EDGE magazine: Twilight Princess best Zelda ever

"The message is clear, this time Nintendo has made a game unafraid to
stand tall beside those two previous titles (OOT, LTTP) widely regarded
as the greatest in a series of greats. This is no 'what if' whimsy like
the WW or the minish cap. TP is Zelda by the book and there's every
sign that it's the most involved, the most ambitious, the just plain
biggest zelda there's ever been."

"The sheer amount of content in TP is overwhelming. It throws new
skills, items and intriguing twists at you far faster than any zelda
before it."

"Epona is no slender pony this time, instead a solid, gigantic,
invincible animal."

During the first 6 hours you will have done more than the equivalent of
3 dungeons in on any other zelda game in terms of new items, skills
etc.

The first dungeon reminiscent of the forest temple is

"though hardly hard, it's probably as involved and suprising as any
other initial zelda dungeon, if not more so."

"you begin to get a sense of the sheer dizzying scope of TP, it
threatens to be absolutely immense, an epic seldom rivalled in scale
outside the rpg form (and never by another launch game) and loaded
heavier than ever with items, details and possibilities as yet unseen
in a test that made 6 hours feel like 6 minutes."

"It's almost forbidding, TP is certainly no populist rethink of zelda,
in tune with the popular all cuddly all access Wii. It is instead an
all guns blazing assault on the hardcore, a fanboys wet dream (if
there's any worry at all it's that it might overburden itself)"

"That's reflected in the involved controls of the wii version, though
not as off putting as the E3 demo, when introduced and gradually
relaxed into over time, they are delicate, sometimes demanding and
occasionally frustraing. Attack gestures flow beautifully, but are
sticky to start and jumping to pointer aiming can be awkward and
dis-orientating. However they more than make up for it with tremendous
tactile excitement, the shrill thrill of the speaker effects and the
very real and seriously welcome freedom and comfort that comes from
having your hands attached by 3 feet of wire, not 3 inches of plastic.
.. Factor in the Wii only widescreen support -no small consideration-
and it's clear which version is a must have."

"The questions it answers are the important ones. Is it a challenge? Is
it a mystery? Will it make your heart stop? Is it Zelda? Yes, yes, yes
and yes."



"This is no 'what if' whimsy like the WW or the minish cap. TP is Zelda
by the book and there's every sign that it's the most involved, the
most ambitious, the just plain biggest zelda there's ever been."


"The questions it answers are the important ones. Is it a challenge? Is
it a mystery? Will it make your heart stop? Is it Zelda? Yes, yes, yes
and yes."

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:30:47 -0800, AirRaid wrote:


It's times like this I'm glad to be a Nintendo fan.

Hi


Some other Questions and my Answers:

- will there be a best version, with game Cube Controller support
and amazing graphics?
- will it support 720P on my HD Ready Flatscreen?
- has zelda been the best frenchise on the cube?
- was it worth waiting for the gamecube Fan ???
- will it be on the market the right time?

My Answers:

No, No, No, No and finally NO, in Autumn 2005 this Game could
have been a Top Game on the Cube, in Dezember 2006 is is just
to late, coming for a technically lightyears behind hardware wich
tries to hide its technical wekness behind some funny family
game controller as useless as Dancing Stage and DK Bongos.

My Zelda must Buy should look like this:

Runs on Next generation hardware with HDTV Support, plays
with a normal Controller, is optically good looking and thus a
real hit.

The Twilight Princess, even long awaited, for me has got too
much Compromises to be really cool. You can buy it for the
Cube, there you have better controller and worse graphics,
especially no widescreen. You can buy it for the Wii(x) but
there you dont get the Gamecube Controller working, what
a shit.

My favorite game on the cube was Resident Evil 4, i am
looking forward for which console there will be a RE5

And finaly:

I am not a Sony fanboy! Never ever had a Playstation!
I am not a Microsoft Fanboy! Most of their Games
are sooo boring!

Maybe i will have to wait 5 Years to get ma nex gen
nintendo console using HDTV! Maybe Nintendo
wil be inteligent upgrading Wii in 1 or 2 Years with
a Wii HD, wich is software backwards compatible.

Chris

Christoph Kögler wrote:
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Seeing as you evidently must have used the new controller a lot, how is
it? What made it so useless?

--
[ste]

[ste parker] wrote:
Problem is he is going to have to move to use it, he is afraid of
loosing a few stone !.

Eddy

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:22:25 +0100, "Christoph Kögler" <cronoz@gmx.de>
wrote:


Those who have actually used it will beg to differ, but what the heck
to they know, eh?

Wii doesn't try to "hide" anything. It was clear from the start that
Wii never set out to beat the others with sheer power. It's the
controller that makes the difference. But again, what the heck do
those who have actually tried it know?

Stabby Rip Stab Stab wrote:

Why are so many people still obsessed with the latest hardware in a console?
A good spec PC will out perform any console, certainly after they`ve been
out for a year or so. I`m spending a lot more time on my DS than any other
console because it`s different. I`ve pre-ordered a Wii and 4 games because
I like the thought of a new style of controller. i`ve got a 360 and I doubt
I`ll have a PS3 for 3-4 years now, it simply doesn`t interest me. Too
expensive, too late and too far up their own ass!


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Items on ebay:
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZscousesifinQQhtZ-1

Stabby Rip Stab Stab wrote:

I got me some SUPER cool chop sticks hooked upto my super famicom, does
that count ?

Christoph Kögler wrote:


You clearly aren't a Zelda fan as that series has rarely dropped in quality.
It doesn't matter what control system/graphics they are chucking at us
you just know it's going to be great and play well.

In news:KS02h.95731$lT5.40057@fe2.news.blueyonder.co. uk,
blue <balls@blueyonder.co.uk> typed:


Not sure what to make of that statement. Surely with a sufficiently shitty
control system, any game will be a load of crap?

Obviously, games can be fantastic fun to play with shitty graphics, but if
the control system is unplayable...?

D.