'Super Mario 64' unopened item successful bid for 170 million yen, significantly renewing the highest price in the history of single game software

The unopened item of the action game 'Super Mario 64 ' released for NINTENDO 64 in 1996 was put up for auction at the heritage auction, and it was priced at $ 1.56 million (about 170 million yen) on July 11, 2021 local time. It was sold. This is the highest bid price ever for a single game software.

Super Mario 64 --Wata 9.8 A ++ Sealed, N64 Nintendo 1996 USA .... | Lot # 28137 | Heritage Auctions
https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/super-mario-64-wata-98-a-sealed-n64-nintendo-1996-usa/a/7261-28137.s

A Copy Super Mario 64 Was Just Sold For Over A Million Dollars
https://kotaku.com/a-sealed-copy-of-super-mario-64-just-sold-at-auction-fo-1847269269

A'Mario 64' auction ended at $ 1.56 million, smashing a record'Zelda' set days earlier
https://mashable.com/article/super-mario-64-auction-1560000-million

The unopened 'Super Mario 64', which has updated the highest bid ever for a single game software, was rated '9.8' (10 is the highest rating) on the Wata Scale, which assesses the quality and condition of the game. It is a super beautiful item. According to the Heritage Auction, there are less than five Super Mario 64s in the world that are unopened and kept in such a clean condition.

???? #HERITAGELIVE #WORLDRECORD !! Super Mario 64 - Wata 9.8 A Tasutasu Sealed, N64 Nintendo 1996 USA Just Sold For $ 1,560,000 At #HeritageAuctions , Smashing Previous Mark Of $ 870K, Set Friday At Heritage For The Legend Of Zelda! Https: //t.co/SUgiijkkzL #SuperMario #Nintendo # N64 #WATA pic.twitter.com/rHpTuZl95l

— Heritage Auctions (@HeritageAuction) July 11, 2021

The 'highest winning bid in the history of a single game software' has skyrocketed in recent years, rising from 16 million yen in November 2020 to 73 million yen in April 2021 in 2021. On July 9th, the unopened 'The Legend of Zelda' had just been sold for $ 870,000.

The unopened 'The Legend of Zelda' won the bid for about 96 million yen, and the highest price in the history of a single game software will be updated again --GIGAZINE

Overseas media Mashable said, 'The highest bid in history for game software that has been escalating in the past year seems to be competing to update the highest bid in history, which is like a peeing contest for children. I wrote.

Game media Kotaku also said, 'It makes me sick to be paid this much for old games. Imagine what you can do to help people around the world with these amounts. You can only do it, 'he said, complaining about the popular retro game auction.

In addition, 20% of the winning bid will be paid to the Heritage Auction as a commission.