Player's Choice: Difference between revisions

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'''{{wp|Nintendo Selects#1996–2010: Player's Choice|Player's Choice}}''' was a marketing label on select [[Nintendo]] games that had sold a certain number of units, originally one million copies before being reduced to 250,000 copies for the [[Nintendo GameCube]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070219174653/http://games.ign.com/articles/453/453311p1.html</ref> The label was introduced on May 20, 1996.<ref>May 16, 1996. [http://web.archive.org/web/19961222152530fw_/http://www.nintendo.com/newsroom/pr/051696f.html Nintendo Introduces Players Choice Games]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved March 17, 2021.</ref> Player's Choice games were also sold at a lower price point, typically $19.99, lower than the default $49.99. A lot of the more popular games of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] have earned the Player's Choice title. The [[Nintendo Selects]] label is the successor to Player's Choice, likely discontinuing Player's Choice on May 15, 2011.<ref>Reilly, Jim (May 4, 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111017084546/http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1165963p1.html Nintendo Confirms Wii Price Cut]. ''IGN''. Retrieved May 4, 2023. Archived from [https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/05/04/nintendo-confirms-wii-price-cut the original].</ref>

==List of Player's Choice ''Super Mario'' titles by system==

DKC PC Cover.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''<ref name=PCNINSITE2/>

DKC2 PC Cover.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''<ref name=PCNINSITE2/>

DKC3 Cover.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''<ref name=PCNINSITE2/>

MarioPaintPCBox.jpg|''[[Mario Paint]]''<ref name=PCNSITE1/>

SMAS PC Cover.jpg|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''<ref name=PCNINSITE2/>

SMK Player's Choice Box Cover.jpg|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''<ref name=PCNINSITE2/>

SMW PC Cover.jpg|''[[Super Mario World]]''<ref name=PCNINSITE2/>

DKL2 Player's Choice cover art.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''<ref name=PCNINSITE2/>

Nocoverart.png|''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''<ref name=PCNINSITE2>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010611013948/http://www.nintendo.com/games/players_choice.jsp?page=2]</ref>

Gameboy Dr Mario Players Choice Cover.jpg|''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]''<ref name=PCNINSITE2/>

Nocoverart.png|''[[Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)|Mario Golf]]{{ref needed}}

Nocoverart.png|''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]{{ref needed}}

Nocoverart.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]{{ref needed}}

DKRAUNZFrontPC.jpg|''Diddy Kong Racing'' (Australia and New Zealand)

DK64 PC Cover.png|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''<ref name=PCNSITE1>[http://web.archive.org/web/20021222092959/http://www.nintendo.com/games/players_choice.jsp?page=1]</ref>

StatesMK64pchoice.png|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''<ref name=PCNSITE1/>

SM64 PC Cover.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<ref name=PCNSITE1/>

SM64NAFrontPCALT.jpg|''Super Mario 64'' (with Everyone rating)

SM64NAFrontPCALT2.jpg|''Super Mario 64'' (alternate)

SM64EUFrontPC.jpg|''Super Mario 64'' (European)

SM64AUNZFrontPC.jpg|''Super Mario 64'' (Australia and New Zealand)

StatesSSBpchoice.jpg|''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''<ref name=PCNSITE1/>

Yoshi's Story PC Box.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''<ref name=PCNSITE1/>

LM PC Cover.jpg|''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''<ref name=PCNINTENDOSITE>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030416020642/http://www.nintendo.com/games/players_choice.jsp]</ref>

SSBM PC US Cover.jpg|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''<ref name=PCNINTENDOSITE/>

Nocoverart.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]{{Ref needed}}