Professor Layton & Curious Village (DS) — Price Guide & Live Deals
Current Nintendo DS Professor Layton and the Curious Village deals, loose vs CIB asking prices, and the import and Not For Resale traps to avoid.
Right now: Loose prices roughly flat over 90 days, 48 current qualifying listings.
Current qualifying listings
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Professor Layton And The Curious Village Nintendo DS NDS CIB Manual Game Box
$21.00 USD
+$6.39 shipping
★ 99.6% · 3,818 ratings
Listed today · checked 3h ago
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS) CIB Complete
$34.95 USD
+$6.95 shipping
★ 100% · 3,703 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Professor Layton and the Curious Village Nintendo DS
$19.99 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 309 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Nintendo Professor Layton and the Curious Village Nintendo DS Manual Included E
$12.50 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 22 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS, 2008) Cartridge Only
$12.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.1% · 5,470 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Professor Layton and the Curious Village- Nintendo DS, 2008- Cartridge Only
$20.00 USD
Free shipping
★ 100% · 3,001 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS, 2008) Authentic Cart Only
$16.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.8% · 2,892 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
2007 Nintendo DS Professor Layton & The Curious Village Cartridge w All Inserts
$24.99 USD
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★ 100% · 1,887 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS, 2008) Cartridge Only!
$15.00 USD
Free shipping
★ 100% · 518 ratings
Listed 4 days ago · checked 4 days ago
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS, 2008)
$15.00 USD
★ 100% · 727 ratings
Listed 5 days ago · checked 5 days ago
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS, 2008)
$20.00 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 543 ratings
Listed 5 days ago · checked 5 days ago
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo DS, 2008)
$13.99 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 337 ratings
Listed 6 days ago · checked 6 days ago
About 1.4 qualifying listings appear per day on average.
Asking-price ranges by condition
| Condition | Min | 25% | Median | 75% | Max | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | $9.75 | $14.00 | $17.10 | $19.99 | $30.95 | 122 |
| Cib | $10.99 | $18.00 | $21.74 | $26.99 | $38.00 | 64 |
| SealedLow sample size | $29.97 | $29.97 | $34.99 | $50.00 | $54.99 | 4 |
Asking prices of currently-active listings. Not sold-price data. Rows marked "low sample size" have fewer than 5 listings, so one outlier can move them a lot.
Full asking-price history by condition →
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How we filter
Every feed has its own filter, tuned by hand for this one game. Before any change goes live, those filters are tested against thousands of real eBay listing titles. Every night, each feed is checked against every other deal page in its category, so a listing for a different game that slips in gets flagged and fixed instead of quietly shown.
Of the 67 listings we observed for this game in the last 30 days, we filtered out 25 of 67 (~37%) for quality reasons. The remaining 42 are what we'd actually surface.
- 17 matched a bootleg / out-of-scope keyword
- 4 seller had too few feedback ratings
- 2 seller positive-feedback percentage too low
- 1 caught by a junk-listing guard
- 1 shipped from a region we exclude
What the feed excludes
An eBay search for Professor Layton & Curious Village (DS) returns far more than the game itself: controllers, T-shirts, strategy guides, imports and repro carts all mention it in their titles. These are the 100 terms we filter out to keep this feed to the real thing. A listing whose title contains any of them never reaches the feed, the price table or an alert. Many look unrelated to Professor Layton & Curious Village (DS) because they are: that's the noise.
Other titles & look-alikes 12
- -mysterious
- -diabolical
- -lost future
- -unwound
- -miracle mask
- -azran
- -azran legacy
- -spectre's call
- -not for resale
- -re-po
- -ios
- -android
Bootlegs & repros 4
- -custom case
- -repro
- -reproduction
- -repo
Broken, untested & empty listings 15
- -for parts
- -not working
- -non-working
- -non working
- -broken
- -as is
- -as-is
- -untested
- -doesnt work
- -does not work
- -not tested
- -parts only
- -no game
- -game not included
- -cart not included
Imports & regions 8
- -japanese
- -ntsc-j
- -uk
- -eur
- -jpn
- -jp
- -pal
- -japan
Ports, remakes & re-releases 2
- -curious village hd
- -hd
Lots & multi-item listings 8
- -lot
- -bundle
- -collection
- -set of
- -multiple games
- -3 games
- -4 games
- -5 games
Accessories, merch & paper 51
- -controller
- -headset
- -headphones
- -plush
- -figure
- -figurine
- -keychain
- -sticker
- -charger
- -cable
- -adapter
- -backpack
- -wallet
- -shirt
- -hoodie
- -jersey
- -poster
- -art book
- -artbook
- -soundtrack
- -vinyl
- -statue
- -amiibo
- -funko
- -pop figure
- -mousepad
- -lanyard
- -badge
- -trading cards
- -tcg booster
- -bookmark
- -instruction booklet
- -promo item
- -promotional
- -insert only
- -flyer
- -pamphlet
- -display card
- -demo cart
- -kiosk
- -case only
- -case-only
- -clamshell only
- -box and case
- -replacement box only
- -demo
- -pin
- -art
- -ost
- -nfr
- -hat
How often qualifying deals appear
- 12 in the last 7 days (~1.71/day)
- 43 in the last 30 days (~1.43/day)
- 43 in the last 90 days (~0.48/day)
Professor Layton: collector & reseller spec sheet
- Release & saving: Level-5 developed it and Nintendo published the US DS release in 2008. Progress saves to the game card itself, so there is no save battery to worry about. Check that the product code on the label matches the US release.
- Print variants: Not For Resale copies exist alongside normal retail copies. The feed filters them out, so a "Not For Resale" listing you find elsewhere should not be compared to the asking prices here.
- Listing traps: Japanese and PAL copies are regularly listed with the English title, sometimes only noting "Japan" or a language in the description. Confirm the region in the photos before paying. Bare-case and manual-only listings use the same title and photos as complete copies, so read the full title for "case only" or "manual only".
Buying Nintendo DS games: what to check by condition
These checks apply to every Nintendo DS cartridge. The item notes above cover what is specific to this game.
Loose
- Compare the label, shell color and front/back markings against a photo of a known-authentic cart. Repro labels are often glossier, blurrier or slightly off-color.
- Ask for a photo of the board or the back of the cart. An opened shell is not automatically bad (battery swaps are normal), but it should be disclosed.
- If the game saves to a battery, ask whether the save holds. Old save batteries fail with age regardless of what the listing says, so budget for a replacement.
CIB (complete in box)
- Confirm the box, manual and plastic case and cover art are all shown in the photos, not just listed in the title.
- Check that the box and manual are the same region and print as the cart. Mixed-and-matched "complete" copies are common.
- Box wear (crushing, tears, sticker residue) moves price far more than the cart does. Judge it from photos, not from the word "mint".
Sealed & graded
- For a graded copy, look the certification number up on the grading company's own site and confirm the photos match the slab you are buying.
- For an ungraded sealed copy, compare the wrap and seal pattern against a known factory-sealed example. Resealing is common, and a reseal on a loose game is worth a loose price.
- Ask for photos of every side, the seams and any price stickers. Refusing extra photos on a sealed listing is a red flag on its own.
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