Metal Slug Advance (GBA) — Price Guide & Live Deals
Live GBA Metal Slug Advance deals across loose, CIB and sealed: what a fair asking price looks like and what to avoid, from US-only listings.
Right now: Loose prices roughly flat over 90 days, 14 current qualifying listings.
Current qualifying listings
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Metal Slug Advance Game Boy Advance in box authentic
$249.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 100% · 3,268 ratings
Listed 7 days ago · checked 7 days ago
METAL SLUG ADVANCE - Game Boy Advance, GBA, Cart Only
$99.95 USD
+$6.99 shipping
★ 99.8% · 6,356 ratings
Listed 7 days ago · checked 7 days ago
Metal Slug Advance (Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA) Complete w/ Reg CIB
$299.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.9% · 161,529 ratings
Listed 8 days ago · checked 8 days ago
Metal Slug Advance Authentic & Genuine (Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA, 2004)
$99.95 USD
+$5.95 shipping
★ 100% · 580 ratings
Metal Slug Advance GBA · 10/22/2026 2:09 AM
Metal Slug Advance Game Boy Advance GBA CIB
$245.11 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 428 ratings
Metal Slug Advance GBA · 10/22/2026 2:09 AM
Metal Slug Advance (Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA) Game Box & Insert
$199.95 USD
Free shipping
★ 100% · 28,230 ratings
Metal Slug Advance GBA · 10/22/2026 2:09 AM
Metal Slug Advance Game Boy Advance in box authentic
$249.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 100% · 3,253 ratings
Metal Slug Advance GBA · 10/22/2026 2:09 AM
Near Mint Metal Slug Advance Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA Authentic!
$98.00 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 393 ratings
Metal Slug Advance GBA · 10/22/2026 2:09 AM
gba Metal Slug Advance AUTHENTIC (Works on US consoles)
$200.46 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.9% · 18,830 ratings
Metal Slug Advance GBA · 10/22/2026 2:09 AM
NINTENDO GAMEBOY ADVANCE GBA METAL SLUG (NLG060195)
$110.00 USD
+$6.95 shipping
★ 98.5% · 4,023 ratings
Metal Slug Advance GBA · 10/22/2026 2:09 AM
Metal Slug Advance (Nintendo Game Boy Advance, 2004)
$105.61 USD
★ 100% · 969 ratings
Metal Slug Advance GBA · 10/22/2026 2:09 AM
Metal Slug Advance Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA - Complete in Box CIB
$234.70 USD
+$18.49 shipping
★ 100% · 1,457 ratings
Metal Slug Advance GBA · 10/22/2026 2:09 AM
Roughly one qualifying listing every 10 days.
Asking-price ranges by condition
| Condition | Min | 25% | Median | 75% | Max | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | $98.00 | $99.95 | $110.00 | $200.46 | $249.99 | 9 |
| CibLow sample size | $234.70 | $234.70 | $245.11 | $299.99 | $299.99 | 3 |
| SealedLow sample size | $700.00 | $700.00 | $700.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | 2 |
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 18 listings we observed for this game in the last 30 days, we filtered out 15 of 18 (~83%) for quality reasons. The remaining 3 are what we'd actually surface.
- 6 shipped from a region we exclude
- 5 matched a bootleg / out-of-scope keyword
- 2 priced below our floor (too good to be true)
- 1 caught by a junk-listing guard
- 1 seller had too few feedback ratings
What the feed excludes
An eBay search for Metal Slug Advance (GBA) 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 96 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 Metal Slug Advance (GBA) because they are: that's the noise.
Other titles & look-alikes 5
- -mortal kombat
- -crash bandicoot
- -re-po
- -ita
- -ukv
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 11
- -japanese
- -ntsc-j
- -famicom
- -italian
- -europe
- -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 52
- -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
- -booklet
- -manual only
- -promo item
- -promotional
- -insert only
- -inserts only
- -flyer
- -pamphlet
- -display card
- -demo cart
- -kiosk
- -case only
- -case-only
- -clamshell only
- -box and case
- -replacement box only
- -nfr
- -hat
- -pin
- -ost
How often qualifying deals appear
- 0 in the last 7 days (~0/day)
- 3 in the last 30 days (~0.1/day)
- 3 in the last 90 days (~0.03/day)
Metal Slug Advance: collector & reseller spec sheet
- Release and code: SNK Playmore's 2004 Game Boy Advance entry in the Metal Slug series. Listings for the US release often cite a product code ending in
USA; the Japanese release carries aJPNcode. Check the label code matches the US release before paying a premium. - Why asking prices run high: this is a scarce, sought-after GBA cart, so asking prices sit far above typical GBA action games, and complete or sealed copies climb steeply from there. Japanese and European copies are priced differently, so a cheap "Metal Slug Advance" that turns out to be an import is not a deal.
- Save mechanism: confirm saving works in the seller's description or photos; do not assume a "tested" claim covers the save.
- Print variants: none are tracked here; compare the label and back against a known authentic photo.
- Listing traps seen while tuning: manual-only and insert-only listings carrying the full game title, and cart-only listings from outside the US sold as if they were US copies. Unusually cheap generic "Metal Slug" cartridges deserve a close look at the label and board before buying.
- Graded sealed copies: appear at very high asking prices. Verify the grading company's cert number on its own site.
Buying Game Boy Advance games: what to check by condition
These checks apply to every Game Boy Advance 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 inner tray or insert 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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