My quest to find a game that should have been easy to find but wasn't for some reason
Yes, that one guy who used to be active but really isn't anymore is making a blog entry about his boring life. Or, somewhat of a wild goose chase due to -events- causing shopping online to not be an option. Deal with it. Also, new emoticons? Where's the Fluttershy glasses emote? Ah well.
Anyways, for some time now, I've been meaning to get Kirby's Return to Dream Land whenever I had the money to, and that finally happened recently. So, I'd looked at the local stores such as Greed*Mart and they didn't have it, so I checked online and read that Target and Best Buy are supposed to have it. Those are a bit of a drive away from where I am, but my mom offered to take me so I went. Target didn't have it, or even have space where they could have had it in stock but then sold them out.
Across from Target is a Greed$top, and as much as I abhor them, I had to check since it didn't hurt. I go in, look, there are none, neither new or used. I ask the guy, and he tells me that the only one nearby that has it is one way across town and that it's used. Surprisingly friendly guy, actually. Of course, it's Greed$top, and he told me the used price is five dollars less than the new price. AKA, typical Greed$top bullshit, and anybody who collects video games knows to only rely on them as a last resort. I kept the info on my mind in case all else failed, then remembered there's a Best Buy not too far away.
Being an ever-pessimist, I doubt the Best Buy will have the game. Note, not a regular at Best Buy or knowledgeable on their business practices, so no quips here. I mean, the obvious places didn't even have traces of it, so why would Best Buy? I chalked its scarcity up to stores clearing out stuff for the Wii U. So, I walk into the Best Buy and approach the video game section. I gaze upon a copy of Kirby's Return to Dream Land. 50 bucks, brand new, which is great considering Greed$top wanted 45$ for a used copy, which, knowing Greed$top, wouldn't have been in its original case and would have instead been in a beat-to-shit generic case with artwork that looks worse than a 11-year-old's MS Paint DeviantArt Sonic OC avatar, or, if it had its original case, it would look, feel, and smell like The Toxic Avenger took a dump on and/or inside of it it.
Ended the longer-than-expected trip with a sugary-ass melon-flavored drink that tasted really good, and a slight headache all the way home.
So, I got the game, and it's as good as I expected so far. It's funny, I seem cursed when it comes to buying games in the Kirby series. Shipping problems with one game, overpriced-ness with another, and now this.
Since the topic of this is kinda video game prices, it got me thinking. If I made a list of a few games for a few platforms that are cheap/affordable and quite good, but not well-known, would anybody be interested?
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