Games that don’t just copy mechanics or ideas, but outright steal whole levels and characters from more popular works.
There are copies everywhere now!īut as lazy as this is, there are some games that go… just a little too far in copying others. I mean, just look what happened to Flappy Bird. From the legions of shovelware on older systems to the thousands of lazy app ripoffs on the app store, it seems a popular game can’t go five minutes without a bunch of people trying to cash in on it. (6) There is a slight difference in the colour of the metal strip visible between the plastic slats, which indicates the use of non-Nintendo hardware- not good.The gaming world has always had more than its fair share of clones and copycats. (5) shows the chipboard visible through the slats of the casing - there should be numbers and letters visible on the green board, however you may have a fake copy which says 'Nintendo' there instead- that is a certain indicator of a copy.
This is difficult to check for certain though.
CHINESE KNOCKOFF NINTENDO 500 GAMES SERIAL NUMBER
(4) shows the serial number of the game, now this is difficult to check but often DS games will have a serial number that starts with A or B, and which corresponds to the middle four letters on the sticker on the front of the cart. (3) is difficult to make out from the image, but the words are much bolder in a fake game, this works best if you have a game you are sure is real to compare it against. (2) shows the Nintendo logo, which always has a 'TM' after it in legit games, but not necessarily in fake ones. In the image, (1) shows the join at the back of the cartridge, if it's neat and barely visible, the game is all good, however if it's shabby and obvious, it suggests a fake. The indicators on the back are more subtle, but more likely to indicate a game's questionable authenticity. (12) shows the Nintendo DS logo, most games fake or not have this symbol BUT often fake games miss off the 'TM' at the end of the logo, this is a sure fire indication that your game is fake.Īlright now we've seen the front, let's turn it over and have a good look at the back. (11) all European DS games have this CE symbol on them and it is always in the bottom right corner, if there isn't a CE marking on a European game, it's likely an imposter. If there isn't one, the game is likely to be fake. (10) shows that on every game there should be an identical official seal, usually in the bottom left corner somewhere. The image shows three examples of legitimate DS games (9) shows that on each cartridge there is a small 'instep' where the plastic is marginally lower in order to accommodate the sticker, this is big indicator of an authentic game so if there isn't this ridge, it's almost certain your game is a fake.
CHINESE KNOCKOFF NINTENDO 500 GAMES FULL
The text should be legible and not pixelated, and it should be in full colour. First off look at the sticker- it should be glossy and have rounded corners with the bottom left corner having a chip out of it. There are a few things we want to look at. Time to look at the cartridge itself! Take the game out of the holding clip, and take a look at the front.
If you look at the image (13), you can see a very faint line around the logo- this is definitely a sticker job and an indicator of a very sneaky pirate! If there is no line or evidence of the logo being stuck on, then your product is quite probably legitimate. However sometimes in fake games the logo is there but it is stuck on with adhesive to the inside of the box, rather than printed onto the box directly. If there is no logo, the game is a fake for sure. One more thing that is easy to check from the box is that in real games, the box has the 'Nintendo DS' logo embossed directly onto the plastic of the box. This may seem like petty detail, but the pirates who take your money for fake games don't expect you to be so vigilant when identifying these kinds of errors. More subtly, (8), which is not visible in the picture, shows that the small protruding nodes on the spine of the game do not have a ring around them in authentic boxes, but they do in the fake boxes. (7) in the image shows that the fake game has two separate nodes to hold in booklets real Nintendo game boxes only have one. If there is no booklet, what else can we look at? Well it isn't too hard to pick up empty cases for DS games, but there are a few differences between those which contain authentic Nintendo products and those which do not.
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