Binding: Video Game Brand: Nintendo EAN: 0039915244605 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Feature: Promotional Disc Includes 4 Classic Games Label: Nintendo Manufacturer: Nintendo Platform: GameCube Publisher: Nintendo Sales Rank: 839 Studio: Nintendo
Product Description: The Greatest legend in gaming! The ultimate Zelda Collection. Includes the Legend of Zelda, Zelda II, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, and The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Consider this!
Wow! The first four Link games have come to Gamecube! These games are worth the price.
The first Link game is exactly like the original, except in CD form. It doesn't have any bugs either. I've tried the old final fantasy games on PS1 and every time you save your game you have to start it over. There are tons of bugs in that game. But with the link games I have yet to see a single bug like that.
So if you would like the relive the link hype. This is a great product to do it with, on the nintendo gamecube.
No more batteries to worry about replacing in the NES cartridges!
Rating: - A Hero's Collection
Three words:IT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!It has the four greatest Zelda games of the late 80's and 90's.They are:The Legend of Zelda(1987)Zelda 2(1988)Ocarina of Time(1998)and Majora's Mask).The collection of games is very well done and I think that it is worth every penny spent on it.But...there is ONE BIG PROBLEM.Majora's Mask will crash and has big audio problems.Luckily the audio problems become unoticable and to prevent crashing frequently on the game turn the rumble feature off.Other than that this is definately the finest collection of Zelda titles ever.
Rating: - the greatest game I have for gamecube.
I'm not even kidding. This is so awesome. It comes with 4 great games. majora's mask isn't as bad as they say and ocarina of time looks a lot better. zelda 2 is very fun. the first zelda is just plain Classic.
if you have any sense you would buy this.
Rating: - price tags
The game is good, but the price tags are unbelievably high. I'm surprised the sellers haven't been arrested for price inflation yet.
Rating: - Bad emulation issues with Majora, but overall a winning comp. Notable for being the first major rerelease of the 2 NES Zeldas
A lot of people (myself included), were exited to learn Nintendo was releasing this compilation. 2002/2003 was a very time frame for Zelda fans. Not only did we get this comp, but we also got the long fabled Ura-Zelda that was for the cancelled 64DD attachment that never made its way out of Japan (like so many other video games in history, I'm looking at you Mother, Final Fantasy, and Lost Levels). It was a whole second quest for Ocarina, just like the original Zelda with two different remixed quests.
In 2003, Nintendo began the first of many Zelda back game reissues, which was a long time coming. The whole reason for this compilation's existence was so you can play the entire Legend of Zelda series (at that time, anyway) on one system: the GameCube. With the Gameboy Adapter, you could play the entire Zelda catalogue on your GameCube, including the three Gameboy Titles that were out at 2003. Being Zelda fans, a lot of people (myself included), were exited to learn Nintendo was releasing this compilation., especially since we could play the entire franchise on one system.
For close to ten years (1994 to 2003), you had not been able to buy a new version of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA or ZELDA II due to them not being in production or released on any current system. Every time you wanted to play NES ZELDA, you had to dust off the old NES and fire the game up. In my 2001 review of the original game, I lodge that complaint against Nintendo that there hadn't been a legitimate release of these two games. They've more than made up for that oversight in the intervening years.
Well, Zelda Collector's Edition changed all that. Though never sold in stores, you got the game buy either preregistering for the then new WIND WAKER, or you bought a new GameCube. I actually traded my original GameCube in for 50 dollars, bought a new one for 100 dollars (which I viewed as the cost of this compilation, which isn't bad since it's 12.50 a game) so I could get this. At the time, there was no other way to play LEGEND OF ZELDA without a NES legally. So how does it stand up?
Pretty good. The four games are actually emulated, not ported. As noted in previous reviews, this leads to some bad frame-rate issues with Majora, as well as saving in that game. Majora also has some bad audio issues as well.
The GameCube controller adapts fairly well for the two N64 titles. The Rumble Pack feature, which obviously doesn't work for GameCube, causes crashing issues with Majora and saving, which is sad. I actually don't like the configuration for the NES titles but that's more of a complaint against the GameCube controller in general. I find using the D-Pad puts the thumb in an awkward position, and using the stick not quite the same on those two games.
Nintendo ported the latest versions of all four games. What does that mean? Only that OCARINA had the fire-temple edited due to potential offense to the Islamic faith, and some blood colouring. However, newer versions of the N64 cartridge had these changes as well.
Also notable (and which I have), they releases a (very) barebones game guide covering all four games in the comp.
Here's a brief overview of the games and features itself.
Legend of Zelda: A game that needs no introduction. If you've played any Zelda game, you will instantly recognize that most of the series' conventions and major gameplay features were present from the very beginning. Like Stephen Hawking said of Einstein's theory of relativity, the new Zelda games put some new ribbons and bows on the game design, but the series is still all about this title.
Zelda II: Adventures of Link: The weird cousin or uncle of the Zelda family tree, it's strictly sidescrolling with an overworld map. It's also hard as hell.
Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time (Collector's Edition) - Nintendo 64: One of the most critically acclaimed games of all time, equally rivals Super Mario 64 for best game on the N64.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask -- Collector's Edition (Nintendo 64)Majora's Mask: same game engine as Ocarina, much darker, sadder Zelda. Short with only four dungeons, but lots of side quests and plenty of innovation with the Masks that Link can dawn.
Zelda Retrospective: pretty disappointing. Just a video clip showing screenshots of previous Zelda music while playing the overworld theme (if I remember right, haven't looked at it in a while). It's ok, but I was hoping for more.
Wind Waker Demo: pointless, just Nintendo trying to sell you Wind Waker. Twenty minute demo. Not that offensive, but still very much just an advertisement.
And that's really it.
As far as the omission of my personal favorite Zelda game, Link to the Past, I understand why they did it. Why cannibalize the sales to of the GameBoy advanced title by including it free here? The other four titles hadn't been reissued at that time. As far as those people who say the hand-held market is different from the console, that's true, but remember, the whole point of this release was to ennable the gamer to play the entire series on one console. You can play the Link to the Past reissue on the GameBoy Player. It was a valid business decision, but I still wish they had included that and Link's Awakening, which still hasn't been re-released on any of the 7th generation consoles.
Let's hope they add GameBoy games to Virtual Console, release Majora and Ocarina Master Quest, and then we can really play the whole Legend on one game (excepting Phantom Hourglass, of Course)
Overall, some bad emulation bugs with Majora, but a good comp nonetheless. Sad it wasn't more widely released, but you can pick it up on eBay or a lot of game stores. The ironic part of the whole transaction is there's a big red warning the bottom of the game cover saying "Not For Re-Sale."
- Consider this!
- Bad emulation issues with Majora, but overall a winning comp. Notable for being the first major rerelease of the 2 NES Zeldas
