...and then you found out it was broken beyound repair.
How would you feel? I know how I would feel because something just a traumatic as that happened to me today. I was in Minot, ND and I walked into a Gamestop. If you check my game list or read my blog frequently then you know that I really would like Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time. I have to play that game! And gamestop had it! Finally I had found it, after probably at least a good 6 months of searching. Sure, it wasn't in the original packaging and had no manual, but the sign above the used shelf said "guanteed to play so I shelled out the $30 it cost to buy it. (yeah I know, thats really expensice for a used game, but I wanted that game so bad) So 2 hours or so later when I had finished shoppping I met up with my parents to see when we would start our drive home. Thay were still shopping so I went out to our van to keep our dog company and to finally play the game I had wanted for so long. Unless you skipped over the title of this blog you already know what happened next. It didnt work. I turn on my DS and it says "No game pak inserted" or whatever it is. I tried several times to get it to recognize the cartridge but it wouldn't. luckily I found out it didnt play before we started heading home so i was able to return it. The staff at gamestop were really nice about it and gave me my money back, which was nice since I thought they would only give me store credit.
Ughhhh... I guess its ebay here I come. I have tried a few times to get the game from ebay but the game either gets to expense for someone outbids me and I dont realize it. But now that I know it will be $30 in stores I will be fine with spending around that on ebay.
Anyways enough complaining about that. I had a really great trip to Minot. I go down there with my parents a couple times a year because we all like the shopping there and the company my dad workd for has offices there so he sometimes gets sent there on business. I always get some sweet clothes and this time was no exception. I bought a Minot State t-shirt, a bunnyhug (yes I am from saskatchewan, it is called a bunnyhug and always will be!) a belt, some pants, and some awesome Nike shoes.
A good part of the trip is the Minot video game tradition I have. The mall in Minot has a Target, a Bestbuy and two gamestops, and there is a store called Gametraders nearby so there are lots of places selling video games. Every time wew go to minot, I buy a videogame (usually some old used GBA game) and play it on the trip back. Some of the games I have bought there are:
Pokemon Emerald used
Megaman Battle Network 3: White (for 5.99 used)
Golden Sun used for 7.99
Metroid Prime: Hunters (NEW but it was only $25 at Target!! That was close to a year ago and now I havent seen it for under $35. A great bargain)
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin new (the only Minot game I have payed full price for)
Megaman Starforce Dragon used
As you can see I go for the used games. Thats because where I live there arent any decent used game stores.
This time I picked up Megaman Battle Network 4 Blue Moon and Mario and Luigi PiT (ARGHH!)
MMBN was only 5.99 but it is in really bad condition and wont play in my DS. It only plays in my SP. If I had checked it a little closer I wouldn't of bought it. The real find this time was Megaman Battle Network 4 Red Sun. I know it will be similar to Blue Moon but from what I've heard it is different enough that for any BN fan it is worth getting both. Apparently the plots are totally different. And when i beat it I can start over without losing all my chips and stuff. Red Sun was also only 5.99 but I came with the origianal packaging complete with the manual. It looked brand new and when i popped it in, the previous save file had only 5 minutes of play time! Yes!! I scored big time on this find!
Sorry about the long blog, the non descriptive title, the lame analogy (obviously I would be more hurt if the ferrari didn't work) and the fact that this blog is several topics thrown in as one. I just sort of started writing and realized half way through that I was going to end up talking about minot and then segue into Megaman Battle Network. And then into a lame apology. I doubt anyone is reading by this point.