All households urged to check cupboards now for old Nintendo DS games

Households have been urged to search through their attics to dig out their old Nintendo DS as they might be sitting on a fortune. Games from the noughties have been selling for staggering amounts on eBay , with certain Pokemon titles fetching £445. Unfortunately, many people remain unaware their retro games could be worth such substantial sums today, leading to some giving them away for free. One Reddit user disclosed: "My mum casually threw away my Pokemon Platinum copy I'd had for 16 years while I wasn't home because she decided 'adults don't need that stuff'." Alongside his message, he posted a screenshot showing the game selling on eBay for between £95 and £445, depending on condition. Replying to his message, one user shared: "My mum gave my younger cousin some of my GameCube games because she thought I didn't play them as much and it would be nice. My uncle ended up selling them. "But it's okay it was only Pokemon Colosseum and Gales Of Darkness, Wind Waker, Ultimate Spiderman and a couple others. Oh man." Another user added: "When I moved away from home in 2008, my mother also moved into a different place two weeks later, so I made two piles of stuff before I left. One was things I didn't need that she could throw out. "The other one had things I valued, including my complete set of first generation Pokemon cards, all in excellent condition, a lot of first editions as well. Guess which pile my mother threw out." Another user commented: "I had a video game collection from the NES to the Wii, plus a Pokemon card collection including a shadowless mint Charizard, I moved out of state in May and when I came to back in December to grab the rest of my stuff it was all gone." According to the Price Charting, Pokemon games are the most valuable Nintendo DS games followed by Super Mario games. The top 10 'high price' games have been valued at: Pokemon HeartGold Version - £592 Pokemon SoulSilver Version - £577 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky - £341 Pokemon Platinum - £303 Solatorobo: Red The Hunter - £265 Pokemon Black Version 22 - £237 Coraline - £225 The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road - £204 Pokemon White Version 2 - £189 Dragon Quest V Hand of the Heavenly Bride - £151