Prima gives a closer look at the Zelda Box Set’s certificate of authenticity, new details
Prima’s Zelda Box Set comes with a bunch of things. You’ll get six Zelda Collector’s Edition strategy guides, a treasure chest book holder, a golden 2-sided metal Zelda bookmark, and a numbered certificate of authenticity with a signature and message from series producer Eiji Aonuma.
Here’s what we know about the certificate: it measures 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 and is printed on high quality textured art paper. The number on the certificate corresponds to the collector’s edition number for that box set.
As far as Aonuma’s mystery message is concerned, Prima said the following in a website posting:
The certificate includes a personal message from Mr. Aonuma to Zelda fans and has his signature stamped in gold foil. Initially, the concept was to simply have Mr. Aonuma’s signature on the certificate, but after many discussions with Nintendo, an idea emerged to ask Mr. Aonuma to deliver a message directly to the fans of The Legend of Zelda. Mr. Aonuma agreed. Special paper was sent to Mr. Aonuma in Japan. After he penned his original message to the fans, he sent the paper back to the Prima Games office in California.
What does the message say? All we can tell you at this point is that it is a personal message straight from Mr. Aonuma that all fans will enjoy. Jesse Anderson, Prima Product Manager for The Zelda Box Set has seen and read the original message from Mr. Aonuma. His reaction: “As a fan of The Legend of Zelda, I was very excited to see the message and know that Mr. Aonuma himself wrote it.” You’ll just have to wait until the box set is released to see exactly what it says!
Note that Prima is planning just one production run for the Box Set. Once stock is gone, the product will be gone for good.
You can pre-order at any of the following retailers:
Amazon
(has biggest discount)
Barnes & Noble
GameStop
