New Zelda bonus disc coming for GameCube!!!

[norkusa]

Looks like there will be a new Zelda bonus disc coming out for GameCube this holiday season. Will be included with new GC systems and possibly available thru other offers. It's supposed to include ports of The Legend Of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link, Orcarina Of Time, and Majora's Mask:

http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.c...n=item&id=4684

If you don't have a GameCube yet, how can you NOT buy one after hearing this???

[hezeuschrist]

That's too good to be true... I must have it.

[Jorpho]

This is good news... The only problem is that it suggests Nintendo might be getting a little desperate, but then it won't be something generally available.

(Still, doesn't it sound kind of strange that a pack-in disk for a new system is a compilation of games for older systems?)
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[Lady Jaye]

I too find this odd as I'd be less surprised to see Nintendo re-release or update Zelda and The Adventure of link for the GBA (after all, they're running out of 8- and 16-bit Super Mario games to re-release, once SMB3 is out).

[zmeston]

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[sisko]

That would be pretty lame of them to not offer the disc available through any other means. Otherwise they would be screwing millions of Nintendo and Zelda devotees hardcore.

In reality, it sounds too good to be true. I mean, that many games, one disc, for "free?"

[zmeston]

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[Anonymous]

IMO Nintendo should have done this years ago. Now that they are beginning to sink, Nintendo is turning to the same hardcore long term fans that they have ignored all these years screaming "Help Us!" I love Nintendo and would love to see them succeed, but they need to stop burning bridges, be it with developers or fans.

[Kevin Listwan]

Anotherfluke wrote

IMO Nintendo should have done this years ago. Now that they are beginning to sink, Nintendo is turning to the same hardcore long term fans that they have ignored all these years screaming "Help Us!" I love Nintendo and would love to see them succeed, but they need to stop burning bridges, be it with developers or fans.

Very well put anotherfluke

[Raedon]

It's to late.. they didn't learn to follow the market.. people wanted violent games, they said no.. People wanted CD FMV games.. they said no.. The competition had consoles that could play DVD movies, Nintendo said no.. They remake 15-10 year old games left and right for the GBA totally ignoring the fan base, now everyone is just fed up with Nintendo..

10 years from now we will have fond memories of Nintendo and Sega like we do with Atari and Coleco and the Nintendo name will live on after Microsoft buys the rights to their characters.

[sisko]

Unless these emulated Zeldas are enhanced a la All-Stars, how would it be "screwing" Zelda devotees who've surely already played through them?

-- Z.

I meant screwing from a collectors point of view

I don't want to have to spend $149 (Is that what the GCN sells for now?) to get the next Zelda release. Re-release or not....as a collector and a huge zelda fanatic I strive to have every zelda game. Sure I have played through them all, but that doesn't stop me from collecting! I'm sure you know how that goes

I'm aware that I can probably buy the game through other channels such as eBay, but I really shouldn't have to if Nintendo stands up to their fan base like they should have done years ago like everyone else has said.

I already regret my pruchase of my Gamecube....if they are going to stiff me on this one, It'll be a very very long time before I buy another Nintendo console.

[GaijinPunch]

I would love this, as Majora's Mask is the only non-Gameboy Zelda I've not played.

[zmeston]

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[hezeuschrist]

Don't worry guys, these things will be on ebay in no time.

[SoulBlazer]

I have to disagree with raedon's entire post. Not everyone WANTS violent games or games that are all FMV. I enjoy them sometimes, but that's NOT my main staple. I doubt most of the people on this board, being 'classic' gamers, want it either. Nor do I need another DVD drive -- I got three allready!

You're ignoring everything Nintendo has going for them. They are holding on to the number 2 spot in Japan. They continue to bring in healthy profits. Pokemon continues to do very well for them. Their domince of the hand held field will hardly be dented by the N-Gage (and you can bet anything they are working on a new handheld system to match the PSP). They are learning from the mistakes of the past, and most importantly, KNOW they can't beat Sony at their own game -- so they are making DIFFERENT games. Is'nt that what they are SUSPOSED to do? They allready showed they can't match toe to toe aganist Sony, so apeal to gamers who like a little of everything, like me.

My GC gets just as much use as my PS2, and I have almost as many GC games. Frankly, I don't understand why the console has'nt done better considering the awsome games out there. Someone said the GC may follow the path of the Dreamcast -- I hope not, but it might happen.

I doubt Nintendo will drop out of the hardware market anytime soon, but their next system is going to be critical.

BTW, there's a good article about Nitendo in this months' GMR. Worth a read.

Oh, and I buy all the remakes. I know I'm not the only one who does that, either. And if this Zelda disc is confirmed, I'll buy it also. Just add it to my pile of wonderfull gaming goodness for my GC.

[zmeston]

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[Mayhem]

If you didn't know zmeston, that sales quote had a MAJOR mistype. It was actually 800,000 units not 80,000 here...

[Zubiac666]

Ah. Gotcha. Sorry 'bout that -- I'm a jaded bastard of a game journalist first, and a collector second.

The odds are quite good that Nintendo's successors to the GameCube and GBA will be the last consoles it ever manufactures, so it WILL be a very very long time.

-- Z.

You have little knowledge about nintendo's financial status;haven't you?

First of all: IF nintendo ever stops producing hardware;they will stop producing software as well.
Nintendo is an old traditional JAPANESE company....and I guess u know what this means.Loyalty is a BIG word there.They are proud of ervery piece(hardware and software) they produce.

Second point: Did you know that nintendo is the only one of the console-developers who actually makes cash with hardware (gameboy) in the moment?
Did you know that nintendo's nest egg is bigger(!!!) than sony's....I guess not,hah?
It will took a long time to take out nintendo's breath,if it ever will happen.

[GrandAmChandler]

This also will be on my Christmas list. Mega Man Collection and this! wow, Im there.

[Ed Oscuro]

I'd pay money to get a port of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask just for sharper graphics via emulation, but not everybody likes those games as much as I do.

Dang, gotta get myself Wind Waker and the bonus disk.

[Ed Oscuro]

You have little knowledge about nintendo's financial status;haven't you?

First of all: IF nintendo ever stops producing hardware;they will stop producing software as well.
Nintendo is an old traditional JAPANESE company....and I guess u know what this means.Loyalty is a BIG word there.They are proud of ervery piece(hardware and software) they produce.

Second point: Did you know that nintendo is the only one of the console-developers who actually makes cash with hardware (gameboy) in the moment?
Did you know that nintendo's nest egg is bigger(!!!) than sony's....I guess not,hah?
It will took a long time to take out nintendo's breath,if it ever will happen.

Hmm...Zmeston only happens to have been inside the industry for...how long? Longer than you've been conscious, perhaps? He's absolutely correct on all counts, and your nice little figure about making money off the GBA is wholly unrelated to the question at hand. We are talking about GameCube sales, not GBA sales. Everybody, even my DOG knows that the GBA is what's keeping Nintendo afloat right now.

Secondly, you're silly to say that "if Nintendo ever stops producing hardware, they'll stop producing software as well." I would be surprised if they quit development for all their consoles and became a third party developer, but look at what Sega did. I think it would be more likely that they'd perhaps develop for some other system in addition to their handheld platforms, and your tidy, but ignorant, little statement overlooks far too much for me to really feel you put more thought into it than I did thinking about it.

Till next time...grow a beard, catch a few facts in it, get some more posts.

[Raedon]

I have to disagree with raedon's entire post. Not everyone WANTS violent games or games that are all FMV. I enjoy them sometimes, but that's NOT my main staple. I doubt most of the people on this board, being 'classic' gamers, want it either. Nor do I need another DVD drive -- I got three allready!

We are talking the gaming market.. not our little world of gaming. When they lost Final Fantasy to FMV and Sony, they lost.

You're ignoring everything Nintendo has going for them. They are holding on to the number 2 spot in Japan. They continue to bring in healthy profits. Pokemon continues to do very well for them. Their domince of the hand held field will hardly be dented by the N-Gage (and you can bet anything they are working on a new handheld system to match the PSP). They are learning from the mistakes of the past, and most importantly, KNOW they can't beat Sony at their own game -- so they are making DIFFERENT games. Is'nt that what they are SUSPOSED to do? They allready showed they can't match toe to toe aganist Sony, so apeal to gamers who like a little of everything, like me.

When the 3rd parties are running away the peverbial Rats have left the sinking ship.
Nintendo has bastardized two of their classic characters with the last Mario and Zelda games didn't leave a "wow!" taste in hardcore gamers mouths.

My GC gets just as much use as my PS2, and I have almost as many GC games. Frankly, I don't understand why the console has'nt done better considering the awsome games out there. Someone said the GC may follow the path of the Dreamcast -- I hope not, but it might happen.

I can buy that.. Metroid Prime kicked ass as did a few other GC titles. It hasn't done better because Anime based RPG's run the console market. When Nintendo lost Square and Enix they just lost..

I doubt Nintendo will drop out of the hardware market anytime soon, but their next system is going to be critical.

I will state my gaming reputation on this one statement:

we are witnessing the final days of Nintendo hardware.

Oh, and I buy all the remakes. I know I'm not the only one who does that, either. And if this Zelda disc is confirmed, I'll buy it also. Just add it to my pile of wonderfull gaming goodness for my GC.

So will I ^.^;

[Mayhem]

Secondly, you're silly to say that "if Nintendo ever stops producing hardware, they'll stop producing software as well."

A statement from someone very high up (Mr Iwata himself? I can't recall) in Nintendo in an interview recently. They stated the day they stop making hardware is the day they stop making software. Take it or leave it... frankly gaming would be in poverty without Nintendo...

[Ed Oscuro]

That's great. Words are cheap, but thinking through something isn't. I don't mind that Nintendo can stick to their guns and their personal sense of morals, but I don't completely believe that.

Besides, as I said, that sort of statement doesn't cover the eventuality that they might develop games for another platform as well, or allow their characters to appear on one. Not likely anymore, but it's not without precedent. So take what I said or leave it, but I'm sticking to it.

[SoulBlazer]

Well, leave me a positive thinker, but I don't see Nintendo as being dead yet. The company has been around making hardware even longer then Sega did, and we'll see what happens. If their next system does'nt do well, okay then, sure. But for right now, I will continue to buy new games for my GC and support the system long after it'd dead.

ANY gaming company is going to stay in second place behind Sony right now, anyway -- unless Sony does something stupid in the next few years, and I don't see them doing that. But I don't see Nintendo (or Microsoft) as doing it either.

And I happen to LOVE the new Mario and Zelda games, thank you very much......

And the reason Sony probaly makes money on PS2's? Those things are the cheapest POS I have ever played on. Nintendo systems you can drag through hell and back and they STILL work! (maybe they are built TOO well?)

Nintendo's idea of making games 'apeal to the masses' and taking less time to play is a great one, IMHO -- it will allow Nintendo to expand it's user base (the gaming market) and earn money on games that Sony does'nt have. I mean, right now, if I want to play a RPG, a really violent game, or a simulation/strategy game, I fire up my PS2. If I want to play a franchise game, a adventure game, or a space shooter, I fire up my GC.

The company says they have learned from the past and will be kinder to third party companies (they allready have lowered the royalities the companies pay), support their fan base more, and push their new console out sooner then anyone else. Only time will tell if they are right. Personaly, I'd hate to see them do what Sega has done. But they ALWAYS will make games.