{"rewrite":{"id":"r_170e77844c4eb68bfb226171","clusterId":"c_6818f68bf42bd1d061b4f5a2","slug":"portland-retro-gaming-expo-2026-street-passes-price-tags-and-soul-reaver","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2026: Street Passes, Price Tags, and Soul Reaver","summary":"Portland Retro Gaming Expo returns with Pokémon launch veteran Gail Tinden headlining a panel, active 3DS Street Passes in Artist Alley, and speculator pricing running from common titles to a US$500 Xenogears. The same weekend also covered a short Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver remaster and its unfinished Reaver forge areas, plus EVO reveals and a 3DS remake of Rodea the Sky Soldier found shrink-wrapped for US$30.","whyItMatters":"The retro convention circuit now mirrors the broader collector market: the games people actually play are priced like assets while the hardware culture that grew around them persists through the street-level logistics of 3DS tags and repro carts.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe column\u0026#39;s convention report pairs a Street Pass culture that still works in person with a dealer floor where Pokemon titles and PS1-era RPGs carry triple-digit tags. One table listed a used copy of Xenogears at US$500, while a shrink-wrapped 3DS copy of Rodea the Sky Soldier sat at US$30.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLegacy of Kain: Soul Reaver remaster\u003c/strong\u003e: Completed over the weekend; short, with unfinished areas available to explore\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePortland Retro Gaming Expo\u003c/strong\u003e: Gail Tinden hosted a panel on launching Pokemon in the U.S.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStreet Passes at PRGE\u003c/strong\u003e: 3DS owners filled passes quickly in Artist Alley\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeculator pricing on used games\u003c/strong\u003e: Pokemon Black 2 and Xenogears among titles at triple-digit prices\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRodea the Sky Soldier 3DS\u003c/strong\u003e: Shrink-wrapped copy seen at US$30\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEVO reveals\u003c/strong\u003e: Covered as part of the weekend\u0026#39;s news\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Portland Retro Gaming Expo pairs a US$500 Xenogears with a shrink-wrapped Rodea the Sky Soldier at US$30. Same hall, two price scales: one for sealed speculation, one for the shelf that never opened.","twitterPost":"A sealed Rodea the Sky Soldier at US$30 sits near a US$500 Xenogears at Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Two price scales on one floor.","threadsPost":"Portland Retro Gaming Expo runs two price scales on one floor: a US$500 Xenogears for speculators, and a shrink-wrapped Rodea the Sky Soldier for US$30. The gap between them is the condition, not the game. Sealed copies and open copies occupy different markets in the same hall.","newsletterBlurb":"Portland Retro Gaming Expo returned with a panel from Gail Tinden on launching Pokemon in the U.S., 3DS Street Passes via Artist Alley, and dealer tables pricing Xenogears at up to US$500. The column also covered a short Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver remaster, EVO reveals, and a shrink-wrapped Rodea the Sky Soldier 3DS copy at US$30.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-games/2026-10-16/retro-jets-and-evo-reveals/.242734\",\"title\":\"This Week in Games: Retro Jets, and EVO Reveals\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5076,"outputTokens":742,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792165025,"createdAt":"2026-10-16T15:31:20.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-16T15:36:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T15:36:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6818f68bf42bd1d061b4f5a2","canonicalTitle":"This Week in Games\nRetro Jets, and EVO Reveals","representativeArticleId":"a_de563f6a874b30e17e379530","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"other\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":true}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-16T14:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-16T14:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T15:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-games/2026-10-16/retro-jets-and-evo-reveals/.242734","title":"This Week in Games\nRetro Jets, and EVO Reveals"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"other","domain":"games","is_roundup":true},"keyFacts":null}