{"id":50400,"date":"2018-09-25T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/09\/random_someone_just_sold_an_early_copy_of_super_mario_party_on_ebay_for_usd7100"},"modified":"2018-09-25T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T15:30:00","slug":"random-someone-just-sold-an-early-copy-of-super-mario-party-on-ebay-for-7100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/25\/random-someone-just-sold-an-early-copy-of-super-mario-party-on-ebay-for-7100\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Someone Just Sold An Early Copy Of Super Mario Party On eBay For $7,100"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1c004bf7e721b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1c004bf7e721b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Mario\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1c004bf7e721b\/mario.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1c004bf7e721b\/mario.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mario\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It would appear that someone recently managed to get their hands on an early copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_party\"><strong>Super Mario Party<\/strong><\/a> for Nintendo Switch, immediately jumping onto eBay and selling it for $7,100. <em>Where to begin?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, despite the game not being out until 5th October, one lucky person claimed to have found a working cartridge for the game sitting near an airport. On their <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574936369&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336736927&amp;customid=&amp;mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26amp%3B_sacat%3D0%26amp%3B_nkw%3Dunreleased%2520super%2520mario%2520party%2520for%2520nintendo%2520switch%26amp%3BLH_Complete%3D1%26amp%3Brt%3Dnc%26amp%3B_trksid%3Dp2045573.m1684\" rel=\"nofollow\">eBay listing<\/a> &#8211; which has now ended and is unavailable to view properly &#8211; the person describes the cartridge as being &#8220;in decent shape&#8221;, noting that it is &#8220;slightly damaged&#8221; but works just fine.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Images of the cartridge found at the airport\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f738ba43291ea\/images-of-the-cartridge-found-at-the-airport.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f738ba43291ea\/images-of-the-cartridge-found-at-the-airport.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the cartridge found at the airport\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Images of the cartridge found at the airport<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>To prove that the cartridge is indeed real, the eBay seller shared a series of videos to show the cartridge being used. As you can see, the user appears to be using a Joy-Con to move characters in the game, suggesting that the cartridge is working as described.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As mentioned above, the listing went on to generate a whopping $7,100, with 81 bids taking place to reach that total. We&#8217;re just as intrigued as the next person on how the cartridge ended up in an airport (interestingly, the seller&#8217;s location was listed as Seattle, Washington &#8211; which isn&#8217;t too far away from Nintendo of America&#8217;s Redmond HQ) but we can&#8217;t see why anyone would pay such a substantial sum for a game which is officially out in just ten days.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"The finished eBay auction\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d9e387f04f079\/the-finished-ebay-auction.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d9e387f04f079\/the-finished-ebay-auction.900x.jpg\" alt=\"The finished eBay auction\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The finished eBay auction<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Either way, we hope the buyer is happy with their purchase and that they don&#8217;t decide to spoil everything about the game online before release. <em>Now then, Team Nintendo Life is just heading out to our local airport for&#8230; reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would appear that someone recently managed to get their hands on an early copy of Super Mario Party for Nintendo Switch, immediately jumping onto eBay and selling it for $7,100. Where to begin? 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