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The Nintendo DS has been available for a little more than three years in the US but some games and limited edition bundles are already rarities and collector's items. Below is a list of the rare and expensive Nintendo DS games and bundles that are selling for more than the initial MSRP.



Metallic Rose Nintendogs Bundle



Used Price: $170 New Price: $250
This bundle was released for the 2007 holiday season and includes a special edition Pink Nintendo DS with a paw print and a copy of Nintendogs Best Friends. The bundle originally sold for $149.99 in stores but Nintendo had a hard time keeping them in-stock because they were so popular. The Bundle now sells for almost $100 more than original retail price.

Monopoly / Boggle / Yahtzee / Battleship



New Price: $70 Used Price: $45
This game came out the first month of the DS's release. It has four classic board games on one cartridge. These same board games can be purchased separately as different GBA 3-in-1 packages, but this four game pack sells for a premium. The game sells for almost $40 more than MSRP and $50 more than the other 4-in-1 board game compilations.



Electroplankton



New Price: $68 Used Price: $43
Electroplankton made its first appearance at GDC 2005 as a demo of what the DS could do. A DJ "played" the game and made some music during a presentation by Nintendo. The game was actually released in the US in January 2006 but only through online retailers and the Nintendo World store. The game developed a very devoted, niche following who are willing to pay top dollar to make some music.
See Current Electroplankton Prices


Tetris DS



New Price: $60 Used Price: $40
Nintendo released this Tetris game for the Nintendo DS with 10 player local play, online multiplayer, and many Nintendo themed levels. The game sold more than 2 million copies worldwide but Nintendo doesn't sell it anymore. Tetris fans have to pay almost double the retail price for a new copy of the game.
See Current Tetris DS Prices


Clubhouse Games



New Price: $50 Used Price: $40
Released in late 2006 by Nintendo, Clubhouse Games is a collection of 42 card games, board games, parlor games, and action games. The game was part of Nintendo's "Touch Generation" series of games for the DS. Unlike other games in this series which sell for years and years, Nintendo has stopped publishing the title and it is very hard to find in stores.

Wow, didn't know they could go this high.

Yeah, I didn't know that ds games could go for 50$+
Dx

I see a lot of these very often :/

That metallic rose Nintendog bundle is cute. I hate that I'm even saying that because I hate it when people try to repackage a product as feminine by introducing it in pink...but the metallic is really pretty. Damn my female instincts to like shiny pink things!

Most DS games new here are $50 or $60

I also agree. I could easily get second hand 42 all time classics for $15 or less. Same with tetris.

The others I couldn't care less about.

Their like 30$-35$ here.

Lol, that'll buy you a newly released album, a sandwich and a drink here.

I recently sold my copy of Club House Games.

I want Tetris DS.
Dx

hmmm, i am checking for these at the next flea market

I see Tetris DS and Clubhouse Games all the time over here.

there that much wow a few of those games over here r only $20...to ebay

Time to begin re-selling...

I sold a copy of Tetris DS recently (I still have a copy for myself).

Awesome game IMO. I play it and whatever the newest version of advanced wars is... and almost not other DS game (with any regularity anyway).

Wow, Monopoly / Boggle / Yahtzee / Battleship is a wanted title? And I can't believe Electroplankton is $68!

I believe you mean Advance Wars: Dark Conflict? That's a great game. But personally the Japanese remake of the first Fire Emblem for DS is what I've been plugging away at.

And I'm considering going out and buying some of these games for re-selling, but they aren't uncommon games here, at least not Tetris DS or Clubhouse Games.

DS = Region Free. Americans could poach PAL copies?

its odd that Nintendo would leave money on the table like this, they usually squeeze every drop out of profit out of a product

Wow that's alot of money for a ds game O.o. Althouh i've never heard of electroplankton before. I'd never pay that much for a DS game however good it may be.

I've heard of electroplankton

it doesn't look like anything special....

I might pick it up next time it's in at work.