4 Game Collection - Used Price: $31
- Zelda Ocarina of Time Master Quest - Used Price: $26
- Skies of Arcadia - Used Price: $23
- Tom and Jerry War of Whiskers - Used Price: $23
- Monster 4x4 Masters of Metal - Used Price: $25
- Zelda Twilight Princess - Used Price: $29
- Top Angler Real Bass Fishing - Used Price: $29
- Disney Sports Basketball - Used Price: $25
Great Values: Low Priced Rare Gamecube Games
- Bust-A-Move 3000 - Used Price: $20
- Goblin Commander - Used Price: $20
- Gotcha Force - Used Price: $18
- Rave Master - Used Price: $7
- Killer 7 - Used Price: $10
- Baten Kaitos Origins - Used Price: $15
- Chaos Field - Used Price: $7
- Spirts & Spells - Used Price: $10
Gamecube game prices provided by VGPC.com. Used prices are the average price between August 4th, 2008 and November 14th, 2008. New prices are the highest price a sealed version of the game sold for during this same time period.
22 comments:
I never would have guessed NCAA College Basketball 2K3 would be at the top. The online games on this list make me wonder how well current games will age. If the company removes the servers for an online game, some of the game play is permanently lost. Maybe really popular games will be reverse engineered and enthusiasts will host the online experience on their own servers.
Cool article.
I've flipped several copies of NCAA 2k3 over the years, and almost every time, I found the game at Blockbuster. It made wonder if rental chains were the only place that ordered/got shipments of the game.
Really cool and interesting list, but I feel like some of the used prices are a bit exaggerated. I walk by a 19.99 copy of Twin Snakes every time I'm at my media resale shop.
I've got two games on that list, but I wonder why Skies of Arcadia wasn't mentioned.
Wow. Maybe I should keep a lookout for these games and try to flip them on ebay.
LOL@ abitrary values.
Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes NEW
$47.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-The-Twin-Snakes-Game-Cube-NEW-RARE_W0QQitemZ130268070531
Yeah....this list isn't skewed at all. The very last sentence shows you how it doesn't really work....
"New prices are the highest price a sealed version of the game sold for during this same time period."
So, what they are saying is the "New Price" is actually the "New Price Only A Moron Would Buy This At"
I can see why these games are expensive.
They are the best games ever.
DDR Mario Mix is my favorite.
thanks from tony
Funny how a game in the "Other Expensive Games" list is $25 and many in the "Cheap Games List" are $20.
I swiped a copy of MGSTS from blockbuster for $4 after seeing the ebay prices. Typical Blockbuster fare, no box, no manual, but jeez was it worth it at that price. I was not dissappointed with the game either.
I bought MGS: Twin Snakes for $7 at K Mart....good investment!
I have quite a few of the games on this list. :P Nice.
Kind of sad to see that Baten Kaitos Origins is so rare, though. That's one game I've been meaning to pick up if I see it around.
I never thought that some of the games I owned like 5 or 6 years ago would be worth anything
WOW! 400$ for a game. I guess many people see it as a collectors item.
What about the Formula 1 game on game cube. I don't even see it listed on EBay?
The F1 2002 game for Gamecube sells for an average of $11.80 used and $55 new. That is more than MSRP for the new game, but not enough to make this list.
Skies Of Arcadia: Legends would have made this list 13 times better.
keithor_44 - I agree with that adding Skies of Arcadia would have made the list better game wise. I loved that game. But it only sells for $21 on average so it just missed the cut.
Baten Kaitos Origins isn't worth it. The game re uses lots of graphics from the first game. I would call it Baiten Kaitos 1.5. They ruined the gameplay by limiting the number of decks you can use. I was a big fan of the first, but was let down by the sequel.
Check it out... You can still play Phantasy Star Online... online! PRIVATE SERVERS ROCK. Go to (http://www.schtserv.com) and see what I mean. There are hundreds of people still playing online and it's universal cross-console.
This list is terrible.
NCAA Basketball is rare (and it was sold outside of rental chains, to who ever asked, I got my copy at EB Games in Seattle, WA). Pokemon Box is rare by virtue of only being sold via Nintendo's 1-800 number or at the Nintendo/Pokemon Store in new york.
None of the other games are rare or even close. Dance Dance Revolution Mario? A game that had to print runs, selling out both, in every major big box chain in America? You're a total moron for even listing it.
Thanks for your comment Anonymous, but I don't think you read the whole article. It is called "Rare & Expensive Gamecube Games" and I state in the article that the list is ranked by the price of the items.
Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix still sells for a lot of money so it is rare relative to the demand for the game. I never said the games on this list are the Gamecube games with the smallest print-runs and the fewest copies available.
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