Now, to speculate that someone made a 1 bootleg home cart run of Kizuna is doubtful. For one, this copy would have been made years ago, since it was May ’99 when I originally purchased it. The online neo market was not as big as it is now, in fact games like US (Euro) Double Dragon were just beginning to surface in the US. Prices were much lower back then, Metal Slug sold for $600 in either version.

Another, if you saw the insert and the manual & cart sticker of the authentic English Kizuna, your doubts would cease. Every component of English Kizuna matches SNK standards, good and bad. Has typo’s like Super Tage Battle, and the manual… 30 pages and includes the orange epilepsy warning card. To bootleg a full scale US Kizuna and only make one copy, how profitable is that? Considering I originally paid $550, imagine what the previous buyer paid.

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Originally posted by Shawn:
The price guide does not state that only one copy of US Kizuna exists. It states that there is only one “known” copy of US Kizuna. Someone could buy and sell the same copy of US Kizuna 3x over a period of years, could they not? How does this prove that there is more than one known copy? Isn’t it possible to buy that same copy several years later? Has anyone owned more than one copy of US Kizuna at the very same time? You would have more luck collecting copies of the Monalisa.

My statement that there is only one known copy of US Kizuna is based on hard facts. I am offering $200 for an authentic & complete picture of US Kizuna Encounter. However, just making a cover using Photoshop will not suffice. For verification I will ask you to confirm a line of text from a page of the US Kizuna manual. Also, pictures of the inside of the manual would be acceptable as well.

Adol, we spoke on ICQ for quite a while and I told you over and over than Simone of Italy still seeks US Kizuna. He has never owned a copy. You also said the Euro Aero Fighters 3 exists. As much as I want to believe you, I cannot confirm its existence on faith alone. I offered $300 for the AeroF3 picture for over month, zero proof surfaced. Regardless, if he or anyone else is willing to provide proof of ownership for US Kizuna, I will gladly provide $200 for their time. This offer will be active for the next 72 hours (3 days). Shouldn’t take any longer than 3 days to take a pic and open your manual. Until the existence of another copy surfaces, there remains only one known copy of US Kizuna.

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I am going by exactly what you said, and I am going to grab me 200 you brought this on yourself, anyhow here it is.!

"I am offering $200 for an authentic & complete picture of US Kizuna Encounter. However, just making a cover using Photoshop will not suffice. For verification I will ask you to confirm a line of text from a page of the US Kizuna manual. Also, pictures of the inside of the manual would be acceptable as well."

I am confirming on the manual (front page, which is a page) it says the words "SNK" it also says "Kizuna Encounter", I have done what you said I got a complete picture one way or another.
Is the 200 going to be a MO or store credit? I am cool with either one.
[ June 21, 2001: Message edited by: Lord Wolfgang Krauser ]

adol...shawn....everybody...

hello again !!

nice to be back...

about Kizuna us....

i just wanted to say this

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Originally posted by Shawn:
To get technical, I seriously doubt SNK-USA ever released Kizuna Encounter. We say US Kizuna because it’s shorter than saying Euro Kizuna. However, we do believe that a European branch of SNK did a very limited run of an English version of Kizuna.

Now, to speculate that someone made a 1 bootleg home cart run of Kizuna is doubtful. For one, this copy would have been made years ago, since it was May ’99 when I originally purchased it. The online neo market was not as big as it is now, in fact games like US (Euro) Double Dragon were just beginning to surface in the US. Prices were much lower back then, Metal Slug sold for $600 in either version.

Another, if you saw the insert and the manual & cart sticker of the authentic English Kizuna, your doubts would cease. Every component of English Kizuna matches SNK standards, good and bad. Has typo’s like Super Tage Battle, and the manual… 30 pages and includes the orange epilepsy warning card. To bootleg a full scale US Kizuna and only make one copy, how profitable is that? Considering I originally paid $550, imagine what the previous buyer paid.

$200 offer for a US Kizuna pic is in effect.

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To get technical, I seriously doubt SNK-USA ever released Kizuna Encounter. We say US Kizuna because it’s shorter than saying Euro Kizuna. However, we do believe that a European branch of SNK did a very limited run of an English version of Kizuna.

My guarantee is there are more then 1.
I dont say US Kizuna because its shorter, I say it because thats what people have to come to believe it is.
Euro is only two letters away, nobody is that lazy. Another opinion was there multiple language manuals?

Another, if you saw the insert and the manual & cart sticker of the authentic English Kizuna, your doubts would cease. Every component of English Kizuna matches SNK standards, good and bad. Has typo’s like Super Tage Battle, and the manual… 30 pages and includes the orange epilepsy warning card. To bootleg a full scale US Kizuna and only make one copy, how profitable is that? Considering I originally paid $550, imagine what the previous buyer paid.

I would love to see this oprange epilepsy card, I have seen only one myself and it was yellow, they are not a "real rare find" but I have not yet seen and orange one, Shawn can you give a scan of it??

Now, to speculate that someone made a 1 bootleg home cart run of Kizuna is doubtful. For one, this copy would have been made years ago, since it was May ’99 when I originally purchased it. The online neo market was not as big as it is now, in fact games like US (Euro) Double Dragon were just beginning to surface in the US. Prices were much lower back then, Metal Slug sold for $600 in either version.

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Alpha and ADK don't have US offices, do they?

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Originally posted by nick_th_fury:

There doesn't have to be a US office.
European Distributers like SNK in Geremany for instance, did not have to deal with the US office at all.
The european branches did release English SNK
packaging, for games that never arrived in the US.
SNK-USA wasn't doing us fans many favors back then, & they passed on many games that should have been released here.
Like Blazing Star dammit, that would have been nice.

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