Club Nintendo Ocarina of Time 3D soundtrack offer extended [Update]

by JC Fletcher on Jun 20th 2011 12:00PM

We received a lot of emails yesterday from anxious readers, who had all registered their copies of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D with Club Nintendo for their free soundtrack discs (as announced in the E3 keynote), but weren't getting the email confirmations from Nintendo. And then the site crashed. As this was a first-come-first-serve offer, the lack of communication was disturbing. Readers reported yesterday that only a call to Nintendo customer service (on a Sunday!) would resolve the issue.

Today, Nintendo updated the page for the offer, extending the cutoff to "midnight, Pacific Time on Monday June 20, 2011" -- we're contacting Nintendo to clarify if that meant last night or tonight. We tested the deal and have yet to receive email confirmation ourselves, but Nintendo's page says, "You will receive an email confirmation within 7 days to confirming we have placed your order." It also says that everyone who registered before midnight Pacific on June 20 will receive a CD.

Update: Nintendo informed us that the deal is in fact active until midnight, Pacific time, tonight. There's still time!

Source: Club Nintendo

Tags: 3ds, club-nintendo, ds, nintendo, soundtrack, the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time, the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-3d

Reader Comments (62)

Wasn't there only a limited quantity of this available? How is it not sold out yet? What's wrong with you people?

@sparkster

There probably was, but the website issues were unrelated to any shortage amount, and Nintendo of America having the amazing customer service they always do, its probably just going to print more copies of the CD to make up for all the issues.

FREE*

*Not Free? This is Nintendo after all. Maybe they're having some pangs of guilt for not making any new games since 1998?

@Dick Socrates

You're SO CLEVER.

@Dick Socrates - What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of Diddy Kong Racing coming from my 19" television.

@Dick Socrates

Do you have any guilt for trolling without an original idea?

Can't wait for your RROD zinger on the next Xbox thread.

@Dick Socrates
What I don't get is that the games are good and often introduce many new ideas. Who cares who the mascot of the game is. As long as it plays well I will buy it.

I got mine in around 5pm EST yesterday. Logging in took a little longer than usual and those damn surveys took a while to load, but everything else was pretty smooth.

Glad I was able to get it in in time.

Little Mac already got his!

(Five points for getting the joke)

I don't get it. They are sending you a disc with just music on it? This won't play on my iPod. Who has discs with just music on it anymore?

@FriedConsole

I have this feeling that a lot of people are using a computer to register to receive this soundtrack.

I also have a feeling that people with iPods use computers to put music on their iPods.

I have one more feeling that you can put a CD in your computer, unless you don't have a CD Rom drive, and rip the music onto your computer. After that, you can move your music to your iPod.

:)

P.P.S. Some people are collectors?

@Kait

Whoops, for some reason I decided I needed a double post script, even though there's only one. Typo yay!

@FriedConsole
It will play on your iPod once you load the CD into itunes and rip it to your library.

@FriedConsole

it does seem kind of silly to send this out to everyone, they do direct downloads from club nintendo already (the screensavers) so downloading is possible from the site

i guess the fun part though is that you are getting a collectible cd with some cool art

@FriedConsole

I love how there are people who seriously argue with you.

@FriedConsole
Physical > Digital

I was about to be all over this, then I saw you have to have the game. Darn. I've been looking for an Ocarina of Time CD for weeks and don't want to pay $35 for the original on amazon

@Nova17899
;) There's always buying the CD off eBay from someone who knows how much people really want it.

I bought the game just for the cd, don't even have a 3DS yet. Will prob get one In a few weeks. Prob my favorite Zelda game to date. Glad to hear ill definately get the cd.

Before this game came out I didn't really see anything that made the system worth getting. As much as it sucks shelling out money for nintendo consoles for exclusives I always love their franchises and wind up getting their systems for them.

Cool. Now I guess I just need to find a copy of the game, I guess... damn.

I went yesterday afternoon and it was sold out everywhere. Brutal.

@Uncle Jesse I hear ya, I called like several stores near me, which ranged from Gamestop to Target and Walmart, none had any left. Then, when I thought all hope was lost, a Best Buy 30mins away had some in stock, and upon getting there, they had TWO copies left.

Amazing that this game sold out EVERYWHERE. I woulda figured some of the bigger stores like Best Buy and Target would have had large amounts of copies of the game since it was sure to sell like hot cakes.

@Uncle Jesse
The game, saddly, was a limited print meant to match the ammount of current 3DS users.

@Ryguy226
Same thing over here. I checked three cities here. Sold out.
Even if this thing's limited in stock, it's still selling insane amounts.
Thankfully I found two last copies (one copy and one display copy). An old man and I both rushed and got the last them before anyone else could.

...by 12pm, no store had any copies left.
This is an insane amount considering that the three cities I'm talking about have at least 6 game stores each (not even including the rental stores that sell new games), 3 superstores (Target, Walmart, etc) each, and a (large) mall for each one.

@blahblah55
I went to go get mine at 10 AM every where sold out. Luckily Gamestop opened at 11 AM so my friend and I got there 3 minutes after they opened. That was how I managed to get mine.

Or I could wait until a torrent of the disc's contents are available.

Doing limited-time offers like this nowadays just seems silly. Sure, it looks like the disc comes with some bonus artwork, but I'm interested in the orchestrated soundtrack.

Thats why I respect Atlus more than any company out there. They don't restrict. An example, I purchased a special edition DS game with a soundtrack (as they are so kind to include with most of their releases). You say "so what? you can buy any SE from countries outside NA". True, but the CD was defective, and any other company would reply to my email with "tough, you shouldn't have bought a NA game if you are not in NA".

But not good ol'Atlus. They sent a replacment CD registered Airmail right away.

I really wish Capcom goes bankrupt so that Atlus would buy their IPs..

@Trilancer
wait what?! Where did Capcom come from and why are you trashing on them? Im pretty sure this is a Nintendo article.

@Trilancer
the problem with this is many stores will have a "SE" and a "Standard" and charge more for the "SE". The problem is, like Devil Summoner 2, there is no Special edition to the game. Only one edition. So many stores will remove the special object (CD, Plushie, etc) and charge standard price for what's not the standard edition. Strange Journey had now SE, so you know.

@The Only Girl

Real quick

Article about Nintendo offering OST, but the offer is only to NA residents. Atlus love all.

Capcom have great IPs, but they are nickle n diming everyone...I know I know, for "profit", not a "charity". But my point is Atlus is known fot their fan service. Thats why I hope Atlus buy Capcom one day.

@Trilancer I agree here. Atlus gives away CD's left and right but somehow Nintendo can't. Maybe they can't test out the CD's since the Wii and Wii U can't even play CD's.?

@Trilancer
I see. Thanks for that.
I disagree that Capcom should be bought by Atlus, anyway. ...unless it means I can get Dante's underwear with the next Devil May Cry.

I bought the game just for the soundtrack offer. I don't even have a 3DS, nor do I have any intention of buying one. I put the game up for sale on Amazon as soon as I entered the code.

If only there was some other way to play this game that didn't require a $250 portable system… Oh wait, there are several way to exactly that, none of which require a rechargeable battery.

I'm glad it's on a CD too, because lossless quality music is amazing. I might even sell the CD at some point too, making this whole experience actually profitable.

And yet it still bugs me that I got nothing with my preorder. A sticker. Something!... Gotta admit, this is nice though.

Weak. I preordered and it won't be here until tomorrow...

Good, because my pre-order is arriving today. I guess Nintendo hates people who buy the games online. It's not like anyone ships them on Sundays.

So no love for us non-US fans who preordered the game? :(

Is this an orchestrated soundtrack or midi? I think I already have a copy of the midi disc floating around somewhere.

@PersonOfSorts It's a mix

Hopefully one of those people rip it online. I would like a listen.

@LinkRazr

Count on it.

I picked up my preorder @ Gamestop, heading back home to registered and I never got that 2nd screen that walk you thru CD. CS was busy, call back later. Tried again @9pEst same deal. I emailed Nintendo support, no reply yet...WTF!!

@GeonosisClone38
Just stay on hold with Customer Service. Seriously. You'll get through.
My gf and I called this morning, got through, and got a confirmation.

@GeonosisClone38

Stay on hold, I called back to confirm the same thing. Apparently there's also browser issues. I confimed my Club Nintendo account and that the CSR saw that the game was registered but I just didn't get the second screen. So I assume this was browser related. I use Chrome, so make sure you call in today to verify and don't just assume "if you registered it, you will get one" because the CSR made it seem like I wasn't going to get one.

HEY! LISTEN....to this CD of great music.

yeah I had to do it twice but I got mine in the mail.

Whew. I've been sitting on this since last Tuesday when I scored the game early, and completely forgot to get on Club Nintendo last night and do this. Thanks for the reminder, Joystiq!

I'm going to get it just to hold onto it as a collectors item. Free is free.

Well that sucks for me cause I pre ordered mine over a month ago. Still hasn't arrived yet. Not to mention that I just bought my 3DS last Monday that had sound issues and had to return it after I'd put $10 on the e shop(which is non refundable or transferable). The second one I received has a problem with the 3D screen(keeps flickering and has a dead pixel), after I'd put $20 in the e shop. So now I have to wait for Nintendo to fix my system. Nintendo is really dropping the ball on the newer systems since the Wii came out. I had to send that thing in for repairs about a month after I bought that as well. Get your shit together Nintendo or else I'm just going to switch over to Microsoft.

@adidaskorn3000

Microsoft has a handheld?

@adidaskorn3000
At least they're fixing the system for free for you.
And er... what does all the rest have to do with your preorder of Ocarina of Time 3D? Heck, my 3DS is in the repair shop as well - doesn't mean I couldn't register the game without the 3DS (which I just did and got my copy).

...how about blaming the people who you preordered from too?

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