Nintendo Selects

Nintendo Selects

Nintendo Selects (formerly Player's Choice) is a marketing label used by Nintendo to promote video games on Nintendo game consoles which have sold well; Nintendo Selects titles are sold at a lower price point than other games. Similar labels have been applied by Sega ("Sega All Stars"), Sony (the "Greatest Hits" and "Platinum range"), and Microsoft ("Platinum Hits" and "Xbox Classics") to promote best-selling games on their consoles as well.

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Background

In the United States and Europe, Nintendo introduced the label in 1996 as Player's Choice for both the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy to distinguish titles that have sold over one million copies. Current recommended retail prices are £19.99 in the United Kingdom, USD$19.99 in the United States, CDN$29.99 in Canada, AUD$49.95 in Australia and €29.99 throughout the Eurozone. The Player's Choice range concept was copied in the form of the "Greatest Hits" line (known as the Platinum range in PAL regions) on Sony consoles, the "Platinum Hits" (Xbox Classics in Europe) line on the Xbox, and the "Sega All Stars" line on the Dreamcast.

American NTSC Player's Choice games can be identified on the Nintendo 64 by the yellow background of the N64 logo in the upper right corner of the game box. On the Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance, games are marked in a yellow box on the top of the case. PAL region Player's Choice games have boxes that are colored silver or platinum with Player's Choice markings on right hand side of a Nintendo 64 box or on the top of a Nintendo GameCube box. Super Nintendo games had the words "Super Nintendo Entertainment System" written in gold (instead of the usual red) on the box, along with a "Player's Choice" seal.

The Player's Choice line was introduced for Nintendo GameCube titles in January 2003.[1] The first titles were Super Smash Bros. Melee, Pikmin, and Luigi's Mansion, and they each retailed for $29.99. Later in the year, when 6 new titles were added, Nintendo split the pricing for different sets of GCN games, so that some titles would enter in or stay at U.S.$29.99 while others would be reduced immediately to U.S.$19.99.[2]

In April 2006, the Player's Choice was applied to Game Boy Advance games and, in the United States, sell for $19.99.[3]

The Player's Choice label was then rebranded Nintendo Selects on May 15, 2011.[4] The first Wii games added were The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Mario Super Sluggers and Wii Sports.

Titles

Wii

Nintendo GameCube


PAL-exclusive Player's Choice titles:

Nintendo 64

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Due to the use of a more expensive cartridge-based format, all N64 Player's Choice titles retailed for $39.95 each in North America.

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

PAL-exclusive Nintendo Classics titles:

Game Boy Advance

Game Boy

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References

  1. ^ Varanini, Giancarlo (2003-01-23). "Nintendo revives Player's Choice". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/supersmashbrosmelee/news.html?sid=2909524. Retrieved 2007-07-19. 
  2. ^ Calvert, Justin (2003-09-09). "Nintendo Player's Choice range grows". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/starfoxadventures/news.html?sid=6074802. Retrieved 2007-07-19. 
  3. ^ Harris, Craig (2006-07-27). "Player's Choice, Roun Two". IGN.com. http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/721/721379p1.html. Retrieved 2011-06-19. 
  4. ^ Reilly, Jim (2011-05-04). "Nintendo Confirms Wii Price Cut". IGN. http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1165963p1.html. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 

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