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Nintendo SNES/Gameboy Nintendo Power Lawson Rewriting Unit

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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

Specifications

Color
Grey
Is Bundle
?
Platform
SNES
Region Code
NTSC-J
Console Type
Unknown
Rarity Score
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Release Type
?
Amount Produced
Between 500 - 1k
Limited Edition
?
Release Country
September 30, 1997

References

Variant of
Nintendo SNES