Nintendo Selects
- This article is about the series of video games, for the retail chain see Player's Choice Video Games.
A Player's Choice game is a video game released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance, or Nintendo GameCube that has sold many copies (over a million copies, except GameCube titles, which require only 250,000 copies to be included [1]). It is unknown whether any Wii or Nintendo DS games will be designated as Player's Choice titles in the future.
When a game becomes a Player's Choice title, it is sold at a lower price, which, at current recommended retail prices, is £19.99 in the United Kingdom, $19.99 in the United States, $29.99 in Canada, $49.95 in Australia and €29.99 throughout the Eurozone. The Player's Choice range concept has been borrowed to create 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 Sega 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 GameCube, games are marked in a yellow box on the top of the case. PAL 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 GameCube box.
The Player's Choice line was introduced for GameCube titles in January of 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.[2]
Unlike PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits and the Xbox Platinum Hits, the only thing that is altered in the package is the box insert.
Player's Choice facts
The publisher to get the most Player's Choice awards is Nintendo with 22 Player's Choice titles respectively. These include Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Wario World, Kirby Air Ride, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing, Super Mario Sunshine, F-Zero GX, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Star Fox Adventures, Star Fox Assault, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Pikmin 2, and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures for the GameCube. The Game Boy Advance Player's Choice includes The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords, Super Mario Advance, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, and Pokemon FireRed, and Pokemon LeafGreen respectively.
Player's Choice titles
Nintendo GameCube
Europe-exclusive Player's Choice titles:
- Madden 2003
- Madden 2004
- Madden 2005
- Mario Party 4
- Mario Party 5
- Mario Party 6
- Mario Party 7
- Mario Power Tennis
- Mario Superstar Baseball
- Mortal Kombat: Deception
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
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, roughly double the price of comparable Greatest Hits releases for the original Sony PlayStation at $19.99 each.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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Game Boy
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Game Boy Advance
See also
- Sony Greatest Hits and Platinum titles, a similar distinction for Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games in the U.S. and PAL markets, respectively
- Platinum Hits, the best-selling and reduced retail Xbox game
References
- ^ Giancarlo Varanini (2003-01-23). "Nintendo revives Player's Choice". GameSpot. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Justin Calvert (2003-09-09). "Nintendo Player's Choice range grows". GameSpot. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
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