Satellaview

The Satellaview is a satellite modem peripheral for the Super Famicom, exclusively in Japan. It was released on April 23, 1995, and was produced as a joint effort between Nintendo and St.GIGA, a large Japanese satellite radio company at the time. With the Satellaview, players could download games, magazines, and other media through satellite broadcasts provided by St.GIGA themselves. The games were stored on an 8M Memory Pack.
Since none of the Satellaview games received a commercial release, or are a variation of commercially available titles, many have become lost media, only recoverable from 8M Memory Packs from players who had downloaded the games to them at the time.
==List of Mario-related games==
The Satellaview had its share of Mario games. Certain games such as Tetris Attack and the 16-bit Wario's Woods were commercially released overseas but were only released in Japan exclusively via the Satellaview service. The list of Mario-related games includes:
*BS Super Mario Collection
*BS Super Mario USA
*Dr. Mario BS Version
*Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium
*Kinopio Live
*Mario Paint BS Ban
*Mario Paint Yuushou Naizou Ban
*Undake30 Same Game
*Wario no Mori Burst of Laughter Version (a variation of Wario's Woods)
*Wario no Mori Futatabi (another variation of Wario's Woods)
*Yoshi no Panepon (a variation of Tetris Attack)
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