A few years back when The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Nintendo GameCube was being introduced, Nintendo had initially planned on also releasing a custom-made, limited edition controller to go along with the game. Nintendo eventually decided not to release the controller, but a prototype or two still existed, and one of them was recently sold on eBay.
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| Legend of Zelda GameCube Controller Prototype |
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| Storage Case Prototype for Zelda GameCube Controller |
The controller was initially going to be released in what looks like an antique book-styled packaging, and you have to love the removable leather sheath that
fits over the bottom-right section of the controller. The eBay Completed Listings showed the controller sold for $6,000, but when you clicked on the actual product page for the listing, it showed it sold for $2,500. Since the item was being sold worldwide, I guess it's possible the difference in the pricing was due to regional monetary conversions, and the two amounts are equivalent.
The pix shown are screenshots from the
original listing
by eBay seller
GameTimeVault
. Even though the controller is non-functional, it's rarity would still make it one heck of a enviable Zelda collector's item, don't you think?
