Beware the DS pirates on eBay
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How to spot a fake DS cartridgeOne of the joys of looking after the DS section of a European-centric website is you spend a lot of time studying the Japanese and US release dates of games you know won't surface over here for months.
Hence the need to trawl the various game import sites, to ensure we keep up-to-date with the latest reviews. But what with the downfall of Hong Kong-based games importer, Lik Sang, we've increasingly had to rely on the Wild West environment that is eBay.
And we were unpleasantly surprised when one of our most recent purchases, Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (due to be released in Europe as Mario Slam Basketball on 16 February), turned out to be a fake.
Find out how to spot fakes by following the link below.
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source: pocketgamer.co.uk
Labels: industry news, nintendo ds, piracy
posted by Wasted Rage @ 1/23/2007 11:00:00 AM,
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