At 9AM this morning, I bought a copy of Twilight Princess for GameCube. I’m playing the title on Wii, but needed to get it as a gift for a Wii-less person.
Arriving at the store five minutes before they opened, I feared a line. Those five minutes were plenty, plus three. Being the first in line, I sat on the curb, read the Weekly Dig, and waited. Two minutes before the doors opened, another guy showed up. Right at 9, an employee in a yellow polo shirt opened the door. I bee-lined it to the GameCube section, which is now the Wii section. A short search later, I found the minuscule GameCube section .. with no copies of Zelda! Fearing an early sale the night before (Circuit City apparently did it on Tuesday), I circled the games section until I found a blue-shirt to help me. Questioning him, he grunted as he stuffed an eggwich into his maw. He abruptly started to walk away, me following. Turns out they were in a box behind the cash register the whole time.
I’m not sure what happened to the other half of the Twilight Princess GameCube launch line, but there are apparently plenty of copies to go around. If it’s out in your territory, did you pick up a copy of Twilight Princess for GameCube?
Got it last night at Circuit City for $38. They started selling at 5pm, I got there at about 4:40 and I was 3rd in line. By the time 5 rolled around there were about 20 people in line. They had about 30 copies.
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got my pricematched-copy yesterday afternoon at meijer, since circuit city didn't want to sell until after 5pm. the best part is, they quietly got 3 wii systems in while I was there, and I managed to grab the last one.
I have the Wii version so I don't need the Gamecube version, but I saw the employees at Circuit City unboxing them when I went there yesterday to buy a gift card. I don't think there's going to be too much of a shortage of this game
There appears to be a bit of a shortage in Europe… My order still hasn't been dispatched despite the game slated to be out in 48 hours or so – it usually takes 3 days to reach my house from where I ordered it from :(If I don't get this game before Christmas I'll cry
My little recon trip today showed that my local Hastings (where I got my Wii) had a stack of GCN Zelda:TP on the shelf. There was also a Nunchuck at the Walmart!Chris in TN
I got it at Target at 5pm, right when they started officially selling it. There was no line. The guy hadn't put them on the shelves yet, he pulled them out of a cardboard box when I asked. The game is great so far by the way! 9 hours in, just beat the 2nd dungeon.
Bought it today here in the Netherlands, with no trouble at all. Been playing for about 2 hours now and I like it.
I'm gonna say this in the nicest way possible, but your'e really cheating yourself if you bought or are plan on buying the GCN version of Twilight Princess. The Wii version is such an improvement.Yeah, needless to say, I didn't pick it up. Dont need or want to.
if you are a OoT nostalgia driven fool, go get it. You have a free roaming camera AND the entire world is not mirrored. SO when you leave the forest and head north, Kakariko is to the east and behind it is Death Mountain. If you dug the controls on Wind Waker you will enjoy this Zelda even more. Different moves are controlled by different combinations of buttons, and you only have one button for the menus/map. If you like wiggling the controller go for it. neither on is better. Just different. I prefer the GNC version, and if you think I am stupid for it, blow me.
i wish they wouldn't have mirrored the Wii version… my 2 cents…
Since I'm only playing the Wii version, I really haven't noticed or cared that it's been mirrored. People act like this fact alone ruins the game, when it's really no big deal in the grand scheme of this game.
I have no idea why anyone gives a shit that it's mirrored. Is there really anything lost artistically? Seriously? If you think so, I think you're probably fooling yourself.
I'll lookout for the GC version tomorrow (Europe).
Frisby:I dont think that you are stupid for wanting to play and/or buy the GCN version of Twilight Princess, that's not what I said. What I said is you are cheating yourself. In playing the GCN version, you will be playing the same game you played when you bought Wind Waker. The control scheme will be pretty much identicle, and while Twilight Princess is a masterpiece regardless of what platform it's put on, the GCN controller will do little to compliment this masterpiece like the Wii does so well.Now as for complaining about the mirroring issue, you (and anyone else who makes this irrelevant compaint) are a tool. It has no negative affect on the final product whatsoever and it baffles me why people are still bitching and moaning about it. Like you are.
i didn't actually bitch about the mirroring issue, I was just stating that the games are different and stating all of the major differences. If anything I am backing playing both versions. When I first played Wind Waker I fell in love with the controls compared to the N64 games. I loved the free roaming camera because changing up the angles kept the game fresh (to me that is).While the Bow and Arrow, Sling Shot, Boomerang and all the projectiles you can shoot with are better on the Wii version, I love playing with a control style that still rocks.If Zelda was nothing more than a fps it would compliment it, all it does is make you wiggle the controller to swing a sword and annoy yourself with a bright ass blue fairy. And if I could have a Wii remote attached to a Wavebird and aim when I need to that would rock.So for clarity I was not bitching and moaning, I was defending a game you said was less of a game when it is just different.Here is an analogyMenthols:100's::Zelda Wii:Zelda GNCOh and NONE of my post was about your comment BTW. So I was stating blow me if you think my reasons are stupid. "Now as for complaining about the mirroring issue, you (and anyone else who makes this irrelevant compaint) are a tool"Stupid, tool, whatever. Assume the position.Don't cheat yourself, play the GNC version then judge.Thanks for your opinion! :)Friz
Played both, and the lack of camera control on the Wii version killed it for me. GCN FTW, this time around. That, and wiggling the nunchuck really did make it too easy to do a 360 slash.game is double-awesome, btw.
Got my this afternoon at a local TRU.They had like zillions of copies (read: 80 to 100 copies I would say) of the GameCube version.That's pretty much half of the GameCube shelfspace (a lot of this shop).So, no problem at all to get it on launch day in Europe.—-BTW: a goat just kicked me from Epona *LOL*OH BOY*GIGGLE*