Rare Zelda Gamecube Japanese Collection

Presenting with you today is another special and rare game! More importantly, the main differences between the international versions of the Zelda Collection is that the Japanese version contains different main menu music, Majora's Mask emulation has more crashes and bugs. The Japanese version also contains the "disksys.bin", funnier how it is possible to eject and cause FDS errors so you could see Mario and Luigi chasing each other in the void of Space.

Originally posted on Twitter:

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The second main issue is that FDS audio is completely inaccurate (most notable when Link dies in Zelda II). Unfortunately I had to cut short Majora's Mask because the game crashed upon entering the Clock Tower village. Note that my disc is completely scratch-free, no dirt, etc on it so that is an emulation issue on Nintendo's part.

Aside from the flaws, this is a really good collection only having 1,000 produced for Club Nintendo Japan fans. I paid a fortune for my copy and if people want to see more rare games,  please consider donating because it helps also with buying better video equipment. Hope you enjoyed this video. I also found development-related text in the ISO after examining the files. More details on this later.

Ultra Rare Super Smash Bros. Japanese Store Kiosk Demo!

 Today we have something incredibly special and unsightly. This is an extremely rare Gamecube Demo Disc (Dairantou Smash Brothers DX Jitsuen-you Demo (Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc, November 2001 Japan) that was intended for stores in Japan to display Super Smash Bros. Melee. There are a few bonuses and promotional videos for then upcoming Gamecube software. There is a playable Pikmin demo and two commercials for Pikmin. There are two commercials for Super Smash Bros. Melee, a 32 trophy gallery, a Four stage adventure mode, a basic battle royale which is a free for all smashfest with only original characters and stages though all of the music and models are present on the disc.

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My Super Smash Bros Melee store kiosk demo came scratch free (it only has minimal scratches because I wasn't careful when inserting it into the Gamecube during the video. Ugh, this bothers me maybe more than it should.

There are 2 commercials For Melee, Pikmin and demos for both games. A Gamecube promo video as well. Feels so weird playing this in 2018. I remember getting Smash the first day at #Blockbuster for the holidays.





 
                                                           Part 1: Firing up the disc!

 

Part 2: Battle Royale

  

                         Part 3: The actual disk (Part 1 actually shows a clear in-focus picture)

Trivia:

-The commercials were actually shown on Television broadcasts in Japan for both Pikmin and Melee.

-The are noticeable differences between the demo and retail versions of Pikmin.

-All of the Super Smash Bros. Melee songs are on the disc.

-There demo packaging is the same as the Japanese retail version.

-The Demo select menu reuses the US Gamecube October 2001, January 2002 and March 2002 Interactive Mult-Game Demo Disc versions as well as the Dairantuo DX Gold Movie Disk (all of which I also own).

Unfortunately I cannot afford professional video equipment for good quality recording.

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