Nintendo Getting All Cash4Gold With The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

There aren't many special editions of games that I'd consider investing in, but Nintendo's got my attention with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, which will come bundled with a gold Wii remote. Cue a really, really heavy sigh.

The bundle is priced at $69.99, while the regular edition is your typical $49.99. In the initial production run of Skyward Sword, however, every copy will come with a soundtrack CD sporting orchestral arrangements spanning the whole franchise.

My favorite thing about this, however, is Nintendo's explanation for the lack of actual gold.

Sorry. For whatever reason, reading that on Nintendo's website cracks me up.

Alongside the bundle, Nintendo confirmed a new version of Tetris for 3DS called Tetris: Axis, arriving on October 2, and Professor Layton and the Last Specter for the original DS. As a surprise bonus, the latest Professor Layton includes the Brownie Brown-developed Professor Layton's London Life, apparently a 100-hour (!) RPG, with visuals awfully like Mother 3.

That sounds legitimately awesome.

Skyward Sword is scheduled for November 20.

Wow gold? Jeez Nintendo.

Doesn't seem really worth it. The Wii is past its prime and paying 20$ extra for a gold colored remote looks like a cash grab unless bringing it with you when you play your friend on their Wii U tickles your fancy...

Maybe if they made a Master Sword controller...

A little humor in a press release never hurts. But man, a 100-hour RPG in a Professor Layton game? Now that is crazy. The good kind.

no matter how many times Nintendo does this, Zelda will never stand out to me as a "gold"-themed series

I am intrigued by the bundle, but I'll stick to the regular edition.

Dat shit would luk gd on ma chain, dawg.

Aergh wasn't even going to buy this game at all and now am going to be $70 poorer, fuck you Nintendo I love you!

AW SHEEIT PROFESSOR LAYTON SON

I want that controller and I don't care who knows it! I HAVE NO PRIDE!!!! 
 
Plus I don't own a motion plus and this game is the only reason to have one. And I would look pretty slick with my golden classic controller. And, you know, I might actually play my wii.

Ah, its nice to see a return to RPGs you need to believe in reincarnation to get enough time to finish! ONWARD!

People were worried that Layton wasn't going to come out at all due to the RPG. Glad to see it's back on track.

reminds me of the old days when the NES cartridge was colored gold.

@Max_Hydrogen said:

Doesn't seem really worth it. The Wii is past its prime and paying 20$ extra for a gold colored remote looks like a cash grab unless bringing it with you when you play your friend on their Wii U tickles your fancy...

Maybe if they made a Master Sword controller...

The game requires wii motion plus, and this is their way of packaging it in with the game.

Great job.....only 4 hours to late  

IMA GONNA BUY DAT LAY'ON, AN I GONNA BUY DAT GOLD WEMOTE, BUT DERE AIN'T NO 'AY IN HELL I BUYING DAT TETRIS.

The title reminded me of this: 
 
  

@Yamoto said:

Great job.....only 4 hours to late

Holy shit man, that's like your tenth post today sounding like a bitter, miserable and sad person. Liven up!

Layton dated? Awesome. And the special edition is convenient for me since I need Wii Motion+ anyway. All in all, glad to see this news. Don't give 2 shits about Tetris though since Tetris DS is all i'll ever need.

Is this like a concession?
 
http://www.gamerankings.com/wii/960564-xenoblade-chronicles/index.html
 
I'm still playing that even if NOA is...well..."awesome".

"Brownie Brown" seems so dirty to me.

@Max_Hydrogen: I bought my wii at launch and as such only have 1 controller. I need a wiimote plus, which is $20 anyways for that stupid add on. I'd say it makes perfect sense for me to buy that bundle, wouldn't you?

Okay.  I'm down.  I might even pony up for that special edition.

The edition with the Wii Remote Plus interests me somewhat since I have yet to have four Wii Remotes for my somewhat-recently purchased Wii. I like the box art. Shame the case isn't gold-colored.

I never thought they'd include the soundtrack cd with the game. That's great news! 

I think you know what I'm going to say regarding the announcement of semi-obscure games getting dated for localization.

I just sold my Wii, so I don't care about this!
 
I kind of regret selling my Wii now...

No actual gold? Fuck this shit.

Does it come with a golden condom for the wii-remote?

I'm assuming we still have to buy a wii motion plus separately if we don't have one? It does still require it, does it not?

You had me at Mother 3... Now what's all the rest of this stuff announced? 

Looks awesome! Can't wait.

@Turambar said:

@Max_Hydrogen said:

Doesn't seem really worth it. The Wii is past its prime and paying 20$ extra for a gold colored remote looks like a cash grab unless bringing it with you when you play your friend on their Wii U tickles your fancy...

Maybe if they made a Master Sword controller...

The game requires wii motion plus, and this is their way of packaging it in with the game.

Considering buying the remote separately is $40, even if you have no interest in it you have to acknowledge it's a pretty good deal. We've all seen special editions that attempt to fleece the consumer -- This isn't one of them. Pick your battles, man.

I am all kinds of excited for this. Both Zelda and Layton. I had completely forgotten about the 4th Layton game, and a long ass RPG as a minigame? 
 
Pretty sure this is all I'm going to need for the rest of the year.

I'm assuming that's a WiiMotion Plus WiiMote. Without that, the game's unplayable! 

I'm going GOLD.

Considering that Skyward Sword will most likely be the last Wii game I ever buy, now doesn't seem like a great time to invest in a new Wii Remote.

@onan said:

@Turambar said:

@Max_Hydrogen said:

Doesn't seem really worth it. The Wii is past its prime and paying 20$ extra for a gold colored remote looks like a cash grab unless bringing it with you when you play your friend on their Wii U tickles your fancy...

Maybe if they made a Master Sword controller...

The game requires wii motion plus, and this is their way of packaging it in with the game.

Considering buying the remote separately is $40, even if you have no interest in it you have to acknowledge it's a pretty good deal. We've all seen special editions that attempt to fleece the consumer -- This isn't one of them. Pick your battles, man.

You mean buying the Gold Remote separately? If it's not worth an extra 20$ would someone buy it separately for 40$ and not play Skyward Sword with it?

"Pick you battles". Yeah, thanks for the advice; I'll be sure to do just that (hint of sarcasm...)

I wanna know who thought that this would be made of actual gold.

I am most excited about a 100-hour Professor Layton RPG. Count me in!

@Hef said:

@Max_Hydrogen: I bought my wii at launch and as such only have 1 controller. I need a wiimote plus, which is $20 anyways for that stupid add on. I'd say it makes perfect sense for me to buy that bundle, wouldn't you?

It would make just as much "perfect sense" for you to buy that stupid add-on.

Would be nice for Nintendo to release a new Zelda mid-life cycle of one of their consoles again.The Wii's age can only negate any great work they've done. Lets hope the remake it for the Wii U launch.

@Hef said:

@Max_Hydrogen: I bought my wii at launch and as such only have 1 controller. I need a wiimote plus, which is $20 anyways for that stupid add on. I'd say it makes perfect sense for me to buy that bundle, wouldn't you?

It would make just as much "perfect sense" for you to buy that stupid add-on.

@Max_Hydrogen said:

@onan said:

@Turambar said:

@Max_Hydrogen said:

Doesn't seem really worth it. The Wii is past its prime and paying 20$ extra for a gold colored remote looks like a cash grab unless bringing it with you when you play your friend on their Wii U tickles your fancy...

Maybe if they made a Master Sword controller...

The game requires wii motion plus, and this is their way of packaging it in with the game.

Considering buying the remote separately is $40, even if you have no interest in it you have to acknowledge it's a pretty good deal. We've all seen special editions that attempt to fleece the consumer -- This isn't one of them. Pick your battles, man.

You mean buying the Gold Remote separately? If it's not worth an extra 20$ would someone buy it separately for 40$ and not play Skyward Sword with it?

"Pick you battles". Yeah, thanks for the advice; I'll be sure to do just that (hint of sarcasm...)

Max I think he's just talking about the cost of a Wii Remote in general. They probably won't sell the Zelda remote à la carte. And onan is right in saying most special editions don't give you that value. ... Arkham Asylum.

The "Cash for Gold" title made me burst out laughing.

@Max_Hydrogen said:

@onan said:

@Turambar said:

@Max_Hydrogen said:

Doesn't seem really worth it. The Wii is past its prime and paying 20$ extra for a gold colored remote looks like a cash grab unless bringing it with you when you play your friend on their Wii U tickles your fancy...

Maybe if they made a Master Sword controller...

The game requires wii motion plus, and this is their way of packaging it in with the game.

Considering buying the remote separately is $40, even if you have no interest in it you have to acknowledge it's a pretty good deal. We've all seen special editions that attempt to fleece the consumer -- This isn't one of them. Pick your battles, man.

You mean buying the Gold Remote separately? If it's not worth an extra 20$ would someone buy it separately for 40$ and not play Skyward Sword with it?

"Pick you battles". Yeah, thanks for the advice; I'll be sure to do just that (hint of sarcasm...)

You seem to have a misunderstanding about the hardware. Skyward Sword needs the Wii Motion Plus add-on for the Wii-mote to be played. That add-on is 40 dollars. The gold wii-mote packaged in the limited edition is a Wii-mote Plus, which has wii motion plus built into the controller. So for someone who wants to play Skyward Sword but didn't buy a Motion Plus, this saves them 20 dollars. For those that already do, the normal 50 dollar sku is there for that reason.

Twenty more bucks for Motion+ and soundtrack sounds alright to me.