Professor Layton & Last Specter (DS) — Price Guide & Live Deals
Current Nintendo DS Professor Layton and the Last Specter deals, loose vs CIB vs sealed asking prices, and the import and PAL-title 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 Last Specter (Nintendo DS, 2011) CIB w/ All Inserts
$39.32 USD
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★ 100% · 4,890 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Nintendo DS, 2011)
$39.36 USD
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★ 100% · 47 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Nintendo DS, 2011) CIB COMPLETE
$47.87 USD
+$14.31 shipping
★ 98.7% · 6,098 ratings
Listed 4 days ago · checked 4 days ago
Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Nintendo DS) Lite DSi XL 3DS 2DS Game
$36.95 USD
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★ 100% · 140,582 ratings
Listed 5 days ago · checked 5 days ago
Professor Layton and the Last Specter - Loose Authentic (Nintendo DS) - Tested
$39.99 USD
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★ 98.3% · 1,928 ratings
Listed 9 days ago · checked 9 days ago
Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Nintendo DS, 2011) Complete W/ Manual CIB
$49.99 USD
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★ 99.9% · 2,460 ratings
Listed 11 days ago · checked 11 days ago
Professor Layton and The Last Specter (Nintendo DS, 2011)
$49.93 USD
★ 100% · 3,003 ratings
Listed 13 days ago · checked 13 days ago
Professor Layton and the Last Specter Nintendo DS Game BRAND NEW SEALED RARE
$59.99 USD
+$5.99 shipping
★ 99.7% · 10,304 ratings
Listed 14 days ago · checked 14 days ago
Professor Layton and the Last Specter Nintendo DS CIB Complete w/ Manual Tested
$44.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.1% · 153 ratings
Professor Layton and the Last Specter DS · 10/20/2026 7:03 PM
Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Nintendo DS, 2011) Complete W/ Manual CIB
$53.15 USD
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★ 99.8% · 2,876 ratings
Professor Layton and the Last Specter DS · 10/20/2026 7:03 PM
Professor Layton and The Last Specter (Nintendo DS, 2011)
$43.93 USD
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★ 100% · 1,520 ratings
Professor Layton and the Last Specter DS · 10/20/2026 7:03 PM
Professor Layton & the Last Specter - Nintendo DS Brand New & Sealed
$55.00 USD
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★ 100% · 1,017 ratings
Professor Layton and the Last Specter DS · 10/20/2026 7:03 PM
Roughly one qualifying listing every 3.8 days.
Asking-price ranges by condition
| Condition | Min | 25% | Median | 75% | Max | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | $27.92 | $39.99 | $44.99 | $54.95 | $94.99 | 41 |
| Cib | $39.32 | $47.87 | $53.15 | $64.95 | $129.99 | 20 |
| Sealed | $55.00 | $59.99 | $69.99 | $90.00 | $149.99 | 24 |
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 16 listings we observed for this game in the last 30 days, we filtered out 8 of 16 (~50%) for quality reasons. The remaining 8 are what we'd actually surface.
- 6 matched a bootleg / out-of-scope keyword
- 1 seller had too few feedback ratings
- 1 shipped from a region we exclude
What the feed excludes
An eBay search for Professor Layton & Last Specter (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 95 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 & Last Specter (DS) because they are: that's the noise.
Other titles & look-alikes 12
- -curious village
- -diabolical
- -unwound
- -pandora
- -lost future
- -miracle mask
- -azran
- -phoenix wright
- -spectre
- -majin
- -spider
- -re-po
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 6
- -japanese
- -ntsc-j
- -famicom
- -jpn
- -jp
- -japan
Lots & multi-item listings 8
- -lot
- -bundle
- -collection
- -set of
- -multiple games
- -3 games
- -4 games
- -5 games
Accessories, merch & paper 50
- -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
- -nfr
- -hat
- -pin
- -ost
- -art
How often qualifying deals appear
- 4 in the last 7 days (~0.57/day)
- 8 in the last 30 days (~0.27/day)
- 8 in the last 90 days (~0.09/day)
Last Specter: collector & reseller spec sheet
- Release & saving: Level-5 developed it and Nintendo published the US DS release in 2011. 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: Sealed copies are the price outlier, and sellers sometimes advertise a "1st print" without saying how to tell. Ask for photos of the exact markings they mean before paying a premium.
- Listing traps: Japanese copies and the PAL release, titled Spectre's Call, turn up under the English title, sometimes with "region free" in the listing. Confirm the region in the photos. Manual-only, insert-only and case-only listings reuse the game's title and photos, so read the whole title. Spam titles that list several unrelated DS games alongside this one are not a copy of it. Earlier entries, such as Diabolical Box and Unwound Future, are often bundled with it.
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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