Bootleg Nintendo soundtracks are being sold for big money on eBay
Numerous fake versions of Nintendo soundtrack CDs are currently being sold on eBay for up to hundreds of dollars, it’s claimed.
A Californian collector of Rare merchandise who goes by CaptainBreegull on Twitter has noted that counterfeit CD soundtracks for games like Banjo-Kazooie and Super Mario 64 are being sold by users in at least the UK and Japan.
The user believes that Japanese resellers may be buying the bootlegs from UK sellers then ‘flipping’ them for higher prices on their own eBay stores, but VGC hasn’t been able to verify these claims.
What does appear to be the case, however, is that the CDs being sold aren’t official products.
According to CaptainBreegull, one particular UK user was selling multiple copies of the Banjo-Kazooie soundtrack for around $30, with each auction only showing a stock image of the soundtrack cover, so they decided to buy one to see if it was authentic.
When the CD arrived, it was a fake, as noted by telltale signs on the cover (the ‘A’ in ‘Kazooie’ has a smaller hole, for example) and the disc itself.
After checking the user’s eBay account, VGC notes that the same person has sold at least 13 copies of the Banjo-Kazooie soundtrack at prices ranging from £16 ($19) to £53 ($62).
Five of these were bought by a single user, implying that they could have been bought to be resold.
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CaptainBreegull also notes that numerous Japanese sellers are listing bootleg Banjo-Kazooie CDs for around $300 (as seen here and here, for example). Unlike the UK seller, these listings actually show photos of the products being sold, revealing them to be counterfeits due to the logo design.
These sellers also have numerous
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