Classic Series (NES)
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| Classic Series | |
|---|---|
.png) The Label’s Emblem As Used In Germany. | |
| Genre | Various |
| Developer | Nintendo |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platform | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| First release | Donkey Kong Classics Late-1992 |
| Latest release | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 1993 |
The Classic Series was a marketing label used by Nintendo in Europe and North America from 1992 onwards to describe a line of budget range rereleases of NES video games. Games released as part of the label were sold at a lower price, usually around half that of other NES titles (i.e. $29.99 instead of $49.99 in the United States[1] or DM 44.95 instead of DM 94.95 in Germany).[2] Club Nintendo Magazine promoted the games with the slogan "Good toys never go out of style".[3]
Despite the NES's successor SNES already releasing either one or two years before the introduction of the label (depending on the region), Nintendo's then-Vice President of Marketing Peter Main claimed the reason for its introduction to be "ensur[ing] that these timeless classics are available to new NES owners as well as to the millions of current owners who missed purchasing them the first time around", citing the fact that the NES was projected to still sell four million units in 1992 alone.[4]
After its fairly limited runtime from late 1992 throughout 1993, the label inspired the similarly named Super Classic Series (called Player's Choice in North America) on the SNES in 1996, which was then rebranded to Nintendo Selects in 2011.
