Vooks has the first photographed receipt of Ocarina of Time, meaning that EB has officially broken the Street Date for the game, selling it before its official release next Thursday. We expect other retailers to start selling the game soon.
GAME has stated on its Facebook that it will “announce once it’s confirmed”, and we expect JB Hi Fi will also begin selling as soon as they hear from head office.
UPDATE: GAME has stated on its Facebook page that you can head in-store and they “can help you out”.
UPDATE 2: JB Hi Fi is now informing customers via SMS that they can pick up their pre-orders.
Fistbeard McTavish
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 10:44 AMSHIT YES!
*Explosion behind him, as a server rack mysteriously combusts as if C4 was placed on it*
Picking it up at midday!
*totally ignores the phone ringing off the hook as people wonder why their network access is broken*
Fistbeard McTavish
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:52 PMI really need to stop willfully destroying various network components whenever a new game releases. I might get fired.
Glenn
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 10:55 AM*le sigh*… I am honestly considering buying a 3DS for the sole purpose of Ocarina Of Time… purely for the Nostalgia trip… but is it really worth me spending $400 on it… :(
Marty
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:38 PMwas my temptation too, but then i realised I still own 2 copies of it and have already beaten it 4 times…
doubleDizz
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 10:55 AMit was nice they blurred the salesperson’s name!
So Mark, can we assume you’ll now be reporting on all the street dates that break in the future…?
Mark Serrels
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 10:56 AMOn big games, yes.
Batguy
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 10:58 AMAlso makes sense in this case because it’s a week, not just a day or two.
Klutar
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:02 AMBut Generic Action War Based Shooter 10 released 1 day early
I MUST KNOW
Mark Serrels
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:03 AMlolol!
Matthew Kermeen
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:03 AMPart of me wants to play Ocarina of Time just to see what all the fuss is about, but since it’s been about a year since I used my DS and I traded in my Wii after not using it for over a year, I think I’m about done with Nintendo.
I have no interest in getting rid of my DS Phat for a DSi or 3DS, and the Wii U just looks terrible.
I do have an N64, maybe I should go dig up a copy of Ocarina of Time on that.
Ben
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:03 AMI got Arkham Asylum last year a week before its official street date here in Australia. Bless Dungeon Crawl in Melbourne’s CBD. 75% of the time they break street dates to stay competitive.
MrGaz
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:10 AMJust called JB (Galeries Victoria store) and they said they don’t have any in stock. The also make a comment, EB shouldn’t be selling it. lol
Dam, regretting in putting down my 10 bucks there. :(
Instant-Noodlez
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 1:38 PMI just walked in there 30 mins ago and got a copy without preorder.
Warrick
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:12 AMJust went into EB Games on Swanston St in Melbourne – they have not received stock yet. Anyone know if they will recieve stock shortly?
PlimpyD
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:27 AMI rang them and they said if they get it today it will be between 12 and 1. They also said they’re ‘apparently only giving them to people who preordered’ although that might have been a slight communication error.
Maria
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:40 AMI would be very surprised if they got the stock today. Generally, EB Head Office won’t ship stock until 2-3 days before release.
Also, when I called, I didn’t even get the line about when they’ll release stock – they just said that they don’t have it in, and they haven’t received word from Nintendo that its ok to sell. Funny, I thought they received their directives from HO.
Jason
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 4:40 PMEB Swanston St IS the head office (for vic anyway). all the decision is made there, also where the most confusion reigns.
Dingo Davey
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:26 AMGAME in Canberra City might be willing to sell you a copy :)
Luke
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:28 AMJust heading to my local mall now I have a JB a GAME and a EB I will let you guys know how I go!
Vylen
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:35 AMWell, I haven’t gotten a call yet from EB Games about my pre-order… will wait a bit I guess before jumping on the phone.
Nowell
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:39 AMJust called EB at Westfield South Morang and they have it in stock!!! *runs to Westfield*
TeaAddict
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:43 AMWhich JB hifi stores are confirmed to be selling this today? Hopefully my local store let me pick up my preorder today (haven’t heard from them yet).
MrGaz
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:47 AMNot the Galeries Victoria store if you preordered there.
TeaAddict
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:54 AMNope, mine is in Sydney (Chatswood Store). I’m staying hopeful as someone just called the phone number I gave them but didn’t leave a message. I’ll pop in before work and check anyway.
VOOK
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 11:53 AMThe story here isn’t the street date break, but how it broke. Hilarious.
Luke
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:13 PMI just got my copy from EB games at warringah mall brookvale!!
Brewer74
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:36 PMPretty Sure GAME just got theirs in yoo (at Warringah Mall), you have to go and ask for it though, they said they were not allowed to put it on the self yet, very strange.
dmag87
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:21 PMF*ck living in Tasmania. Because of the ash cloud bullsh*t they won’t have stock for days!!! AHHHHH
Doraiya
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:28 PMImportant Note for Tasmanians!
The Chilean ash cloud has had a severe effect on both JBHIFI and EB’s air freight, which is there primary method of importing stock.
At the moment, we are looking at a Monday launch, but keep an eye on this spot for updates.
TheFly067
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 2:27 PMAny updates? All flights are going ahead.
Glenn
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:39 PMUgh, does anyone know if any stores are going to be selling 3DS and Ocarina of Time packs? game.co.uk are, would love to get this! Mark perhaps you can check and see if any retailers are going to be doing pack deals?
MrTaco
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:42 PMKinda wanted that special edition of it. But I guess it’s beyond impossible to put a preorder down now because of it, so guess I’ll wait for it to come out properly next week, then maybe pick up it, Steel Diver and RE Mercenaries from Myer. Hopefully should come to ~$45 each with their three-for-two sale :P
Teamrangrang
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:51 PMGot my copy from EB Brisbane
CCBrown
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:55 PMAh good old quiet Adelaide. When I rang the EB Games stores in or close to the CBD, 3 out of 4 had no idea that the street date was broken (City Cross, Sefton Park, Firle). The Rundle Mall store in the old David Jones building could not confirm whether they’ll have stock in today or Monday. — For all you South Aussies keen on getting this early, rang up JB Hifi Rundle Mall, and they gave me an immediate confirmation that they have stock for sale.
Nate
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 1:36 PMSchweeet! I just rang my local EB (Firle) too and they said they didn’t have it in stock! Heading to JB @ Rundle NOA!
Uilt
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 1:03 PMJB South Wharf have it in. It’s not on display but you can get it at the counter.
I just did.
Shaun
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 1:04 PMAll these wispers and sillyness clearly stem from Nintendo having an official launch event… But all this could be avoided if out release date wasnt 2 weeks behing the rest of the damn world. So silly.
VGP
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 1:11 PMAny word on Dick Smith/Target/Big W/Kmart?
Instant-Noodlez
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 1:41 PMI walked into Dick Smith in Sydney City and they said they have no stock.
SC
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 5:58 PMWent to Kmart today. They had it, but they wouldn’t sell me a copy and said they wouldn’t sell any until the offical release date. I wasn’t even going to bother asking them, but they had the price tag for the game ($49, I think) stuck on the shelf along with their other 3DS games.
xWisp
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 1:19 PMI cant find it anywhere in the Perth/WA area Game, EB and Jb Hifi stores all tell me that they would expect shipments monday/tuesday. Anyone have any luck of finds it lemme know =.=
Jason
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 2:44 PMSeconded. Would love to know of anywhere in Perth (north of the river preferably) that is selling early.
The Cracks
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 3:30 PMJust phoned up EB Games Riverton (south of the river, btw), and their stock has arrived – going to go pick mine up ASAP ^_^
Richard
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 3:44 PMJust got mine from GAME Joondalup! Goodbye productive weekend!
Elise
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 5:56 PMI picked mine up from Mirrabooka a few hours ago.
Elise
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 5:57 PMEB Games in Mirrabooka, that is.
Benny
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 1:26 PMCan confirm, GAME at Kilkenny (SA) has them in stock and will sell if asked over the counter. However, they had no guides in stock and thus would not price match JB’s combo for $59.
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/651037/Zelda:-Ocarina-Of-Time-3d-(Strategy-Guide-Bundle)