Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
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Link, a young man raised as a wrangler in a small, rural village, is ordered by the mayor to attend the Hyrule Summit. He sets off, oblivious to the dark fate that has descended upon the kingdom. When he enters the Twilight Realm that has covered Hyrule, he transforms into a wolf and is captured. A mysterious figure named Midna helps him break free. With the aid of her magic, they set off to free the land from the shadows.
Characters: Link, Zelda, Midna and many other characters, both new and old. How to progress through the game: Link must explore the vast land of Hyrule and uncover the mystery behind its plunge into darkness. As he does, hell have to enlist the aid of friendly folk, solve puzzles and battle his way through dangerous dungeons. In the Twilight Realm, hell have to use his wolf abilities and Midnas magic to bring light to the land.
Special powers/weapons/moves/features: Besides his trusty sword and shield, Link will use his bow and arrows, fight while on horseback and use a wealth of other items, both new and old. Players can use the Wii Remote as a fishing pole, while a spin of the Nunchuk controller executes a spin attack.
When Link travels to the Twilight Realm, he transforms into a wolf and must scour the land with the help of a mysterious girl named Midna. Using the power and unique control of the Wii console, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess features incredibly precise aiming control using the Wii Remote.
The Wii Remote and the Nunchuk controller are used for a variety of game activities, including fishing and special sword attacks.
Players ride into battle against troops of foul creatures using an amazing horseback combat system, then take on massive bosses that must be seen to be believed.
Many puzzles stand between Link and the fulfillment of his quest, so players must sharpen their wits as they hunt for weapons and items.
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Customer Reviews for Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess:
Number of Reviews: 3
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Author: Marlo Balatero
From: Blacktown, NSW
15 Jul 2008 10:43:11
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Blades will bleed, Shields will shatter - Another Epic Zelda Masterpiece
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Another epic Zelda masterpiece.
STORY 7.9/10
This chapter in the Zelda legend takes place sometime between Ocarina of Time, and Wind Waker, and stars a new Link. This young man lives an average life as a ranch hand, but when his village becomes endangered, he gets sucked into a position where he must fill the legendary hero's shoes to save the entire kingdom from a spreading mass of shadow, the Twilight Realm, which is engulfing Hyrule slowly but steadily. While it seems basic, there are many surprise twists, and it has a astonishingly compelling story, involving Link, Zelda, Zant, Midna, and eternal foe Ganondorf. Twilight contains easily the best story yet in a Zelda game. A nice surprise indeed.
GAMEPLAY 9.4/10
It's Zelda with some new stuff. 'Nuf said. That should do it for just about everybody out there, but if it doesn't, I will go into detail. If that is good enough for you, please feel free to go on to the next section.
Twilight Princess builds on the classic Zelda formula of crossing the overworld, getting to a dungeon, which you navigate to find a new item, which you will use to fight the boss, most of which are FRIGGIN COOL this time around. There aren't that many new items to the series, but there are some, and even some improvements on existing ones (I'm looking at YOU hookshot). The dungeons are quite good, but some of the later ones (which I will not state for the purpose of not leaking spoilers), well, aren't. Bosses are great, the most fun ever in the series, and you'll do all kinds of cool things to fight them. Unfortunately they are all easy. Even the last one. I'll give you an example from early in the game. Grab onto the boss's back with an item, and hang on as it moves around wildly trying to get you off, and you slash it with your sword repeatedly. It's damned cool.
And of course there is the wolf. Rawr. Link can go feral and tear through enemies, and while its cool, its not that effective. Link is better off with a sword. The wolf also really only has 2 moves other than the basic attack. A spin attack and some weird dash move, neither of which work well.
Human Link on the other hand has TONS of moves. From a spin attack (that IS effective), to a instant kill, you'll gain many moves. They are all taught to you by the ancient hero, and his golden wolf. It's just too bad that I didn't tend to use most of them.
As for side quests and other collectibles, there's lots. Golden Bugs (20 in all I believe), Poe Souls (60 in all), and Heart Pieces (Now 5 to a heart). There are other side quests that involve playing minigames such as delivering water to a Goron, or having to shoot targets in Kakariko Village.
As I said before, classic Zelda with a few new twists. 'Nuf said.
GRAPHICS 7.3/10
The least important part of any game as any true gamer will tell you. But Twilight Princess is pretty good in this department. Which is astonishing considering its barely using the Wii potential, as it's running on a GCN engine. The GCN and Wii versions look exactly the same. Which is as it should be. GCN owners would feel shafted, and goodness knows they've been shafted enough already. Still this is the best of the best of the GCN. Which doesn't actually give us a very high score on a next gen console. Fortunately for Twilight Princess, it has an amazing art direction. Its absolutely fantastic. Characters are great, each area is great, everything seems drenched in wonderful design. I cannot describe this enough. You have to play it to understand.
CONTROLS 8.6/10
The big thing about moving Twilight Princess to the Wii was the addition of motion controls. And they are well implemented in the game, though I do think they could have been better, had the game been originally intended for the Wii. You swing the sword with the remote, which sounds tiring but actually is not. This is pretty cool at first, but later on you will cease to notice it. Where the Wii remote does improve gameplay is in the spin attack, which is so easy to pull off you almost feel sorry for the poor moblins. Just shake the Nunchuk from side to side. The other great enhancement is the pinpoint aiming for projectile weapons. Its so great to snipe enemies from a distance with such accuracy. It just feels badass. Point. Shoot. Enemy dies. My only qualms with the control setup are that sometimes you will shield bash instead of spin attack, or vice versa, and that fishing is, one, hard, and two, tiring.
Not bad implementation for a game that had the controls tacked on.
AUDIO 6.1/10
This was very disappointing. Very. We did not get fully orchestrated music. At all. It was all MIDI's. Nor very good ones. The overworld theme is horribly forgetful. Every day as the sun rises it begins great, the same as OoT, and you like you're about to hear an epic heroic theme. Then it suddenly cuts off and changes to some boring song that doesn't suit the intro at all. Seriously WTF Nintendo? That's not to say all tracks are this bad. They're not. The title screen theme, I am especially fond of. The Hyrule Castle theme is fantastically remixed as well. But the rest ranges from mediocre to just plain bad.
The sound is also less than par. The Wiimote speaker mangles things sometimes. What did they do to my beloved Zelda "correct" chime? The first time I heard it I almost cried. I'm not kidding. Otherwise its decent. Average.
And now for the controversial one. Voice Acting. Now I was totally against VA completely before this game. Zelda just didn't need it. I was wrong. Twilight Princess brings the Zelda franchise to a more cinematic level, and the lack of VA is almost painful at times. Now let me make this clear. Link should NEVER TALK. EVER. End of story. But the others should all have it. There is no reason they shouldn't. It's not a nicety. Lack of VA actually detracts from this game. Not all games need VA. But this one does.
RENT OR BUY
Total no-brainer. Buy it. Love it.
PROS AND CONS
+ Gameplay is fantastic
+ Nice Story
+ Controls decent
+ Artistically brilliant
+ Competent technical graphics
+ Its ZELDA
- Music leaves LOTS to be desired
- My poor chime... *cries*. R.I.P. any sound that came from the speaker
- Needs VA
- Bosses are easy
- Later dungeons are LAME
FINAL COMMENTS
Ultimately this game suffered from the inevitable ugly side of the hype machine. People expected too much from the game. They wanted something to be like OoT, but better. Which it is. Yet it comes out, and everybody says it's OoT 1.5. That's what you asked for that's what you get. If it had been different it would have joined the ranks of Zelda II, Majora's Mask, and Wind Waker as generally disliked Zelda's because they were too different. This is the reality that Zelda fans are hypocrites.
In my opinion this is not the best Zelda ever, because I LOVE me some Majora's Mask. However it is a very solid second.
Play the game and be enlightened.
10/10. A great score, for a great game.
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Author: Brian Lane
From: Dapto, NSW
17 May 2007 11:48:09
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Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
I ordered this game along with my Wii from dStore and was pleased to see it when it turned up two days later. After spending a couple of hours getting use to my Wii Remote and Nunchuk attachment on Wii Sports, I decided to give Twilight Princess a go.
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess requires the Nunchuk attachment, but this is included in with your Wii, so you can start playing. The game just feels like Zelda, which is definitely a good thing. The controls are easy to use, but if you are fairly average gamer like me, there are plenty of people to help you get use to your new controls along the way. The graphics and especially the lighting effects are done very well adding to the playability which you come to expect from the Zelda universe of games.
The game isn’t overly difficult while still maintaining the classic Zelda puzzles. It is simply a joy to play, and will take you about 40 hrs to complete. If you have a Wii, this is a ‘must have’.
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Author: A Reviewer
From: QLD
7 Dec 2006 19:29:46
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A Masterpiece Years In The Making
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. What more needs to be said? It's Zelda. Don't play it if you aren't expecting Zelda, and the sheer amount of awesomeness that comes with the name.
Graphics: 9/10
Okay, so the graphics aren't mind-blowing. But they do look nice. You can see the bottom of every pool, the enemies and passive object all show decent detail, but you can tell it was designed for the Gamecube. The only thing that really isn't good looking is the ground textures, which are pretty blurry. Overall, however, the graphics are decent and unless you're used to amazing graphics, the game will look pretty nice.
Sound: 9/10
Honestly, I don't listen to the music much while I'm playing. However, the music is not orchestrated, which many people widely criticized. It does, however, sound very nice and not low-quality at all. Using the wiimote, however, is completely different. The speaker has noticeably low quality, but after a few hours you'll get used to it and you'll enjoy the sword-clashing and numerous other sounds that come out of it.
Gameplay: 10/10
Excellent. The Wii does a great job of making the experience much more fun and interactive. To fish, for example, you press a button and Link throws the lure out. Moving the wiimote will move the pole, so it's very possible to maneuver it in front of a fish. When you get a bite, you yank the wiimote back as if you were actually fishing. Then you move the joystick on the nunchuck in circles, like you're reeling it in.
Combat is awesome. Shaking the wiimote causes Link to draw his sword, and shaking it again makes him slash. You can manually aim the slingshot and bow with the wiimote by pointing it at the screen, allowing for never-before seen accuracy.
Storyline: 5/5
Zelda. Save the princess, etc. However, it is presented with several twists that I can't give away without some spoilers. One such twist that I can give away is Link's transformation into a wolf. Ever seen that in a Zelda game before? Didn't think so.
Overall (not an average): 9/10
An amazing game. I can't begin to do it justice here. Try it out. Even though you're probably skeptical from all the hype, believe the hype. It truly lives up to the reputation.
Reviewer's Score: 9/10
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