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

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

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.

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

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.

AW SHEEIT PROFESSOR LAYTON SON

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!

Dat shit would luk gd on ma chain, dawg.

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

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

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.

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...

Wow gold? Jeez Nintendo.

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.