Zelda Bundle For GameCube Confirmed

Thanks to IGN Cube for confirming that the GameCube hardware will soon be bundled with a Legend Of Zelda bonus disc, containing multiple classic Zelda titles. According to the piece, which comes with "recently released artwork to retailers" as proof of the (pre-Xmas?) bundle: "The disc will feature The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and a demo of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker." It's currently unknown if the disc will be offered stand-alone, though IGN speculatively "...hope we'll also see it as a bonus for those who order The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords."

Comments

Are these effective?

[rkabir]

I'm not a Nintendo fanboy, but the games they make *are* good. I wonder if bundles like these are enough to boost sales of the GC... If the price cut wasn't good enough... what is?

Wow

[Anonymous Coward]

GCN + Game Boy Player + Bonus Disc + A Link To The Past + Wind Waker = Holyfarkingcrap, some of the best gaming in the last 20 years in your hands.

I'm a little disappointed that Link To The Past (or even Ura Zelda, which was on the other bonus disc) wasn't being included, as most of the sales of the GBA port that they're going to get have probably been sold. With the addition of that game to the bundle, only two little CDs could've contained SIX great Zelda games (as opposed to "only" 5).

Even though I already have a Cube, if a hardware order is the only place to get it, I'd be tempted to get another one.

Re:Zelda 3?

[Anonymous Coward]

I think it would be neat if they remade zelda 1

They kind of did that with Zelda 1. BS Zelda (more info) is a version of Zelda 1 with updated graphics - but it isn't the full game, and some of the maps (including the overworld) have been edited. It's also only available as a ROM.

But if Nintendo wanted to release a version with updated graphics, they'd already have most of the sprites.

salivation and reminiscing

[RevAaron]

Man, just when the gf and I finished getting all the games in this collection- she just bought Majora's Mask, and I bought her Ocarina of Time for her birthday in April. Great games, OoT is probably the best- game- ever- at least as far as both of us are concerned. It'd be great to have all of them in one place, though.

And a friend of ours is going to buy a GCN this week- but probably too early to get in on this deal. Heh- we convinced him to get a GCN. Why do humans do that? It's not like it'll benefit us, and hell- we don't even have one ourselves. (roomate does, and so did former roomate) But, it's like Mac vs PC. Except in this case, the "Mac" is cheaper than the "PC" analog. We believe in the supremacy of the platform, we believe in Nintendo. Nintendo has soul, spirit, personality- MS is "M$" and Sony is Sony, just big companies who see something profitable in gaming.

Yes, we're early-mid-20s. Raised on the NES, jealous of friends whose parents got them an SNES. Bought an original GameBoy [1] with hard earned kid-money. Can you blame us for loving Nintendo, having given us so much electronic joy in our youths? What did MS give me- at that age, they gave me DOS. And that's about all I've recieved from them. And Sony? Sure, younger brother got a PSX for Xmas in 1996 or so, but it wasn't a member of the family in the way an NES is.

6 or 8 months ago, I bought a Dreamcast. It was a steal at a piddly $40 on half.com. It was a lot cheaper than getting another NES along with the games I still didn't have, were broken, or couldn't find anymore in storage over at grandma's house. So now, on one CD (with only a couple dozen MBs taken up) I have a good 400 NES games, ones I'll never play and ones I'll play over and over.

[1] And still have it- the GB itself and ~10 games for $20 to first person who emails me - revaaron {AT} hot_mail DOT com. Eh, fix that to get the email addy. Ok, maybe that's too much- make an offer. If it comes down to it, I'm willing to let it fo for free plus shipping, as long as the recipient plans on actually using it. :)