I was so happy when I saw 100 candies as prizes for the raid. Thinking I would be able to max him and use the remaining candies for the effect…wrong of me thinking they would make the game playable

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Reportedly Nintendo only had one cartridge size available at launch, and it cost $16 for publishers. GKCs are the cheaper option for publishers, though Nintendo could have hidden the change more but they did chose to be consumer friendly in that sense