Nintendo DS
Final Fantasy III
4.8· 1400+ reviews on Marktplaats+ NZ$81.95 shipping · total NZ$147.89
Margin scheme (Dutch law) — VAT not itemised.
Condition
Used — good condition
May show light signs of use — a well-kept copy
One of a kind — only reserved at checkout
30-day working guarantee · personally tested
Make an offer Price not right? You’ll hear straight away what’s possibleShipping NZ$81.95 — your parcel leaves the Netherlands.
Order more than one and you share the shipping: a second game rides along free.
Orders up to NZ$1,000 are not charged GST or duty at the border (Customs may apply a small levy of a few dollars). Above NZ$1,000, New Zealand Customs charges 15% GST (plus duty where it applies) and an import entry fee before delivery — none of it is included in the price at checkout.
Crossing the border costs you more and takes longer. That you accept that anyway means a great deal to me.
Credit card & PayPal · secure checkout · 30-day returns
The price you see is the price you are charged, in New Zealand dollars — our prices follow the ECB exchange rate at a fixed shop rate. Card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express), PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay all work, and your bank converts nothing.
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One tap — your question is sent right away
- 100% original Nintendo — authenticity check on every item
- Personally tested — cartridge cleaned and tested on original hardware before shipping
- Shipped from the Netherlands with PostNL tracking — no GST or duty on orders up to NZ$1,000
- 30-day returns — send it back tracked, we sort it out together
Specifications
- Platform
- Nintendo DS
- Release year
- 2006
- Developer
- Square Enix
- Condition
- Used — good condition
- Contents
- Cartridge only (no box)
- Region
- NTSC-U
- Language
- English
- Genre
- RPG
Shipping to New Zealand
- Small parcel (1-3 games), tracked
- NZ$81.95
- Parcel (console / 4+ items), tracked
- NZ$139.98
- Delivery time
- 8-14 working days
We ship from the Netherlands: your parcel crosses the world, so it takes longer and costs more than a domestic delivery. Orders up to NZ$1,000 are not charged GST or duty at the border (Customs may apply a small levy of a few dollars); above NZ$1,000, New Zealand Customs charges 15% GST (plus duty where it applies) and an import entry fee before delivery — none of it is included in the price at checkout.
On a New Zealand console: Nintendo DS games have no region lock, so this US (NTSC-U) edition plays on your Nintendo DS.
New Zealand is outside the EU. Orders up to NZ$1,000 are not charged GST or duty at the border: we are not registered for New Zealand GST, so nothing is added — Customs may only apply a small import levy of a few dollars per consignment. Above NZ$1,000, New Zealand Customs charges 15% GST (plus duty where it applies) and an import entry fee, collected before delivery. None of this is included in the price at checkout. You pay in New Zealand dollars — Credit card or PayPal. The amount at checkout is what your card or PayPal is charged, at our fixed shop rate; your bank converts nothing.
Why does shipping abroad cost this much?
Inside the Netherlands a single game fits through the letterbox — NZ$8.81, tracking included. That service stops at the border. Anything leaving the country goes with PostNL as an international parcel, which is a different and considerably more expensive service. That is where the NZ$81.95 comes from: the border itself is not what costs money, the cheap service simply ends there.
That amount covers the PostNL rate to your country plus the packaging: bubble mailer or box, an antistatic sleeve for the cartridge, and tape. We never drop the tracking — on a parcel that crosses a border, shipping without proof of delivery is a risk for both of us.
Without you there would be nothing to grow. Every order that comes in here is the reason this shop can get bigger — and the reason I can keep doing this.
LLenn · Gameshop Enter
About this product
Final Fantasy III for Nintendo DS — original Nintendo retro, personally checked.
The 3D remake of the NES classic on Nintendo DS. The iconic job system that lets you freely retrain your characters.
Cartridge cleaned and tested on original hardware, ready to play.
The Nintendo DS came out in 2004: dual screen, touchscreen and microphone — over 154 million sold worldwide. On the original cartridge the game runs the way it was meant to — and keeps working for years to come.
Who is this for? Anyone who would rather play on a real Nintendo DS than in an emulator — collectors who want the original in their hands, and players who simply want that feeling back.
Nintendo DS games have no region lock, so this US (NTSC-U) edition plays on your Nintendo DS. Every item passes our authenticity check (shell, board, Nintendo markings) and a function test — you're buying 100% original Nintendo.
Shipped from the Netherlands with PostNL tracking to New Zealand: from NZ$81.95; no GST or duty on orders up to NZ$1,000. 30-day returns.
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Seen it cheaper elsewhere?
For most titles there’s also a private listing online, sometimes a few euros cheaper. The difference isn’t in the title, but in the copy itself and in everything around it.
- Does it work?
- Here: Has been running here — save and label checked — before it went online.
- Private seller: ‘Works’ in the photo. You test it yourself, after buying.
- Is it genuine?
- Here: Label, product code on the back, colour and shape of the card, and booting. A reproduction doesn’t get through.
- Private seller: Fakes are a plague with Pokémon and GBA games, and in a photo you can’t tell the difference.
- If it disappoints?
- Here: 30-day cooling-off period, and a 30-day warranty that it works.
- Private seller: No right of withdrawal: consumer law doesn’t apply between private individuals. Buyer protection only covers the first 48 hours after delivery; after that you’re on your own.
- Who’s behind it?
- Here: One person, who has held this game personally and answers your question personally.
- Private seller: Varies per listing.
Why you still remember this
Fifty hours that felt like a summer
You read every text box, you gave everyone in your party a role in your head, and there was a scene where you sat still for a moment because you didn’t know a game could do that to you. You still remember where you were when you finished it.
One copy, this copy. For games like this, the original cartridge is the only way to get that old save feeling back — including the chip your progress is stored on.
Compatibility — Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS cartridges (NDS slot) are region-free and work on the whole DS family and on every 3DS and 2DS.
Import version
This is the American (NTSC-U) release. Nintendo DS games are region-free, so this copy works normally on your European console — only the box and manual are from the American release.
| Console | Works? |
|---|---|
| Nintendo DS (original "Phat") | Yes |
| Nintendo DS Lite | Yes |
| Nintendo DSi | Yes |
| Nintendo DSi XL | Yes |
| Nintendo 3DS | Yes |
| Nintendo 3DS XL | Yes |
| Nintendo 2DS | Yes |
| New Nintendo 3DS / 3DS XL | Yes |
| New Nintendo 2DS XL | Yes |
- Nintendo DS (original "Phat"): Slot-1 cartridge + Slot-2 GBA possible
- Nintendo DS Lite: Slot-1 + Slot-2 GBA
- Nintendo DSi: Slot-1 only — no Slot-2 GBA any more
- Nintendo DSi XL: Slot-1 only
- Nintendo 3DS: Backwards compatible via Slot-1
- Nintendo 3DS XL: Backwards compatible
- Nintendo 2DS: Fully backwards compatible (DS + 3DS)
- New Nintendo 3DS / 3DS XL: Backwards compatible
- New Nintendo 2DS XL: Backwards compatible
Please note
- •DS cartridges are region-free — a European cartridge works fine on a Japanese or American DS console. The one exception: the DSi-enhanced cards (Pokémon Black/White and Black 2/White 2) are tied to their own region on a DSi, 3DS or 2DS; on a DS or DS Lite those play anywhere too.
- •From the DSi onwards the GBA slot (Slot-2) is gone — DS games still work, GBA games no longer do.
How we test Nintendo DS games for authenticity
DS cartridges (2004-2014) are a target for counterfeiters, especially Pokémon titles (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Black/White 2). We go through these five steps. Every Nintendo DS game in our shop goes through this five-step check before it is sold.
- 1
Glued shell — no screw
DS game cards are glued and clipped, not screwed. A screw in a DS game card is actually suspicious — it points to an opened or counterfeit cartridge. Normal size: 35×33 mm. Fakes sometimes have slightly different dimensions.
- 2
Product code NTR-XXXX
On the back: NTR- prefix (Nitro, the codename of the DS). NTR-IPKP-EUR = HeartGold EU, NTR-IPGP-EUR = SoulSilver EU; the American releases end in E-USA. A label-code mismatch = fake.
- 3
Label print and card colour
Sharp, slightly matte print; the card colour belongs to the title — standard dark grey, HeartGold and SoulSilver black with an infrared window, DSi-enhanced titles such as Black and White white. Glossy or blurry print and the wrong colour are the first signs of a counterfeit.
- 4
Back "NTR-005 PAT.PEND" + Nintendo logo
The back of a real DS game card has the moulded inscription "NTR-005 PAT.PEND" and the Nintendo logo. If it is missing, or something else is there, it is a fake.
- 5
Start-up test in a DS Lite or 3DS
The game loads to the title screen within 2 to 3 seconds. Save persistence test (save → eject → reload). Fakes give "save data corrupted" or crash on specific events.
What we see with Nintendo DS games
Our experience
DS cartridges (2004-2014) are counterfeited a lot, especially Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver/Black 2/White 2. We check the NTR product code on the back, the label print and the colour of the card, and start every copy in a DS or 3DS. The save is in flash memory, so there is no battery that can run flat: your progress stays saved for decades.
Our tip
DS cartridges work in all DS systems (DS, DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL) and all 3DS models (3DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS, New 3DS XL, 2DS, New 2DS XL). If you want a bigger screen, look at a DS Lite or a New 3DS XL.
Gameshop Enter — Nintendo authentication
Specialist in original Nintendo cartridges · 7 years of experience verifying cartridges · in Enter (NL) since 2019
About the Nintendo DS
The Nintendo DS (2004) is, with 154 million units sold, Nintendo’s best-selling handheld ever. The platform runs everything on two screens — an ordinary LCD at the top and a touchscreen at the bottom. That dual-screen design made games like Brain Training, Nintendogs and Pokémon HeartGold possible that would not work anywhere else.
- More than 1,800 physical games released — the largest library of any Nintendo handheld.
- Backwards compatible with Game Boy Advance cartridges (original DS and DS Lite, not DSi and 3DS).
- Cartridges are virtually indestructible: flash memory instead of battery saves on most titles.
- Pokémon HeartGold, SoulSilver, Platinum and Diamond/Pearl have become collector’s items — loose cartridges too.
Our tip: With second-hand DS games: check whether the cartridge colour matches the title (standard dark grey; HeartGold and SoulSilver black with an infrared window, DSi-enhanced titles such as Pokémon Black and White white) and the back — a sharply printed Nintendo logo is the first sign that a DS cartridge is original.
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