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'Nintendo Selects' a slightly different set of games for Europe

by JC Fletcher on May 5th 2011 9:35AM

Nintendo's new Mario Kart Wii pack is coming to Europe on May 20, at a "reduced trade price" around £129/€150.

The budget "Nintendo Selects" line will launch in Europe the same day, featuring a slightly different lineup from the American version: Wii Sports, Animal Crossing: City Folk (under the overlong European title Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City), Mario Strikers Charged, and WarioWare Smooth Moves. Mario Super Sluggers isn't part of the series because it was never released in Europe!

Source: Nintendo

Tags: animal-crossing-city-folk, europe, mario-kart-wii, mario-strikers-charged, nintendo, nintendo-selects, price-cut, WarioWare-Smooth-Moves, wii, wii-sports

Reader Comments (27)

I wouldn't mind rebuying Mario Strikers Charged for $20 here. It was a good game that just needed to rebalanced to be able to score effectively without using the super shot. The Gamecube one was better in certain ways but the Wii one had some good stuff. Maybe the Wii2 will have a version that takes the best of both versions.

I don't understand why companies feel the need to give these re-releases ("Sony Greatest Hits", "Xbox 360 Classics", "Nintendo Selects") such shitty box designs. Why can't they just put removable stickers on the boxes saying "Discounted Edition" or whatever? Changes in box designs has discouraged me from buying new, discounted copies of games countless times. I simply will not have that ugly crap on my shelf if it's possible to get a copy with the original design (which usually means a pre-owned copy, which means no money for you, video game publishers).

@Icemael Who gives a shit?

@Icemael

Like the NEOGaf Criterion collection?

Om nom nom nom nom.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357454

@Icemael Pretty much for the reason you describe. In the publisher's mind, people who aren't willing to pay full price for the product deserve to be punished by ugly game art redesigns.

@Icemael I agree with you 100%. My OCD won't allow me to buy Greatest Hits versions of games unless its just a sticker. I'd imagine the art changes cost more than just leaving it the way it is.

@Icemael I actually go FOR Greatest Hits versions, since they're the most recent iterations. And, for some games, there's updates in later prints (see: Metroid Prime, SSB Melee).

@Icemael

Amen.

A million times, amen.

@Icemael

BAWWWWWWWWWWW

@Icemael

Really? You can't figure this one out on your own? It's because nobody* will notice that the game is discounted or a GOTY/player's choice** if it's not brought to their attention.

Just buy the discount version and spend a twentieth of the savings on a high-quality print of alternate box art, if it's such a big deal.

*Not nobody, but - surprise - a lot of consumers don't follow gaming news closely. These people have to be marketed to.

**Regardless of whether or not it's the game of the year or any players have actually chosen it.

@(Unverified)

Icemeal gives a shit! And me!

@Icemael

I think I read somewhere that it Box Art is reversible with the original art on the inside

@Icemael

If you are not willing to support great developers but instead choose to buy games 2nd hand you are hurting everyone that did purchase this game from the retailer.

I hope you got up voted for comment about packaging not for screaming that are not willing to pay DEVELOPER for HARD WORK they put into the game you love to play so much.

Sorry Nintendo. Too little, too late.

@Mrguy you know that guy

Did that make you feel better?

@GrayHero Nope. Not until E3.

No effing fair! You guys can have the backwards port of a GameCube game*, and I'll take a cheaper copy of Smooth Moves!

*Not a hit against TP itself, but SS will be the first full-fledged Wii Zelda. Too bad it's hard to find TP GCN copies cheap.

@TJF588

Smooth Moves is a pretty f*cking awesome game.

I'm a little blown that it isn't included in the initial U.S. line-up (WiiSports? Seriously? Ugh...).

Whatever, though. My local GameStop sells used copies of Smooth Moves for $19.99, which is what these budget games are being released for, anyhow.

Which is a far cry from the full fifty dollars Twilight Princess is going for...

@(Unverified)

But doesn't every single dumb American lemming consumer already own WiiSports?...

Anybody interested in WiiSports owns it by now, especially considering it's been packed-in with every single Wii for the last five years.

@(Unverified)

Are lemmings known for gobbling?

I would much rather have a cheaper Animal Crossing than any of the Greatest Hits that we are getting.

Animal Crossing: City Folk is a Nintendo Select in North America as well as Europe.

Wii Sports comes with the console?... Am I missing something here?

@den69 Not anymore. The new $150 package includes Mario Kart Wii (and the Wii Wheel) with the system instead of Wii Sports.

Yes, you are.

Wii Sports isn't a pack-in anymore, it's being replaced with Mario Kart Wii. This is really for people who buy their Wii after the fact, or less likely for people who lost their WiiSports disc.

For new Wii owners, the European selections sort of pale in comparison to the US ones... but for long-time Wii owners, much nicer.

I mean, at this point in time, who still doesn't have a copy of Brawl or TP?

'Let's Go to the City' sounds like it's probably a literal translation of the Japanese subtitle. Of course, I say this without bothering to check what the Japanese subtitle actually was, so could be completely wrong.

Anyhow, good to see some game markdowns. A few more wouldn't hurt... (Mario Galaxy 1?)

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