A Digital Code for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Will Be $50 in North America

Not a big fan of digital downloads..I prefer a physical disk.
I get that digital copies save the manufacturer production costs, but I liken it to downloading eBooks. I like to hold a real book in my hands.
Alas, looks like digital is the future.

I'm curious about these physical releases. Did they ever even say that there'll be standalone amiibo and game releases? I can't find anything online, it seems that we can either buy it physically with the amiibo or digitally.

I've seen several sites have preorders for the regular version. Smaller sites though.

You pay an extra $10 for the amiibo just like with Yoshi's Wooly World. It's well worth it as far as I'm concerned. That figure is a work of art.

$50 was the price I assumed it was going to be especially since the amiibo bundle was confirmed to be $60. I do have to say I'm not like super excited for this game though since it comes out near my birthday I might just ask for it anyways (or maybe Pokken Tournament who knows). I didn't get to experience Zelda games really till I was 16 (I'm turning 19 soon) so I missed out on a whole lot of games and these remakes are nice ways to give someone like me an updated version to these amazing games without dealing with some of the more aged problems like the camera of N64 or the wind in Wind Waker.

@MitchVogel They haven't mentioned a single word about it (at least in NA). But even if they decided to make it a bundle only at launch, sooner or later the amiibo and game will be sold separately. Nintendo knows there are a ton of people out there that simply want that beautiful amiibo only (like myself). Sure I may get the game eventually when I see it on sale for 20$ or something (which won't happen for a long time, but I'm okay with that, I have both the Wii and GCN versions, so I'm good).

That. Is. Hilarious.

But also very Nintendo-like. They won't be Nintendo if they're not scrounging for money.

Meanwhile, the original game is still available in-stores… -.-

They haven't even given their prospective customers the chance to miss the game.

@MitchVogel maybe if you buy it digitally, there will be a conventional dlc unlock available and there's that whole argument again. this and so many other things will be made clear in the north american nintendo direct i am predicting will come the week before the american superbowl. so much north american nintendo stuff going on, they really need to make one.

@Jamotello I agree, they really need to clear up more info around this game. I want to know what makes this different from the previous version and when or if they'll be releasing the amiibo and game separately.

Amiibo bundle preordered here.

I prefer physical releases. Got my amiibo bundle preordered a while ago. Also I'm not looking forward to the game right now. Too much going on at university and all these february releases to be looking forward to a game that releases in march and one that I basically already played. Would have prefered a standalone Midna amiibo, too. Without Wolf Link, you know.

I live in the UK so I can't really say I'm affected by this, however I would stop asking about whether there will be a separate amiibo as this won't be available for a while because Nintendo wants to shift more limited edition copies It took them months to release the squid amiibo seperatly and I can't even remember them talking about the separate woolly yoshis I know it sold out but they never seemed to say any more about it I think they migt have some now though.

Already preordered the physical Amiibo bundle. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. With Amiibo I mean. Not a life of crime.

I don't agree with the price but it's typical Nintendo. It makes the physical bundle of game, amiibo and soundtrack look like a bargain.

@Sligeach
Actually digital pricing has to match retail pricing in NA, or retailers refuse to carry the game.
You can't under cut retailers on price and have them stock your products.
This is the case for all of gaming and most other products.
Obviously the eventual standalone game will be $50

@AVahne That's the price of the game, so I don't see how Nintendo is "scrounging for money" by making the download code $50. Unless of course you mean that the game itself is too much, to which I would probably agree.

I kept thinking this was talking about the Wii version, lol

@MitchVogel
NOA's Amiibo site lists and shows the standalone Amiibo for a release in the same day.

The main complaints with the original versions were:
The graphics
The character models
The load times
The controls
The screen ratio

It's in all the reviews from 2006.
All they need to do is fix it all and maybe add a few surprises in as a bonus to get this game to be well received.

I did the @amazon pre-order but I'll be forced to have a digital copy at midnight when this great game comes out!!

Why are people complaining? Am I missing something here? Wii U games normally go for $60 and this is priced at $50. Amiibo are $13 so if you buy the digital copy and the amiibo it's only $3 more.

What's the issue?

@TsukiDeity @MitchVogel
They will release the standalone amiibo. It's been up for preorder since last week on different EU Amazons.

@TeeJay I think some people have forgotten just how expensive games were even in the very past. Final Fantasy III on SNES was like $70 when it first came out. And then to imagine that the Legend of Zelda NES was like 40 dollars when it came out, that little itsy bitsy game?? Don't get me wrong it's a great game but with the advanced tech we have $50 for an especially big game like Twilight Princess seems very reasonable.

I'd be upset about buying the amiibo with the physical release except that the amiibo has Midna, and Midna is worth it.

@TeeJay For starters, it shouldn't cost $50 for a 10 year old remastered game, especially a digital copy

Let's remember this is an old game with a bit of a facelift and nothing much else. If you have already played it nothing will have changed, nothing new will happen, it's the old game and should be at a lower price than a brand new game. $50 sounds like a rip off price.

@CatMarioTime That is very true, games were more expensive to buy back in the day, and publishers made a bucket load from the sales which is how so many grew so quickly.

I read somewhere, and I think it may have been in a comments section on this site, that the likes of EA and Activision etc wanted game prices to go up this generation in order to offset the rise of development, but instead opted for more DLC, season passes and micro transactions.

I think I'll wait to see or hear more about the actual DLC before having a nervous breakdown over it.

I'm more than happy with my pre-order (via Amazon UK most will have access to a get £7 code off if you buy £30 vouchers, so £38 for the amiibo bundle was a bargain I thought).

@MitchVogel All the sites I've visited, had both the standalone game and the bundle available for pre-order.

@MitchVogel Nintendo UK have the game to preorder standalone in a physical release so I doubt it will take long for them to do it for the rest of the world.

Of course! This isn't news, everyone could have guessed it!

@zool,

That's Nintendo for you! Sony/Microsoft would have just dumped it on their digital shops (as a HD update) at 20 Dollar/Euro (if it where their game). They probably wouldn't make such a hoopla about it either. After all its just a old game, they would use most of the marketing for new games (unless it was a proper remake, wich it isn't. You can bet a remake like FF7 gets some proper marketing!).

Gravity Rush remastered for PS4 will be 29.99$ on the official ps Store, The Last of Us remastered was at launch at 49.99$ but with DLC (standalone DLC + multiplayer with all map packs and extra contents like "making of" documentary)..... just saying.......

@arnoldlayne83 Uncharted Collection was €45 for 3 games; even better. I'm impressed with Gravity Rush as well; even managed to pre-order it for €25.

I still don't know if I'm getting the digital or physical release, but all Nintendo remasters are way too expensive anyway. So was The Wind Waker HD for 60 euros here in Europe.

Still got the GameCube original, don't care about any others. They could milk it like Ocarina of Time all around and I still won't care. Now if they could remake The Adventure of Link in this style then yes I would care.

@Octane yeah it s true... And they also get even more discounted during the years, not like Nintendo first parties....

I still have to play Gravity Rush on Vita... My backlog on Sony Consoles is huge... I hope i can do it before the sequel arrives!

wow that is expansive

@arnoldlayne83 That's also true, I recently got The Last of Us Remastered for under €30.

I think I'm going wait with this game. I already own the GameCube and Wii version of TP; and it doesn't look like this game will visually be a lot different. With Gravity Rush coming out soon on the PS4, The Witness, Firewatch and my backlog, I've got enough games to survive until Pokkén, Star Fox and Uncharted 4. TPHD can wait. Good thing is that in Europe, prices of Nintendo games are a little more flexible and will drop over the years. Not by a lot, but I'm pretty sure I can get TPHD for less than €40 by summer.

I buy digital when I can, but I also want that Amiibo.
So for this game, if I can't find the game with the amiibo, I'm not getting it.

and the special edition will be sold over $100 first week after release, wanna bet?

Just a reminder for Amazon Prime members, you will receive 20% off if you preorder the bundle in the U.S. It takes the price down to $48. That deal convinced me to buy the game ( primary because of the amiibo ).

I got a good deal here in NA. I am getting it for $70 where it's regularly $100 and I have never played either the GameCube or Wii version so it doesn't bother me too much.

When I reserved my game at the local Gamestop store last weekend, they asked me if I wanted the version with the amiibo or without. So reservations for the standalone game should be available there. I'm not surprised by the price - I expected $50. It is the same as the pricing for Wind Waker HD, as well as the Yoshi's Woolly World standalone game (amiibo combo was $60). Whether the game is worth that is up for debate. I personally can't wait to get this game and play through it again in glorious HD, but that's just me.

I am glad to see that the price for this game has dropped from $100 to $80 though I am still a little annoyed at the fact that the US is getting this game as a reduced prices, or full retail price with the amiibo yet Canada doesn't get that option. Though our dollar is going down the crapper and there is nothing showing it improving over the next year and with the new governments spending... we're in for a rough one.

@FragRed
That's not entirely true.
Western 3rd parties spend the majority of the development costs on marketing and promotion.
They are also are very inefficient at development, causing their budgets to spiral out of control.

Activision literally spent over $150 million on marketing the newest Call of Duty.
They spent less than $50 million on actual development.

EA spends something similar for each major EA Sports title and each major non sports release.

WBi, Ubisoft, Microsoft and Sony spend similar amounts for each major release.

They are all stuck in a massive marketing arms race which is driving up their cost of business to unsustainable levels.

Zenimax/Bethesda spent a few hundred million on marketing Fall Out 4, which is exponentially more than they spent on development.

Most publishers charge full price for remasters and remakes with Take Two, Ubisoft, Square-Enix, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo doing most of it last gen and this gen.

If Twilight Princess fails to sell well, it will quickly drop in price.
The same thing happened to Nintendo's other low selling titles on Wii U, 3DS, DS and Wii (including Windwaker HD)

@Xenocity

What are you talking about, Wind Waker HD is the same price as it was at launch as are most Nintendo games. If Twilight Princess fails to sell, it will remain the same price.

I'm going to have to wait. Problem is I would only preorder through Amazon and last I checked it wasn't available for preorder. Opted for notification when it becomes available but still haven't been notified. Main reason I want the amiibo is it's supposed to have compatability with this and Zelda Wii U. I wouldn't mind being able to use costumes from this game on the newer one.

I'm not paying an arm and a leg though if Nintendo decides there will be a shortage of amiibos or special editions. It's gotten to the point that any drive I've had to collect these amiibos is gone because of the "scavanger hunt" or the "scalpers market".

@ikki5 LOL, didn't most people want the likes of Harper out, and the people voted for "anyone but another Harper?"

Not like it made a whole lot of difference, the global economy in general is in danger from increasingly inflated commodity pricing, unopposed wealth redistribution to the top, and China's property to GDP bubble that is predictably going to burst due to their unfettered rampant growth. No one in the leadership in the major parties are going to even try to fix such things. They're all puppets of the central bankers.

It's the same way in the US, too, we're just more indentured to China through our debt ceiling we have to raise every year, so we don't notice it as much... Yet. At this point, we're probably going to join Canada in seeing outrageous price points for commodities (such as TP HD) within the next 20 years, no matter what anyone does.

@PlywoodStick Yeah, we had all that crap and now we got a pot head for a leader. Really, I don't think any of the parties were good. They all looked crappy though the liberal win did annoy me the most as I no longer trust the liberals after seeing what they are doing to my province. But as for prices, yeah. Inflation, crappy economy while not getting paid anymore is well, going to make gaming an even harder/expensive hobby

There is a standalone amiibo for the game, or at least it looks that way based on Nintendo's own site.

http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/detail/wolf-link-amiibo

I still have the Wii version. Why would I pay $50 just for HD? Nintendo is silly with their prices.

day 1 purchase for me. ive beat tp on my wii over 10 times now and can not wait to replay in hd with hero mode. I already sold my old copy to put a few extra $ towards it

@Sligeach why haven't I seen those kind of comments on Pokemon remakes, people don't mind eating those up. I LUB PEKMENS

I won't be getting this as I bought the Wii version for 20 bucks. Wind Waker HD I got because I never played WindWaker or never owned a GameCube before, so that was nice for me.

You all should give your games to me in order to help my super casual of casual mind get to be as hardcore as your guys'are.

$50.... Idk $40 seems fair, $30 would be great. Let's be honest this is not a full blown remaster, the screen shots prove that...The remake looks nice, but not amazing.

@ikki5 I think he means that retailers will drop the price for the game if it doesn't sell well. No way the official MSRP drops though.

@IronMan28 Interesting, I can't find pre-orders for that anywhere. Maybe that page is referring to the bundle release? But then, why would they show it in the box like that?

$50 in US, alright, so about $165 in Canada. Noted.

@IceClimbers I have yet to see a retailer drop the price on a Nintendo game. It is very rare when it does and it is only ever temporary.

@MitchVogel "But then, why would they show it in the box like that?"

That's pretty much what led me to that conclusion. Of course, I could be wrong, but I'd assume it's going to be available as a stand-alone.