Yes, all copies of PSII originally included the "Hint Book". And yes, they were packaged on the outside. But things I was noting in paticular with that copy is that, for one, the cellophane self destructs with age which makes me believe it has at the very least been resealed. Secondly, as evedence to that theory, the hang tab is being folded over by the cellophane shrink wrap. Hang tabs were typically not folded over like that, and even so that's technically proof that game has been resealed as the stress from that hang tab pushing against the cellophane for the last 17 or so years you have certainly caused damage to the cellophane by now.
But, at the end of the day my theory is my own, and I dare not to waste $500 to prove said theory.
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