Fantastic! (no Twilight Princess spoilers)
Post Via amazon in Wii Games ReviewThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
My daughter and I recently played through Wind Waker (finished it, started over and about 90% done), and then Ocarina of Time, from the Collector's Edition on GameCube disc played on the Wii (we never quite finished it: the Temple of Shadow is where we stopped because the boss was too hard, and it took too long to get back to him each time we failed...we both got frustrated with it after the 3rd or 4th attempt).
I know I've enjoyed Twilight Princess way more than OOT, and about the same as Wind Waker.
If you've played OOT or WW, Twilight Princess is the easiest of the three from a skill standpoint (we never failed a boss battle even once until the final boss battle).
There seems to be way more stuff to do than in WW. OOT had a lot of stuff to do, but also got a little frustrating and repetitive the farther we progressed, mainly because the dungeons didn't have any way to quickly jump back to your current spot, ala Oocoo in TP or the magic pots in WW. In comparison, TP never seemed to drag or get frustrating like OOT sometimes did.
While I'd give all three of these 5 out of 5, if I was going to rank them for fun, I'd put it TP, WW, OOT (that is, the games have gotten more fun with each iteration, which is as it should be :).
Graphically, this game looks like exactly what it is: An extremely polished GameCube game (I'm looking forward to the next one, since it will be a Wii only game, and won't be restricted by the limitations of the GameCube). I did spot a few glitches (shadows occasionally, going the wrong direction, models occasionally clipping through solid objects, etc.)...not nearly as much as in OOT, but more than WW. But, then, I'm a game developer myself, and I tend to notice things like that more than the average person ;)
Controls are mostly excellent. A few of the Special sword attacks were hard to pull off, but aiming the ranged weapons is a joy with the Wiimote. The general swordplay controls were excellent (and much more intuitive than the 2 previous versions using joysticks and buttons). Even my daughter (turning 4 in a month) could have fun with the controls (she likes fishing and fighting goblins the best).
The audio is excellent (especially if you're playing it through a nice stereo with good speakers :).
If you have a Wii, you really should play this game. It is the most approachable Zelda ever (the closest to a casual Zelda game you're going to find). It is also the best looking Zelda so far.
And, it's one of the best games ever made for any platform, ever.
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