Limited Edition N64 Console

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Diamond-Encrusted Game Boy Advance - The winners of the Pokémon 10th Anniversary Journey Across America, Minh Le and Samin Syed, each won a one-of-a-kind diamond-encrusted Game Boy Advance. This special edition Pokémon system has the same body structure as the original system with a blue and yellow color pattern and Pokémon decals on either side Gold This special edition has a much smaller body with a light blue and yellow Pikachu theme. A pokeball is the power switch, and Pikachu’s foot is the reset button. Mini Pikachu Orange Sales were much better in the US. For the first year it outsold all of its competition, with 3.6 million consoles being sold in the first year. In the first year Nintendo also had seven out of the top ten selling video games. a b "1997: So far, the year of Nintendo; company sales up 156 percent; driven by Nintendo 64 success". Atlanta: Business Wire. June 18, 1997. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015 . Retrieved November 12, 2015.

The Nintendo 64 was discontinued in 2002 following the 2001 launch of its successor, the GameCube. The Nintendo 64 was critically acclaimed and remains one of the most recognized video game consoles. Time named it the 1996 Machine of the Year, saying the machine had "done to video-gaming what the 707 did to air travel". The magazine said the console achieved "the most realistic and compelling three-dimensional experience ever presented by a computer". Time credited the Nintendo 64 with revitalizing the video game market, "rescuing this industry from the dustbin of entertainment history". The magazine suggested that the Nintendo 64 would play a major role in introducing children to digital technology in the final years of the 20th century. The article concluded by saying the console had already provided "the first glimpse of a future where immensely powerful computing will be as common and easy to use as our televisions". [125] :73 The console also won the 1996 Spotlight Award for Best New Technology. [126]

List of Pokémon Special Edition Nintendo 64 Consoles

See also: List of Nintendo 64 games, List of Nintendo 64 Player's Choice games, and List of cancelled Nintendo 64 games Pokémon 3rd Anniversary Edition - An orange and blue GBC created to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the Pokémon franchise. It was sold in Japanese Pokémon Centers only and features the Generation I starters and Pikachu on the front. Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine". IGN. December 12, 2000. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013 . Retrieved September 24, 2013. Venusaur Edition - A green GBA SP released in Japanese Pokémon Centers to tie in with the release of LeafGreen Version. It depicts a silhouette of Venusaur on the inside and on the outside.

Svenson, Christian (December 1996). "Nintendo 64 Frenzy". Next Generation. No.24. Imagine Media. p.28. Nintendo had rather hopefully put a September 29 deadline on the on-sale date. But virtually every retailer in the country was shifting boxes by the 26th. Nintendo, realizing it could not hope to stop the malaise, yielded. Charizard Edition - A red GBA SP released in Japanese Pokémon Centers to tie in with the release of FireRed Version. It depicts a silhouette of Charizard on the inside and on the outside.

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Part of the “Funtastic” series. The body and the controller are translucent deep purple with grey highlights. Fire Orange McCall, Scott (September 28, 1996). "N64's U.S. Launch". Teleparc. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015 . Retrieved September 29, 2015. This was a unique version that was released in China. Nintendo released a completely different design for the hardware, but the system played N64 games. It was not successful and there are fewer than two dozen still known to exist. Lawson Station Console Pokémon Daisuki Club I Love Piplup! Edition - Same as the other Daisuki Club editions, except depicting Piplup.