Pulse Line Labels vs. Picture Labels

[JC]

I'm having trouble deciding if this is pirated or legit:



Here's a link to the auction: http://tw.f2.page.bid.yahoo.com/tw/auction/b43904592

EDIT: Further investigation proved this to be a fake.

[manuel]

Yeah, as far as I know the real cart is of a blue-ish color and not white.

[JC]

Yes, but there are some differences between Asian releases, generally, and Japanese releases. For instance, I've seen a pretty convincing Excite Bike green pulseline Asian release, where there was no green or pulse line Japanese release.

[MarioMania]

someone painted the cart white

[manuel]

Wow, I didn't know that. I thought the Asian releases would be the same as the Japanese.

[JC]

someone painted the cart white

No one painted the cart white. It's a white plastic cart. But it was made by a pirate company. A few telling signs: 1) the label image is a bit enlarged and off-centered. 2) The label itself doesn't touch the inner edges and looks to have been glued on poorly so the edges have run down, and 3) the plastic border of the cart is slightly different (more defined) from what you'd expect from Nintendo.

For the most part the Asian versions are the same, but they don't have "Made in Japan" on the label, the words are in Chinese and Nintendo seemed to release at least one extra pulseline, which is the Excite Bike. I don't know why, but maybe because they were only releasing pulse lines, they decided to make Excite Bike into a pulse line for consistency. It seems Nintendo didn't release anything beyond the pulse lines, probably because pirate companies took over in Hong Kong and Taiwan very quickly.