Zelda: Wand of the Wind Special Bonus Disc

[PaulC]

Wednesday, November 13, 2002



Zelda: Wand of the Wind Special Bonus Disc
With a big surprise in it



Starting on November 28th in Japan, those who are going to pre-order The Legend of Zelda: Wand of the Wind are going to have a very special bonus disc. The disc feature a port of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, preview of F-Zero and Biohazard 4 (Resident Evil 4) and what might be the biggest goodie is a port of Ura-Zelda. Ura-Zelda was supposed to be released on the 64DD some years ago but finally Nintendo didn't release it.

Now we can only hope that this demo disc is going to be release here in America as well.

Source: Famitsu

This was reported on ALLRPG.com, a site I find to be very accurate and trustworthy. I'm quite excited, and will have to import this snazzy little disk if it doesn't come to our territory.. which I pray (to a God I don't beileve in ) it does.

[Chickensoupcheese]

Majin said:

The disc feature a port of Zelda: Ocarina of Time...

It'd be worth pre-ordering just for that! And Ura-Zelda sounds intruiging, mainly because I've never heard of it, and I thought I was quite enthusiastic about Zelda .

*Hopes that they release it in America, then throw a couple of copies across the Atlantic in PAL-form..*

[PaulC]

Might jus' hafta get a Gamecube - even if it's just for this, and even if the new Zelda doesn't intrigue me (talkin' about the Cel-Shaded one, not the Ura-Zelda, which does intrigue me.)

More Information

Ocarina of Time, unreleased Ura Zelda to appear on Gamecube
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News | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 | Ed McGlothlin [Managing Editor]

When Zelda debuts next month for the Gamecube in Japan, those who order early will get a preorder bonus that redefines the term - an additional disc containing not only the widely heralded Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but the never-released Ura Zelda. The disc also includes movies for Resident Evil 4 and F-Zero GC.

Ura Zelda was the working title for a series entry due on the ill-fated 64 Disk Drive, a Nintendo 64 peripheral only released in Japan. The game included a number of new dungeons for Ocarina's engine and was completed, but it never released due to the peripheral's short life. Some may remember that the original Legend of Zelda debuted on a similar disk drive for the NES in Japan.

For those new to the series, Ocarina of Time was the first Nintendo 64 interation in the series and widely regarded as one of the finest games ever made. Its 1998 release brought the dungeons that made the series famous memorably into 3D.

The deal follows Nintendo's inclusion of a number of 8-bit classics in Animal Crossing, along with the unlockable version of the original Metroid available by beating and linking the GBA's Metroid Fusion and GC's Metroid Prime.

No word on price or whether the two older Zelda games will sport any Gamecube enhancements, though more information is expected by week's end. The promotion is slated to run from November 28 to the game's release on December 13, and according to importer NCS, will be a limited run of 128,000 copies.

When contacted, Nintendo of America was unable to confirm or deny any plans for a similar pre-sell deal here in the states.

But we've got the bombs, okay?

[The One True Cow]

Um...

www.rpgamer.com/games/zelda/zeldagc/screens/zeldagc089.jpg

www.rpgamer.com/games/zelda/zeldagc/screens/zeldagc049.jpg

You shall be intrigued.

EDIT: Er, copy and paste the URLs to see the images, because RPGamer is evil.

[timrpgland]

Hopefully it does come with the US version.

Just another good reason (I don't see why you need another reason other than it's the new Zelda) to own Zelda GC.