| The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition | |
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD Nintendo Software Technology |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Composer(s) | Kenta Nagata |
| Series | The Legend of Zelda |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube |
| Genre(s) | Compilation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, known in Japan as Zelda Collection (ゼルダコレクション), is a compilation of four video games from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series, a twenty-minute demo of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and two featurettes. It was released for the Nintendo GameCube on November 7, 2003 in Japan; November 14, 2003 in Europe; November 17, 2003 in North America; and March 19, 2004 in Oceania. Not available for purchase, it was distributed through various promotions and bundles.
Contents[]
Collector's Edition contains complete emulated versions of The Legend of Zelda, The Adventure of Link, Ocarina of Time, and Majora's Mask.[1] A Link to the Past was not included most likely due to the fact that the game had been, at the time, recently ported for the Game Boy Advance.
The Legend of Zelda received an updated translation, which corrected the mistranslated English used in the NES version of the game (which itself was a port from the Famicom Disk System).
The GameCube versions of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask possess an overall cleaner look, since they run at a resolution of 640 × 480p as opposed to the original resolution of 320 × 240i on the Nintendo 64.[1] Gamespot noted that Majora's Mask suffered from a frame rate which appeared choppier and inconsistencies in the audio.[2]
Collector's Edition also contains a twenty-minute playable demo and a highlight reel of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and a brief retrospective featurette of the Zelda games from the original The Legend of Zelda to The Wind Waker.[2]
Availability[]
This compilation was never sold commercially, and originally could only be obtained by purchasing a GameCube bundled with the disc,[3][4] (in North America, Europe and Australia), by registering a GameCube and two games at Nintendo.com,[3] or by subscribing or renewing a subscription to Nintendo Power (in North America) or Club Nintendo in Sweden.[3] In the UK, 1000 copies were made available through the Club Nintendo Stars Catalogue program.[4] After these were quickly claimed, Nintendo gave a copy to customers who mailed in proof of purchases from select Nintendo GameCube games.[4] Despite not being sold in public, Nintendo Power created a guide that covered all four of the games on the disc. Many used-game retailers sell used copies of the collection.
See also[]
- List of video game collector and limited editions
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition". IGN. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Torres, Ricardo (2003-11-14). "The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition Bundle Impressions". GameSpot. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 IGN Staff (4 November 2003). "Zelda Bundle at $99". IGN. Retrieved 26 June 2006.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Calvert, Justin (2004-01-05). "New Zelda promotion for UK". GameSpot. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
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