June 9th, 2016 | EarthBound, Merchandise

A possible EarthBound prototype sold on eBay UK yesterday for £200, which is about $350 in US dollars at the moment.

And here are the photos that were included:

This isn’t the first time something like this has popped up – another one also sold on eBay UK in 2009 for $584. I’m not sure if this is the same one or not, but the one in 2009 had EEPROM stickers while yesterday’s doesn’t.

Luckily a very personable Japanese collector bought this most recent EarthBound oddity and is hoping to check to see if the game is any different from the final retail version of EarthBound. He goes by RetroGameTV on Twitter and you can follow him here.

Here’s hoping we discover some mid-localization content on this mysterious artifact!