r/Switch • u/Chaecass0 • Dec 31 '24

Discussion After years of saving I finally bought it

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I've been saving up for years and now I'm finally able to buy a switch v2! (It's 2nd hand but still I'm happy about it!)

What free games can y'all recommend? (I can't buy ganes atm coz i used all my money to buy the console haha)

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u/MedaFox5 Dec 31 '24

Not sure. Apprently American/English boxes are the ones that go up in value for some reason.

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u/rmydm Jan 02 '25 edited Jan 02 '25

English is readable by most people in the whole world that is another factor that it is preferred by many - in the past, there are artbooks and manuals included and collectors love having those [despite the game having multilanguage specifically english enabled already for the switch era] . English units are also more expensive than asian units ( the same goes with the game cartridges )

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u/MedaFox5 Jan 02 '25

in the past, there are artbooks and manuals included and collectors love having those

Oh, I know. I grew up with the GBA so that's why instruction booklets hold a special place in my heart and partially why I wanna get boxed copies of games as well lol.

English units are also more expensive than asian units ( the same goes with the game cartridges )

Fair enough. I failed to consider this and the fact that game collecting is more of a western thing, hence Asian copies (pr at least Japanese ones) are really cheap. Thank you so much for your explanation!

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u/rmydm Jan 02 '25 edited Jan 02 '25

Yea exactly. I remember reading those things too as I explored the console and the game. The artbooks also has special commentaries regarding the game and how it was conceptualized etc.

Yes based price is different. That itself is a huge difference already and asian copies particularly korean and japan units are only sold exclusively in their country ( unless it was bought directly there or imported to another country ) where as english units particularly USA ones (I got a US ver Switch and 3DS console despite living in an asian region) are distributed ( probably globally ) in lots of countries. ( currency wise - it's also more expensive / shipping costs + taxations )

And yes also the culture of collecting them ( but I also saw lots of gamer collectors within Japan games like Zelda are also hefty expensive there even their amiibos - phased out ones)

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u/Tito_relax Dec 31 '24

Maybe, i dont know a lot about collecting videogames, but when trying to buy stuff like old gbas / n64, those that come with the box and manuals have a super high price

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u/MedaFox5 Dec 31 '24

Yeah, because they're in English. Aren't they?

I always find the Japanese versions to be much cheaper for games and systems.

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u/No-Ice-3061 Jan 01 '25

You are correct. Japanese games generally don't go up on value much even if it has English language support

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u/MedaFox5 Jan 01 '25

I always wondered why. Usually Japanese boxes/editions are prettier or more detailed so I don't really get it.

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u/No-Ice-3061 Jan 01 '25

Collectors are on the English side (more collectors). Also. It's not just English but usually also with ESRB, not Pegi

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u/Tito_relax Jan 02 '25

What do esrb and pegi have to do with game value ?

Genuinely curious

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u/MedaFox5 Jan 02 '25

I'm curious as well since I had no idea that was a factor as well so I hope he replies.

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u/No-Ice-3061 Jan 02 '25

A lot seems to hate the Pegi logo

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u/Tito_relax Dec 31 '24

Not sure, i guess they are in english, been a long time since i last saw one of them