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Wario's Woods Nintendo NES: PSA Pop Report + Loose / CIB / Sealed Prices

Published 2026-05-29 · Updated 2026-05-31 · by Jason Trogdon
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PSA has graded 114 Wario’s Woods Nintendo NES copies on record — 2 CIB, 112 sealed. Sealed copies trade in the $161 range. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Wario’s Woods on Nintendo NES — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.

Loose
POP 0
Market: $35
CIB
POP 2
Market: $115
Sealed
POP 112
Market: $161

Quick Facts

PSA Pop by Condition

PSA tracks Wario’s Woods populations independently for loose carts, complete-in-box (CIB), and factory-sealed copies — collectors price each condition separately because rarity and demand diverge sharply. Tables below show the grade-tier breakdown per condition, aggregated across 1 variant PSA recognizes for this title.

Loose Cartridge

PSA hasn’t graded any loose copies of Wario’s Woods for Nintendo NES yet.

Complete in Box (CIB)

Total graded: 2

Variant Pop Grade Breakdown
Made in Japan 2 9.8: 1 · 9.4: 1

Factory Sealed

Total graded: 112

Sealed summary by variant:

Variant Total Pop Top Numeric Grade Best Seal Grade
Made in Japan 112 9.8 A++

Factory Sealed Grade × Seal Matrix

Rows show PSA numeric grades. Columns show seal grades. Cell values are PSA population counts. Aggregated across all variants. Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
9.8 21 16 2 39
9.6 7 21 28
9.4 4 17 2 23
9.2 1 3 1 1 6
9.0 2 2 4
8.5 1 3 1 5
8.0 3 1 4
7.5 1 1
7.0 1 1
<6.5 1 1
Total 34 65 10 2 1 112

Current Market Prices

All prices below are pulled directly from PriceCharting’s public catalog and refreshed each time this article regenerates (typically weekly). PriceCharting computes their values from active and recently-sold listings on eBay + their dealer network — independent of any data on this page. The Sealed column reflects PriceCharting’s “manual-only” / new tier — factory-sealed retail at average condition; specific graded-sealed prices vary sharply by numeric grade + seal letter (use the Sealed eBay browse link below for grade-specific comps).

Heritage Graded Sales

Heritage Auctions sold results below are real auction transactions for Wario’s Woods on Nintendo NES. They complement the PriceCharting loose / CIB / sealed benchmarks above; they are not estimates and they are not blended into PriceCharting’s ungraded market prices.

Summary rows are title-level Heritage sale signals, sorted by format, recency, and realized-price signal. PSA production variants can price differently, so the sale records keep Heritage’s own variant notes visible instead of pretending every auction lot maps cleanly to a PSA variant row.

High-grade games can trade years apart, so older auction records stay visible; treat the latest-sale date as part of the comp, not just the dollar amount.

Format Grade Sale signal Latest sale Comps
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) CGC 10 A++ Last sale $1,188 Aug 5, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) WATA 9.6 A++ 2 comps, wide spread $225-$1,080 Aug 6, 2024 2
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) CGC 10.0 A++ $656-$875 range Dec 16, 2025 2
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) WATA 9.8 A++ Median $705 Apr 8, 2025 6
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) VGA 95 Last sale $688 Jun 11, 2024 1
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) CGC 9.9 A++ Median $425 Jan 6, 2026 4
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) CGC 9.8 A++ Median $425 Mar 11, 2025 4
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) CGC 9.6 A++ $238-$350 range Mar 25, 2025 2
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) WATA 9.4 A+ Median $336 Jul 16, 2024 3
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) WATA 9.8 A Last sale $300 Oct 21, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) VGA 90 Last sale $244 Jan 21, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Oval Soq R) CGC 8.5 B Last sale $79 Dec 31, 2024 1

Showing the top 12 Heritage sale signals; the sale-record table below includes every Heritage auction sale used on this page.

Sale records:

View all 57 Heritage sale records
Date Sold For Grader / Grade Format Variant Notes Source
Jan 6, 2026 $400 CGC 9.9 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312601-66013
Dec 16, 2025 $656 CGC 10.0 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312550-68017
Dec 2, 2025 $375 CGC 9.9 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312548-66013
Oct 28, 2025 $450 CGC 9.9 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312543-69016
Oct 21, 2025 $300 WATA 9.8 A Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312542-68028
Sep 23, 2025 $875 CGC 10.0 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312538-69030
Aug 5, 2025 $1,188 CGC 10 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312531-66012
Apr 8, 2025 $425 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312514-67033
Mar 25, 2025 $238 CGC 9.6 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312512-69024
Mar 11, 2025 $400 CGC 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312510-67008
Mar 4, 2025 $400 CGC 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312509-66010
Jan 21, 2025 $244 VGA 90 Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312503-68013
Dec 31, 2024 $79 CGC 8.5 B Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312453-70006
Oct 22, 2024 $750 CGC 9.9 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312443-69020
Sep 12, 2024 $938 CGC 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 44266-79038
Sep 10, 2024 $350 CGC 9.6 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312437-67013
Aug 6, 2024 $225 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312432-66011
Jul 16, 2024 $219 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312429-68021
Jul 2, 2024 $450 CGC 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312427-66006
Jun 11, 2024 $688 VGA 95 Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312424-67024
Mar 21, 2024 $720 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 44238-79053
Aug 29, 2023 $312 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312335-70031
Aug 1, 2023 $276 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312331-66027
Jul 18, 2023 $159 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312329-68037
Mar 28, 2023 $468 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312313-69053
Feb 21, 2023 $456 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312308-68059
Jan 24, 2023 $312 WATA 9.4 A Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312304-69042
Jan 10, 2023 $240 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 312302-67050
Dec 27, 2022 $432 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Lot 312252-69053
Nov 1, 2022 $432 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312244-66054
Aug 9, 2022 $720 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312232-67054
Aug 7, 2022 $690 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 7288-29089
Jun 7, 2022 $420 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312223-66080
May 3, 2022 $432 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312218-66042
Apr 23, 2022 $1,560 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 7286-29065
Apr 5, 2022 $384 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312214-66044
Mar 22, 2022 $552 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312212-69055
Mar 8, 2022 $336 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312210-67042
Feb 15, 2022 $432 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312207-68038
Jan 29, 2022 $1,680 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 7284-29067
Oct 31, 2021 $1,140 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 7263-29104
Sep 7, 2021 $588 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312136-66062
Aug 24, 2021 $468 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 312134-69057
Jul 13, 2021 $720 WATA 9.8 A Factory sealed Lot 312128-67031
Feb 15, 2021 $1,080 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 122107-16042
Jan 11, 2021 $180 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 122102-13784
Dec 28, 2020 $264 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 122052-17604
Nov 16, 2020 $132 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed Oval Soq R Lot 122046-15834
Aug 10, 2020 $750 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Lot 122032-13796
Apr 20, 2020 $300 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Lot 122016-15639
Mar 30, 2020 $132 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed Lot 122013-19932
Mar 2, 2020 $228 WATA 9.8 CIB Lot 122009-11932
Feb 24, 2020 $104 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed Lot 122008-17897
Feb 3, 2020 $204 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed Lot 122005-11897
Jan 13, 2020 $180 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed Lot 122002-13832
Dec 29, 2019 $336 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed Lot 121952-19246
Dec 15, 2019 $192 WATA 9.4 A Factory sealed Lot 121950-15249

Listings

Each link below opens an eBay search filtered to that condition, scoped to Wario’s Woods on Nintendo NES. “Sold” pulls completed/sold listings (use this for price research). “Listings” pulls current active listings (use this to find a copy to buy).

Why Wario’s Woods Matters for Grading

Wario’s Woods is one of the more heavily-graded Nintendo NES titles, with 114 PSA populations on record across loose, CIB, and sealed. Strong submission volume signals collector demand — and grade premiums are the market’s vote on which copies are scarce. The sealed condition dominates submissions (112 of 114, ~98%) — a strong signal that’s where most collector value sits for this title. Sealed copies trade at roughly 4× the loose price ($161 vs $35). Solid spread for grading speculation if you can source a clean sealed cart.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Wario’s Woods Nintendo NES worth grading?

Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (112) outweighs CIB and loose for Wario’s Woods, indicating sealed is where collector capital concentrates. CIB and loose grading is viable but margins are thinner after fees.

How rare is a graded sealed copy of Wario’s Woods?

PSA tracks 112 graded sealed copies of Wario’s Woods for Nintendo NES. The grade-tier breakdown above shows how those split across PSA’s numeric grades — top-grade copies (9.4+) are the scarcest and typically command the strongest premiums.

Should I buy a graded or raw copy of Wario’s Woods?

Depends on your goal. Graded copies cost more upfront but come with PSA’s authenticity + condition guarantee — the right move for buy-and-hold collectors. Raw copies are cheaper but require condition assessment yourself, and the grading lottery means a $50 raw cart can come back as a $25 PSA 7 OR a $200 PSA 9.4. Use the per-condition pop and price data above to calculate expected value before you commit.

Why does PSA track multiple variants of Wario’s Woods?

PSA’s database currently shows one tracked variant for Wario’s Woods on Nintendo NES. That doesn’t mean only one variant exists — production codes that haven’t been submitted yet won’t appear on the census. Check the back of your cartridge for production-location markings (“Made in Japan”, “Made in Mexico”) and the box for ESRB-rating placement to identify your specific variant.

Sources

Pop counts pulled weekly from PSA Video Games population data. Prices from PriceCharting. PSA acquired WATA in July 2021 and completed the rebrand to PSA Video Games on October 20, 2025. PSA Video Games population data is the continuation of WATA’s population history. Heritage graded-sale comps come from Heritage Auctions sold archive lot pages linked in the sale-record table.

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Jason has been collecting cards since 1999 and retro video games since 2008. Based in the Southeast US. What The Slab cites real eBay sold comps, PriceCharting data, and PSA pop reports — no guesswork. Read more →