GBA Player's Choice expands

  • By Patrick Caldwell, GameSpot
  • Posted Jul 28, 2006 10:31 pm GMT

A double dose of $19.99 Mario, Pokémon games hitting GBA; Zelda also joins the Player's Choice fray.

Beginning October 3, gamers still handling Nintendo's Game Boy Advance can grab some of its best games for less. Nintendo is preparing a second round of reduced-price Player's Choice games for the GBA, a Nintendo representative told GameSpot.

The soon-to-be inducted games are The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past (which includes the Four Swords), Mario Kart Super Circuit, Pokémon FireRed Version, Pokémon LeafGreen Version, and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2.

They join Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Zero Mission, Megaman Battle Network, Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, Super Mario Advance, Super Mario Bros. 3, and Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, which are already part of Nintendo's reduced-price hall of fame.

Recently, the DS has been Nintendo's star portable, racking up white-hot sales figures, including selling nearly 600,000 units during its first 19 days on sale in the United States. But the company's most successful platform is the venerable Game Boy Advance. To date, Nintendo has sold 75.8 million GBAs worldwide--a figure the company predicts will reach 77.6 million units by March 2007.

Still, DS gamers can get their paws on the new, cheaper GBA titles, because the Nintendo DS is backward compatible and can play Game Boy Advance games.

50 Comments

  • Bryan3Pl

    Posted Jan 25, 2007 5:18 am GMT

    When did Sappnhire join Player's Choice? I got it in November and it was still $30

  • nghtcrwlr821

    Posted Nov 17, 2006 4:53 pm GMT

    I just bought A Link to the Past yesterday.

  • Prince0fAngels

    Posted Sep 9, 2006 6:25 pm GMT

    A lot of those games are not currently GBA Player's Choice such as Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. I hope your information isn't wrong about the games that will become Player's Choice on October 3rd. =/

  • SailorCallie

    Posted Aug 7, 2006 7:47 pm GMT

    Woo!! Now I can purchase both Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green for only $19.99 each.

  • KSMART800

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 3:03 pm GMT

    Yay!!!!!!!!!!

    now i can get Zero Mission after searching day and night. And its is $20.
    nintendo u rock so hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • dragon_king64

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 3:02 pm GMT

    Niceness. I'm picking one up.

  • Prince0fAngels

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 9:28 am GMT

    Alright! This is great news!

  • jwallace

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 5:42 am GMT

    Okay, that's it! Being a disgruntled PSP owner, I was on the fence as to whether or not I would buy Valkyrie Profile, Legend of Heroes II, Race Driver 2006 and Field Commander or buy the DS Lite and catch up on DS and GBA gaming. Looks like next Saturday will be the first time in 18 months that I'll leave my PSP at home in the charger.

    Umm...Zelda, SMW, Fire Emblem, Metroid, NSMB, Tetris DS...I'll need a U-Haul to meet me at the local Best Buy.

  • rynmls

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 10:28 pm GMT

    cool, now i can buy pokemon games that's affordable...

  • jtnhl11

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 9:03 pm GMT

    awesome

  • h4xx0rz

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 6:54 pm GMT

    Most of the games I buy are used anyway, but for $20 I usually get them new. This'll suck the money right out of me.... I hate the way Pokemon hypnotizes me into getting every version.

  • andersalsen

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 11:56 am GMT

    Hope the Castlevania games makes list soon. I know they are sold out almost everywhere. Here in Sweden, a second hand version of Aria of Sorrow goes for at least $70.

  • juvi_gt

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 9:32 am GMT

    i already own 12 of the 13 games mentioned so it doesnt really affect me. they should get more games in the list. i hope it increases

  • deejay246

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 8:43 am GMT

    i wish they would release more nes classics8 games wasn't enough nintendo

  • LinkErdrich

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 8:53 pm GMT

    I wonder why NCL didn't do this with the GB and GBC before?

  • bigjustin12

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 8:33 pm GMT

    Yeah, I just picked up a used LTTP last week for $30....... just my luck. Sweet game anyway. Oldschool.

  • TiRoSu13

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 5:48 pm GMT

    I've been looking for Mario Kart: Super Circuit for a while now, it will a lot easier to find now that it is a Player Choice title. I'm happy about that.

  • BirdBoy_CM_HB

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 4:18 pm GMT

    they shoulda dropped the price on Pokemon Emerald

  • bob5o

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 3:51 pm GMT

    Sweet because my b-day is coming up in 2 months

  • g-master999

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 3:38 pm GMT

    Sweet, SMW!

  • soul_alchemist0

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 1:16 pm GMT

    i am so going to have to buy all the pokemon games again alot of ppl stole mine and i still dont know who they are...

  • Shingo

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 11:34 am GMT

    A little late, isn't it? Oh, and Super Mario World Rules!

  • DarthChristian

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 11:18 am GMT

    ok nintendo enough with gameboy we want more wii

  • Acid_Kitsune

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 10:51 am GMT

    Too bad Zero Mission is nearly impossible to get down here... maybe now I'll finally get lucky (...getting the game, that is)

  • gnbfd

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 9:34 am GMT

    I used to have Firered & Super Mario 3, until I lost them. So I'm gonna get Ruby, Super Mario 3, Zero Mission, Super Circut & A Link to the Past.

  • Gogetaex

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 8:21 am GMT

    finallly we can get them cheaper

  • Mortz_88

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 5:58 am GMT

    about time too

  • Ponsardin

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 3:49 am GMT

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  • tha_1for_u

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 11:29 pm GMT

    that sukks i just bought zelda like the oldhott guy above me

  • jared81799

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 11:04 pm GMT

    finally, this should have happened along time ago lol.

  • MrPuzzlez

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 8:43 pm GMT

    I might actually trade in a few games for Pokemon Fire Red....

  • JJOR64

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 8:26 pm GMT

    w00t

  • Talduras

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 8:14 pm GMT

    [DarkSamus wrote]: "most of those you should have picked up already if you have a GBA. They're only 10 bucks less than they were new."

    Bear in mind, the Pokemon games usually stick around $34 (some places in my area even sell them for $39, and that's as of yesterday), so for those games it will be a bit more significant. I think Super Mario World was also $34, but I can't confirm that.

    But yeah, by and large GBA price drops don't amount to much. This program will mean more on the DS. Although, cheapskates like me will take anything we can get (if ICO was $15 I wouldn't buy it, yet a $10 price tag was enough to make me buy it yesterday).

  • DarkSamus64

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 6:39 pm GMT

    most of those you should have picked up already if you have a GBA. They're only 10 bucks less than they were new.

  • troakun

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 6:24 pm GMT

    Cool I might get Kart, Metroid Zero, and maybe Pokemon but when is Advance Wars and Fire Emblem going to make it onto the list.

  • alberto2045

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 5:59 pm GMT

    awsome man that is just awsome

  • BIGDeVriendt

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 5:05 pm GMT

    very cool. great games!

  • Global_Nexus

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 4:07 pm GMT

    The Metroid games are on there! Yes! And Super Mario World, too! Those are the games I REALLY want. Link to the Past only sweetens the cheapness deal, hee hee.

    This stuff makes me glad I waited. Penny-pinching for the win!

  • Sagacious_Tien

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 4:03 pm GMT

    This just fuels me further to buy a DS....

  • Sandman100

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 3:48 pm GMT

    cool

  • gorillaz_13

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 3:33 pm GMT

    I bought half of those games already.

  • NickG1215

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 3:30 pm GMT

    so does that mean that they are going to re-release lttp? i never got a chance to pick it up and i can't even find it used at any gamestops anymore. hopefully, they will make some more then. ds lite screen + lttp on the go = heaven.

  • Conanfan1

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 3:23 pm GMT

    wait, so why did they lower super mario advance 3 to 20 dollars before they lowered the price of super mario advance 2? btw, these games are all really old. I might still pick up fire red or leaf green though.

    Also, it seems kind of strange for them to be announcing a price drop this early. Must have been some leaked info.

  • T1Panda

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 3:12 pm GMT

    This is great. I can finally pick up SMW and Zelda. I might have to get a Pokemon game at that price, too.

  • fitzokoli

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 3:09 pm GMT

    This is awesome stuff, I'm getting a couple of those games but i wish they put Minish cap soon...

  • videogames45678

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 3:08 pm GMT

    I bought all those Pokemon games...damn it.

  • gameloverx

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 2:53 pm GMT

    I might get link to the past

  • Rmadilo

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 2:48 pm GMT

    I was hoping Zelda: The Minish Cap would be on the list.

  • nuttybar

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 2:46 pm GMT

    woot i guess

  • oldhott02

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 2:35 pm GMT

    darn i just bought zelda a link to the past for 30 and i could get it for 20 now

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