Professor Layton & Diabolical Box (DS) — Price Guide & Live Deals
Current Nintendo DS Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box 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 Diabolical Box 2009 Nintendo DS Game Complete CIB
$19.99 USD
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★ 100% · 177 ratings
Listed today · checked 11h ago
Professor Layton And The Diabolical Box (Nintendo DS, 2009) Tested-Works D
$14.00 USD
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★ 100% · 3,586 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (Nintendo DS, 2009) Cartridge Only
$14.00 USD
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★ 99.3% · 165 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Nintendo DS Manual Included CIB
$16.00 USD
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★ 100% · 178 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Nintendo DS NEW Factory Sealed
$20.00 USD
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★ 99.1% · 339 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box - Nintendo DS Tested Cartridge Only
$11.99 USD
+$5.50 shipping
★ 99.9% · 10,932 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (Nintendo DS, 2009) CIB Tested Working
$23.74 USD
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★ 100% · 10,587 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Nintendo DS - Complete CIB
$29.95 USD
+$6.95 shipping
★ 100% · 3,697 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (Nintendo DS, 2009) Cartridge Only
$9.99 USD
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★ 99.5% · 1,068 ratings
Listed 4 days ago · checked 4 days ago
Professor Layton & the Diabolical Box - Nintendo DS CIB W/ Manual & Inserts
$13.09 USD
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★ 99.4% · 710 ratings
Listed 4 days ago · checked 4 days ago
Nintendo Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box DS Case Manual
$25.00 USD
★ 100% · 67 ratings
Listed 5 days ago · checked 5 days ago
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (Nintendo DS, 2009) NO MANUAL. TESTED
$13.00 USD
+$6.00 shipping
★ 99.6% · 5,872 ratings
Listed 7 days ago · checked 7 days ago
Roughly one qualifying listing every 1.5 days.
Asking-price ranges by condition
| Condition | Min | 25% | Median | 75% | Max | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | $8.00 | $10.50 | $12.99 | $14.99 | $33.99 | 78 |
| Cib | $11.34 | $15.98 | $18.42 | $21.95 | $29.99 | 57 |
| Sealed | $14.95 | $20.00 | $26.45 | $35.43 | $55.75 | 19 |
Asking prices of currently-active listings. Not sold-price data.
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 42 listings we observed for this game in the last 30 days, we filtered out 22 of 42 (~52%) for quality reasons. The remaining 20 are what we'd actually surface.
- 14 matched a bootleg / out-of-scope keyword
- 3 priced below our floor (too good to be true)
- 2 seller positive-feedback percentage too low
- 2 seller had too few feedback ratings
- 1 caught by a junk-listing guard
What the feed excludes
An eBay search for Professor Layton & Diabolical Box (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 & Diabolical Box (DS) because they are: that's the noise.
Other titles & look-alikes 10
- -curious village
- -unwound future
- -lost future
- -last specter
- -spectre
- -miracle mask
- -azran
- -pandora
- -not for resale
- -re-po
Bootlegs & repros 5
- -custom case
- -repro
- -reproduction
- -aftermarket
- -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 9
- -japanese
- -ntsc-j
- -famicom
- -jpn
- -jp
- -pal
- -eur
- -uk
- -japan
Lots & multi-item listings 8
- -lot
- -bundle
- -collection
- -set of
- -multiple games
- -3 games
- -4 games
- -5 games
Accessories, merch & paper 53
- -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
- -manual only
- -guide only
- -manuals only
- -artwork only
- -nfr
- -hat
- -pin
- -ost
How often qualifying deals appear
- 11 in the last 7 days (~1.57/day)
- 20 in the last 30 days (~0.67/day)
- 20 in the last 90 days (~0.22/day)
Professor Layton: collector & reseller spec sheet
- Release & saving: Level-5 developed it and Nintendo published the US DS release in 2009. 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 copies and the PAL release, titled Pandora's Box, turn up under the English title. Confirm the region in the photos before paying. Case-only, manual-only and two-game bundle listings reuse the same title and photos as a single complete copy, so read the whole title. The first game in the series, Curious Village, is often bundled with this one.
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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