10 Facts About Satellaview

Satellaview is a satellite modem peripheral produced by Nintendo for the Super Famicom in 1995.

Satellaview is the result of a collaboration between Nintendo and St GIGA, the latter known in Japan for its "Tide of Sound" nature sound music.

Consumer adoption of Satellaview was complicated by the rise of technologically superior fifth-generation consoles such as the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and Nintendo 64, and by Satellaview's high cost, especially due to its exclusive availability via mail order and specific electronic store chains.

Retrospectively, Satellaview has been praised by critics for its technological accomplishments and its overall library quality, particularly of the Legend of Zelda series.

Satellaview was initially a success, and is recognized for its innovative concept and nonstandard methodology.

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Satellaview development began shortly after the acquisition, reportedly in production alongside the Virtual Boy and Nintendo 64.

Satellaview was never released outside Japan, which some publications cited as being due to expensive costs of digital satellite broadcasting, and due to a supposed lack of appeal to American consumers.

St GIGA continued to supply content for Satellaview, broadcasting reruns of older content and making the service only for video games.

Total of 114 games were released for Satellaview; some are remakes or updates of older Family Computer and Super Famicom games, and others were created specifically for the service.

Satellaview has a large cult following since the late 2000s due to most of its content having been lost after the service was closed.