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Zelda GameCube Bundle Dated

Posted by simoniker on from the mm-retro-creamy-goodness dept.

Thanks to the Gaming-Age forum regulars for pointing out that the GameCube hardware bundle, including classic Zelda titles will have a November 18th retail release at a $99 price point, according to the EBGames site. This means the hardware bundle, including bonus disc "containing multiple classic Zelda titles" (specifically 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) will now arrive in stores on the same day as Mario Kart: Double Dash, another eagerly-awaited Nintendo title.

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  1. Re:I want by Guppy06 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just wait unilt the release date. After Wind Waker was released and they started to pack the first bonus disk in with the consoles, they also bundled it with a Nintendo Power subscription at their online store. So even if they don't make it a pre-order gimmick for Four Swords GCN, you'll still be able to get it.

    I'm currently putting off a few other orders from their store until this comes out (mmm... SNES s-video...).

  2. They won't be hard to come by by AvantLegion · · Score: 3, Informative
    Nintendo is stubborn occasionally to the point of outright stupidity (read: N64 cartridge format, continued anti-online gaming nonsense), but this will be available to people one way or another.

    Not long after Wind Waker's release, tons of the preorder bonus disc were available "used" at game stores like EB (though most of the copies were untouched). I'm sure plenty of people just wanted Wind Waker, and saw selling the unwanted bonus disc back as collecting free money (or free store credit, more likely).

    Likewise, plenty of holiday GC purchases will be by people uninterested in "that crappy old games disc". If the used bins aren't polluted with a bunch of copies before Christmas, they certainly will be after.

    Still, hopefully there will be more direct ways of getting a copy, similar to the Wind Waker ones you cited.

    (BTW, Super NES through S-Video is awesome. Enjoy.)

  3. Re:Retardedness of Internet rumour mill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    While you make an excellent point about the nature of rumor distribution on the internet, had you actually paid attention when reading this story and its comments, you would have realized that EBGames.com is accepting preorders for the $99-gamecube-plus-zelda-bonus-disc combo. And they state a release/shipping date of Nov. 18.

    The "confirmed" comes from the fact that if this is NOT for real, EBGames is technically committing an illegal action by offering it up for sale and accepting money for it.