re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 (edited) 49. [100%] The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS, 2015) Purchased used on January 10th, 2019 from Pink Gorilla (University District) in Seattle. Game case / cover [CTR-006 / CTR P EA3E USA / 102479A] Spoiler Game cartridge [LNA-CTR-EA3E-USA] Stamp code indicates cartridge was manufactured in September 2015 and contains ROM revision 0. Spoiler Electronic game manual leaflet [80556B] Spoiler Edited December 17, 2023 by re4mat Updated stamp code link URL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 50. [100%] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U, 2016) Purchased used on November 20th, 2019 from Another Castle in Edmonds. Game case / cover [WUP-007 / WUP P AZAE USZ / 102472A] Spoiler Game disc [WUP-P-AZAE-USA-0] Ring code indicates disc was manufactured in Tsuyama, Japan on 26 September, 2015 as part of the first batch of the day. Disc contains ROM revision 02, and is a single-layer disc. Spoiler Electronic game manual leaflet [80557C] Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 (edited) 51. [100%] Hyrule Warriors Legends (3DS, 2016) Purchased used on September 2nd, 2020 from Pink Gorilla (University District) in Seattle. Game case / cover [CTR-006 / CTR P BZHE USA / 103361A] Spoiler Game cartridge [LNA-CTR-BZHE-USA] Stamp code indicates cartridge was manufactured in February 2016 and contains ROM revision 0. Spoiler Electronic game manual leaflet [80556B] Spoiler DLC leaflet [103717A] Spoiler Edited December 17, 2023 by re4mat Updated stamp code link URL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 52. [100%] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U, 2017) Purchased used on November 16th, 2021 from Pink Gorilla (International District) in Seattle. Game case / cover [WUP-007 / WUP P ALZE USZ / 103423A] Spoiler Game disc [WUP-P-ALZE-USA-0] Ring code indicates disc was manufactured in Tsuyama, Japan on 05 January, 2017 as part of the second batch of the day. Disc contains ROM revision 00, and is a single-layer disc. Spoiler Electronic game manual leaflet [80557D] Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 53. [109%] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [Special Edition] (NS, 2017) Purchased used on September 26th, 2019 from Amazon. The tray for the Switch case is a little warped on one end. I may try to build a custom hot plate to iron it with, then see about designing and 3D-printing some supports to stick between the cardboard layers to prevent it from reoccurring. Box [HAC R AAAAA USZ / 105235A] Spoiler Game case / cover [HAC-009 / 105252A] Spoiler Game cartridge [LA-H-AAAAA-USA] Stamp code indicates game cartridge includes build A with ROM revision 000 on an LGA chip. Spoiler Game manual [unofficial] Spoiler Relic of Hyrule: Calamity Ganon tapestry and map Spoiler Soundtrack CD (sealed) [105233A] Spoiler Sheikah Eye coin [55732-1] Spoiler Sheikah Slate Switch carrying case [0317GWA] Spoiler Relic of Hyrule poly bag Spoiler Sheikah Slate poly bag Spoiler Game and item tray [105000A] Spoiler Sheikah Slate tray Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 54. [0/2] Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (NS, 2018) I could have sworn that I'd already bought this, but apparently I didn't. [Missing] Game case / cover [HAC-009 / HAC P AKUTB USA / 107775A] [Missing] Game cartridge [LA-H-AKUTB-USA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 55. [100%] Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the Necrodancer (NS, 2019) Purchased new on May 13th, 2022 from BestBuy.com. Game case / cover [HAC-009 / HAC P ASWBD USZ / 113593A] Spoiler Game cartridge [LA-H-ASWBD-USA] Stamp code indicates game cartridge includes build D with ROM revision 000 on a TSOP chip. Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 56. [125%] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening [Dreamer Edition] (NS, 2019) Purchased new on September 26th, 2019 from eBay. Why eBay? Hell I don't remember. But I paid MSRP for it, so at least it wasn't from a scalper. Box [HAC R AR3N1 USZ / 110576A] Spoiler Game case / cover [HAC-009 / 110579A] Spoiler Game cartridge [LA-H-AR3NA-USA] Stamp code indicates game cartridge includes build A with ROM revision 000 on an LGA chip. Spoiler Game manual [unofficial] Spoiler Dreamer art book Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 57. [100%] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (NS, 2020) Purchased new on March 17th, 2021 from Pink Gorilla (University District) in Seattle. Game case / cover [HAC-009 / HAC P AXEAB USA / 114037A] Spoiler Game cartridge [LA-H-AXEAB-USA] Stamp code indicates game cartridge includes build B with ROM revision 000 on an LGA chip. Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 58. [114%] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (NS, 2021) Preordered on June 10th, 2021 from Amazon. Also preordered the UK version on the same day from the UK Nintendo Store so that I could get that sweet sweet steelbook and keychain. Steelbook [HAC-029 / 10007841] Spoiler Game case / cover [HAC-009 / HAC P AZ89A USA / 115192A] Spoiler Game case / cover [HAC-009 / HAC-P-AZ89A / TRA-HAC-AZ89A-UKV / 10007783] Spoiler Game cartridge [LA-H-AZ89A-USA] Stamp code indicates game cartridge includes build A with ROM revision 000 on an LGA chip. Spoiler Game cartridge [LA-H-AZ89A-EUR] Stamp code indicates game cartridge includes build A with ROM revision 000 on an LGA chip. Spoiler Game manual [unofficial] Spoiler Keychain Spoiler Keychain pouch Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 (edited) 59. [100%] Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda (G&W, 2021) Purchased new on November 12th, 2021 from Nintendo.com. Unsealed on May 10th, 2023 for these photos. Plastic box sleeve Spoiler Box [HXB S MAAAB USZ] Spoiler Game & Watch [ZL-35 / HXB-001] Spoiler Manual [FXA-HXB-S-MAAAB-USZ-C0] Spoiler My Nintendo points sheet [CNA-HXB-S-MAAAB-USZ / 115789A] Spoiler USB-C to USB-A cable and twist-tie [HAC-010] Spoiler Game & Watch padded pouch Spoiler USB cable poly bag Spoiler Cardboard tray/stand Spoiler Edited May 25, 2023 by re4mat Fixed formatting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 (edited) 60. [100%] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [Collector's Edition] (NS, 2023) Purchased new on May 12th, 2023 from Amazon. Box [114529 / 118131A] Spoiler Game case / cover [HAC-009 / 118147A] Spoiler Steelbook [HAC-029] Spoiler Game cartridge [LA-H-AXN7A-USA] Stamp code indicates game cartridge includes build A with ROM revision 000 on an LGA chip. Spoiler Art book Spoiler Pin set and box w/ foam tray Spoiler Pin set box sleeve [118127A] Spoiler Steel poster [118128A] Spoiler Steel poster magnet Spoiler Steel poster instructions Spoiler Steel poster box [118128A] Spoiler Steel poster tissue paper wrap Spoiler Steel poster magnet poly bag Spoiler Steelbook poly bag Spoiler Pin set box poly bag Spoiler Game case/Steelbook tray [118129A] Spoiler Art book tray [118858A] Spoiler Steel poster tray Spoiler Steel poster inner tray Spoiler Steel poster cardboard cover Spoiler Edited May 25, 2023 by re4mat Fixed formatting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, drxandy said: How do you feel about appearances in other games like GameCube soul calibur 2, smash bros, Mario kart, etc? Generally-speaking, I'll ignore cameos. For it to count as a Zelda game, it either has to include enough of a Zelda game in it or the cameo is the main character of the game. So for example, Nintendo Land has the Battle Quest attraction, which is enough of a Zelda game in it to count for my purposes — even though you play it as your Mii and not Link! BS Zelda counts for the same reason, though that didn't have a physical release of course so it doesn't make the list. And then the cameo being the main character of the game would include, for example, Tingle's Balloon Fight. Even though the game itself is Balloon Fight, which is definitely not a Zelda game, its cameo is a Zelda character, and that character is the main character of the game, so that counts for me. Soul Calibur 2, Smash Bros., and Mario Kart may have cameos of Link or other Zelda characters, but they're not the main characters of those games, and so they don't count as Zelda games for my purposes. 2 hours ago, drxandy said: Also, if a game is over 100% (like botw) does that mean you got preorder swag or how does that work? Pretty much it just denotes extra unofficial stuff I got. Those games marked as over 100% are ones that I bought unofficial manuals for, and so they're definitely extra. I've seen on Etsy some unofficial Switch steelbooks for games like Link's Awakening and Breath of the Wild, and I'll probably end up getting those because I am obsessed. They'll go into the collection, but aren't official, so they'll also drive the percentages higher above 100%. I keep going back and forth on Skyward Sword's preorder swag, though. I mean, the Steelbook is an official Nintendo component, with the HAC-029 embossed on the inside spine like other official Steelbooks that were included in special editions, and a proper EUR part number listed on the cellophane's sticker. On the other hand, I only got it and the keychain by preordering the game from the UK Nintendo store. And while I keep my North American cartridge and (unofficial) manual in the Steelbook, the game is technically complete with just the case/cover and cartridge. And technically the North American and UK versions of the game are of course two separate copies of the game. I just kinda lumped them in together so that I wouldn't have to create another entry for the UK copy. Edited May 25, 2023 by re4mat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) Last week I went on eBay over the course of a few days and tracked down 16 components for various games. Today the first three showed up! I've updated the following entries to reflect this: [7/10] The Legend of Zelda (NES, 1987) Added the Nintendo Fun Club insert [REV-1]. [6/10] The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GC, 2004) Added the Nintendo Power subscription leaflet [54420A]. [4/5] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC, 2006) Added the Nintendo Power subscription leaflet [58701A]. Four Swords Adventures is now in the "Mostly Complete" category! I only bought inserts, though, so for that game I still need to find the big box and inner tray. Still, it's progress! I did come dangerously close to also buying a Nelsonic game watch, but the inserts were already expensive enough and that would have doubled my spending. Can't go too crazy! Edited June 4, 2023 by re4mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,400 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 On 5/25/2023 at 5:28 PM, re4mat said: I believe the following is what I'll need to have it 100% CIB. Am I missing anything? Are there any known variations? (Other than the yellow vs. white FDS logo.) Let me know! The major variants are something like Yellow Disk System Text, No Insert Presumably. The white insert date code is later than the game's release date although I forgot what it is. Yellow Disk System Text, White Insert Yellow Disk System Text, Green Insert White Disk System Text, Green Insert Also: Charumera Zelda no Densetsu (Contest prize) Disk Writer version (Red, black, white sheet manual) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 8 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: The major variants are something like Yellow Disk System Text, No Insert Presumably. The white insert date code is later than the game's release date although I forgot what it is. Yellow Disk System Text, White Insert Yellow Disk System Text, Green Insert White Disk System Text, Green Insert Interesting! I didn't know that there were variations for the Telephone Service Information insert! Is that the only difference? Are all the other inserts the same? And I definitely didn't know about the Charumera version! I'm reading the Gaming Alexandria piece you linked right now. Pretty fascinating. I doubt I'll go for that variation, but it's still cool to learn about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) Two more inserts showed up today! [4.5/8] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time [Collectors Edition] (N64, 1998) Added the Nintendo Power subscription leaflet [U/NUS-CZLE-USA] [6/7] The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC, 2001) Added the Nintendo Power subscription leaflet [CGB-AZ7E-USA] The Ocarina of Time leaflet is now the correct one, knocking out one mismatch. And the Oracle of Seasons leaflet getting added means that the game is now only missing a cartridge poly bag! Edited June 4, 2023 by re4mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted June 4, 2023 Author Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) Two more inserts showed up today, both for Zelda II for NES! [8/9] Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES, 1988) Added the fold-out NES poster Added the epilepsy warning leaflet [NES-DOC-USA] The game is now only missing the cartridge poly bag! Edited June 4, 2023 by re4mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 A whooooooole bunch of inserts showed up today! Here's what we've got: [8/10] The Legend of Zelda (NES, 1987) Added the rear projection TV warning insert. [NES-USA] [10/11] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1992) Added the Top Secrets / Messages from Sahasrahla leaflet [SNS-ZL-USA] Added the Consumer Information and Precautions booklet [SNS-USA-2] [7/10] The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GC, 2004) Added the Health and Safety Precautions booklet [45749E] [100%] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC, 2006) Added the Health and Safety Precautions booklet [45749E] [4/5] The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Wii U, 2013) Added the electronic game manual leaflet [80557A] Lots of progress! Zelda 1 for NES is one step closer to completion, Link to the Past for SNES is just one insert away, Four Swords Adventures just needs the big box and poly bag for the GBA cable, Twilight Princess for GC is now complete(!), and Wind Waker HD just needs the games advertisement insert! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 The last item from my big buy from a couple weeks ago finally showed up! [9/10] The Legend of Zelda (NES, 1987) Added the fold-out NES poster. With that, Zelda 1 is now only missing the cartridge poly bag! In order to help me know where to focus efforts, I think I'm going to make a change to how I count games as either "Mostly Complete" or "Mostly incomplete". My reasoning is that, out of the 14 games currently listed as "Mostly Complete", 12 are only one item away from completion. So, from now on, the label "Mostly Incomplete" will now just be "Incomplete", and I'm going to change the criteria so that "Mostly Complete" means a game is missing only 1 item. This will mean that games missing more than that will now be considered just "Incomplete". (0% and 100(+)% complete games will be unchanged.) I'll make this change tomorrow evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbowl | 150 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 What led you to assign the NES-DOC rear projection warning sheet to the NES LoZ cart? I know that that inset was used with Double Dragon II (around 1990) but I haven't seen it included with Zelda. Also -- there were different printings & variations of the NES legend of Zelda game and the inserts would have changed over time. Did you account for that in this thread (sorry if I missed it) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 Sorry for the delayed response! I missed the notification until just now. On 9/30/2023 at 3:27 PM, dogbowl said: What led you to assign the NES-DOC rear projection warning sheet to the NES LoZ cart? I know that that inset was used with Double Dragon II (around 1990) but I haven't seen it included with Zelda. Great question! I wish the forum software let you view the edit history, because before I added the sheet to my collection, I actually did have my reasoning typed out in the entry. My main guide for NES inserts was austin532's Ultimate 100% CIB NES Collector's Guide post. The date codes on the chips make the likely cartridge manufacture date sometime in Q2 of 1988. All the other warning sheets were used after 1988, and the NES-DOC warning sheet is the one for which we have the least information. So my reasoning was that, if my copy did have a warning sheet at all, then that's the only one that it could have been. (Unless the game wasn't actually packaged until the following year, in which case there's more options. However the chip shortage in 1988 would lead me to believe that they would have packaged the game and shipped it ASAP.) In austin532's post, that sheet was listed with a date of "(1989-1990?)". Is the question mark only applied to the 1990, or to the entire range? That wasn't clear to me, so I don't know. Do they mean that it was used between 1989 and 1990, or that they think it was used between 1989 and 1990 but the date range is actually unknown and could have been earlier and/or later? I mean, I have no idea what data they used to make that post with, but I put some trust in them as the post seems to be seen as authoritative in the community. So at the end of the day it's really just a guess on my end. I'm definitely open to discussion and corrections, which is one of the main reasons I made this thread. The goal, after all, is to have a truly complete collection. On 9/30/2023 at 3:27 PM, dogbowl said: Also -- there were different printings & variations of the NES legend of Zelda game and the inserts would have changed over time. Did you account for that in this thread (sorry if I missed it) I've tried my best to! In my entry for that game, I used 0xDEAFC0DE's List of All North American Zelda Game Variants post to identify my box as variant #6, cartridge as variant #7, and manual as variant #5. Those three items — along with the hint book, cartridge sleeve, and styrofoam block — were purchased together in January 2005, and I'm going on the assumption that those components were together since the original retail purchase. (And that combination of box, cartridge, and manual does appear in 0xDEAFC0DE's list.) As I mentioned above, I used the date codes stamped on the chips in the cartridge to identify when the cartridge was most likely manufactured. I assume a couple months between the time the chips are manufactured (often in Taiwan, sometimes in Japan), delivered to Nintendo's assembly plant(s), and finally assembled and packaged. Depending on the fabrication plant's capacity (and in this case the chip shortage that was happening at the time), it could take anywhere from a day to a few weeks to have enough chips and other components (a lot of the chip manufacturers that Nintendo used, for example, also make other components, like resistors and transistors) to fill up a 10', 20', or 40' container. Once they've filled up a container, that container is loaded onto a truck, then possibly a train, and sent out to a port to get loaded onto a ship. Assuming it's going from Taiwan to Japan, it'd probably take a week at the most for the ship to reach the Japanese port and have its cargo offloaded. Then the container is loaded onto a truck which drives the container to Nintendo, or onto a train which goes to a distribution point to transfer the it to a truck. Once the chips arrive, they have to be received and checked in, and then placed into a queue. Lots of unknown timelines at each end of the process, but 1–2 months from chip manufacture to cartridge assembly feels about right to me. All that said, my main reference again for the inserts was austin532's post. Going with a Q2 1988 manufacture date gives us the Nintendo Fun Club REV-1 subscription insert and the 1987 R.O.B. poster as the ones that would have most likely been packaged with my copy. (Those two inserts I have a much higher confidence level in than the warning sheet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4mat | 65 Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 In October I went to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo and picked up some games for the collection. Finally got around to adding them to this thread: [4/7] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GB/GBC, 1998) Added box, cart, manual, and tray. [100%] Ultimate NES Remix (3DS, 2014) Added game to collection. [100%] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (3DS, 2015) Added game to collection. Two more games down, and one that I just need to find the extra inserts for! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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