Sell Your Used Nintendo Games — 0% Fees

Used Nintendo games typically sell for £10 to £50, and on WishThrift it costs you nothing to list — no fee, no commission, so you keep the whole amount you agree. Nintendo titles hold value like nothing else in gaming — first-party games barely depreciate, so check each cartridge before you price the bundle.

The short version

Typical range: £10 – £50 — see the full Nintendo games value guide
What decides your price: condition, and how well you evidence it in photographs
Cost to sell here: nothing, at any price
Category: Gaming

Before you photograph it

Ten minutes here is worth more than anything else you will do. Buyers are deciding between your listing and someone else’s, and preparation is what visibly separates the two.

Identify each title and whether it is first-party Nintendo, since those hold value far better than third-party releases.
Check cartridges for label damage and confirm each is in its correct case with the artwork insert.
Test each cartridge boots if you still have the console.

The photographs that sell Nintendo games

Four photographs do almost all the work. Shoot in daylight, near a window, with the item against something plain — and do not use the flash, which flattens texture and hides exactly what buyers are trying to see.

The games laid out, cases and spines visible
The cartridges out of their cases, labels visible
Any artwork insert or manual included
Any label damage, cracked case or missing insert

Photograph the flaws too. It feels counterproductive, but a listing that shows the worst of an item gets fewer questions, fewer withdrawn offers and fewer arguments at handover. Buyers who can see the damage stop imagining something worse.

Writing the title and description

Name the titles: “Nintendo Switch Games — Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Kart 8, Animal Crossing”. First-party Nintendo titles are searched by name and hold their price, so listing them individually often totals more than a bundle. Say whether cases and inserts are complete.

Then state these in the description, because a buyer who has to ask is a buyer who might not bother:

Exact titles, and which are first-party Nintendo releases
Cartridge and label condition
Whether cases and artwork inserts are present
Whether each cartridge has been tested and boots

What buyers will actually ask

You will receive the same three messages about Nintendo games. Answering them in the listing itself removes the back-and-forth, and answering them well when they do arrive is what turns an enquiry into a sale.

“Are the cases and inserts included?”

Check each one. Complete-in-box Nintendo games are worth meaningfully more, and collectors specifically want the inserts.

“Do the cartridges work?”

Boot each one if you can and say which you tested. Untested is acceptable if stated; implied working is not.

“Will you split them?”

For first-party Nintendo titles, splitting almost always totals more because each holds its value independently.

Pricing it so it actually sells

Start from the honest condition grade rather than the price you hope for. WishThrift listings use five grades — New with Tags, Like New, Good, Fair and For Parts — and what each grade means is worth reading before you choose, because grading up is the most expensive mistake sellers make. It does not raise the price; it produces a buyer who arrives expecting something else.

The Nintendo games value guide prices all five grades for this item. Pick your grade, take the figure, and if you sit between two grades price toward the lower one. Items priced honestly sell faster than items priced hopefully, and on a free platform there is no fee eating the difference anyway.

What you keep, compared

On a £30 sale — roughly the middle of the range for Nintendo games — here is what the commission-charging platforms would take, and what you would keep on each:

Where you sell it	Fee	You keep
WishThrift	£0	£30
Poshmark	−£6	£24
eBay	−£4	£26
Mercari	−£3	£27
Etsy	−£2	£28

Seller-side rates verified 26 Jul 2026 — Poshmark: 20% commission on sales of $15 and above; eBay: 13.6% final value fee, plus a per-order fee; Mercari: flat 10% selling fee; Etsy: 6.5% transaction fee, plus a listing fee and payment processing. Percentages are applied to the sterling figure above; the fixed per-order and processing charges those platforms add are quoted in their own currency and are not included here, so the real deductions are slightly larger. Full breakdown: marketplace selling fees compared.

Timing and getting it to the buyer

Consistently strong. First-party Nintendo titles sell within days at close to their original price, which is unusual in gaming and worth knowing before you discount.

Very light and cheap to post. Cartridges are robust but the cases crack easily, so pack them with some padding.

WishThrift does not process payments or arrange delivery — you and the buyer agree both directly — so confirm payment has cleared before the item leaves your hands, and keep the conversation on the site so there is a record of what was agreed.

Ready to list it? It takes about two minutes, costs nothing, and there is no commission when it sells — create a free account or see how selling works.

Frequently asked questions

Why do Nintendo games hold their value?

Nintendo rarely discounts its own first-party titles, so the used price stays anchored near retail for years. A five-year-old Mario or Zelda game often sells for close to what it cost new.

What are used Nintendo games worth?

Typically £10 to £50, with sought-after first-party titles at the top and older collectable cartridges far above. See the Nintendo games value guide.

Should I sell Nintendo games individually or as a bundle?

Individually, if they are first-party titles — each holds its value on its own and bundling effectively discounts the good ones to move the weaker ones. Bundle third-party titles instead.