This variation was released to help boost Nintendo 64 sales by bundling Pocket Monsters trading cards. The latest copyright date (1997) for this variation can be found on the manual, and this manual has the part number of NUS-JPN-3. Aside from a sticker promoting the inclusion of Pocket Monsters cards placed on the lower left corner of the front of the box, this variation is largely identical to the later variation of the Nintendo 64 that has the NUS-S-HA-JPN-1 part number on the box and the NUS-JPN-1 part number on the bottom of the console.