The Rarest Nintendo Consoles 

If you were interested in looking into more rare Nintendo consoles, I highly reccomend the website I used to research: consolevariations.com There's a lot of consoles I talked about, but there's even more bangers on the site, that I just didn't talk about. (Like that Dominoes PS5 from the beginning of the video) If you're geniuenly interested in the variants I talked about I reccomend checking out more on their website ♥

Kind of weird that you didn't mention my little sister's custom ds with her name bedazzled on it that is now unusable because it was in a house fire. Definitely one of the rarest special edition consoles out there

It's not as rare as the DSs discussed in this video but I'm the proud owner of a limited edition Pepsi DS 1000 of these uniquely colored consoles were given away in Japan in 2005 as a promotion for Pepsi Twist. Each one came with the console in it's own aluminum case and with a pair of Pepsi earbuds. It goes so hard and I'm glad my nearly four year search to find one worked out 😤

So you're missing the part where the company had no rights to cooking mama. Yet they still produced and made the game. Lawsuits ensued and they lost.

That GBA with the guys signature across it was Dave Mira, one of the best BMX riders ever, who took his own life in 2016. Just figured id point that out. May have just wanted to get some money for charity and make his GBA more desirable. He was a complex dude from what ive heard. Worth mentioning he also was confirmed to have CTE, but also (Like Tony Hawk, the other GBA) did a ton for charity.

The Virtual Boy's development was just sad. Gunpei Yokoi (aka the creator of the Game Boy, the creator of the cross shape you see on D-pads, Metroid, Game & Watch, Kid Icarus, etc) was in charge of it and he KNEW this thing was a disaster and needed more work but Nintendo just had to get it out the door, so Yokoi ended up taking the blame for its failure and definitely quit of his own free will and wasn't made a public sacrifice. And then he got hit by a car and died, but not before creating the Tamagotchi and the Wonderswan.

Ayyy I was the one who found and documented the history for some of these!!! I always love doing research and write ups on items with unknown origin, finding more/better pictures, it makes me very happy that more people are able to hear the awesome stories behind some of these consoles

I was the one who emailed the distributor and acquired the pictures of the Animal Crossing summer DS. According to the employee I spoke to all four systems were given to the distributor by Nintendo and given out as contest prizes. However the information about who won them was deleted. That goes against the story about the autumn one though, unless it was some sort of contest for different game stores to participate in.

I love how Akita Toryama can basically just make the same characters over and over again and no one cares. Cash Man looks like he could be Freezas cousin or something.

Yo as a German I'm super happy you mentioned N-Zone. I know it's only for context but that gaming magazine was my JAM as a kid. They always had multiple people review a game and then told you which types of games these people liked, that way you could triangulate whether you might like it as well. Such a simple concept that nowadays wouldn't fly for 1 gaming outlet. Just get reviews out ASAP. Coolvideo, tyvm!

There were also 7 Game Boy Advance SPs that were plated in 24-karat gold and released in the UK in 2004 for the launch of Zelda: The Minish Cap. A total of 6 of them were hidden among the 25,000 "Zelda Limited Edition Pak" bundles that were sold, and 1 was given away via a UK website giveaway. None of the winners were ever revealed.

I'm assuming the Golden WII switched hands so much because it had some ancient curse embedded into the gold

Damn, you saying you've never heard of G4 made me feel OLD. That network was the shit at the time. Xplay into AOTS into replays of Cops was the biggest vibe.

The fact that Akke won TI in 2013 and was playing high tier EU Smash like a year before is insane. The dedication to be a MOBA pro in esports is crazy and this dude is out there wrecking top players from a region in other game

The rarest Nintendo console are the friends we made along the way.

This video was funny af but strangely educational thank you Carlito

The Labo Switch is probably my favorite, the cardboard look is clean af

One Gamecube variant I've always wanted to own is the Panasonic Q, a metallic silver DVD player/gamecube fusion. Looks extremely classy on top of being a neat combination of 2 retro devices.

I’ve actually held the SNES M16! It was at a game convention that I went to when I was like 14, I was given a VIP pass at random and part of it was getting to hold the controller. It’s exactly what you think, it’s a real m16 just with electronics for it to work with the SNES. It was heavy, and cool.

A minor correction or update about those "seasonal" DS's in case anyone was curious, they were a part of a sweepstakes ran by Nintendo's official supplier to the Scandinavian countries. Im pretty sure two of them have been located and still owned by the original winners and as reported correctly in this video, the summer one was never found and is believed to have never been given away through the sweepstakes. A really good RU-vidr i highly recommend named LSupersonicQ specializes in lost media content has done videos showcasing those DS's

great video, i never knew the story of what happened with the golden wii, makes sense you can't just send the royal family a package unprompted and expect them to keep it.

This was such an enjoyable watch, made cooler by the fact that you have a Luffy avatar. Good work!

I don't see too many sweepstakes these days for custom consoles, but I guess I'm just not looking hard enough.

Am I really so old now that people don't know what G4 is? I'm bout to have an existential crisis 😶

The Dave mirra one is fucking legendary. Yes his signature is on the screen but look him up, I’ll look thru his signature to play games all day.

When I was a kid it came on Tv an episode of the Simpsons where Burns buys like the Zii, which was the equivalent of the Wii, and that shit hit me so hard that I actyally went to my Wii and drew on it with a pencil to cancel the W and substitute it with a Z. I would argue that's what a real one of a kind console is

Here's one I learned about from GameCenter CX! Only a handful of these were made but when sales of the Game and Watch broke 20 million units sold (I'm assuming this accounts for all games like Helmet, Turtle, Octopus etc...) the creator Gunpei Yokoi had a handful of Donkey Kong Game and Watches made with caricatures of himself and 2 other people! Very very rare.

Great first impressions, I thought it was gonna be a generic down the road video explaining stuff we all already knew, but it ended up going very in depth. It's clear extensive research was done for the video and you had fun. You gained a sub

There's an even rarer N64. There's a single us N64 DD that exists in the world. Was never put to any sort of auction

wow wasn't expecting for one of my pics to appear in this video! I'm the owner of the signed kirby 3ds xl that appears for a brief second at 29:50, it came from a corocoro magazine giveaway. fun video :)

The Golden Wii... was it auctioned on Ebay, it's price was insane. Still mad how they butchered Cooking Mama to a mining gig then threw her under the bus bus for an unmemorable singular title

Great video man, I actually learned a lot from this! I've never even heard of so many of these! Keep up the good work!

I love your video and honestly this is so slept on It was an amazing video!!

Wow, this was actually very thorough and efficient. Dude just earned a sub

There was a game series created and produced (but not directed) by Hideo Kojima called Boktai in which the player character is a vampire hunter named Django who drags vampires' coffins. There was in Japan a special edition GBA SP which is half-black and half-red, nothing too fancy but the kicker is it came with this sweet-ass coffin-shaped case that could fit in either a GBA or GBA SP in (the shape fitted both) and 2 slots for the Boktai games themselves in. I think one of my friends still owns that case from way back in the day...

These kinds of consoles are neat. That artist who could mimic Jack Kirby's style for the Wii is pretty cool, as far as consoles that aren't based on any specific game goes.

Nintendo Advanced Video System (AVS), 1984 -- like the forthcoming NES, but was also to feature a computer keyboard, musical piano keyboard, light gun and data cassette recorder (all of these, along with the joystick, were infrared wireless), with only the light gun remaining from the original planned lineup (a piano keyboard accessory did appear years later for the NES but from a third-party: the Miracle Piano Teaching System from Software Toolworks). Was only publicly shown once, at the Las Vegas edition of the CES. A prototype still exists in Nintendo of America's original New York headquarters.

Just wanted to let you know the cooking mama situation is a little different than you described. The bitcoin thing was a rumor that sprout up but it was because the company that you found on TikTok lost the legal rights to cooking mama like 3 days after cookstar came out which is why it was pulled in the first place. They aren't the intellectual owners of the cooking mama ip they just too way too long to release a game and voided their contract. Which explains why they would make a knock off right after LOL thats was news to me

Love this video, so happy I came across your channel. Love this stuff

I REMEMBER G4. They used to play reruns of Japanese competition shows like Ultimate Banzuke and the original Ninja Warrior and Iron Chef. Damn. That was really dug out of my subconscious

I have to say, that shiny metallic 'real' gold (plating?) looks weirdly cheap compared to gold-colored plastic. For one thing, the second anyone so much as breathes near that finish, it's going to pick up a billion fingerprints and at least one random scratch, to say nothing of actually _playing_ with it.

Dope video! I hear the Labo Switch is pretty rare these days

thank you for putting in the time in making this video i really enjoyed it

34:35 This is the one here where I'm just beyond upset this wasn’t some insane collector's Switch released everywhere because they really just made the rawest console design in history with perfect matching Joycons only to only make a single one. Literal perfection but you can never own it

You know its a good day when Carlito uploads :)

damn, i want that star fox assault gamecube. that thing is awesome.

From what I have heard. Why cooking mama was removed is because there was a whole copyright issue and rights dispute/fight over the IP and Cookstar lost hence the change

always psyched to watch a new one of your videos bro!

Living up to your channels approach I see 👀👌🏽 Making me care about topics I'd probably not even think to watch vids on

I appreciate the music choice. Really takes me back to the head space i was in when these events took place

I’m freaking liking your content a lot. I can see this channel booming soon.

Very nice, I don't own any custom consoles, but I do own 3 nintendo dev kits that I will be showing on my channel in the near future. I guess those are rare. Thank you for the cool video!

I actually own a limited edition Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness Gamecube. I still use it today. It was one of my first gaming experiences too! My younger brother also gave me his golden TLoZ Majora's Mask GBA SP! I used to think the Flame Red 3DS was limited edition, which is why I got it. It wasn't, but I don't regret it. Still wish I owned the Midnight Purple one. I own a NES styled 3DS XL though.

Gotta love how the CC's constantly pick up "Wii" as "weed"

I think my favourite console variants, rare or not, are those weird branded retro consoles from back in the day. I'm not talking the ones themed after like, Pokemon or whatever, I'm talking the Toyota Gameboy or the Tommy Hilfiger and Lunchables Gameboy color. I just think it's so funny that those things exist, like, imagine if Nintendo came out with a special edition Honda console today. That would be hilarious.

Dude i love the gold wii has big family games next to it in almost every pic

To be fair to Dave Mirra, he probably figured that whoever won the GameBoy would want to display it rather than actually use it, and I have to agree with his rationale there because that's what I'd do with it personally.

Banger video love your commentary

really love your videos! take care of yourself!

My man with another banger video, good work

mans either joking about not knowing G4, or actually a baby

I've had this in my Watch Later for a few days and I'm finally gonna take my time to watch it. By the use of your vocabulary I like it already

He returns, when we needed him most 💪

I just love now instead of giving rare consoles to tournament winners, you know the people very invested in the system that would love to hold a little part of history, Nintendo nowadays will just give you a $10 gift card and maybe a handshake if you've been a good little boy. We gotta go back to the old days man.

You're so good at making these videos bro, straight fire

Helll ya, I checked your channel yesterday wondering why I aint being suggested anything, its cause ya aint been uploaded. What a great saturday surprise.

It speaks volumes when the sought after furry sonic and knuckles controllers were stripped and given to a game store immediately afterwards because they "felt gross to hold". Gamer giveaways just aren't the same anymore.

I was offered that golden Wii many years ago for £500 before it started being sold online. But I am not interested in limited edition consoles, I was only interested in the GameCube development kits that the guy was also selling.

Eyy! Great video :D Thanks youtube for finding me this gem !

Ayy love the sonic adventure music though! A song that keeps us on the move

YAY SO GLAD U UPLOADED

this is your best video so many good bits in here

I really love your videos, man.

The only reason I knew about G4 was because they hosted that "Girls Gone Wired" video game pageant that included the iconic video of Jade from the Mortal Kombat Deception era giving her speel to gain votes, just a little fun fact there lol

HE’S BACK!!!

sweet ass video dude this is pushing me to finish my own projects

You earned a sub bro, your humor is absolutely amazing. Laughed a ton in this video. A++

I love the candid attitude in this video "yeah, you can't find them. They're fucked". Just straight to the point 😂

A lot of people also seems to forget about the Game Boy Pocket Fiorentina, made with the partnership of the Italian football team and it was a Limited edition with 2 games included and only made in 300 pieces

I have the zelda switch and looking at it really does make me happy, I love the way it looks. And I love the fact I got it on sale for less than a regular one lol. I know it's not rare but I love it

Excellent video!, new sub

17:40 In some places like canada, it's completely illegal to have a give-away or pure games of chance. to skirt around these laws, companies will ask super easy questions like "what is 1+2" to "give it some skill". I bet the company giving them away just added these easy questions so they could both appease the lawmakers and add a cute little twist to it.

For the orange soda, the store I work at actually sells Mirinda orange soda so it’s cool to see a GameBoy variant!

Alright you earned a subscribe from me. This was great man

great video dawg

I own a Pepsi in my fridge, that's gotta be rare to some guy on an island somewhere at least

Do you have a playlist for the music in this video? Some old bangers in here

So many bangers in this video

13:29 Was not expectin to hear this banger🔥🔥

you missed the game boy micro. only 2.9% of all gameboys ever sold were micros. some of them are rarer than some of the ones in this video :) amazing job with the video, loved watching it :)

interesting to see all the crazy consoles

Not just looking at it... the whole video kept bringing back emotions for me with the sound's i could never forget and have a love 4 i can not properly describe, every time i hear even a snipit of the many sounds from donkey kong country snes i feel so sad and extremly happy at the same time as i know nothing like it will ever exist again.

Pretty good video! Though I personally wouldn't count the consoles that weren't backed by nintendo, cause then you enter the point where like, Does my custom gameboy color with a unique injection molded shell count as one of the rarest gameboys of all time since it's unique?

G4 was pretty huge actually.

Back in the cable days and when youtube wasnt as big, G4 was literally the best. I miss that channel

Incredible 1 is my fav movie and I will kill for it

i was vibing with the video so hard i didnt even know it was our boy carlito explaining gameboys to me

The virtual boy may have failed miserably but that Wario land game was pretty fun.

I asked Arnold Tsang who worked at Udon about the Udon wii's (he did the drawing of the graffitti one and I was familiar with his work as the main concept artist for apb reloaded and overwatch) and he said he's not even sure these were made beyond the 3D markups.

no way that's so cool that Dave Mirra customized a GBA, Hes my cousin. RIP dave