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The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword Bundle Highlights a Golden Autumn for Nintendo Games
Dates and Details Revealed on Zelda Bundle with Gold
Controller, New Tetris and Professor Layton Titles
REDMOND, Wash.--(August 29, in the year of our Lord
2011)-- Leaves won’t be the only things turning gold
this fall as Nintendo prepares to launch an extraordinary lineup
of games for its Wii™, Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ game
systems. At a recent meeting of GameStop retail store managers
from across the United States, Nintendo of America’s executive
vice president of Sales & Marketing Scott Moffitt revealed new
details about upcoming releases for several fan-favorite
franchises:
A special limited-edition The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword
bundle containing the game and a gold* Wii Remote™ Plus
controller will be available when the game launches on Nov. 20.
Also for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, every copy in the
initial production of the game will come packaged with a special
music CD featuring orchestral arrangements of select songs that
will be performed at The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary
Symphony Concert.
Nintendo will launch the upcoming Tetris®: Axis game for
Nintendo 3DS systems on Oct. 2.
The Professor Layton and the Last Specter™ game for the Nintendo
DS family of systems will launch Oct. 17.
“Nintendo has something for you this fall, no matter what type
of gamer you are, no matter what Nintendo system you’re
playing,” said Moffitt. “Whether you’re looking for a
world-spanning epic like The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, the
pick-up-and-play puzzle fun of Tetris: Axis or the mind-bending
adventure of Professor Layton and the Last Specter, we’ve got
you covered.”
The limited-edition gold controller bundle for The Legend of
Zelda: Skyward Sword will be offered at a suggested retail price
of $69.99. The game will also be sold separately at a suggested
retail price of $49.99, though the gold controller will only be
available as part of the special bundle. As an additional 25th
anniversary treat for fans who purchase the game early, every
copy in the initial production, whether sold by itself or as a
part of the limited-edition bundle, will come with a free CD
featuring select orchestral arrangements of iconic music
spanning the history of the franchise which will be performed at
The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony Concert
performances in October 2011. For more information about The
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, visit
http://www.zelda.com/skywardsword.
The original portable Tetris® game was a smash hit on the Game
Boy™ system. The new Tetris: Axis game lets players use the
magic of the Nintendo 3DS system to jump into the action in 3D
without the need for special glasses. The game includes more
than 20 different modes – some familiar, some new. Up to eight
players can compete in wireless multiplayer battles, even if
only one player has a game card**. Tetris: Axis also makes use
of the augmented-reality and SpotPass™ features of Nintendo 3DS.
Tetris: Axis is part of a stirring fall lineup for Nintendo 3DS
that also includes Pokémon™ Rumble Blast (launching Oct. 24),
Super Mario 3D Land™ (November) and Mario Kart™ 7 (December).
Professor Layton and the Last Specter for the Nintendo DS family
of systems is the fourth installment in the Professor Layton
puzzle adventure series. It begins a new trilogy that is a
prequel to the original games, set three years before the events
in Professor Layton and the Curious Village™. The game contains
more puzzles than any in the series to date. As a North American
exclusive to the overall Professor Layton and the Last Specter
package, a bonus role-playing game called Professor Layton’s
London Life™ containing more than 100 hours of additional
content will be available to players from the start of the game.
Remember that Wii and Nintendo 3DS feature parental controls
that let adults manage the content their children can access.
For more information about this and other features, visit
http://www.nintendo.com/wii or
http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.
* Note that the gold controller will simply be gold in color and
will not contain any actual precious metals.
** Multiplayer mode requires multiple Nintendo 3DS systems, each
sold separately.