- Paper Mario on the Nintendo 64 could get you £247 for trading in
- Mario Party 3 on the Nintendo 64 could earn you up to £162
- Mario’s Tennis on the short-lived Virtual Boy can get you £126
New research has revealed the most valuable Mario titles to trade in, in time with the Super Mario Bros Movie release.
The study by troubleshooting website GamesErrors.com analysed data from second-hand retailer CeX to see which retro Mario titles could be traded for the highest amount in cash.
It found that the Nintendo 64 title of Paper Mario could earn you a whopping £247 for trading in. The first game in the Paper Mario series was released internationally in 2001. A mint-condition version of the title is tough to get hold of nowadays, with a price point to prove it.
Coming in second place is another Nintendo 64 title Mario Party 3. A mint version of the title can be traded in currently for £162, with the game even fetching £84 completely unboxed.
Third place goes to the original version of Mario’s Tennis, released in 1995 on Nintendo’s short-lived Virtual Boy console. A mint condition version of the game can get you a solid £126 for trading in.
Mario’s Time Machine comes in fourth place on the list, specifically the version for the Super NES, with the game seeing releases on Windows, MS-DOS and the original NES. Trading the Super NES version in can get you £110 currently.
Rounding out the top five is Mario Is Missing, another Super NES title, which can be traded in for a modest £97. Released as an educational game, it saw releases on the Apple Macintosh, MS-DOS and NES alongside its Super NES release in 1993.
| Rank | Game | Console | Trade-in value |
| 1 | Paper Mario | Nintendo 64 | £247.00 |
| 2 | Mario Party 3 | Nintendo 64 | £162.00 |
| 3 | Mario’s Tennis | Virtual Boy | £126.00 |
| 4 | Mario’s Time Machine | Super NES | £110.00 |
| 5 | Mario Is Missing | Super NES | £97.00 |
| 6 | Mario Superstar Baseball | Nintendo GameCube | £84.00 |
| — | Mario Bros | NES | £84.00 |
| 7 | Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door | Nintendo GameCube | £81.00 |
| — | Mario Kart 64 | Nintendo 64 | £81.00 |
| — | Super Mario World | Mario Kart 64 | £81.00 |
| 8 | Super Mario 64 | Nintendo 64 | £78.00 |
| 9 | Super Mario All-Stars | Nintendo 64 | £74.00 |
| 10 | Mario Clash | Virtual Boy | £71.00 |
Commenting on the findings, a spokesperson for GamesErrors.com said: “Many of the games on this list have stood the test of time, and based on the valuations shown here there is still a good market for them. It will be interesting to watch how valuations change with the release of the new Super Mario Bros movie.
Additionally, the list shows how much the Mario universe has expanded, spanning genres and several generations of consoles, with the demand for retro titles in the series remaining high.”
Credit to gameserrors.com who supplied the above post.
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