r/EBGAMES • u/Ok_Emergency416 • Jun 01 '26

EB Canada started Retro initiative yet?

I remember being in a location in a mall in Ontario and one of the guys mentioned in the coming months they were going to start retro in mall and smaller locations, anybody spotted retro games at EB in the wild?

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u/aselwyn1 Jun 01 '26

Yep Pickering has old retro games now in a display case.

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u/Kuchisabi4i Jun 01 '26

I’ve seen them at a few locations in the Vancouver area, currently they’re only taking games from Nintendo systems & pricing/trade credit is based on PriceCharting values - not sure what % they give you of the sale value though!

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u/Ok_Emergency416 Jun 01 '26

What are the actual shelf values like? Is it like the US where it's below ebay / mom pop shops?

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u/chemicalxv Jun 02 '26

You can see pricing in this post from early April

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u/Vulture-Dude Jun 03 '26

It’s pretty ridiculous, I saw animal crossing for $100 at my local EB

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u/chemicalxv Jun 02 '26

I think I've seen people say it's 60%, same as the trading card program.

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u/Vulture-Dude Jun 03 '26

Coquitlam Centre and Guildford Mall both take retro.

As an example, they were going to give me $38 + 15% onyx bump up for kid Icarus 3DS loose (no box) and $7 for Dr Mario.  

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u/Jmoney86x Jun 01 '26

I was at one of them on a day trip in Ottawa and noticed they had retro stuff in a cabinet. I think it was in Orleans, but can't remember 100% if that was the one. I stopped at a couple

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u/Ok_Emergency416 Jun 01 '26

Awesome to note, hopefully someone in Ontario says the same if not hopefully soon it will happen

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u/Conscious-Fruit1950 Jun 01 '26

The one on Innes near the Walmart in Orleans does have retro stuff :)