Nintendo Power (cartridge)

Nintendo Power was a video game distribution service introduced in 1996, exclusively within Japan. It allowed users to download Super Famicom or Game Boy titles onto a flash memory cartridge, as a more cost-efficient way of obtain a game that from retail packaging. At first, Nintendo Power only offered this service for Super Famicom games, but since 2000, it was also made available for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.
One Mario game, Wrecking Crew '98, was first released as part of the Nintendo Power service before receiving an official retail release shortly after. In Japan, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe was only made available through the service, and it did not receive a proper retail release like with North America, Europe, and Australia in 1999.
The Nintendo Power service was discontinued in 2007.
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