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Why would Nintendo release The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D in small batches? It makes no sense to me, but that’s what Japanese blog Sinobi says is happening. They’ve heard that Nintendo is shipping less than 150,000 at launch. Andriasang says that one guess was that Nintendo wanted to ship small to avoid bargain bin placement for their title. I saw Zelda: Spirit Tracks in bargain bins for awhile in Tokyo, so maybe there’s something to this.
The same blog says that pre-orders have exploded following these reports of small shipments. I just checked Amazon Japan’s Bestsellers list for gaming and this game’s pre-order item is now #1 on that list.
Hopefully Nintendo isn’t doing anything this fishy.
