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Hmm...but the old WW graphics are so cool...oh well, guess you could always own both.

Oh it's in EGM alright, but it very very didn't look like a practical joke.

Preorder deals for videogames tend to fall into three categories: enticing (like the RE4 making-of DVD), typical (the Metroid Prime 2 tshirt), and incredibly lame (one extremely useless cheat code for NfSU2). But not Nintendo's upcoming giveaway - this one's easily in a class of it's own.

Beginning the first day of April, those who plop down at least $10 on this fall's highly anticipated and mature looking The Legend of Zelda for GC will receive a bonus disc that features a visually remade version of Link's 2003 adventure, The Wind Waker. So instead of a cartoony look, the ever-popular elf will be traveling the ocean blue in search of his little sis with the same super slick and grown-up graphics as the next console installment.

But that's not all: The game will also include two full-length dungeons that were cut from the original Wind Waker because series creator and legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto felt "it had gotten too big for all ages to play." Told you this oh-so-sweet deal deserves it's own category.

From EGM:


Now that I've typed all that for you. Despite the words "popular" and "elf" being, quite possibly, a form of cruel and unusual punishment, there's nothing else there that says it's an April Fool's Joke. Magazines tend to avoid those things because people can buy the magazine for the full month. If they do contain a joke, it's a lot more obvious than something like this. For example, a Ninja Gaiden / Master Blaster crossover. That would never happen and it's obviously a joke. And not funny, because that kind of crossover would be totally radical.

We'll find out on April 1st, but I'm pretty sure this is for real.

Remember the Sheng Long controversy? Whenever Ryu won a match he would say his trademark phrase just as anyone else, but his was a little more cryptic than the others: "You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance" (???) Who the hell is Sheng Long?? That was what most western SF2 players though. The answer as usual was in a botched translation effort: Sheng Long is the chinese pronunciation of Sho-Ryu, as in Sho-Ryu-Ken, aka the Dragon Punch. Ryu was saying that you had to master his technique in order to beat him, but for some odd reason that we'll never know English, Chinese and Japanese got all mixed up in some poor translator's head and the "Sheng Long" was phonetically transcribed as it was, and coupled with Ryu's cryptic message gave the impression that he was talking about some hidden character.

The rumor flew around from day one (among other famous SF2 hoaxes like the one about you being able to ride Guile's Jet or beating up the bystanders in some stages), but it really spread like wildfire when as an april fool's joke EGM published an article about how there really was a secret character named Sheng Long unlockable via ungodly gaming prowess (beating all characters in "perfect" matches). Regardless of how ridiculous the rumor was, every kid out there (myself included) poured coins after coins in the SF2 machines and spent hours in front of the home versions in an effort to unlock said character. What did Capcom do? They watched as the money poured in by the shitloads! Ah.... Don't you miss when those things could happen in the fantastic world of videogames??

I, too, am a Zelda whore.  Those pictures are porn for me.  I will be preordering like the good little slave I am.

You didn't read the thread, did you?

Instead of systematic,
the news becomes erratic.
No one can agree.

Ah, my bad.  I thought it was cheesy poetry, not cheesy music. 

/derail_off

I can forgive a lot of Stamosness because he hooked and continues to hold onto that total prize package.

I was going to post a pic of Rebecca in the Stamos thread, but it was far too gay for her. I can forgive a lot of Stamosness because he hooked and continues to hold onto that total prize package. In fact, I wish I was John Stamos.

I've never heard Pete Schilling, but then new wave euro music ain't my thing (that's his AMG genre listing). I bet he wishes he were Stamos, too!

They aren't together anymore.  You are now free to fantasize about how you might hook up with Mystique now that she's available.

Getting back to subject, I sold my 'Cube because I am utterly tired of Nintendo pushing their IP into everything, whether it's the ton of titles that are Mario/Zelda/etc. through and through, to putting their IP into Soul Calibur II and NBA Street V3. Shit like that probably led to the appearance of Ape Escape IP in MGS 3 on the PS2. Eevil precedent!

Hi, I'm an assistant manager at EB Games.

It's a completely valid offer.  Unless my regional manager is in on the gag.

Awesome first post. 

Edit: I'll save the rock throwing for the morning when everyone praises me on high.

Hi, I'm an assistant manager at EB Games.


It's a completely valid offer.  Unless my regional manager is in on the gag.



Awesome first post.