Sonic Advance 3 (GBA) — Price Guide & Live Deals
Live GBA Sonic Advance 3 deals across loose, CIB and sealed copies: what a fair asking price looks like and the listings to skip.
Right now: Loose prices roughly flat over 90 days, 48 current qualifying listings.
Current qualifying listings
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Sonic Advance 3 Nintendo Game Boy Advance 2004 - Cartridge w/ Protective Case
$19.95 USD
+$4.95 shipping
★ 100% · 225 ratings
Listed today · checked under an hour ago
Sonic Advance 3 (Nintendo Game Boy Advance, 2004) CIB- Tested
$129.00 USD
+$7.59 shipping
★ 99.2% · 7,822 ratings
Listed today · checked 3h ago
Sonic Advance 3 Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA Tested Working Cartridge
$25.00 USD
Free shipping
★ 100% · 1,806 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Sonic Advance 3 for Game Boy Advance Game Only
$24.89 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.7% · 4,090 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
THQ Sonic Advance 3 Cartridge Only - Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA (2004) E
$25.00 USD
★ 100% · 26 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
THQ Sonic Advance 3 Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA Cartridge Only E NTSC-U/C
$16.25 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 383 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Vintage Sonic Advance 3 Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA Cartridge
$33.24 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 14,903 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Sonic Advance 3 (Nintendo Game Boy Advance, 2004) GBA *Cartridge Only*
$22.95 USD
Free shipping
★ 100% · 1,070 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Sonic Advance 3 Nintendo Game Boy Advance GBA Loose Cartridge AGB-B3SE-USA
$24.99 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 3,529 ratings
Listed 3 days ago · checked 3 days ago
Game Boy Advance Sonic Advance 3
$24.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.7% · 3,462 ratings
Listed 5 days ago · checked 5 days ago
Sonic Advance 3 (Nintendo Gameboy Advance GBA, 2004) Cart Only Tested
$25.01 USD
★ 100% · 3,196 ratings
Listed 7 days ago · checked 7 days ago
Sonic Advance 3 - GAME ONLY - NINTENDO Gameboy Advance - 1028a
$21.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 100% · 65,503 ratings
Listed 8 days ago · checked 8 days ago
Roughly one qualifying listing every 1.4 days.
Asking-price ranges by condition
| Condition | Min | 25% | Median | 75% | Max | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | $16.25 | $22.95 | $24.99 | $29.95 | $144.99 | 105 |
| CibLow sample size | $90.00 | $90.00 | $124.00 | $169.99 | $169.99 | 3 |
| SealedLow sample size | $22.99 | $22.99 | $22.99 | $254.99 | $254.99 | 3 |
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 37 listings we observed for this game in the last 30 days, we filtered out 18 of 37 (~49%) for quality reasons. The remaining 19 are what we'd actually surface.
- 11 matched a bootleg / out-of-scope keyword
- 6 shipped from a region we exclude
- 1 priced below our floor (too good to be true)
What the feed excludes
An eBay search for Sonic Advance 3 (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 105 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 Sonic Advance 3 (GBA) because they are: that's the noise.
Other titles & look-alikes 8
- -reprint
- -sonic battle
- -sonic pinball
- -sonic 3
- -power rangers
- -re-po
- -ukv
- -ita
Bootlegs & repros 6
- -custom case
- -repro
- -reproduction
- -aftermarket
- -custom
- -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 10
- -japanese
- -ntsc-j
- -famicom
- -jpn
- -jp
- -pal
- -eur
- -italian
- -french
- -japan
Ports, remakes & re-releases 2
- -sonic advance 2
- -sonic advance 1
Lots & multi-item listings 8
- -lot
- -bundle
- -collection
- -set of
- -multiple games
- -3 games
- -4 games
- -5 games
Accessories, merch & paper 56
- -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
- -fan made
- -instruction manual
- -game manual
- -manual only
- -guide
- -console
- -nfr
- -hat
- -pin
- -ost
- -art
How often qualifying deals appear
- 10 in the last 7 days (~1.43/day)
- 21 in the last 30 days (~0.7/day)
- 21 in the last 90 days (~0.23/day)
Sonic Advance 3: collector & reseller spec sheet
- Not the neighbors. Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 2 are separate carts with their own asking prices. The feed drops titles naming them, plus combo, set and lot listings, so what you see is the third game on its own.
- US copy. This page tracks the North American release. Japan-located sellers and Japanese, PAL, European and other-language wording are filtered out because those carts price differently. Check that the product code on the label matches the US release, and ask for a label photo on any cart-only listing.
- Cart-only is the norm. Most listings are loose carts, with complete copies asking several times more. Treat "rare" or "new" claims at extreme asking prices as seller claims, and ask for photos of the seal or box before paying a sealed premium.
- Trap we saw while tuning. Standalone manuals, strategy guides and posters carry the game's name, and some complete copies advertise a poster as an extra. Ask for photos of each insert before paying a complete-copy price.
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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