PS2 Greatest Hits Finding Nemo w Manual

THQ's PS2 release of "Finding Nemo" in the red Greatest Hits sleeve is one of the cleaner licensed film-to-game conversions from that Pixar golden run. The game arrived in 2003, timed to the theatrical release that had already broken box office records, and THQ built a third-person adventure that tracked the film's plot beat for beat. This copy comes with the original manual, which puts it a step above the loose-disc copies that dominate the secondary market.

2003 was a crowded year for PS2 tie-in titles, and most of them did not hold up. "Finding Nemo" was the exception that got enough development time and enough Pixar oversight to feel coherent. The film itself was a phenomenon: over 340 million dollars domestic on opening run, the highest-grossing animated film in history at that point, which meant the game shipped with real marketing weight behind it and real QA pressure on the developer. THQ had a track record with Pixar properties by this point, having handled the "Monsters, Inc." game the year prior. The Greatest Hits label tells you the game moved enough copies to qualify, which Walmart's and GameStop's return bins eventually bore out. For a collector looking at the PS2 library's tie-in section, this title sits closer to the top of that bracket than most people remember.

This copy carries the red Greatest Hits banner across the top of the case, which is the standard second-run label Sony applied once a title crossed the sales threshold. The manual is present and intact, which matters because the back pages carry the control maps and the underwater camera tips that the game's tutorial glossed over. Condition on these Greatest Hits cases varies widely: watch the disc tray spine on the left side of the case, where the plastic hinge tends to crack on heavily handled copies. Check the spine hinge before you commit.

OWNER VERIFY: Manual completeness and disc-surface condition (confirm no deep scratches on the play surface before grading this copy).