# Zelda: Twilight Princess GameCube availability? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777 "2006-12-27T18:47:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777/1 "2006-12-27T18:47:07Z")
Anyone have any idea when the GameCube version of _The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess_ will be generally available? Amazon hasn’t had any stock since even before the release date two weeks ago. I’m not about to pay $70+ on eBay for a copy (even paying MSRP for video games makes me feel like a chump). I thought I could avoid this kind of craziness by staying away from the newest-gen consoles-- guess not. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777/2 "2006-12-27T19:05:49Z")
I emailed [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) about this. They did get copies, but they all went to the immense number of preorders. They will have my shipment by February 14th and they upgraded to Next Day Air for free in my case. I’m not complaining; I figure I -might- finish FFXII by then. Damn adulthood. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777/3 "2006-12-27T19:34:33Z")
Well that’s good to know, thanks. Amazon is my preferred place to shop but if it’s certain that they won’t have any copies to sell until at least February, I’ll focus my efforts elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777/4 "2006-12-27T19:36:21Z")
My wife got one for our son for x-mas - regular price. The local store said all its copies were pre-ordered, but that folks needed to pick them up by a certain date. When my wife called up 1st thing in the a.m. the following day, they had one copy someone hadn’t picked up. (And my kid has been playing the damn thing near non-stop since Monday!) Just mentioning, it may be worth a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777/5 "2006-12-27T20:09:19Z")
I pre-ordered a copy for my daughter, it didn’t come in and was out of stock when I looked at the site. I ran to the mall and managed to find her a copy before Christmas. The one I pre-ordered came in yesterday. If you want it e-mail me and we’ll work something out. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777/6 "2006-12-27T21:45:02Z")
Thanks, but now that I think about it, it probably wouldn’t be such a bad idea to just wait on it. It’ll give me some time to play through _Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin_ and _Final Fantasy III_ for DS, which I _did_ get for Christmas. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777/7 "2006-12-27T22:32:04Z")
Wow – I had no idea it was so scarce. My wife got me one for Christmas, and when I was in Target today I saw a bunch more of 'em on the shelf. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777/8 "2006-12-27T23:32:21Z")
My youngest is playing the gamecube version of it right now. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_of\_the\_Felines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b5e925/32.png) [@Queen\_of\_the\_Felines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_of_the_Felines)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-twilight-princess-gamecube-availability/385777/9 "2006-12-28T03:10:04Z")
From what I’ve heard from friends that work at EB Games, each store was given about ten copies or so. Your best bet is to hit up places like Best Buy, Target, Circuit City, etc. I’ve had no problems finding it in those places.