Hold on to your Triforce, Christmas is coming early this year.
If you haven’t bought a 3DS XL yet or are thinking about picking one up this holiday season, you might want to wait and get this exclusive Gold-triforce edition bundled with Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, just leaked via an upcoming ad promoting Gamestop’s Black Friday deals:
Also pictured, a 3DS regular edition coupled with Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and various other Nintendo games at their regular prices.
This release makes a lot of sense, pairing with both the 25th anniversary of Zelda 3DS released previously and a similar gold-on-black Wii U paired with Windwaker HD. Obviously this has been enough of a sales driver on Nintendo’s somewhat lackluster flagship home console that they’ll use it to drive up sales of the best-selling handheld console out there.
I’ll admit it– it’s time to replace my aging DS. And I’ve been meaning to upgrade to an XL for me and also get the kids a 2DS to play Pokemon and Animal Crossing so that I can spend more quality time on my 3DS. . . playing Pokemon and Animal Crossing.
And this looks super purdy. I’m a sucker for the gold, as my only complaint with the previous Zelda 3DS was “Well, it’s just a black 3DS with a triforce on it. I could buy one and add a sticker and get the same effect.” This is the real deal Hyrule field with a completely different color option, plus — Shiny!
And finally, a great pairing of games. A Link Between Worlds looks to take the fun and graphics/gameplay sensibilities of A Link to the Past and join it to Paper Mario and other 2D/3D puzzlers like Fez.
I’m sold. I’m sorry. I’m an addict and I’ll get help. But only after getting this on pre-order at my local Gamestop (the good one– you know, the one in Kyle, TX near the Target and Seton Hospital that always gets me my pre-orders. Not the bad one in San Antonio in University Heights that sold my Skylanders Dark Edition pre-order out from under me earlier this week, you stupid f@#$ers!)
Anyone else excited about this?