The continuing battle between Cory in the House and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to resolve which can finally be topped the highest user-rated recreation on Metacritic rages on, however an unexpected consequence of the battle is that secondhand copies of the Nintendo DS Disney recreation are skyrocketing in value in on-line marketplaces.
As Kotaku first reported on Tuesday, one thing unusual was brewing over on Reddit: a seemingly natural marketing campaign to get the long-memed 2008 Nintendo DS recreation Cory within the Home to the highest of Metacritic’s user-rated rankings, unseating 2025’s Recreation of the Yr. After I initially reported on the story, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the present top-ranked user-rated recreation on the platform, had simply dipped from a 9.6 to a 9.5. Cory within the Home had simply risen from 9.3 to 9.4. The meme was about to change into a actuality.
Since then, issues have concurrently modified drastically and in addition in some way stayed precisely the identical. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues to be clinging on to a 9.5 ranking, however Cory within the Home is again right down to a 9.3. The large change is within the variety of rankings on Metacritic. I made a notice on the thirteenth that the PS5 model of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had roughly 23,351 rankings. Now it has 23,654 consumer rankings. Alternatively, Cory within the Home had roughly 2,400 rankings on the identical date. Now that’s climbed as much as whopping 4,666 user ratings. Truly, by no means thoughts, I typed that after which instantly refreshed the web page. Now it’s as much as 4,684.
On account of customers flooding metacritic & pushing the sport to the #2 spot of all time, sealed copies of Cory In The Home have skyrocketed by greater than 3000% previously 2 weeks. pic.twitter.com/nlVkLGWP0V
— Resell Information 💸 (@resellnews) January 15, 2026
The purpose is, the main target is much less on review-bombing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, as some had assumed, and extra on reverse review-bombing Cory within the Home. That additionally in all probability goes a way towards explaining the latest meme-fueled value will increase for bodily copies of the Nintendo DS recreation on eBay. The primary author to identify this story appears to have been Cllct’s Will Stern. They famous {that a} copy of the sport had bought for $199 on eBay on January 14. Since then, Resell News observed that costs had shot up by “more than 3000% in the past 2 weeks,” with some ongoing auctions reaching bids of as much as $721.00.
That was yesterday. Since then, one copy has been efficiently bought for $299.00, and one other has bought for $399.97. One dreamer has additionally put a replica up for a Purchase It Now value of $1,704.83, however fortunately, no one has been silly sufficient to take them up on that deal. That $721.00 public sale nonetheless hasn’t moved, however the bidding doesn’t shut till January 22. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see if these costs proceed to extend if and when Cory within the Home manages to lastly dethrone Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Metacritic. Oh, and in case you have been curious, it’s as much as 4,697 consumer evaluations now.
