The comes from Sinobi blog, for whom Andriasang vouches as a good source on retail info, and it sounds plausible. rumour has it Nintendo is not allowing retailers to place orders for the game and allotments will be small, regardless of retailer size.
The small shipment may also be due to unannounced-yet-inevitable plans for a 3DS/Ocarina bundle, as plenty of buyers are waiting on that game’s June release date to go ahead and pick up the new device. Either way, for those who want to be assured of picking the game up on release day, a preorder is the way to go.
Nintendo Plans Small Shipment for Zelda 3DS — Retailer [Andriasang, thanks SecretMoblin]
Mic
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 12:51 PMThey haven’t yet worked out the reason Spirit Tracks wasn’t as popular was because it was basically Phantom Hourglass on Grass?
OzHuski
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 1:58 PMIf the make a special Green Zelda 3DS to go with it, ill be sold on holding out until then..
Katie
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 3:13 PMWell, I’ve already preordered – I got a poster and everything. So I guess rumours of not allowing retailers to place orders for the game are false? Unless I get a call asking for the poster back :P
happycow
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 6:54 PMPhantom Hourglass was BORING. It played like a generic brand Zelda title and was very uninspiring, so I never checked out Spirit Tracks. Ocarina though, I love, and will probably buy a 3DS for the remake. Would have been nice for them to throw in Link to the Past as well. I’d also buy Majora and Wind Waker ports, both great games. Nintendo simply dropped the ball with Zelda on the DS.
Steve0410
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 8:01 PMDoubt they’d make another SKU for a Zelda-edition 3DS, the last time this happened was the gold GBA SP + Minish Cap. There were none in the DS generation, combined with the fact that the 3DS is still young and Nintendo has no trouble selling their regular versions (vs mid-product cycle sales dip)
Scruffy
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 10:50 PMthere was a special edition golden ds lite, it had a triforce on it and was bundled with phantom hourglass. i doubt they’d release a new SKU just for a port tho. wouldn’t mind a metroid or advance wars themed one
Dave Goodfellow
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 9:19 PMPhantom Hourglass was woeful, but I really enjoyed spirit tracks. It restored my confidence that a Zelda title could work on DS, and now with OoT around the corner I’m ready to be inspired all over again :)
Dave
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 10:59 PMThe DS zelda games were terrible, that’s why they were bargain binned. The stylus is a poor way to control a game.
This is OoT. Nostalgia kiddies will be picking this up for the sake of playing it in 3D. I’m not so sure Nintendo thought this through…
Loopy
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 12:22 AMWell maybe if they made good zelda games…
Mikey
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 9:35 AMNice subtle advertisement for McDonalds. lol.