Nintendo Retailer Source Book, est. second half 2004, materials dated 2003–2005

Item — Location: Game publisher publicity kits

Identifier: PROMO-KITS.NINTENDO.RETAIL04

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Scope and Contents

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Games and hardware featured in this binder are (in alphabetical order):

1080° Avalanche
Animal Crossing
Battalion Wars
Classic NES Series
Custom Robo
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
DK: King of Swing
Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)
Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)
Donkey Konga
Drill Dozer
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
F-Zero GX
F-Zero: GP Legend
Game & Watch Gallery 4
Game Boy Advance SP hardware
Game Boy Advance accessories
Game Boy Advance Video cartridges
Game Boy Micro hardware
Game Boy Player
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak
Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite!
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Mario Golf: Advance Tour
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Mario Party 6
Mario Party 7
Mario Pinball Land
Mario Power Tennis
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Metroid: Zero Mission
Nintendo DS hardware
Nintendo DS accessories
Nintendo GameCube hardware
Nintendo GameCube accessories
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Pikmin 2
Pokémon Battle e Card
Pokémon Channel
Pokémon Colosseum
Pokémon FireRed Version and LeafGreen Version
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
Resident Evil 4
Star Fox: Assault
Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Sunshine
Sword of Mana
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Game Boy Advance)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Top Gear Rally
True Swing Golf
Viewtiful Joe 2
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!
WarioWare: Touched!
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Notably, a fact sheet in this binder (p.68 in our digital copy) also briefly mentions the unreleased GameCube title Stage Debut.

Dates

Publication: est. second half 2004
Creation: materials dated 2003–2005

Creator

Nintendo of America Inc (Publisher, Organization)
Blockbuster, Inc (Recipient, Organization)

Note on Dates

The organized content in this binder appears to be from the second half of 2004, around the time that the Nintendo DS system was launched. However, a number of additional flyers in the back of the binder (under the "Miscellanous" tab) run as late as fall 2005. These flyers (p.146–158 in our digitized copy) likely came from a separate marketing package from Nintendo of America and were added to the binder afterwards.

Full Extent

1 Items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Product guides, like this one, were sent to video game retailers by Nintendo of America to promote their new and upcoming games and hardware. This binder, which appears to have been printed in 2004, was sent to a Blockbuster video rental store; it contains fact sheets, flyers, and a newsletter for retailers about Nintendo products called NSider Magazine.

Custodial History

This binder was donated to the Video Game History Foundation by a former employee of Blockbuster and its Game Rush retail concept.

Physical Description

The front and back covers of this binder had been previously damaged when it was received by the library. Additionally, one document in this binder (NSider Magazine, December 2004) was lightly damaged during scanning; some creasing is visible on p.12–13 of the library's digitized copy.