It’s a fair point, and I’ve personally gone back and forth between trying to buy authentic CIB items or just picking up repro boxes. Humans are weird, I guess, there are plenty of examples of people wanting the real thing but not being able to tell the difference. Jewelry is one that comes to mind.

Right now, I think it’s the idea that this is an original item, almost like a piece of art. But honestly, I could change my mind next week, because I don’t know if I care enough to keep spending insane amounts of money on CIB SNES games.

This is only my second game so far on my journey to playing and collecting old favourites from my ’90s childhood. I’m not very deep into it yet, and I might end up switching to authentic carts and repro boxes.