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It was made in a joint effort between Nintendo and [[St.GIGA]], the latter at the time being a popular Satellite radio company. Contrary to popular belief on the internet, [[Bandai]] had no involvement with the hardware or servers, and is only known to have used them to supply expansion data for their SD Gundam G-NEXT Game.
It was made in a joint effort between Nintendo and [[St.GIGA]], the latter at the time being a popular Satellite radio company. Contrary to popular belief on the internet, [[Bandai]] had no involvement with the hardware or servers, and is only known to have used them to supply expansion data for their SD Gundam G-NEXT Game.


The Satellaview had features relatively comparable to Sega's Sega Channel service in North America - it's most notable feature was the ability to download games, news magazines and articles from St.GIGA's servers. A feature that was highly important, but has not been nearly as well documented, was it's ability to stream Satellite Radio. At times this was used to play Pop music, advertise, or allow people to listen to radio programs while playing games - for certain special games, particularly the games advertised as Soundlink, of which many of the Mario games showcased on it were, audio was played with the intentional effect of going along with the gameplay, and consisted of character voice acting and arranged game music.
The Satellaview had features relatively comparable to Sega's Sega Channel service in North America - its most notable feature was the ability to download games, news magazines and articles from St.GIGA's servers. A feature that was highly important, but has not been nearly as well documented, was its ability to stream Satellite Radio. At times this was used to play pop music, advertise, or allow people to listen to radio programs while playing games - for certain special games, particularly the games advertised as Soundlink, of which many of the Mario games showcased on it were, audio was played with the intentional effect of going along with the gameplay, and consisted of character voice acting and arranged game music.


== Mario on the Satellaview ==
== Mario on the Satellaview ==
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*[[Mario Excite Bike|Excitebike: Bunbun Mario Battle Stadium]]
*[[Mario Excite Bike|Excitebike: Bunbun Mario Battle Stadium]]
*[[Dr. Mario]]
*[[Dr. Mario]]
*[[Mario Paint]]
*[[Mario Paint#Satellaview Versions|Mario Paint BS Ban]]
*[[Mario Paint#Satellaview Versions|Mario Paint Yuushou Naizou Ban]]
*[[Tetris Attack|Yoshi no Panepon]]  
*[[Tetris Attack|Yoshi no Panepon]]  
*[[Wario's Woods#Satellaview Versions|Wario no Mori Burst of Laughter Version]] - ワリオの森 爆笑バージョン - [[Wario's Woods]] Event Version
*[[Wario's Woods#Satellaview Versions|Wario no Mori Burst of Laughter Version]] - ワリオの森 爆笑バージョン - [[Wario's Woods]] Event Version

Revision as of 20:35, November 7, 2010

The Satellaview, BS-X BIOs cart and 8M Memory Pack connected to a Super Famicom.

The Satellaview (サテラビュー, Saterabyū) was a satellite modem add-on for Nintendo's Super Famicom system in Japan released in 1995. It retailed for ¥14,000 (about USD$144.29).

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St.Giga logo example

It was made in a joint effort between Nintendo and St.GIGA, the latter at the time being a popular Satellite radio company. Contrary to popular belief on the internet, Bandai had no involvement with the hardware or servers, and is only known to have used them to supply expansion data for their SD Gundam G-NEXT Game.

The Satellaview had features relatively comparable to Sega's Sega Channel service in North America - its most notable feature was the ability to download games, news magazines and articles from St.GIGA's servers. A feature that was highly important, but has not been nearly as well documented, was its ability to stream Satellite Radio. At times this was used to play pop music, advertise, or allow people to listen to radio programs while playing games - for certain special games, particularly the games advertised as Soundlink, of which many of the Mario games showcased on it were, audio was played with the intentional effect of going along with the gameplay, and consisted of character voice acting and arranged game music.

Mario on the Satellaview

These are games from which it is either commonly known or that good reference sites state are Satellaview releases of Super Mario series or Mario character games.

There are also games that are St. Giga-themed in which Mario characters have cameos and/or major roles:

There are also various magazine releases which have articles featuring Mario characters.

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