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Wii Classic Controller
This controller is great if you want to play classic games. But sure is hard to find, I believe it is sold out everywhere and not expected in stores until January. You absolutely need this controller to play the classic games or for Wii point cards. Plugs into the Wii remote for wireless access, great controller and concept. So much better than trying to use a GameCube controller.
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
I have been guiding the little man in the green hat (Link) through adventures since 1987, when I was five years old. I've played most of the games - the two NES titles, LttP, Ocarina, and Link's Awakening. I didn't bother with Majora's Mask or any of the other gameboy titles, and I only got about 25% into Wind Waker before becoming bored.
I am the only carbon-based life form that didn't absolutely LOVE Ocarina.
Why didn't I love it? The N64 was an imperfect machine. It's limitations were such that Hyrule in Ocarina of Time felt to me like a day at Disneyland - all of these wonderful lands connected via a central hub - complete with cinderella's castle! It took less than 4 minutes to walk from one end of the hyrule field to the other. Remembering fondly the days in which walking across Hyrule was a TREK, a serious journey and not a galavant through a simple-polygon filled world, all I could do was play on. It was a great game, no doubt, but I felt the N64 did not have the ability to sustain a world large enough to be worthy of the Zelda moniker.
Friends...welcome to Hyrule.
Twilight Princess is the best, because it combines the absolute BEST things about two of the best Zelda games. It has all of the greatest gameplay aspects of Ocarina - the innovative control, the daunting 3D puzzles, the wonder of seeing Link in a 3D universe - and everything that made A Link to the Past amazing - a SUPERB storyline, and the feeling of sheer VASTNESS...my lord. Hyrule was NEVER this big. Without revealing too much, Lake Hylia is simply IMMENSE. You can see death mountain (a very oddly-shaped death mountain...) from a great distance before ever even being CLOSE to near it. Clearly, the sheer size of Hyrule allowed the creators to simply go bonkers cramming every nook and cranny with secrets, to the tune of 45 pieces of heart to locate, among many many other things.
People like to complain about the Wii version's graphics - do they understand that this is a port of a gamecube game? Doubtful. These people have been spoiled by their saccarine HD 1080i world. The graphics in twilight princess look stunning enough that the occasional muddy texture can easily be overlooked. If you don't like it, try playing 8-bit NES zelda for awhile.
One thing - The Wii controls DO seem a bit tacked-on, but they're fun anyway, and add a dash of novelty. Fishing is great, and I'm sorry, but I LOVE the fact that you aim things (bow, reel, hookshot, etc) with the remote. It's roughly 40 billion times easier than trying to manage it with a joystick, and SO many times now I've thanked the lord for the advent of having a handy remote to use - nothing between the game and my own excellent hand-eye coordination.
The breadth and scope of this game is unparalleled. In my OPINION, it is better than link to the past, and definitely Ocarina. It has everything those games have, only all problems have been eradicated and EVERYTHING has been improved.
If you disagree with me, I don't care, because I'm right.
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When I bought Ocarina Of Time back in 1998 I was excited and really impressed about the first 3D Zelda. When Twilight Princess was coming out I thought: how could they make it better than Ocarina?
When I mean better, I mean PLOT behind all of the flashy graphics and gameplay. I would have to say that the plot of Twilight rings equally with Ocarina only that it will be a bit difficult for a younger crowd to fully understand it. There is a lot of esotericism mixed in with the plot...and some shocking parallels to the world we live in: 'The people lived as ghosts - not knowing they'd passed into the twilight.' tells me of the indifference of people living in a depraved state from an unruly government...'nuff said.
One thing I've noticed in Twilight Princess is it's a bit more 'grown up' than Ocarina but there are still enough games and subquests to take on when you're not ready to complete that next big dungeon. I believe this is a game where you can really 'take time' with it. The designers spent so much detail on the graphics everywhere you go that it's fun just to stop and observe even the fine details. The music is also a strong point...ambient, and sometimes very simple - but very fitting and not overdone. Some places will give you an almost religious experience because they're so well-detailed with myths, liths, glyphs, and idols...and you can tell they were MADE to be looked at. The appearance and design of the dungeons will make Ocarina's quite a bit elementary looking.
A large element of the game you will play as a wolf when venturing through 'twilight'. Later you'll have the ability to change from human (hylian) to wolf at will. You'll meet an enigmatic female character named 'Midna' who rides on your back as a wolf instructing you where to go and what to do (a lot like Navi in Ocarina). It's ironic that your horse (Epona, or whatever name you choose) is your beast of burden when you're hylian, but when you are a wolf - the tables turn. As a wolf, you'll have other abilities combined with Midna like Energy Field Attacking for encircling a group of enemies and then turning on them at once in a lifelike, snarling, roaring melee; X-sensory for honing in on smells, seeing ghosts, and spotting hidden items and grottos in the dirt that can be dug into; the last skill is you learn to howl...a unique touch to Ocarina's idea of learning songs, but you usually only use them once.
Gameplay as Link (or whatever name) is somewhat straightforward. If you've played Ocarina, Majora, or Windwaker - you'll pick it up right away. I've never played it on the Wii so I don't know what that's like. You'll learn a lot of new techniques throughout the game like the shield thrust, back slice, and super spin - but if you're caught in the heat of battle you may forget them and just start doing baseball swings right and left.
As far as weapons and mobility for link you'll get a few new items: The spinner...a toothed, top-like device you ride on top of and use to cling to tracks in the walls; the ball and chain...well, ok it's a smash to use; the command rod is used to control large statues that mock your movements of the rod. You have multiple targeting with the boomerang (borrowed from Windwaker); you can raise or lower yourself from a vertical hang with the clawshot (hookshot), and with double hookshots you can cling to one target and shoot to another. The iron boots serve a dual purpose as they are magnetic which means you can cling to walls and ceilings that are....
Overall...a fairly serious game and not suited for an audience under twelve...as the plot is a little deep. Very well done and worth every penny...for the Gamecube anyway.
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Ok..well I am a huge zelda fan and I think that it seems so realistic when
you can swing your remote and your slicing with your sword.Sure if your a
Playstation or Xbox fan,and you think the graphics suck.....then you are
too hooked on to good graphics,,,If you want my opinion,the graphics are'nt half bad!!!!!....I mean you actually see how large the country of hyrule is......and it goes on for miles,and miles, and MILES!!!!!!......
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This game is fantastic, all I can say. The graphics are the latest and most detailed (especially for the Gamecube), it's fun to play, and has an excellent combination of classic elements all us Zelda fans love, and a few new things (I won't go into specifics to give anything away). I recommend this game for anyone, whether you're a veteran Zelda player, or a newcomer. The other thing I want to say is this. If you are planning on buying the Nintendo Wii specifically for this game, don't bother. Yes, the graphics are better and you have a fancy remote, but why pay 250 dollars more just for more graphics (the gamecube's are great) and to be able to swing a sword and aim with the Wii remote? Anyways, the swinging is not so in depth as everyone (including me) had hoped. No matter HOW you swing, Link always does his normal slash/combos. Slice right. Normal slash and combos. Slice left. Normal slash and combos. Slice diagonally. Same thing! I agree, aiming with the bow and arrow and sorts is probably easier with the Wii remote, but please people. $250 more? I'm happy with my little cube (okay so I might get the Wii next year once more games come out for it).
Legend of Zelda all the way!!
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The 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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A few weeks ago I bought both the Wii system and the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Pirincess for the Wii and can't give enough praise for both! Twilight Princess has many things in there to bring the old Zelda fan back for more for contains a lot old zelda extravgenza such as the Temple of Time and its original music from Ocarina of Time, The Zoras and the Gorons, and not to mention the return of most of the locations from Ocarina of Time such as Gerudo Desert, and the Zora Domain. You'll be surprised at much of the music from Ocarina of Time has returned in Twilight Princess, but I won't spoil it for you. All of Link's original weapons from Ocarina of Time have returned only with upgrades attached to them including the famous Master Sword. In the meantime the graphics are beyond superb including the character design of Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, and Link's beloved trusty companion Midna are presented with detailed everything. The game shows Hyrule for what it is by turning it into an incredibly large world that eventually after you beat the first three temples, Midna will give the power to warp all over the place. Now the gameplay for me was fascinating for it resembled OOT's gameplay in many ways for the mini fishing game has returned, there are lot of mini games in castle town you can play for extra stuff as well. Now aside from the graphics and the gameplay Twilight Princess is the most dark, and emotional of the Zelda games for it contains all kinds of implications of death and destruction in the plot. Midna is a twilight being who helps Link just to help herself out in the beginning but soon grows to feel she needs to help out the light realm as well as the shadow realm. For a game the chemistry between Link and Midna I felt was a lot better than when he had Navi, although I sort of wish the game could have made some mention of her, but it was good companionship non the less. The character of Ganondorf we as devoted Zelda fans have known to be the central antagonist of the series, and in Twilight Princess he is finally shown as an evil, sinister, darker being that we always took him for. In terms of a rightful sequal to Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess is the best there is. I don't even consider The Wind Waker a Legend of Zelda game for it didn't have any of the elements it needed to live up to OOT. Many have said this is better than Ocarina of Time, for me they are equal all the way! I finished it yesterday and could not believe the awesome power put into the ending. It is a fun, masterful game that just goes to show that taking 4 years to make a game is the key to making it a success.
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..........I own both the GameCube and the Nintendo Wii version's so here's a review from someone who has experienced both. I 1st brought the GameCube version because I have a GC&then I went 2 Target the next day&they had the Wii system so I brought it&brought the system and the Zelda Wii as well. I really didn't notice the difference with the graphics for either version. They both look pretty identical visually which is kind of sad considering Wii is suppose 2 be a new generation console. But then again most ports rarely add anything extra, since this is a GC original title. Anyways I'm gonna get right to the point I actually enjoyed the GC version better because I couldn't catch any FISH with that freaking Wii Nunchuk controller. So I popped in the GC version and I actually passed a few stages including the fishing stage. I knew the regular controller would be so much easier to catch fish then with the new nunchuk controller. While on the Wii version I'm still freaking stuck on the 1st stage trying 2 catch 2 fish. TRAGIC!!!!!! To sum things up the game is addictive but I prefer the GC version.
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Wii Classic Controller
If you're interested in playing Virtual Console games on your brand new Wii, then the Classic Controller from Nintendo is basically a must-have. Sure, it's true that a lot of games can be played simply with either the Wii Remote or a GameCube pad, but the Classic Controller, for old-school action, outdoes them both.
Consisting of your old-fashioned, yet very vital directional pad, two analog sticks, placed in the same positions as the ones on the PlayStation home console family's controllers, four face buttons (a, b, x, and y), two triggers (L and R), both of which click just like the GameCube controller's triggers do, interestingly enough (even though you can't use it with GameCube games, at least at the time this review was posted), as well as two Z buttons in between the L and R triggers (ZL and ZR), and +, -, and Home buttons, the Classic Controller is clearly packing a lot of things to press and move.
Another interesting thing to note about it is that there's this latch on the back of the controller that is not currently used by anything on the Wii. It was originally speculated that that is where the console's remote would plug into, but that clearly isn't the case anymore. It seems Nintendo has some future plan(s) for it, none of which we, the public, know about yet.
Okay, so now that you're familiar with the button and stick layout, you may be wondering how it feels? Just fine the answer is. Like a mix of the Super NES, Dual Shock, and GameCube gamepads, this thing feels very comfortable and doesn't weigh too much (which is assisted by the fact that there's no rumble feature present). The directional pad is nice and big, unlike the one on the Wii Remote, and the buttons feel very good, as do the analog sticks and triggers.
One minor complaint I have with the controller is the fact that it isn't completely wireless. You see, you have to plug it into the Wii Remote's extension slot. Still, I said it was minor, and it really isn't that bothersome at all, although I do wish it was fully wireless.
All in all, I highly recommend you buying the Classic Controller for the Wii. If you're at all interested in the system's Virtual Console selection of titles, you couldn't go wrong with it. Nintendo designed it with some of the best controllers from the history of video gaming in mind, and they've succeeded in making a very comfortable controller for all those old games you're likely to purchase and download from their Virtual Console service.
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This pad is a necessity if you are going to be downloading games that are either from the Super Nintendo, Genesis, Turbo Graphix, or N64 on the Wii. Although Nintendo does allow some campatibility with the Game Cube controller. I grew up with the Genesis so having this controller is a necessity. Playing games like Toe Jam and Earl feel just like the good old days with this pad in hand. Generally it has a comfortable fit and with the analog sticks I can see it being used for many, many games over the next few years. I have been making sure I have a great supply of classic games on my Wii and knew that without this pad it would be impossible to play the best. This pad is a mutation of a super nintendo and playstation controller. It works well for the several games I have tried and even lets you use analog for Super Mario Bros. I enjoy the fact that it easily connects into the Wiimote to provide easy wireless gaming. A great device for a decent price.
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