New on the Shelf: The German Super 3 Set Bundle

Console bundles are how a great many people first met the Game Boy, and some of those bundles have become rarities in their own right. This arrival is one of them: the Super 3 Set, a German-only Game Boy package from 1994 and one of the harder console sets of its kind to find complete.

A distinctly German three-game deal that never appeared anywhere else.

What It Is

As the name promises, the Super 3 Set paired the console with three popular games of the period: Tetris, Mega Man II and The Amazing Spider-Man. Three-game bundles were unusual, most sets shipped with one pack-in title if any, which is part of what makes this one stand out. The catch, for collectors, is that its value lives in completeness: the set only really counts as a Super 3 Set if all three games are still with the console and the box. That is a tall order thirty years on, and it is why intact examples are difficult to come by.

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  Game Boy Super 3 Set - Unboxed

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  Game Boy Super 3 Set - Backside

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  Game Boy Super 3 Set - Details

Why It Joined the Collection

Region-specific bundles are a favourite thread of this collection, because they show how Nintendo packaged and sold the same console differently from country to country. The Super 3 Set is a distinctly German answer to that question, a locally devised three-game deal that never appeared elsewhere. Keeping a complete example preserves not just three good cartridges but a small piece of how the Game Boy was marketed in one particular corner of Europe, and it sits naturally beside the collection's other regional consoles and bundles.

The Super 3 Set is documented, with photographs, on its own page in the collection.