So, I found these together and couldn't find any information on them. It days "not for resale" making me think it was either a copy for a game store or bundled woth an Xbox system. Both are NTSC J. Any information would be great!
It says right on the box of Clone Wars it's part of a package bundle (Kind of like how we got the Halo and Amped bundle in Canada). The lettering makes it look like it's from China, but NTSC-J is Japan (unless China and Japan share the same video format, I don't know how that works).
Looks Chinese rather than Japanese to me - which isn't a contradiction, since a lot of the time (see lots of PS2 titles, for example) the Chinese got J-region encoded titles, but with English or Chinese text.
Yes, the Clone Wars says that it was part of a bundle and I should have been more specific (my fault for that). I am more curious in the Halo and looking on the backside it says in small letters "traditional Chinese/English" under game language. I just can't seem to track down another copy that says "not for resale" on it and not sure how to even find out more about where it came from.
I've seen them before, the Halo game should also have the same green sticker on the back of the case. I've always wondered if it's printed cover art or just a sticker applied to a retail case.
Put a light to the cover and it's a sticker. Why would they put a sticker on it? Just seems a little odd to me, but I'm not expert on any gaming history.
To throw it in as a bundled retail console and then the buyer wouldn't be able to resell the game by itself?
Lots of companies do that for bundles, I mean look at all the sega games with NFR labels on them. I'm willing to bet there's more NFR Daytona USA, Virtua Cop, and Virtua Fighter 2's out there than regular ones.
They are both Asia market (Hong Kong / Taiwan / Singapore) pack-in games. Clone Wars should be a double-sided box with Tetris Worlds on the other side and both games on the same disc. They are NTSC:J because that's the region code those Asia market consoles used. Both are pretty common in HK, although I would assume much less so anywhere else.
Just saw this thread, those are actually for the Singapore Market, I have seen tons of them in the 2nd hand games shops selling for just $2-$5. Singaporean are often bilingual (English as the primary language + Chinese or Indian or Malay) which is taught in school.
As Trimesh said. It's probably from either of the 3 regions (HK/TW/SP). All three get games this way in NTSC-J region.
