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SNES/Gameboy Nintendo Power Lawson Rewriting Unit
Rarity Score
86
Epic
out of 100
Brand
Nintendo
Platform
SNES
Quick facts
- Nintendo Power was a service Lawson (a convenience store chain in Japan), and Nintendo made together starting on September 30th, 1997.
- Lawson continued to rewrite cartridges until August 31st, 2002. The Nintendo Power rewriting service lasted at Nintendo until February 25th, 2007
- SF/GB games were able to be rewritten, and downloaded through these units onto special cartridges which were purchasable for 2500 Yen at Lawson stores. They have two different storage channels, 8 F Blocks and 16 B Blocks
- There was a fee associated with rewriting games onto the cartridge(s) which were either 600, 800, and 1000 yen per rewrite
- Cheaper alternative to buying a complete copy which was the appeal
- Advertisement for the service https://youtu.be/jiTPrxO3xKA
Quick Facts
- Amount Produced Estimate
- Between 500 - 1k
- Region Code
- NTSC-J
- Color
- Grey
- Is Unique Variation
- No
- Unreleased Item
- No
Release Dates
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🇯🇵 Japan30 September 1997
