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Post Via amazon in Wii Games ReviewThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
I've been playing vids since the days of the 2600, and have owned virtually every system, be it Nintendo, Sega, Sony or other, since the days of the NES. If a reasonably objective list of the Top-20 games of all time, regardless of platform, were to be compiled, there seems to be little question that the 'Zelda' franchise would place multiple entries. 'A Link to the Past' and 'Ocarina of Time' would both place Top-5 on the lists of many, many people.
Given that sort of storied lineage, 'Twilight Princess' faced the crushing weight of expectations that would in most cases be almost impossible to meet. Well, I guess it helps to have a demigod like Shigeru Miyamoto working in your shop. I'm a little short of 30 hours into the game, in the middle of the Snowpeak Ruins now, and I'm sufficiently wowed that I can honestly say this is the best 'Zelda' game ever made. It takes everything about the series that you've always loved and ratchets it up to the nth degree. The characters are memorable and fully realized, the locales are huge, varied and lushly detailed, the minigames are a lot of fun. The Wii remote control scheme was intuitive and easy to master, and I wouldn't want to go back to a regular controller after having experienced it. Basically, the entire game is clicking on all cylinders. Nintendo even took some cues from some of its competitors (I see hints of 'Shadow of the Colossus' and 'FF7', e.g., at work at various junctures throughout). One reviewer on another website called the entire game a love letter to 'Ocarina', and I think that hits the nail squarely on the head here. If you like adventure games, or, really, if you like videogames at all, you probably owe it to yourself to give this at least a couple hours of your time to see if you fall under its spell. Wonderful, wonderful game.
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