A long-lost Pokémon game has re-emerged on eBay, kicking off a bitter bidding war between private collectors and video game preservationists, who fear that the game may truly be lost forever if its source code isn’t archived.
PokéPark Fishing Contest DS, was never formally released on its titular home console. You could only download the game at Pokémon-themed events through the DS’s Download Play feature, and the downloaded copy would automatically delete itself from the memory card once the console was turned off or after 12 hours had passed.
