Zelda Comes Home, Again

November 29th, 2003

Nintendo recently released a compilation disc containing four previous Zelda games; The Legend of Zelda (NES), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64), and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (N64). Noticeably missing is Link to the Past for the SNES. I’d guess the main reason for the lack of Link to the Past is that you can still buy the title for the Game Boy Advance. However, they’ve included a demo of the newest Link, The Wind Waker for GameCube and a couple of exclusive movies for collectors.

Unfortunately the easiest way to pick of the disc is by purchasing a GameCube that comes bundled with it. Thankfully, Nintendo realized that many people already own GameCube systems, so they’re also allowing you to obtain the disc through “two other methods”:https://www.nintendo.com/zeldaclassic/.

The first one involves “registering”:https://www.nintendo.com/register/index.jsp your currently owned GameCube and two select Nintendo GameCube titles. The other choice is to “subscribe or renew”:https://www.nintendo.com/zeldaclassic/store.jsp your Nintendo Power magazine subscription for $19.99 and receive the disc for free.

I opted for the renewal of my Nintendo Power magazine because it was scheduled to expire soon anyway and Nintendo is usually good about giving other exclusive content to subscribers like the “EON ticket”:http://www.snapturtle.com/archives/2003/10/09/ive_got_the_ticket.php for Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.

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