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Nintendo Selects was 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.
The Nintendo Selects range ended with the Wii U and 3DS, no Switch games have been rebranded as Nintendo Selects. Instead, Nintendo discounts them during the year.
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 the price at $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.
The first 3DS titles were added to the label in October 2015 in Europe though North America wouldn't get new ones until June 2016. The first Wii U titles were added around a similar time in March 2016 for North America and April 2016 in Europe. The line was introduced in Japan in 2017 as the Happy Price Selection.
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[]
- For the Japanese equivalent to Nintendo Selects for the Wii, see Everybody's Recommended Selection.
Title | North America | Europe | Australia | South Korea |
---|---|---|---|---|
Animal Crossing: City Folk | 2011 | May 15,2011 | May 20,Unreleased | 2014 | August 28,
Avatar: The Game | Unreleased | 2011 | September 15,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Donkey Kong Country Returns | 2016 | March 11,2013 | October 18,2015 | August 27,Unreleased |
Kirby's Epic Yarn | Unreleased | Unreleased | Unreleased | 2015 | April 23,
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | 2011 | May 15,2011 | September 16,2013 | November 7,2015 | August 6,
Mario Kart Wii | Unreleased | 2013 | October 18,2013 | November 7,2014 | August 28,
Mario Party 8 | Unreleased | 2013 | March 22,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Mario Party 9 | Unreleased | 2014 | November 6,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Mario Power Tennis | 2012 | June 10,2012 | June 22,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Mario Strikers Charged | 2011 | August 28,2011 | May 20,Unreleased | 2014 | August 28,
Mario Super Sluggers | 2011 | May 15,Unreleased | Unreleased | Unreleased |
My Fitness Coach | Unreleased | 2011 | September 15,Unreleased | Unreleased |
New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Unreleased | 2014 | June 13,2015 | August 27,Unreleased |
Pikmin 2 | 2012 | June 10,Unreleased | Unreleased | Unreleased |
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure | Unreleased | 2013 | October 18,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Punch-Out!! | 2011 | August 28,Unreleased | Unreleased | Unreleased |
Rayman Raving Rabbids | Unreleased | 2011 | September 15,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 | Unreleased | 2011 | September 15,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party | Unreleased | 2011 | September 15,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Red Steel | Unreleased | 2011 | September 15,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip | Unreleased | 2011 | September 15,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Sports Party | Unreleased | 2011 | September 15,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition | 2016 | March 11,Unreleased | Unreleased | Unreleased |
Super Mario Galaxy | 2011 | August 28,2011 | September 16,2013 | November 7,2015 | April 23,
Super Mario Galaxy 2 | 2016 | March 11,2014 | June 13,2015 | August 27,Unreleased |
Super Paper Mario | 2011 | August 28,2012 | June 22,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Unreleased | 2013 | October 18,2013 | November 7,2014 | November 6,
WarioWare: Smooth Moves | Unreleased | 2011 | May 20,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Wii Party | Unreleased | 2014 | June 13,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Wii Sports | 2011 | May 15,2011 | May 20,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort | Unreleased | Unreleased | 2013 | November 7,2014 | November 6,
Wii Sports Resort | Unreleased | 2013 | March 22,Unreleased | Unreleased |
Wii U[]
Title | North America | Europe | Australia |
---|---|---|---|
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | Unreleased | 2016 | September 30,Unreleased |
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | 2016 | March 11,2016 | April 15,2016 | December 1,
FAST Racing NEO | Unreleased | 2016 | September 30,2016 | October 1,
Just Dance 2015 | 2016 | Unreleased | Unreleased |
Lego City Undercover | 2016 | August 26,2016 | April 15,2016 | May 8,
Mario Party 10 | Unreleased | 2016 | September 30,Unreleased |
NES Remix Pack | 2016 | March 11,Unreleased | Unreleased |
New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U | Unreleased | 2016 | April 15,2016 | May 8,
Nintendo Land | 2016 | August 26,2016 | April 15,2016 | May 8,
Pikmin 3 | 2016 | March 11,2016 | September 30,2016 | December 1,
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed | 2017 | August 20,Unreleased | Unreleased |
SteamWorld Collection | Unreleased | 2016 | September 30,2016 | October 1,
Super Mario 3D World | 2016 | March 11,2016 | September 30,Unreleased |
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD | 2016 | August 26,2016 | April 15,Unreleased |
Wii Party U | Unreleased | 2016 | April 15,2016 | May 8,
Nintendo 3DS[]
- For the Japanese equivalent to Nintendo Selects for the 3DS, see Happy Price Selection.
See also[]
- Player's Choice
- Everybody's Recommended Selection
- Happy Price Selection