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Thread: Zelda GC already paced to *outsell* GTA:VC

  1. Zelda GC already paced to *outsell* GTA:VC

    March 12, 2003 - Nintendo of America today announced that more than 560,000 consumers have pre-ordered its GameCube third-person adventure title Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The company said that the pre-sell campaign for Wind Waker is its most successful in history.

    Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, the next chapter in Nintendo's popular Zelda franchise, follows child-hero Link on a new quest to rescue his kidnapped sister from the clutches of an evil, but mysterious enemy. The game, whose storyline picks up approximately 100 years after the events that unfolded in the N64 adventure Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, has been praised by the specialist press and already named as a candidate for the 2003 Game of the Year by several respected outlets. Wind Waker is set for a March 24 release date in America.

    "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the most anticipated videogame in Electronics Boutique's history based on our pre-orders, even outpacing last year's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," said Jerry Madaio, vice president, merchandising, Electronics Boutique. "And the number of pre-orders is still growing! Clearly, this game's appeal is so wide, that it is a 'must-have' for any Nintendo GameCube owner."

    "Given the history of the Zelda series, we expected overwhelming interest, and this solidifies the ever-growing phenomenon and attraction gamers have to the characters and story," explained George Harrison, senior vice president, marketing and corporate communications, Nintendo of America. "It doesn't matter which system you own, gamers across the world respect and anticipate the launch of any Zelda game and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is a killer application that will move hardware."

    And with a much smaller userbase...

  2. #2
    1 - Remember, Driver 2 went platinum before release.

    2 - EB's quantity of presales isn't the total representation of all presales nationwide.

    Apologizing to haters only invites them.

  3. Holy...Well I'm surprised. Good stuff I say It may be on pace to outsell GTAVC, but I doubt that it actually will.
    Play Guitar Hero //

  4. yeah, but the fact that people who preordered could get the OoT disk probably helped out alot...I meanhere wasn't any bonus to preordering Vice City, so alot of the people who wanted to buy it obviously didn't preorder, but becuase of he bonu disk WW got alot of preorders... I don't see thatas evidence of it outselling Vice city...

  5. Hater Number 1 in tha house

  6. Originally posted by Bar81
    Hater Number 1 in tha house
    I hope you don't mean me... becuase if you do you are stupid... I peordered WindWaker way back in the day and I can't wait for the new one, In fact I love the new Graphical style and such, I just don't think that this preorder evidenc is enough to base future sales on... so shut upa yo' mouth....

  7. Originally posted by Box Drink
    so shut upa yo' mouth....
    Hmmm...educated as well. Golly, what have we done to deserve your amazing insight?

  8. Originally posted by Bar81
    Hater Number 1 in tha house
    I guess I missed the part where this post was educated... my bad...

  9. Touche my little hating friend

  10. How many people actually preordered Vice, compared to it's current sales numbers?

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