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Nintendo Selects (formerly Player's Choice) is a collection of video games released on Nintendo consoles that have sold well and have been re-released at a cheaper price than they were at full retail.
History
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.
The Player's Choice line was introduced for Nintendo GameCube titles in January 2003. 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.
In April 2006, the Player's Choice was applied to Game Boy Advance games and, in the United States, sell for $19.99.
The Player's Choice label was then rebranded Nintendo Selects on May 15, 2011. The first Wii games added were The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Mario Super Sluggers and Wii Sports.
List of games
Note that these are dates are when they got changed to the Nintendo Selects line rather than the original release of the game.
Wii
|
Title |
Publisher | North America | Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo | May 15, 2011 | May 20, 2011 | |
| Ubisoft | – | September 15, 2011 | |
| Mario Super Sluggers | Nintendo | May 15, 2011 | – |
| Mario Strikers Charged | Nintendo | August 28, 2011 | May 20, 2011 |
| New Play Control! Pikmin 2 | Nintendo | June 10, 2012 | – |
| Nintendo | August 28, 2011 | – | |
| Ubisoft | – | September 15, 2011 | |
| Ubisoft | – | September 15, 2011 | |
| Ubisoft | – | September 15, 2011 | |
| Ubisoft | – | September 15, 2011 | |
| Ubisoft | – | September 15, 2011 | |
| Ubisoft | – | September 15, 2011 | |
| Super Mario Galaxy | Nintendo | August 28, 2011 | September 16, 2011 |
| Super Paper Mario | Nintendo | August 28, 2011 | – |
| The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Nintendo | September 15, 2011 | September 16, 2011 |
| WarioWare: Smooth Moves | Nintendo | – | May 20, 2011 |
| Nintendo | – | May 20, 2011 |
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
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
Game Boy Advance
| Title | Publisher | North America | Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | Nintendo | April 2, 2006 | – |
| Super Mario Advance | Nintendo | April 2, 2006 | – |
| Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | Nintendo | April 2, 2006 | – |
| Mario Kart: Super Circuit | Nintendo | September 25, 2006 | – |
| Pokémon FireRed Version | Nintendo | September 25, 2006 | – |
| Pokémon LeafGreen Version | Nintendo | September 25, 2006 | – |
| Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 | Nintendo | September 25, 2006 | – |
| The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords | Nintendo | September 25, 2006 | – |