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Super Mario World Super Nintendo (SNES): PSA Pop Report + Loose / CIB / Sealed Prices

Published 2026-05-07 · Updated 2026-06-15 · by Jason Trogdon
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PSA has graded 198 Super Mario World Super Nintendo (SNES) copies on record — 7 loose, 64 CIB, 127 sealed. PSA tracks 8 distinct production variants separately because they’re priced differently by collectors. Sealed copies trade for $3,022+ on the open market. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Super Mario World on Super Nintendo (SNES) — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.

Loose
POP 7
Market: $19
CIB
POP 64
Market: $775
Sealed
POP 127
Market: $3,022

Quick Facts

Variant Comparison

PSA recognizes 8 distinct production variants of Super Mario World, each tracked on its own population row because collectors value them differently. The variants this game discriminates on: warranty-box layout changes (line count / SNS-USA back / etc.); Players Choice reissue branding; Canadian-market edition; Nintendo store-display promotional packaging; USA-region production code labeling; “Game Pak” text-style box labeling.

Variant Loose Pop CIB Pop Sealed Pop Total
Made in Japan, “Game Pak” Text 1 1
Made in Japan, 1 Line Title - SNS-USA Back 3 3
Made in Japan, 2 Line Title - USA-1 Code 3 3
Made in Japan, 3 Line Warranty Box 10 11 21
Made in Japan, 4 Line Warranty Box 37 32 69
Made in Japan, Canadian Version 3 2 5
Made in Japan, For Display Only Box 1 1
Made in Japan, Players Choice 14 81 95

PSA Pop by Condition

PSA tracks Super Mario World 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 8 variants PSA recognizes for this title.

Loose Cartridge

Total graded: 7

Variant Pop Grade Breakdown
Made in Japan, 1 Line Title - SNS-USA Back 3 7.5: 1 · 7.0: 1 · 6.5: 1
Made in Japan, 2 Line Title - USA-1 Code 3 7.5: 1 · 6.5: 1 · <6.5: 1
Made in Japan, For Display Only Box 1 9.6: 1

PSA has not graded the following variants in this condition: Made in Japan, “Game Pak” Text · Made in Japan, 3 Line Warranty Box · Made in Japan, 4 Line Warranty Box · Made in Japan, Canadian Version · Made in Japan, Players Choice.

Complete in Box (CIB)

Total graded: 64

Variant Pop Grade Breakdown
Made in Japan, 3 Line Warranty Box 10 9.6: 1 · 9.4: 2 · 9.2: 2 · 8.5: 1 · 7.5: 1 · 7.0: 1 · 6.5: 1 · <6.5: 1
Made in Japan, 4 Line Warranty Box 37 9.6: 1 · 9.4: 2 · 9.2: 5 · 9.0: 10 · 8.5: 3 · 8.0: 6 · 7.5: 3 · 7.0: 4 · 6.5: 1 · <6.5: 2
Made in Japan, Canadian Version 3 9.2: 1 · 9.0: 2
Made in Japan, Players Choice 14 9.2: 1 · 9.0: 3 · 8.5: 4 · 8.0: 1 · 7.5: 3 · 7.0: 2

PSA has not graded the following variants in this condition: Made in Japan, “Game Pak” Text · Made in Japan, 1 Line Title - SNS-USA Back · Made in Japan, 2 Line Title - USA-1 Code · Made in Japan, For Display Only Box.

Factory Sealed

Total graded: 127

Sealed summary by variant:

Variant Total Pop Top Numeric Grade Best Seal Grade
Made in Japan, “Game Pak” Text 1 8.0 B+
Made in Japan, 3 Line Warranty Box 11 9.4 A+
Made in Japan, 4 Line Warranty Box 32 9.6 A+
Made in Japan, Canadian Version 2 9.4 A+
Made in Japan, Players Choice 81 9.6 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: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B C+ Total
9.6 5 3 1 9
9.4 6 13 5 1 25
9.2 5 3 2 10
9.0 2 7 4 3 16
8.5 1 8 5 1 15
8.0 2 6 10 6 2 26
7.5 1 2 3 4 10
7.0 2 4 6
6.5 2 2 1 5
<6.5 1 1 2 1 5
Total 17 45 35 19 10 1 127

Per-variant grade × seal matrices

Click any variant to expand its full grade × seal breakdown.

Made in Japan, "Game Pak" Text (1 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 8.0 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade B+ Total
8.0 1 1
Total 1 1
Made in Japan, 3 Line Warranty Box (11 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.4 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A+ A B+ Total
9.4 1 1 2
9.0 2 1 3
8.5 1 1
8.0 2 1 3
6.5 1 1
<6.5 1 1
Total 3 4 4 11
Made in Japan, 4 Line Warranty Box (32 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A+ A B+ B C+ Total
9.6 1 1
9.4 3 3
9.2 1 1 1 3
9.0 2 2 4
8.5 2 1 3
8.0 3 3 6
7.5 1 3 4
7.0 1 3 4
6.5 1 1 2
<6.5 1 1 2
Total 1 14 11 5 1 32
Made in Japan, Canadian Version (2 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.4 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A+ A Total
9.4 1 1 2
Total 1 1 2
Made in Japan, Players Choice (81 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
9.6 5 3 8
9.4 6 11 1 18
9.2 4 2 1 7
9.0 2 7 9
8.5 1 7 3 11
8.0 2 6 5 1 2 16
7.5 1 2 2 1 6
7.0 1 1 2
6.5 2 2
<6.5 2 2
Total 17 40 16 3 5 81

PSA has not graded the following variants in this condition: Made in Japan, 1 Line Title - SNS-USA Back · Made in Japan, 2 Line Title - USA-1 Code · Made in Japan, For Display Only Box.

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).

All 8 PSA-tracked variants share the same PriceCharting prices because PriceCharting indexes at the title level, not the variant level. Variant-specific pricing surfaces on eBay sold-comp data — check the Sealed / CIB / Loose browse links below for variant-aware market signals.

Heritage Graded Sales

Heritage Auctions sold results below are real auction transactions for Super Mario World on Super Nintendo (SNES). 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 (4 Line Warranty First Production) CGC 9.4 A Last sale $68,750 May 24, 2025 1
Factory sealed (4 Line Warranty First Production) VGA 80 Last sale $20,000 Mar 28, 2026 1
Factory sealed (4 Line Warranty First Production) WATA 8.0 A Last sale $18,750 Aug 24, 2024 1
Factory sealed (Canadian Version) CGC 9.2 A $6,250-$10,000 range Aug 23, 2025 2
Factory sealed (4 Line Warranty First Production) WATA 7.5 B Last sale $10,000 Aug 23, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Players Choice) VGA 85+ Last sale $3,500 May 24, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Players Choice) WATA 9.4 A++ $2,750-$3,360 range Aug 24, 2024 2
Factory sealed (Players Choice) VGA 85 Last sale $2,000 Jan 22, 2026 1
Factory sealed (Players Choice) CGC 9.4 A+ Last sale $1,625 Jul 24, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Made in Japan) WATA 9.4 A+ Last sale $360,000 Jul 9, 2021 1
Factory sealed (Made in Japan) WATA 9.4 A Last sale $144,000 Oct 29, 2021 1
Factory sealed (4 Line Warranty First Production) WATA 9.4 A Last sale $125,000 May 25, 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 48 Heritage sale records
Date Sold For Grader / Grade Format Variant Notes Source
May 12, 2026 $209 WATA 7.5 Loose 2 Line Title USA 1 Code Lot 312619-67011
Mar 28, 2026 $20,000 VGA 80 Factory sealed 4 Line Warranty First Production Lot 7452-28044
Jan 22, 2026 $2,000 VGA 85 Factory sealed Players Choice Lot 44343-79059
Oct 30, 2025 $3,000 VGA 75+ Qualified / no seal 4 Line Warranty First Production Lot 44331-80080
Aug 23, 2025 $10,000 CGC 9.2 A Factory sealed Canadian Version Lot 7416-28054
Aug 23, 2025 $10,000 WATA 7.5 B Factory sealed 4 Line Warranty First Production Lot 7416-28053
Aug 23, 2025 $2,250 VGA 80 Qualified / no seal 3 Line Warranty Second Production Lot 7416-28182
Jul 24, 2025 $1,625 CGC 9.4 A+ Factory sealed Players Choice Lot 44318-80095
May 24, 2025 $68,750 CGC 9.4 A Factory sealed 4 Line Warranty First Production Lot 7415-28073
May 24, 2025 $3,500 VGA 85+ Factory sealed Players Choice Lot 7415-28248
May 24, 2025 $2,750 WATA 9.0 CIB 4 Line Warranty First Production Lot 7415-28247
Nov 23, 2024 $6,250 CGC 9.2 A Factory sealed Canadian Version Lot 7382-28052
Aug 24, 2024 $18,750 WATA 8.0 A Factory sealed 4 Line Warranty First Production Lot 7378-28061
Aug 24, 2024 $2,750 WATA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed Players Choice Lot 7378-28170
May 25, 2024 $125,000 WATA 9.4 A Factory sealed 4 Line Warranty First Production Lot 7372-28060
May 25, 2024 $5,250 CGC 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Players Choice Lot 7372-28194
Feb 24, 2024 $4,320 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed Players Choice Lot 7359-28075
Nov 4, 2023 $3,000 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Players Choice Lot 7350-28057
Nov 4, 2023 $1,920 WATA 9.0 CIB 4 Line Warranty First Production Lot 7350-28279
Jul 28, 2023 $3,360 WATA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed Players Choice Lot 7349-28090
Apr 22, 2023 $43,200 CGC 9.4 A Factory sealed Made in Japan 4 Line Warranty Early Production Lot 7307-28099
Apr 22, 2023 $5,040 WATA 9.4 CIB Made in Japan 4 Line Warranty Early Production Lot 7307-28100
Apr 22, 2023 $4,800 CGC 9.6 A+ Factory sealed Players Choice Lot 7307-28101
Apr 22, 2023 $3,360 WATA 9.0 CIB Made in Japan 4 Line Warranty Early Production Lot 7307-28255
Jan 3, 2023 $3,360 WATA 9.0 A++ Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 312301-66063
Nov 4, 2022 $21,600 WATA 9.4 B+ Factory sealed Made in Japan 3 Line Warranty Lot 7290-28107
Nov 4, 2022 $13,800 WATA 8.0 A Factory sealed Made in Japan 4 Line Warranty Lot 7290-28108
Sep 29, 2022 $16,800 WATA 8.0 B+ Factory sealed Made in Japan 3 Line Warranty Lot 44172-80110
Sep 29, 2022 $2,640 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed Lot 44172-80111
Aug 7, 2022 $78,000 WATA 9.0 A Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 7288-28102
Jul 20, 2022 $1,560 WATA 8.0 B Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 312229-68053
Jul 12, 2022 $1,320 WATA 9.4 Display box Lot 312228-67085
Jun 14, 2022 $2,040 WATA 9.0 A Factory sealed PAL Version Lot 312224-67072
Jan 28, 2022 $66,000 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 7284-28080
Jan 18, 2022 $45,600 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 312203-68055
Dec 9, 2021 $114,000 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 44151-79106
Oct 29, 2021 $144,000 WATA 9.4 A Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 7263-28114
Oct 12, 2021 $900 WATA 5.5 CIB Made in Japan Early Production Lot 312141-67041
Jul 9, 2021 $360,000 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 7261-28088
Jun 1, 2021 $4,800 WATA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed Made in Japan Lot 312122-66059
May 4, 2021 $600 WATA 5.5 CIB Made in Japan Early Production Lot 312118-66047
Apr 5, 2021 $4,800 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed Lot 7242-97134
Mar 9, 2021 $7,200 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed Lot 312110-67053
Jan 17, 2021 $50,400 WATA 9.0 B+ Factory sealed Made in Japan No Warranty Lot 7239-93032
Nov 22, 2020 $8,400 WATA 5.5 A+ Factory sealed Standard Release Early Production Lot 7236-97156
Jul 12, 2020 $1,440 WATA 9.2 A Factory sealed Lot 7231-97150
Jun 15, 2020 $192 WATA 6.5 CIB Imp Manual Lot 122024-15769
Jan 13, 2019 $49 WATA 7.5 Loose Lot 121902-12217

Listings

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

Why Super Mario World Matters for Grading

Super Mario World is one of the more heavily-graded Super Nintendo (SNES) titles, with 198 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-to-loose price ratio is roughly 157× — sealed copies trade at $3,022 while loose carts move around $19. That spread means a fresh sealed find is the move; raw cart flips have thinner margins after grading fees. Because PSA tracks 8 variants separately, production-code identification matters before submission. The pop-by-variant breakdown above tells you which variant is the rarer find.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Super Mario World Super Nintendo (SNES) worth grading?

Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (127) outweighs CIB and loose for Super Mario World, 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 Super Mario World?

PSA tracks 127 graded sealed copies of Super Mario World for Super Nintendo (SNES). 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 Super Mario World?

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 Super Mario World?

PSA recognizes 8 distinct production variants of Super Mario World on Super Nintendo (SNES). Variants reflect real production differences — different factories (Made in Japan vs Made in Mexico), packaging die changes, ESRB-rating retrofits added partway through the console’s life, or Players Choice reissues from later runs. Collectors price them differently because rarity diverges, and PSA tracks each on its own population row so the data reflects the real market structure.

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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