Nintendo Selects

In North America and Europe, Nintendo introduced the label on May 20, 1996, as "Player's Choice" both for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and for the Game Boy to distinguish titles that had sold over one million copies. As of 2014, recommended retail prices are £19.99 in the United Kingdom, US$19.99 in the United States, CDN$19.99 in Canada, A$49.95 in Australia and €29.99 throughout the Eurozone. Nintendo's "Player's Choice" range concept is similar to 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 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 the right hand side of a Nintendo 64 box or on the top of a GameCube box. Super Nintendo games had the "Super Nintendo Entertainment System" wordmark written in gold (instead of the usual red) on the box, along with a "Player's Choice" seal.[1]

The Player's Choice line was introduced for GameCube titles in January 2003.[2] The first titles were Super Smash Bros. Melee, Pikmin, and Luigi's Mansion, and they each retailed for US$29.99. Later in the year, when 6 new titles were added, Nintendo split the pricing for different sets of GameCube games, so that some titles would enter in or stay at US$29.99 while others would be reduced immediately to US$19.99.[3]

In April 2006, the "Player's Choice" was applied to Game Boy Advance games, which sell for $19.99 in the United States.[4]

The Player's Choice label was renamed Nintendo Selects on May 15, 2011.[5] The first Wii games added were The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Mario Super Sluggers and Wii Sports. The New Play Control! version of Pikmin 2 debuted in North America as a Nintendo Selects title, alongside New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis.[6]

On February 28, 2013, Nintendo announced that the UK would receive two new Nintendo Selects games: Mario Party 8 and Wii Sports Resort.[7] These launches coincided with the Wii Mini launch, on March 22, 2013.[8] On October 22, 2013, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Super Mario Galaxy, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort were announced for the new Nintendo Selects Australian line, priced at AU$49.95 and NZ$59.95 with the release date of November 7, 2013.[9]

On September 28, 2015, Nintendo of Europe announced a Nintendo Selects range of games for the Nintendo 3DS.[10] The label was then expanded to the Wii U alongside select Wii and Nintendo 3DS titles in Canada, released on March 11, 2016, priced at CA$29.99.[11] On March 10, 2016, a range of Nintendo Selects were announced for release on April 15, 2016 in Europe.[12]

Minna no Susume Selection (for Japan):

PAL-exclusive Player's Choice titles:

Due to the use of a more expensive cartridge-based format, all N64 Player's Choice titles retailed for $39.95[13] in the United States and $49.99[14] in Canada.

Satellaview-exclusive Player's Choice Classic SoundLink games:

• BS Zelda no Densetsu[17]
• BS Sim City Machi Tsukuri Taikai Scenario 4 (ＢＳ ＳｉｍＣｉｔｙ 街作り大会 シナリオ４)
• BS Shin Onigashima (Dai 1 Wa) (ＢＳ新・鬼ヶ島(第１話))
• SatellaWalker: Satebô wo Sukui Dase! (サテラウォーカー 「サテ坊を救い出せ！」)

• Mario Golf
• Mario Tennis
• Super Mario Bros. Deluxe