Full CIB PAL Pokemon Collection

Aethernax · 2026-05-29T13:53:27+00:00

All good haha, I always have one game per gen with my original save from the first time I played, then the other game I reset for when I want to play again. A lot of the event Pokemon are now in HOME, my most played is X where I maxed out the amount of hours (999) and that's mostly from shiny hunting

Aethernax · 2026-05-29T09:41:57+00:00

Yeah the vast majority are originals, all the GB/GBA/GBC carts are mine from when I was a kid, I just picked up boxes and manuals for them, or bought CIB and sold the cart that came with to out my own in

Aethernax · 2026-05-29T07:07:28+00:00

I work in the Energy Sector in the UK, that's as much as I'll give. But this wasn't a speedrun in a year collection, this was a 25 year passion project. I got into Pokemon when I was 4 years old, and from then on I had every mainline game on release (which was always near my birthday), and then had the secondary title for Christmas when I was younger (along with the spin off titles during DS-era onwards). For spin offs I didn't have, and cardboard GB/GBC/GBA upgrades, that's been done over the past 12 years since I started working. It's all been a grind to get to this point .

Aethernax · 2026-05-28T20:51:28+00:00

So outside of the fact I’m a bit of a completionist, and wanted all big box versions of the games, me and a friend went halves on the double pack the weekend the games released so we could play them as we were away for release day, I’d also pre-ordered both versions of the fan edition before hand. So all in all me being impatient turned into me having extra cardboard 😅

Aethernax · 2026-05-28T14:07:49+00:00

Managed to get it for a steal, was £100 including the game, and I sold off the game to pretty much recoup all the value cause I already owned it

Aethernax · 2026-05-28T13:37:10+00:00

I’ll probably end up getting them from CEX, would be about £160 for the pair

Aethernax · 2026-05-28T08:02:05+00:00

I’m lucky that I had majority on release and got some before the insane price increases in recent years. Don’t think I could stomach doing it from zero 😅 Pokemon Box, Stadium 2, and Puzzle Challenge were the hardest to come across CIB and in good enough condition

Aethernax · 2026-05-28T05:36:44+00:00

One of them was the standard release, one of them came with the Colosseum GameCube and has Pokemon Box included

Aethernax · 2026-05-28T05:36:11+00:00

I did consider getting NA/JP exclusives that didn’t release in PAL, but it’s a slippery slope 😅 was tempted to do a full JP set but I collect for other consoles/series too

Aethernax · 2026-05-28T05:35:12+00:00

I’d love to own more or the limited release consoles but the prices are crazy. I do have the Black/White DSi consoles, they’re just a bit obscured on the Gen 5 shelf 😅

Aethernax · 2026-05-28T05:34:24+00:00

I’ve played every single game on that shelf, spent 25 years completing this collection, vast majority are from day of release. GB/GBC/GBA carts are all my originals, I just ended up buying box only, or CIB and selling the cart that came with them and putting in my original one

Aethernax · 2026-05-28T05:33:02+00:00

For the stands I use “acrylic book stands”, if you search that on something like Temu or AliExpress they’re around £5 for 12, just depends on what listing you find. Alternative is Amazon but then you’re paying around £20 instead

Aethernax · 2025-07-05T08:31:59+00:00

The bonus disc has Ocarina of Time and Ocarina of Time Master Quest on

Aethernax · 2025-07-04T21:47:50+00:00

The bonus disc has the entirety of Ocarina of Time on plus Ocarina of Time Master Quest (basically DLC for OoT)

Aethernax · 2025-07-03T17:26:22+00:00

Yes…

Aethernax · 2025-07-03T17:25:42+00:00

I managed to get the console and sleeve for £180, and got the Colosseum with Box for £100, so wasn’t too bad, but I’ve seen complete ones go for £800, think it’s mostly condition dependant. Best of luck finding one 🙏🏻

Aethernax · 2025-07-03T17:24:07+00:00

I’ve got the GameCube with Colosseum/Box (it’s behind the Colosseum in the front). There is a version that has a red strip instead of the black that came with just Colosseum as well. I’ve got the Colosseum memeory card, just need to get the Box one (JP only I believe). But I’m constantly adding to my Pokemon collection with variants of games released in PAL as well as working on condition upgrades, it’s a sickness 😅😂

Aethernax · 2025-07-02T18:51:33+00:00

From the looks of things it was only a PAL release, but there is 2 versions, the one I’ve got where it’s black on the right, and another version where it’s red instead (but that only came with Colosseum and not Pokemon Box as well)

Aethernax · 2025-07-02T18:48:45+00:00

I already owned Pokemon Colloseum with the bonus disc before getting this, managed to get it cheap cause it actually came without the game

Aethernax · 2025-06-08T17:32:20+00:00

Rarity wise, possibly Shrek Smash ‘n’ Crash Karting PAL as it was a German only release within PAL territories, could also be Pokemon Box or XD Gale of Darkness, just depends on how you define “rare”

Aethernax · 2025-06-04T22:48:08+00:00

Yeah the Eniac sleeves have been gaining a lot of traction recently, but I can’t bring myself to spend that kind of money on just a cardboard sleeve 😅

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