However, Toys R Us employees began telling customers that it would in fact be an additional Wii game of their choice, and this news set pre-orders alight. Three weeks ago, the dream of free Zelda was shattered like so many Stalfos when TRU changed the deal so that the free game could only be the upcoming movie tie-in Open Season. After receiving heaps of negative feedback over this odd choice of a free title, TRU changed its deal again, allowing customers to choose between Open Season and the Wii version of Need For Speed: Carbon, which, while still no Zelda, was an improvement.
But yesterday, it seemed the already soiled rug had been pulled out from under eager gamers' feet. According to US gaming mega-blog Kotaku, the deal is now totally off, and customers will be receiving no free game at all. But while we all know the interwebs are world wide these days, what do the Yanks know about Australian retailers?
While we are still waiting for official confirmation from the Toys R Us head office, some enquiries with actual stores, combined with common sense, have led us to believe Kotaku has it wrong, and that current pre-order holders will still receive their choice of Open Season or Need For Speed: Carbon. The pre-order deal is now closed for new customers, so perhaps this was confused with the deal being cancelled for existing customers?
We'll keep you updated if we hear any more on the topic, but for now it seems as if there's no need to declare 'open season' on TRU.
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