I thought it was inevitable, but even if it is entirely down to manufacturing error... We have no idea which batches or manufacturing locations have the error, so better to err on the side of caution, no?
I don't want repros, though. I mean, it's cool that they're available, but the real thing is what I'm after. I dunno why, it just seems cooler.I'm pretty sure you can find pretty good looking repro boxes of the Pokemon games and their manuals. A quick etsy search found this. So just try to get your hands on an authentic cart?