Repros / Bootleg Shenannigans

It's a new month and we've got tons of new games in, mostly in our PSP and 3DS categories.  Go check 'em out!  We'll wait.

While we're out in the world picking up new games for our shop, well...even we get fooled sometimes.  For instance, we were stoked to get this game in stock and it sure looked legit from the outside:

But once we started testing it: 

Ouch.  That's a hacked intro screen, obviously, and once we opened it up and looked inside, we could see it was dramatically different than a Nintendo-manufactured cart.  It still plays fine, but from a consumer standpoint, you want the real thing, especially when you've paid a premium for a hard-to-find game.

If you want to learn to spot fakes more effectively, check out this excellent video from MetalJesusRocks: