[Iwatasan]

If you're comparing Nintendo to other companies that do proper CE's with soundtracks, art books, steelbooks, figures, DLC, etc, forget it. Nintendo's never done anything like that except for the aforementioned Hyrule Warriors Treasure Box which was probably more Koei Tecmo's doing.

I agree with Knight and Cosmic, that was the best Nintendo CE ever. The EUR version of that CE was lame as hell, and the nearly identical US version is lamer still considering it's so stupid rare that it sells for 5x the price of the far superior Treasure Box.

The three Big Box Zelda CEs are cool because of their big boxes, but the contents aren't especially remarkable. The Oracle one had a cheap boomerang so I guess that's interesting if not entirely relevant.

Ken and coma are right of course, why make an effort, especially in the US, when fans are lining up for days to buy your shit anyway?

You'd think with its roots as a toy company, Nintendo might find some fulfillment in crafting a CE with worthwhile pack ins. But then Nintendo has never sought the market segment that regularly drops $500 on a new console or $200 on a CE. They're more about selling $300 consoles, $70 CE's, and $12.99 amiibos. So when you consider this new trend of "amiibo edition," it actually makes perfect sense for Nintendo. $60 game plus $12.99 toy, voila, $70 "CE."

Seems to me they should try outsourcing CE design to a company that knows how to do it (the same way they're starting to outsource mobile gaming/online profiles). See if people are willing to spend big bucks on a CE that fans will actually hold up as worthy of the "CE" label. Don't we already know people would line up for days for it?