The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition

The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition
North American box art
Developer(s)	Nintendo EAD Nintendo Software Technology
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Composer(s)	Kenta Nagata
Series	The Legend of Zelda
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube
Release date(s)	JP November 7, 2003 EU November 14, 2003 NA November 17, 2003 AUS March 19, 2004
Genre(s)	Compilation
Mode(s)	Single-player
Rating(s)	ESRB: E OFLC: G 8+ PEGI: 7+
Media	1 × Nintendo GameCube Game Disc

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 mangled English used in the NES version of the game (which itself was a port from the Famicom Disk System).

The imperfections of the Nintendo 64 emulator used in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask caused technical errors and glitches in Majora's Mask.^{[citation needed]} Many players of this game have complained that Majora's Mask unexpectedly crashes or freezes occasionally because of emulation mistakes. The game can also suffer from lag in certain areas, most notably in Clock Town, and inconsistencies in the audio.^[2]

Despite these problems, 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 × 240p on the Nintendo 64.^[1]

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.

Despite never having a commercial release, copies have shown up for sale on the used game market.

See also

• List of video game collector and limited editions

References

External links

• The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition at MobyGames