Fire damaged copy, refer to the high resolution photographs and 4K video for condition. The snap case is in near mint condition without any signs of fire damage; it was either excluded from the fire or swapped out at some point.

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Provenance: This copy was originally acquired through a collection purchase on November 10th, 2022. The prior owner lived in California and has since moved overseas. He deliberately burned his most prized neo games, "I tossed them into a box and lit them on fire." A childhood friend of mine also chose a difficult solution to appease his family when he agreed to quit playing a collectible card game by burning his entire magic card collection back in the 1990s, since his family considered the game demonic. This situation is similar for this tragedy. As with any high caliber home cart, the insert, manual, and cart sticker were closely compared to the collection copy of the NeoStore owner and absolutely no discrepancies/inconsistencies were detected.

Other crispy carts acquired from this same collection:
Metal Slug X English AES (roasted)
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 English AES (roasted + partial reproduction)
World Heroes Perfect English AES (roasted)

Previous NeoStore listings of English version Ninja Master's AES are as follows:
05/27/2023, 11/19/2020, 3/6/2012, 2/24/2008, 12/28/2006, 12/30/2005, 8/21/2003, and 7/7/2001.