If you were one of the lucky people who picked up The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time upon its launch last Friday, and rushed to Nintendo's website in order to register your game using the included Club Nintendo voucher, you may have had a nasty surprise waiting for you. While Nintendo announced before the game's launch that the first people to register their game would receive a free soundtrack CD, a glitch with their official website meant that many people who attempted to register their game (including us) got server error messages, meaning while the website let them register their game, when it came time to put their address in, in order to receive the soundtrack, the website threw an error instead.
The original soundtrack, in all its glory. The version you'll get will have a different cover art, though.
Luckily for us, though, Nintendo are hot on the case, and, along with extending the time the offer will run for until the 30th of June, they've also announced they'll be contacting people individually who registered the game, but then didn't manage to place an order for the CD thanks to the error.
Or, as Nintendo put it: "Unfortunately, we encountered a technical issue with our Club Nintendo website and this resulted in an error for some customers when trying to claim the promotional soundtrack CD from Friday afternoon until today, Monday, June 20th. This issue is now solved, but we would like to extend our sincere apologies to all Club Nintendo members who encountered this problem."
"We will be in contact soon with Club Nintendo members who registered their software, but were not able to enter their details for the soundtrack CD, with information on how to proceed in order to receive the CD"
So there you have it. If you struggled to register your CD, there's no need to panic, as Nintendo will be in touch with you soon. All that's left to do now is to sit tight, and enjoy playing Zelda, while we wait for Nintendo to get in touch. We reviewed the game yesterday, and gave it a solid 9/10 - you can find out more in our full Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D review.
