Soaring 14 times in a year! “Mario” game film breaks world record and hits sky-high price | E-sports | New head shell Newtalk

According to a report by the foreign media “New York Times”, an anonymous person recently bought the classic red and white console game “Super Mar” released by Nintendo in 1985 at a sky-high price of US$2 million (about NT$60 million) on the luxury fundraising website Rally. “Leo Brothers”, once again set a record for the highest price in the game auction market.

Although most of the previous game movie auctions were based on professional auction websites and platforms, the auction platform Rally, which set a historical record this time, is a platform that allows users to raise funds to invest in rare commodities. The mode of operation of the platform is similar to stock trading. Users can “invest in shares” at a minimum price of US$20 (approximately NT$600). After the game is sold, investors will receive a corresponding share of the initial investment amount. Rally users bought the “Super Mario Bros.” for US$140,000 (about NT$4.2 million) last year, and the price has risen by more than 14 times so far.

A piece of “Super Mario 64” was sold for 46.8 million yuan last month.Picture: Reproduced from the official website of Hai Rui De Auction

Nintendo red and white game films have become a favorite of antique game collectors because of their classics. In April of this year, a special packaged version of “Super Mario Bros.” was released in 1986 for US$660,000 (about NT$19,00). Ten thousand yuan) fell below the glasses of many players. Just last month, a piece of “Super Mario 64” released in 1996 once again set the price limit of antique games and sold for 1.56 million U.S. dollars (approximately NT $ 46.8 million). The former is nearly 14 million yuan more expensive.

In addition, the “New York Times” also pointed out that people who are unable to go out under the raging global epidemic environment have turned to investing in physical and even virtual currencies, and the performance of the auction market is booming. However, antique game films are still an emerging field in the auction industry. Rally co-founder Rob Petrozzo said: “Although antique game films have flourished in recent years, many investors are still unfamiliar with the evaluation criteria of commodity status. There are still reservations about investment.”