Yeah, as a SNES collector I thought that was a bit odd. He said it had never been opened, not that it was sealed. As Tanooki Kuribo said, SFC games never came sealed. If you have a sealed copy of Hyper Dimension I'd say it was done by whoever sold it to you, so just open the wrap as it's worthless. I have a ton of mint condition SFC games I've carefully opened & played.Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Since Super Famicom games don't come sealed, you could just open the box carefully and you should be OK. Don't deprive yourself of playing this great game! It's actually my favorite Dragon Ball game of all time.dexterp wrote:I was lucky enough to be able to get a hold of a brand new (never opened) copy of Dragonball Z Hyper Dimension for the Super Nintendo.
My question to everyone is: do I open this baby up and play it, or is this a real rarity I should box up and hide for a few years?
If you want to play the game on original hardware without using your (I assume) mint condition game then buy another cart without the box & book. It was pricey during the DBZ hey day, but it's come down in price a lot since then. Either that or you could explore other ways of playing the game on the original hardware without using your cartridge. This involves using ROMS on the original hardware, but as that's legally questionable I'll end it there. The information isn't hard to find.
As for it being rare, that's like saying "Secret of Mana" or "Chrono Trigger" are rare games. They're not rare, go on Ebay & you'll find a heap of them. They're just priced high because they're damn fine games which makes them desirable. When DBZ was big you'd be lucky to find a good condition complete copy for under $100. These days it averages around the $50-$60 mark on Ebay & less on Japan Yahoo Auctions. Put simply, it's not that rare.