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Aladdin and The Lion King Retro Editions (Nintendo Switch) Best Buy Exclusive $30

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Best Buy has Disney Classics: Aladdin and The Lion King Retro Editions for Nintendo Switch for $29.99. Regular price $49.99.

These retro editions are Best Buy exclusives and come packed in Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo style boxes with poster, retro-style manuals and the Switch cartridge. Cartridge is the same for all versions and includes both games from Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and Gameboy with upgraded graphics options, rewind, replay, Museum, Behind the scenes videos and more.

Sega Genesis Clamshell style [bestbuy.com] Store pickup only.

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Regular version [bestbuy.com] also available for $19.99.
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Spaceman6969
02-12-2020 at 05:34 AM.
02-12-2020 at 05:34 AM.
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Biggest money grab to date... These have been "free" on the net for like 50 years... 😂

But this one is on the cartridge for the Switch thus an alternative option than playing or downloading this game online, no?
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Dr0pkickRam0nes
02-12-2020 at 05:38 AM.
02-12-2020 at 05:38 AM.
Quote from ghostfreckle :
Biggest money grab to date... These have been "free" on the net for like 50 years... 😂
So has every other Switch game since the system was cracked. Your point isn't really relevant to anyone who either a) doesn't know how to set up emulators, b) doesn't feel comfortable pirating "free" games, as you claim, or c) simply wants an easy way to play a classic game on a mobile system like the Switch.

This is a good price for a classic game that I'm sure plenty of people have nostalgia for and don't want to jump through hoops to play.

Also crazy how a game that came out 27 years ago has been on the net for like 50 years.
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Hoofheartedhear
02-12-2020 at 07:30 AM.
02-12-2020 at 07:30 AM.
dang I'm always late to post hahahha. saw this last night and slept on posting it.
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Doctorhino
02-12-2020 at 10:17 AM.
02-12-2020 at 10:17 AM.
I do miss the Capcom version of Aladdin, which was the SNES game. That genie level was some great platforming and the music was better than on genesis.

Note to the OP, this collection does not include the Capcom game. As stated in the description:
Aladdin
Genesis Version
Japanese Mega Drive Version
GameBoy Version
Colorized GameBoy Version

They also admitted they added the monkey maze to Lion King in order to make it difficult to beat in a rental, not cause they thought it was good. Overall a mediocre set of games.
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02-12-2020 at 10:23 AM.
02-12-2020 at 10:23 AM.
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was browsing for a cheap switch game and spotted this. if you played lion king or aladdin on the old school consoles. normally 29.99.....
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/disn...Id=6373091 [bestbuy.com]
The joys of having your entire post folded into one comment, haha
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02-12-2020 at 10:41 AM.
02-12-2020 at 10:41 AM.
FYI for anyone, reviews indicate the SNES version of Aladdin is not actually in this collection.
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cheapskate82
02-12-2020 at 10:48 AM.
02-12-2020 at 10:48 AM.
Fair warning, these do not come with the original game case, the loose cartridge is inside with a foam piece.

With that said, i have the clamshell one, it's an exact replica of a genesis case and is pretty awesome
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Ticalisoul
02-12-2020 at 11:48 AM.
02-12-2020 at 11:48 AM.
Omg Lion King made me rage so hard when I played as a kid on the snes. Good times lol
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imperatornux
02-12-2020 at 12:07 PM.
02-12-2020 at 12:07 PM.
Lion King on the SNES/Genesis was never good. It's always been a mediocre game. Owned it back in the day, beat it numerous times. Not worth going back to. Genesis Aladdin is fine but this collection is sorely lacking without the SNES version of Aladdin(made by Capcom). Very scummy of Disney making this an incomplete collection because they were penny pinching.
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02-12-2020 at 12:29 PM.
02-12-2020 at 12:29 PM.
$50 retail for a pair of 30 y/o games? $30 is still significantly over priced. I think the Ducktales Remaster was only 20 at launch and that had a lot of work done to it. It was down to 5 fairly quickly which I think is a fair price for a Nintendo game that has been fully remastered.

For the people pointing out there's a "collector's case" it costs them less than a dollar to make that, that's not worth $25. Just make your own haha.

If you're uncomfortable emulating, ask yourself, who is making the money off re-selling old games with little to no work done to them? It's not the original developers, I promise you. Half the time they make the newer version worse with half-baked ports or literally are just selling a pre-packaged rom/emulator bundle for an inflated price anyway.
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02-12-2020 at 12:34 PM.
02-12-2020 at 12:34 PM.
Only for collectors. The standard cartridge has gone as low as $15, and the cartridge/digital versions both regularly hit $20 on sale.

So only buy this if you intend to keep it sealed as a collector's item in hopes it increases in price. Otherwise, just get the standard edition, which is $20 right now at Bestbuy, if you absolutely must have it now.

Personally, I would wait for a steeper price cut. It's been as low at $10.49 for PC on GOG, and I still haven't bothered getting it. Most old platformers haven't aged all that well. Still playable, but I'd rather play something more modern.
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