Nintendo "NOT FOR RESALE" logo and NDS - Twilight Princess Preview Cart

[Dan]

Hey, I'm not sure if this belongs here or not.  Sorry, I'm new at this, but want to help contribute what I can.

Anyway, I've been collecting some promo materials recently and got an Advance Wars: Dual Strike store display copy.  So I want to make an insert that also has the "NOT FOR RESALE" (heh, guess I missed the warning, oops... ) on the cover.  I figured I'd just edit the existing cover with the logo.  Anyone have that logo?  Its the red one with the words in a rectangle, but I think there's a elongated red oval version that would be fine, too.


The second one I'm looking to make a cover of is the E3 2005 Twilight Princess Preview cart.  I just got one and would like to have it in a DS case.  Interestingly, the cardboard thingy it is supposed to sit in is EXACTLY the size of the DS manual slot, so that works out perfectly.  I just scanned the card to make it into a cover, but I figure someone else would be better at it than I am.  If someone's up to it, let me know and I'll upload the scans.

[Doom]

Hey, I'm not sure if this belongs here or not.  Sorry, I'm new at this, but want to help contribute what I can.

The second one I'm looking to make a cover of is the E3 2005 Twilight Princess Preview cart.  I just got one and would like to have it in a DS case.  Interestingly, the cardboard thingy it is supposed to sit in is EXACTLY the size of the DS manual slot, so that works out perfectly.  I just scanned the card to make it into a cover, but I figure someone else would be better at it than I am.  If someone's up to it, let me know and I'll upload the scans.

1)Yes, you found the right section
2)If you upload good quality scans someone could possibly help you. Without any scans I doubt anyone will come to your aid as those are obscure carts.

[Dan]

Okay, I'm not sure if it worked but apparently here it is, also I may have gotten the dpi messed up, please let me know if I need to do it again

http://www.thecoverproject.net/uploads/raw/Dan.retail.raw_ds_zeldatppreviewcover.jpg

Also, as a suggestion, instead of the plain writing on the spine, the TP logo and "Preview Trailer" under it on the cover would probably look a lot better, but you'd probably have to get the logo elsewhere, here's a high quality one

http://images.nintendolife.com/articles/2006/10/01/new_twilight_princess_information/attachment/large.jpg

Without any scans I doubt anyone will come to your aid as those are obscure carts.

Actually, for the Advance Wars one, all I really need is the "NOT FOR RESALE" logo.  Have you ever seen that around?

[Hero's Shade]

How exactly do you get that? The TP preview cart, I mean.

[Doom]

How exactly do you get that? The TP preview cart, I mean.

Someone at Nintendo steals/gets the cart from E3 (I think it was E3 2004 that had this cart). Gives/sells to somebody else, possibly a close friend. Repeat like 10 times.
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Dan, I didn't check but if I had to guess the dpi is correct. However, your scan looks dotted. From my scanning guide:

Now open up your scanning software. I'm not going to go over every possible setup, but there are a couple important things to remember.
1) 300dpi (or higher)
2) Descreen (sometimes called derasterize) if availible
3) Some scanners (like mine) have a way to scan film. This won't work for scanning covers becuase you get a blank space from a different part of the scanner.

[Dan]

How exactly do you get that? The TP preview cart, I mean.

Well, this one is more "legit" than my AWDS promo.  It's just a video of the first TP trailer screened at E3 2005 when the game was given it's official title "Twilight Princess".  The cart was given as gifts to attendees, and doesn't say "NOT FOR RESALE", so I assume reselling is perfectly fine (as if that stopped anyone anyway).

They were mega popular on ebay about 2 years ago when they first came out, but have petered off.  You can still find them on ebay but much more rarely.  They went for about $100+ back then but expect it to be $150+ now.  Sorry I don't have another, but if you're attentive, you'll probably find one on ebay sooner or later.  Mine was actually from someone who claims to have been at the event.  If that's true, pretty impressive.

Dan, I didn't check but if I had to guess the dpi is correct. However, your scan looks dotted.

ah, okay.  Its with a new scanner so I'm not sure how to use it completely yet, I'll try again later.  I have some other games that I think aren't on the site yet, I'll get on it once I figure out how to use my scanner.  Doom, think you'll take on the challenge of this cover?  That'd be awesome, I'd appreciate it   

[Doom]

The cart was given as gifts to attendees, and doesn't say "NOT FOR RESALE", so I assume reselling is perfectly fine (as if that stopped anyone anyway).

They were mega popular on ebay about 2 years ago when they first came out, but have petered off.  You can still find them on ebay but much more rarely.  They went for about $100+ back then but expect it to be $150+ now.  Sorry I don't have another, but if you're attentive, you'll probably find one on ebay sooner or later.  Mine was actually from someone who claims to have been at the event.  If that's true, pretty impressive.
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Doom, think you'll take on the challenge of this cover?  That'd be awesome, I'd appreciate it   

1) O RLY? I thought it was like a DS Download Station and someone got the cart after the event. But what you say makes more sense.
2)Probably.

[Dan]

okay, I descreened and cranked it up to 600dpi.  Looks like it lost a little size in uploading, but I hope it still works.

Also scanned the inside of the sleeve and the label for completion's sake.  The logo and "Preview Trailer" on the label I think would look much better on the spine than the bland letters on the envelope spine, so if you do do this one, could you keep that in mind?

cheers and thanks Doom if you end up doing it!

[nncoolg]

Hi all, sorry to sound dumb, but why is the TP demo on DS? Was it even released on DS?

[Dan]

Hi all, sorry to sound dumb, but why is the TP demo on DS? Was it even released on DS?

nah, that's not really a dumb question.  TP was never released on the DS, only this somewhat scaled down quality trailer for TP was given out on DS cartrages as a sort of industry advertisement/giveaway.  As for why this trailer was on a DS cart?  Who knows. It's kind of strange, but in a way Nintendo was killing two birds with one stone - advertising TP and the DS at the same time.

So Doom, any progress?  Also, I had a question about removing raws. I uploaded the cover for this twice (when I fixed the quality), and kind of also regret loading the label since the possibility of a hack forgery came to mind.  Any way to get these down?

[Doom]

I don't know why, but I didn't see your post saying you descreened and whatnot. I'll have a look at it now.

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Looks good enough. Should be able to make something out of it.