12th February 2003, 2:50 AM
Nintendo has begun yet another GameCube Bundle promotion aimed at both jumpstarting the console's sagging sales, and attacking the bargain-hunter market Microsoft had cornered this holiday season with their sharp Xbox bundle. In addition to the Super Mario Sunshine bundle, which has been out for a few months, gamers looking to get some cubified love will now have the option to get their new machine bundled with either Resident Evil 0, Star Fox Adventures, Metroid Prime, or Mario Party 4, all of them the big hits for the console this past holiday.
Another huge incentive for the uncubed to jump on this deal is the insanely low price: All five bundles, including Super Mario Sunshine (previously $189.99 MSRP) have been reduced to sell at the base console's price, $149.99 MSRP. One might be led to assume that Nintendo will either no longer sell unbundled consoles, or will further reduce the price of them.
In addition to this, Nintendo is bringing back the Player's Choice line of games to counter XBox's new Platinum line and Sony's hugely-successful Greatest Hits line. Unfortunately, unlike Platinum and Greatest Hits titles, which retail for $20 and less, GameCube Players' Choice titles will be reduced only to $29.99, a full ten dollars more. So far only three titles have been announced for this promotion: Pikmin, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Luigi's Mansion.
Another huge incentive for the uncubed to jump on this deal is the insanely low price: All five bundles, including Super Mario Sunshine (previously $189.99 MSRP) have been reduced to sell at the base console's price, $149.99 MSRP. One might be led to assume that Nintendo will either no longer sell unbundled consoles, or will further reduce the price of them.
In addition to this, Nintendo is bringing back the Player's Choice line of games to counter XBox's new Platinum line and Sony's hugely-successful Greatest Hits line. Unfortunately, unlike Platinum and Greatest Hits titles, which retail for $20 and less, GameCube Players' Choice titles will be reduced only to $29.99, a full ten dollars more. So far only three titles have been announced for this promotion: Pikmin, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Luigi's Mansion.