Nintendo GameCube — the Player's Choice!; Special Retail Offers: Free Hit Game With Purchase of a Nintendo GameCube; Nintendo GameCube Software Favorites See New Lower Price

Business Wire, Feb 6, 2003

Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2003

Beginning February 9, some of the best video games of the current Nintendo generation will be more affordable than ever.

With the purchase of a Nintendo GameCube(TM) system, at a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $149.95, Nintendo of America Inc. is offering consumers their choice of one of the following hit games for free -- Metroid(R) Prime (2002 Game of the Year(a)), Star Fox(R) Adventures, Mario Party(R) 4 or Capcom's Resident Evil(R) 0 -- at participating retailers.

In addition, the Super Mario(TM) Sunshine Bundle Pak, which includes a copy of the Super Mario(TM) Sunshine game, Nintendo GameCube system and Memory Card 59, which was previously $189.95, will be priced at $159.95.

Finally, continuing its prestigious "Player's Choice" program, the MSRP for Luigi's Mansion(TM), Pikmin(TM), Super Smash Bros.(R) Melee, and other classic Nintendo GameCube titles, originally priced at $49.95, will drop to $29.95.

"These three offers are about giving players what they want -- great entertainment at a great value," says George Harrison, senior vice president, marketing and corporate communications, Nintendo of America Inc. "For less than $150, players will find a world of quality only available with Nintendo."

As the worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co. Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems. The systems include Game Boy(R), Nintendo(R) 64, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube(TM). Since the release of its first home video game system in 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 1.6 billion video games worldwide, creating enduring industry icons such as Mario(TM) and Donkey Kong(R) and launching such franchises as Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere.

For more information about Nintendo or any other Nintendo product visit the company's Web sites, www.nintendo.com or www.nintendogamecube.com.

(a)Voted 2002 Game of the Year by Play Magazine, GameSpot.com and GameSpy Industries Inc.

NOTE: Prices at retail may vary