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Gameshop Enter.

Pokémon games for Game Boy, GBA, DS and Switch. 100% authentic, never a reproduction — tested and shipped tracked to the US.

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Welcome, United States.

Lovely to have you here. This is the journey of your game — from our shelf in Enter to your front door.

  1. Enter

    Tested by hand

    Every game passes through Lenn’s hands: switched on, save file checked, authenticity verified.

  2. PostNL

    Packed with care

    Well padded and on its way with PostNL. Shipping from $38.05.

  3. NL → US

    Across the border

    US import duties are added at checkout and prepaid — nothing is due on delivery.

  4. United States

    From New York to Los Angeles

    Tracked to your door, delivery time 6-10 business days.

Pokémon – I Choose You!

Grew up with Pokémon on Saturday mornings on Kids’ WB? Then you’re in the right place.
Syndication · Kids’ WB · 1998See you soon, Lenn
  • Pay with Credit card or PayPal.
  • 30 days to return your order — one message and we sort it out together.
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Who does this

Every game goes through one pair of hands.

I have collected myself since 2018. I know what a real label looks like, whether a Pokémon save survives the console being switched off, and how to spot a fake EEPROM. That is why I test every game before it goes out the door.

Lenn HodesEnter (Overijssel), since 2019
Tested on real hardware
Save battery, cartridge label and whether the booklet is there. No “works as described” — it has been switched on here.
Six authenticity checks
Screw type, label print, memory chip, circuit board, weight and save test. Reproductions are a plague; they do not get through.
Shipped from Enter (Netherlands)
From a personal archive, not a dropshipping warehouse. PostNL with Track & Trace, all the way to the United States.

Ordering from the United States

Why Americans buy their games in a Dutch village

The US market is full of reproduction cartridges and “untested” listings. Here every copy has been through one pair of hands — and the price you see is the price you pay, duties included.

That is also why a copy here costs more than a loose marketplace listing: you are paying for a cartridge that has been opened, tested and photographed before it was listed, with money back if it ever turns out fake — not for a “works, untested” gamble.

  • Authentic — or your money back

    Every cartridge is opened and checked before it goes online: label print, product code, board and chip, weight, and a working save. Never a reproduction. If a game ever turns out fake, you get your money back.

  • It plays on your US console

    Game Boy, Game Boy Color, GBA, DS and Switch cartridges have no region lock, so our European copies play on American hardware — in English. Region-locked systems (N64, GameCube, Wii, 3DS) need our NTSC-U copies, marked in the title.

  • Dollars, duties prepaid

    Every price is in US dollars at a fixed shop rate — your bank converts nothing, and no sales tax is added. US import duty (12.5% on games and consoles, 10% on English Pokémon cards) is the only extra: added at checkout and prepaid, so nothing is due at the door, ever.

  • Tracked across the Atlantic

    PostNL international parcel, insured and tracked door to door, handed to USPS for the last mile: $38.05 for 1-3 games, $59.35 for a console or 4+ items, delivered in 6-10 business days.

  • One pair of hands since 2019

    Lenn tests, photographs and packs every order himself — a registered Dutch business (KvK 93642474) in Enter, the Netherlands, with 1400+ verified buyer reviews on Marktplaats (the Dutch eBay) at a 4.8★ average.

  • 30-day returns, a personal reply

    Not what you expected? You have 30 days to send it back, tracked (return postage at your own cost — unless the item is faulty or we made a mistake, then we pay it). A question before or after you order gets a personal answer by chat or e-mail, usually within a few hours — we are on Central European Time, six hours ahead of New York, so an evening message is answered the next morning.

Does a European copy play on a US console?

Nintendo handhelds and the Switch never had a region lock; the home consoles up to the Wii U and the 3DS family do. Every product page repeats this for that exact copy.

  • Game Boy & Game Boy Color — plays, no region lock
  • Game Boy Advance — plays, no region lock
  • Nintendo DS — plays, no region lock*
  • Nintendo Switch — plays, no region lock
  • Nintendo 3DS & 2DS — region-locked: only our NTSC-U copies
  • Nintendo 64 — region-locked: only our NTSC-U copies
  • GameCube — region-locked: only our NTSC-U copies
  • Wii — region-locked: only our NTSC-U copies
  • Wii U — region-locked: only our NTSC-U copies
  • Super Nintendo — region-locked: only our NTSC-U copies
  • NES — region-locked: only our NTSC-U copies

* Nintendo DS: Black, White, Black 2 and White 2 are DSi-enhanced: on a DSi, 3DS or 2DS they are region-locked, on a DS or DS Lite they play.

PostNL scheduleYour parcel is posted the next business day — with you within 6-10 business days, PostNL tracked
4.8 / 51400+ reviews

Since 2019 active on Marktplaats — the Dutch eBay — without interruption.

Every review comes from a buyer Marktplaats verifies itself — we cannot add or remove anything.

Shipping rates & delivery time to the US

1-3 games

$38.05

Tracked PostNL parcel, door to door — two or three games share one charge.

Consoles or 4+ items

$59.35

The larger parcel (2-5 kg / 4-11 lb), tracked as well — consoles travel boxed and padded.

United States6-10 business days · $38.05 / $59.35 · duties paid at checkout
All other countriesrate at checkout

Official PostNL rates (2026). US import duty is calculated per item, added at checkout and prepaid — nothing on delivery. No free shipping to the US: a parcel across the ocean always costs postage.

Delivered to your door

What you pay — duties included

Three example orders in US dollars: the games, the tracked PostNL parcel to the US, and the import duty we prepay for you. The total is what you pay at checkout — nothing is due on delivery.

One game

Price (e.g.)
$55.98
Shipping
$38.05
US import duty (12.5%), prepaid
$6.99
Total at checkout
$101.03
At the door
Nothing

Three games, one parcel

Price (e.g.)
$167.95
Shipping
$38.05
US import duty (12.5%), prepaid
$20.99
Total at checkout
$227.00
At the door
Nothing

A console

Price (e.g.)
$224.10
Shipping
$59.35
US import duty (12.5%), prepaid
$28.01
Total at checkout
$311.46
At the door
Nothing

Example prices. Duty is 12.5% on games and consoles, 10% on English and European Pokémon cards and nothing on manuals, guides and posters — the checkout shows the exact amount per item before you pay.

Shipped from the Netherlands

  • Your order leaves our own stock in Enter, the Netherlands, and travels to you with PostNL — always tracked, so you know exactly where your parcel is.
  • Import duties are paid at checkout — nothing extra to pay on delivery.
  • Not what you hoped for after all? Send it back within 30 days to our Dutch address — one message and we sort it out together.
Delivery time to the United States6-10 business days

We ship from the Netherlands: your parcel crosses the ocean, so it takes longer and costs more than a domestic delivery. US import duties are calculated at checkout and prepaid — nothing is due on delivery.

Why does shipping abroad cost this much?

Inside the Netherlands a single game fits through the letterbox — $4.93, tracking included. That service stops at the border. Anything leaving the country goes with PostNL as an international parcel, which is a different and considerably more expensive service. That is where the $38.05 comes from: the border itself is not what costs money, the cheap service simply ends there.

That amount covers the PostNL rate to your country plus the packaging: bubble mailer or box, an antistatic sleeve for the cartridge, and tape. We never drop the tracking — on a parcel that crosses a border, shipping without proof of delivery is a risk for both of us.

Secure payment

Credit cardPayPal
Apple PayGoogle Pay
  • Payment via Mollie — regulated by the Dutch central bank, encrypted.
  • Authenticity guarantee: if a game is ever fake, money back.
  • 30-day returns — send it back tracked, we sort it out together.
  • Shipped from the Netherlands with PostNL tracking, duties paid at checkout.

You pay in US dollars

The price you see is the price you are charged, in US dollars — our dollar prices follow the ECB exchange rate. Card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express), PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay all work, and your bank converts nothing.

4.8★ · 1400+ · Mollie · PostNL Track & Trace

We deliver to the United States

Games, consoles and Pokémon cards — safely packed and tracked all the way to your door. Delivery takes 6 to 10 business days.

And 178 more countries worldwide — pick yours at checkout.

Questions from American buyers

Are your Pokémon games authentic or reproductions?

Authentic — we never sell reproductions ("repros"). Every cartridge is personally checked before it goes online: label finish, product code, weight and a working save, plus the security screw and the board inside on Game Boy cartridges. We have been doing this since 2019, with 1400+ verified buyer reviews on Marktplaats (the Dutch eBay) at a 4.8★ average. If you ever receive a fake from us: money back.

Why buy from a shop in the Netherlands instead of eBay or Amazon?

Because you know what you get. On a marketplace the seller is a stranger and "untested" or "works" is all you are told; here one person opens every cartridge before it is listed — label print, product code, board and chip, weight, a working save — photographs that exact copy and packs it himself. No reproductions, no third-party sellers. 1400+ verified reviews since 2019 are the track record, and if a game ever turns out fake you get your money back.

Do you ship to the United States?

Yes — every order ships tracked via PostNL from the Netherlands to all fifty states, in 6-10 business days. The exact rate is shown at checkout before you pay, and that is exactly what you pay.

What does shipping to the US cost?

$38.05 for a small parcel (1-3 games) and $59.35 for a full parcel (a console or 4+ items), always with door-to-door tracking. Two or three games share one shipping charge.

Do I pay customs or import duties?

The United States charges import duty on every parcel from abroad since 2025. We settle it for you: the duty is calculated per item, by where it was made — 12.5% on games, consoles and Japanese cards (made in Japan or China), 10% on English and European Pokémon cards (printed in the EU) and none on printed manuals, guides and posters — and added at checkout, where you see the exact amount before you pay. PostNL delivers the parcel duties-paid: nothing is due at the door and the carrier never sends you a bill.

Do European Pokémon games work on an American Game Boy, GBA, DS or Switch?

Yes. Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Switch cartridges have no region lock, so a European (PAL) cartridge plays on a US console exactly like a US cartridge. One exception: Pokémon Black, White, Black 2 and White 2 are DSi-enhanced and therefore region-locked on a DSi, 3DS or 2DS — on an original DS or DS Lite they play regardless of region.

Will a PAL N64, GameCube, Wii or 3DS game work on my US console?

No. Those systems are region-locked: a European (PAL) cartridge or disc does not play on an American (NTSC) console. We do stock US copies of some of these games — they are marked NTSC-U in the title, and every product page says in plain words whether that copy plays on a US console.

Are the games in English?

Yes, unless the product name says otherwise (German edition, Japanese edition). Up to and including the DS every Pokémon game runs in one language per cartridge, and our copies are the English edition; on the Switch the European edition lets you pick English at start-up. The box and manual are the European print, with the PEGI rating instead of the ESRB one.

How can I pay from the US?

Through Mollie, a payment provider regulated by the Dutch Central Bank. At checkout you pay with Credit card or PayPal — and with Apple Pay or Google Pay on your phone — in US dollars. Every price in this shop is in dollars, and the amount you see is exactly what is charged: our dollar prices follow the ECB exchange rate (we only move them when the rate shifts by more than 1%), so your bank converts nothing. No sales tax is added — the import duty, shown per item, is the only extra. Prefer to pay in euros? You can switch at checkout.

Why does shipping to the US cost what it costs?

Your parcel leaves our own stock in Enter, a village in the east of the Netherlands (European Union), and crosses the Atlantic by PostNL international parcel — tracked door to door, insured, and handed to USPS for the last mile. That service is priced per parcel by PostNL, not by us, and it includes the customs paperwork: the US import duty is calculated per item at checkout and prepaid, so nothing is due at the door. Two or three games share one shipping charge, which is why most US customers order a few titles at once.

How do I track my parcel?

The shipping e-mail carries your PostNL tracking number. It follows the parcel door to door: through the Netherlands, across the Atlantic and — once it has been handed to USPS — up to your mailbox. You can also follow it from the order page on this site, and ask us in the chat at any point.

What about returns?

You have 30 days to return your order. Send us a message or an e-mail and we will sort it out together — a personal reply, usually within a few hours. The return goes back to the Netherlands by tracked post; the return postage is at your own cost, unless the item is faulty or we made a mistake — then we pay it, and you get the full amount back.

Who is behind Gameshop Enter?

A registered Dutch business — KvK no. 93642474 (Dutch trade register) — based in Enter, in the province of Overijssel. Lenn has run the shop alone since 2019: from testing the cartridges to packing your order, with 1400+ verified buyer reviews on Marktplaats, the Dutch eBay. He answers questions personally, by e-mail or through the chat on every page.

Browse the shop

Questions? Write to gameshopenter@gmail.com — you get a personal reply.

A question about a game, the shipping or your order? Ask it here — you get a personal answer, usually the same day.

Offer on one game or several Not sure about the price? You hear straight away what’s possible — a deal, a counter-offer, or Lenn takes a look himself.

Prefer email? gameshopenter@gmail.com

Since 2019 · Enter, the Netherlands

Not just another webshop.

Every game at Gameshop Enter is personally checked for authenticity and function. No reproductions, no junk — authentic cartridges and sealed collector’s copies, from a cabinet in Enter, the Netherlands. Photos of the real items, and knowledge built up since 2019 collecting retro.

I hope Gameshop Enter gives you back a piece of how it used to be.

Personally tested