Zelda GameCube Bundle Dated

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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Re:I want

[Guppy06]

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...).

They won't be hard to come by

[AvantLegion]

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.)

Re:I feel cheated.

[Daetrin]

Do you own a computer? Do you feel cheated about that to? Do you feel cheated that your car is worth less now than when you bought it? Do you feel cheated that the food you buy at the store is worth less after you eat it and then excrete it?

Very few physical things manage to retain their worth over time. Certainly nothing technological does with the few and far between exceptions that become collector items.

This gradual price drop has been a constant for every single video game system released so far, and for some reason you expected the GameCube to be immune to this trend?

The only way in which i would consider you to have "lost out" in any sense was if you left your GameCube in it's original packaging and never played it at all. In that case however i would consider you to be an idiot, not to have been cheated. Next time, if you don't consider the value of being able to play the newest games as soon as they come out to be greater than the $200 or $300 price of the newest console, don't buy it.

Retardedness of Internet rumour mill

[jake_fehr]

How is it that everyone believes that this bundle has been confirmed, when all stories simply point toIGN's report??? IGN is the only website that has "confirmed it", but the only proof they offer is an easily created image of the bonus disc packaging, and every other site on the Internet has been quoting them like it's gospel!

Despite my cynicism, I sincerely hope the bonus disc exists. I've been a Zelda fan since the first game was released way back in the day, and I'd love to have it on a console again. But claiming that it's been confirmed just because one website has a story about it is irresponsible and annoying. It's times like this I truly hate the Internet, because it validates rumours with no real proof.

Finally, if you believe IGN and the rumour mill, and are displeased with the idea that the bonus disc may only be packaged with new Gamecubes), e-mail Nintendo. If they get enough e-mails, perhaps they'll release the disc separate from a bundle as well, even if it is at the normal retail price of a Gamecube game (it'd certainly be worth that price to me).

This is NOT validated yet

[zapp]

from the IGN article:
At Nintendo's request, we have removed the package art from our site. With no official Nintendo announcement, this is still to be treated as a rumor.

Also, the link provided to EBGame's reference of this bundle has been taken down.