Post by: RickPowers on May 15, 2003, 09:28:37 PM
NEW VALUE OFFER EXTENDS NINTENDO MOMENTUM
Worldwide Retail Program Combining Nintendo GameCube With New Game Boy Player Opens Vast Game Libraries
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2003 – Nintendo today announces a new worldwide retail offer combining its Nintendo GameCube™ home console with the new Game Boy® Player. The combination allows players to enjoy more than 1,200 Game Boy games on the home TV screen, along with the full library of more than 300 Nintendo GameCube titles.
For a limited time, Nintendo will include Game Boy Player for the regular price of the Nintendo GameCube system. This offer will be available at retail on June 23 for an MSRP of $149.99 in the United States, and on June 20 for €199.99 in Europe.
"This offer builds on the incredible momentum generated by our Game Boy® Advance line, which has already sold 35 million systems worldwide," says Peter MacDougall, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of America. "Once we saw the enthusiastic reception given to the debut of Game Boy Player here on the show floor at the E3 trade show, it was an easy decision to move ahead with our plans to combine these two products."
The Game Boy Player is a platform less than an inch thick, which acts as a base for the Nintendo GameCube. By simply inserting Game Boy cartridges into a slot in the Game Boy Player, consumers can use their Nintendo GameCube controller to direct action on the TV screen.
In North America, Nintendo is riding a wave of momentum generated by three dominating product launches this spring. Game Boy Advance is the hottest selling system in the market; The Legend of Zelda®: The Wind Waker™ tops the console hit charts; and the combined Pokemon® Ruby and Pokemon® Sapphire are the top two selling titles in the portable game category.
Post by: BlkPaladin on May 15, 2003, 10:01:56 PM
Post by: bonestormer on May 15, 2003, 10:20:31 PM
So the question is... does Nintendo plan to drop the price of the GC's that don't come with the GBA player? Or is it the GC's without the player still get one of those free games but those with the player don't? Or.... what exactly (just curious is all).
Post by: Bloodworth on May 15, 2003, 11:38:30 PM
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Post by: PIAC on May 16, 2003, 03:14:44 AM
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Originally posted by: BlkPaladin
Wow Europe is getting something days before the United States, I guess they are starting to reconize there are people in the PAL regions.
-PAL +europe
australia / new zealand still get the shaft
Post by: vudu on May 16, 2003, 05:08:45 AM
i.e. you get a gamecube and either (1) a free $50 game or (2) a free $50 gameboy player, or do you get both?
Post by: RickPowers on May 16, 2003, 05:41:51 AM
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Post by: NintendoFanGirl on May 16, 2003, 11:00:23 AM
"The $149.99 GameCube currently comes with the choice of one free game from a list of four, and Nintendo said gamers will have the choice of one of those games or the Game Boy Player." Reuters
Dina
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