Player's Choice
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- This article is about the series of video games; for the retail chain see Player's Choice Video Games.
Player's Choice is a marketing label utilized by Nintendo to promote video games on Nintendo game consoles which have sold a million copies or more; Player's Choice 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") to promote best-selling games on their consoles as well.
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[edit] Background
In the United States, Nintendo introduced the label in 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and has since applied it for titles on the Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance to distinguish titles that have sold over one million copies. The label is also applied to Nintendo GameCube games that sell more than 250,000 copies.[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 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 GameCube box.
The Player's Choice line was introduced for GameCube titles in January of 2003.[2] 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.[3]
In April 2006, the Player's Choice was applied to Game Boy Advance games and, in the United States, sell for $19.99.[4]
Similar to PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits and Xbox Platinum Hits, it is a common practice to release a slightly newer version of the game itself. These re-releases contain minor edits to the game code, fixing serious bugs and glitches that were initially missed.
[edit] Player's Choice titles
[edit] Nintendo GameCube
PAL-exclusive Player's Choice titles:
- Madden NFL 2003
- Madden NFL 2004
- Madden NFL 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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[edit] Game Boy
[edit] Game Boy Advance
[edit] References
- ^ http://games.ign.com/articles/453/453311p1.html
- ^ Giancarlo Varanini. "Nintendo revives Player's Choice", GameSpot, 2003-01-23. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
- ^ Justin Calvert. "Nintendo Player's Choice range grows", GameSpot, 2003-09-09. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
- ^ http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/721/721379p1.html
