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Pocket Monsters Blue (Pokemon Blue) — Game Boy, Japanese No-Barcode Mail-Order Edition, Boxed with Manual

Nintendo / Game Freak • 1996, Japan • DMG-P-APEJ • box without a JAN barcode: the original CoroCoro Comic mail-order release • box, manual and cartridge
NO-BARCODE EDITIONCORO CORO MAIL ORDERNTSC-J JAPANESE VERSIONPHOTOS OF THIS COPYSHIPS FROM JAPAN

Pocket Monsters Blue (ポケットモンスター 青) in the box without a JAN barcode — the edition first sold by mail order through CoroCoro Comic in 1996, before the 1999 retail release. The Japanese Blue version was only sold in Japan.

The store's photographs show the outer box, instruction manual and cartridge. The outer box is heavily damaged.

Boxed Japanese Blue copies sold on eBay in August and September for $85.72 to $299.94.

Condition in one line: Acceptable — the outer box is heavily damaged; manual included. Full details below.

Region and language: Game Boy cartridges are region-free: this Japanese cartridge plays on Game Boy family hardware from any region. The in-game text is in Japanese.

Peace of mind: the photographs in this listing show the exact copy you will receive. Want another angle, or a closer look at the cartridge or disc, the manual or the box corners? Ask via eBay message before you buy and we will send it.

TitlePocket Monsters Blue, no-barcode edition (ポケットモンスター 青 JANコード無し版)
PlatformNintendo Game Boy
Publisher / developerNintendo / Game Freak
Released1996, by mail order (Japan)
Model numberDMG-P-APEJ
IncludedOuter box, cartridge and instruction manual as shown in the photographs; the Town Map is not shown
RegionNTSC-J (Japan)
LanguageJapanese
ConditionAcceptable — see the Condition section
SKUHO-GAME-PKBLUE-9400
ShippingInternational shipping from Japan with full tracking, rigid waterproof packaging
CONDITION — Acceptable — box heavily damaged

We have not yet handled this copy ourselves. It is sold by HARD OFF, one of Japan's largest chains of secondhand stores, and the photographs in this listing are the store's own photographs of this exact copy.

What the photos show

  • Box: considerably damaged, per the store — see every photograph.
  • Manual: included.
  • Store grade: rank C on HARD OFF's scale (clear signs of use).
  • Save battery: the original save battery in a cartridge of this age may be weak or dead; the store does not state a play test.
  • Our check: we inspect the cartridge, box and manual on arrival and tell you before shipping if we find damage, a missing part or anything that does not match this page.

Retailer listing, quoted in full

HARD OFF (Hamura Shinmeidai store) writes 「ポケットモンスター 青 [JANコード無し版] 外箱かなり損傷しています。取扱説明書付きです」 — Pocket Monsters Blue, no-JAN-code edition; the outer box is considerably damaged; instruction manual included.

If anything on this page does not match what we find when the game is in our hands, we will tell you before we ship and refund in full if you prefer.

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