We are a young company, born from the community of video game collectors. We are here to serve your needs. We thrive on responding and contributing back to the community that made us the collectors we are today.
We stand for providing transparency and information parity to help level the playing field by making information available and easy to understand no matter if you’ve been collecting for years or you’re just getting started.
We have fair, objective grading standards you can count on to help assess a game’s true identity and condition. Wata certification reveals the true value of your treasured video game. It eliminates uncertainty, measures the game’s condition against an absolute scale, and gives buyers and sellers complete confidence in their transaction.
The inspiration for our name, Wata, comes from Bruce Lee:
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
Empty your mind, Be formless, shapeless, like water. Now if you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. Put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow, or creep or drip or crash. Be water my friend.”
- 1971 TV series Longstreet, Episode 1.1, The Way of the Intercepting Fist
- Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living by Bruce Lee and John Little
Like water, we strive to be flexible, adaptable, persistent, and to listen and respond swiftly to your needs and desires. Our service will grow and develop based on what you need and want us to do. If there are enough members with a certain need, we will do our best to provide a solution.
Our logo has a crystalline, icy appearance to convey that when we grade, certify and seal a video game in a case, it is frozen in time.
We will stay true to our community roots, focused on building and sustaining our relationships, and serving you with excellence. At our core, we are inspired to be like water.