The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition

The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Release date	November 17, 2003; November 7, 2003; November 14, 2003; March 19, 2004;
Rating(s)	ESRB: E (Everyone); PEGI: 3+; OFLC: G;
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube
Predecessor	The Wind Waker
Successor	Four Swords Adventures
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The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition is a compilation of several installments from the Zelda series. This compilation even has its own Player's Guide, which is rare for a promotional product. Despite the fact that all the games were not originally created for the GameCube, all four games have been specially modified to be played on the GameCube with their original graphics. It is also the first time that Majora's Mask has been re-released in the United States, with the second time being in May 2009 with the Virtual Console version of Majora's Mask.

Game Information

Content

This collection of games is most likely to be coveted by many of the hardcore Zelda fans, as well as new gamers. It brings back four of the most popular Zelda games in their original, mostly unchanged versions: Link's very first quest, The Legend of Zelda; his second quest, The Adventure of Link; the first time he incarnated in 3D, Ocarina of Time; and the journey through Termina, Majora's Mask.

In addition to these games, which are included in full version, the following features were added as well:

Wind Waker special movie
Legend of Zelda: A Retrospective - an arrangement of scenes from all the games between The Legend of Zelda and The Wind Waker
A 20-minute playable demo of The Wind Waker, which allows a player to play three different scenarios from the game. There are barriers and limitations to this demo in terms of gameplay as the full version of Wind Waker is just under 3 times the size of demo, the game will reset after the end of the 20 minute time limit.

It should be noted that the story displayed in the two NES games, when START is not pressed, has been rewritten to correct all mistranslations. These changes would be retained in the GBA and Wii releases.

Promotion History

In North America, Collector's Edition was published as a free promotional disc originally given out to Nintendo Power members with 5 or more registered games at Nintendo.com. For a limited time, a player could also receive the disc free with a new purchase of a Nintendo GameCube, or from purchasing a subscription or subscription renewal to Nintendo Power.

It was also released in Europe, where there were several ways to obtain the disc. The game was initially bundled in a limited edition Mario Kart: Double Dash!! GameCube package. Nintendo later made the title available to GameCube owners who mailed them proof of purchase of certain first party GameCube titles. Eventually the disc could even be purchased from the Nintendo of Europe website in their stars catalogue (a scheme that offers items in return for 'stars' collected in leaflets with all Nintendo games) for 4500 stars.

Problems

Although the game mentions "sound irregularities" on the disc as a result of porting Majora's Mask to the GameCube, no mention was made of another widespread issue. It seems to be common for the game to freeze play without warning. Supposedly this problem can be encountered less if one opts not to use the rumble function.