Link's Awakening / ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島
GBUS price ≈ 6.3x the Japanese price
Japan vs US prices for Link's Awakening from the YenVault database. The headline comparison — complete in box (cib) — is ¥5,280 in Japan against $220.00 in the US.
Japan vs US, at a glance
Bars are scaled to the first figure recorded for each row, with yen converted at ¥150 = $1 (the rate used across this database), so the two markets can be compared on one scale. Labels show the recorded figures exactly as published in the table below.
Prices, loose and complete kept separate
| Condition | Japan price (source · date) | US price (source · date) | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | ¥792（ブックオフ公式オンラインストア ※箱説なし※、出品、2026-11-08確認。発売日1993/06/05で原版と同定） | $32.00（PriceCharting、成約ベース、2026-11-08取得） | 約+¥4,010・6.1倍 |
| Complete in box (CIB) | ¥5,280（ブックオフ公式オンラインストア、出品、2026-11-08確認。原版。参考: 日本版の輸入価格 CIB $69.99） | $220.00（PriceCharting、成約ベース、2026-11-08取得） | 約+¥27,720・6.3倍 |
Source notes are reproduced exactly as recorded in the database (in Japanese) so no detail is lost in translation. Prices are dated snapshots, not live quotes.
How to read these numbers
- Loose and CIB are never mixed. On many titles most of the gap lives in the box and manual.
- Sold vs. asking asymmetry. US prices come from PriceCharting, built from sold listings. Japanese prices are mostly shop and marketplace listings (asking prices), except where a sold median is noted — so every ratio is a guide, not gospel.
- Conversion is ¥150 = $1 throughout, the same rate used across the database.
- No US release? For Japan-only titles the US column shows the US import price of the Japanese version, labelled as such — that gap is mostly the import margin.
- Snapshot date: this database was generated 2026-11-13. Verify current listings before buying.
How to buy Link's Awakening from Japan
Copies in Japan are sold through domestic marketplaces and used-game shops that generally do not ship overseas, so most overseas collectors buy through a proxy (buying) service or a forwarding service. Our step-by-step guide covers how proxy services work, what the fees look like on a real example, and how to work out the total cost before you commit:How to Buy Retro Games from Japan. The wider picture is inthe price-gap guide, and every tracked title is on the price database page.
What to watch out for
- Loose: 原版／DX／Player's Choice は別相場で混同厳禁。米国原版ページの成約リストにも DX 表記の売却が混入しており純度に注意
- Complete in box (CIB): DX版は CIB $214.50、Player's Choice版は CIB $245.36 と別ページ。日本語でも遊べるがテキストは日本語