Well, that's certainly something different from all those golden editions that we got for Zelda themed handhelds so far. This is looking good and I would even consider getting this for my collection, if it were available in my area, unlike the Hyrule Edition New 3DS XL, which simply was too similar to my beloved Majora's Mask 3D Edition and therefore not as interesting.
But for now this seems to be a GameStop exclusive in the US. It even comes with A Link Between Worlds pre-installed, which is a nice deal. But this makes it look unlikely that we will get another Zelda game on the Nintendo 3DS this year, because otherwise they probably would have waited with releasing a Special Edition for this game. (But this is Nintendo we're talking about, so they still might release another 3DS Zelda game and another New Nintendo 2DS XL Edition for that one...)
With the current success of Breath of the Wild, it's clear that Nintendo wants to push things. And getting people to buy a Nintendo 3DS system of any kind for its very good Zelda library is a smart move, because there is much more interest in the franchise now and some of its best games can be found on the system.
That being said, this is already the fifth Special Edition of a system in the Nintendo 3DS family and that's not even counting the ugly Nintendo 2DS Bundle with Ocarina of Time 3D from last year. Things went out of hand here. Do we really need a Zelda Special Edition (New) Nintendo 3DS / 2DS (XL) every year?
What we would need is such a bundle for the Nintendo Switch... I'm still waiting for one!
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