Nintendo today announced that it has expanded the library of "Player's Choice" games -- best-selling GameCube software at a discounted price -- to include three major new titles. Hits Luigi's Mansion Pikmin and Super Smash Bros. Melee have all been inducted into the club and will now retail for $29.95, according to the company.

Luigi's Mansion follows Mario's green-suited brother as he explores a haunted mansion. The game originally launched with Nintendo's next-generation console. Meanwhile, Pikmin, a quasi-real-time strategy game with a Miyamoto touch, details the exploits of a space explorer marooned on an alien planet, and the Lemmings-like creatures he commands to help him find and rebuild his spaceship. The game earned high marks across the board for its original theme and intuitive play style, and a sequel is currently in the works. Finally, Super Smash Bros. Melee, the sequel to the hugely popular N64 fighter of the same name, is presently the Big N's best-selling GameCube title worldwide, and with a full cast of Nintendo mascot fighters, one of the best reasons to own the firm's system.

The announcement of the new Player's Choice titles comes in conjunction with an official press release by Nintendo in which it confirms that beginning February 9 it will offer a free game with the purchase of GameCube. For more details on that, see our story from last week.