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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Review
"Finally, we get the Master Sword..."
Review written by Joseph the Squirrel
The Legend of Zelda games have always put their best feet forward and shown that it was a series meant to shine. Shine as brightly as its master sword. Twilight Princess is, without ANY doubt, the shiniest Zelda game to ever grace your Wii/Gamecube ever.
Overall, the entire game feels like a combination of the three best Zelda titles (in my opinion): Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Wind Waker. Take those three games, throw in a nice spiffy control system and just a hint of kick-ass, and you have Twilight Princess.
The story is MUCH darker and will keep you pinned to your Wii for a good long time. It's even darker than the Majora's Mask's story, which was quite dark itself. You will come to love the characters you meet in your quest, from your cute wanna-be girlfriend, to your annoying but friendly monkey of the forest. The entire story is grand and intelligent, it gives you moments where you're shocked beyond belief.
You'll start out in your simple farm town, then venture to find your kidnapped children friends, and end up getting turned into a wolf and forced to save Hyrule once again. Of course, the story is better than that, it gets better as you go along. Plus, perhaps the best news of all, the only time when you see an annoying fairy is on your wiimote's pointer cursor. Instead of a fairy or some talking boat, you get Midna who has a dark backstory of her own.
The biggest news about TP is the control scheme, which blows you away from the first moment you pick up your wiimote and nunchuk. With just a nice swing of your wiimote, you slice and dice your enemies into nice bits of sushi. The swordplay goes much deeper, as you learn new techniques along your journey from the finishing stab to the jab of your shield.
The dungeon scheme is a nice reminiscence of OOT, as they're very challenging and will make your brain think a bit. The weapons you find are very creative and will make you fall in love with them from the first time you open the chests.
The sidequests go deep and encourage much collecting. You'll spend many Saturday nights searching for that one golden bug to give to that annoying lady to get that nice wallet upgrade instead of going out with your imaginary girlfriend, but it will feel all the more worth it. As in every Zelda game, there will be plenty of nick-nacks, heartpieces (five per heart now), and rupees to give you a great experience.
In this game there are only two flaws, and they are well known by now: the sound and graphics. Although the attention to detail on the characters are amazing, all of the environments (except the water for some reason) look only about as good as a pretty Gamecube title. I'm not quite sure how good the graphics COULD be on the Wii yet, but I expect better from a next-gen system. The music will have you remember back to those wonderful moments of ocarina playing, but the quality doesn't sound that good. Also, with such great emotion conveyed on the characters' faces, it would finally be nice to actually hear more than just grunts, or "aahs!", or snickers. Lack of voice acting still hurts.
When you boil the game down, it's the crown jewel of Zeldas to date. The controls, attention to detail, and replay value will blow you away. Once you get the chance, buy this game, play this game, replay this game, marry this game. It is by far one of the best in the history of games.
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The graphics are better than you think.
I liked it a lot, but it didn't have the same sense of friendliness between the characters as OOT did.
I played oot but I didn't like it much, I wasn't into link much back then. But TP, it brings the best of the best out of link and it is a blast! Oh yea I started liking zelda games when I played legend of zelda wind waker, it was a great game because of its simplicity.
Why does everyone talk about how great the newer Zelda games are, when it's so obvious that they've had backward progression, starting with the best and ending with the worst. Hopefully twilight princess has broken that trend.
It's better than any Zelda game I've ever played!
I love this game. But, I need help. When you are a wolf instead of Link, when you have to get the shield and sword for Midna. I got the shield but how do you get the sword? Every time I go in front of the house Rusl's wife gets scared and I can't go inside. How do I get the sword? Someone help me!
Go around the side of the house and dig your way in.
Oh my gosh this zelda game is 1. Amazing - more than my old favourites oot and zww. I didn't speak to family for 3 weeks, I hate them. Thanks to my beasty control I don't have to speak to my single (and depressed) mother, top marks.
Thanks PHiRE!
Every zelda game is different and good in its own way. You really cannot compare them, they are all classics. But it's a different story when it comes to metroid.
This game had a lot of excitement coming out, and it has done an amazing job of following up on the promise that it would be the best game since OOT.
I have zelda tw but when you get stuck in it you get too angry that it gets boring. Now I only play need for speed carbon and wiisports. By the way I'm in goron mines in zelda tw.
Zww gave me bad gas and made me cry. But this was amazing! The review was dead on. But I'm stuck on 51 poe sold. BUY PLAY AND LOVE THIS GAME (and yes it broke the backwards progression trend).
I think Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and Windwaker were better.
Zelda tp and ocarina are the best games of zelda. Out of those 2 probably tp.
How can you think they were better? Yeah, Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker were awesome, but compared to this they're like Tetris, old and outdated. Fun, but old and outdated.
What kind of pot are you on, silent xenocide? It was great!
There are so many awesome Zelda games but I thought Ocarina of Time was the best. No offense to those who think Twilight Princess was the best.
Look the graphics were about as good as you are going to see on a Wii, they didn't try to improve that so much as the other systems. The sound between characters could have been improved though. The review was great, but I think you should lower your standards as far as graphics go, because there hasn't been much better on the Wii yet. Other than that though, I agree with everything.
Does anyone else think it's annoying that when you complete the game, you can't play afterwards?! If you go back on the file it just goes back to before you have killed the end boss, so what's that about Nintendo?!
I don't get this, how do you get past that puzzle with the rock guys that jump to platforms when you need to get the master sword? If you know how to get past them please tell me.
The game is great. The graphics are much better than the review gave!
Great gaming, great graphics, great everything. The only bad thing is that when I save it and then play again it doesn't go where I saved it.
You need to position the statues where they were when you first met them. It is difficult, I got to give you that. Just keep at it and you'll get it.
The game is just perfect:) magic!
Zelda Sword77, you have to get to two statues to stand where they originally were. Come on, if you could beat LakeBed Temple you can do that.
While Twilight Princess is amazing, the overall feel of the game just isn't as good as in Ocarina of Time, and several of the puzzles are taken almost directly out of Ocarina. As for the voices, think about it; Nintendo has the capability to add voices, but that would take a lot out of the game. You're complaining that there aren't any, but if there were then much more people would be complaining that the voices aren't right. The characters sound like you want them to; adding voices would take away from the game.
I like this game, it's amazing, but challenging which makes this the perfect game for any wii-owner.
This Zelda I think is the best with graphics.
It's overrated more than being shot.
I'm stuck again, remember when you have to get the four monkeys? I have three of them. The last one is in the room with the monster under the tiles. I got past that but where do you get the key for door where the monkey is in it?
How do I get past the hawk? The cat keeps on telling me to scare the guy, but I don't know how to. I just got this last night, and I've never played anything like this before. But it is so cool!
Kiki, how could you? Her name is Midna, and she is NOT a cat.
Forget it I don't need the help. I got past it. As for kiki, You have to go on the side of the house where the lady works and jump up with Midna, then jump on the thing that the man is standing on and then you'll scare him and you can go in the house and get the shield. The game is hard and challenging and I still get stuck sometimes. Like everywhere I go there's a challenge waiting for me.
I played this game at my friend's house. It is the best game in the world. It might even be better than Gears of War. No it is better. If you play this game and don't like it you need help. My Wii will be arriving next week that's the first game I picked.
It's a good game but I still think oot has a happier feeling to it.
It's challenging, almost everywhere I go something hard comes to me but the next time I play it I always figure out a way to beat it. Well, really it's my mom that helps me sometimes. She's really smart.
I have this game and it is the best one to date. I think the people in the game interact with you really well and of course the puzzles are amazingly thought out. One complaint though, they made it too easy.
Ocarina of time was great, one of the best, but I agree with Jason Pilcher. Totally outdated. Zelda TP rules (and is the best).
Four words :this game is the best.
Wiipaw, kiki wasn't talking about Midna. The cat in Ordon tells you to scare the man. You shouldn't call yourself a Zelda gamer if you don't remember things like that.
Definitely an A+ game.
Voices would ruin it because then none of the characters could call you by YOUR name that you enter at the start. As for graphics, IT IS a gamecube game remember. So if you think this looks good, wait for the Wii zelda. TP is clearly better than OOT. You only have to reverse the horse to know that! I love this game.
It's the best game all over the world. And the graphics were very wonderful! But I need help. I'm in the "wind temple" in the sky and I can't come to the boss, but I've got the key. Can you tell me the way to the boss?
Classics throughout, but this game really makes a huge statement about the new generation of interactive gameplay. A Great game that married well with a Fun controller.
Amazing Game!
Don't complain too much about lack of voice acting in an LOZ game. It could potentially ruin the series. They don't have voices for a reason and I like it that way. It's left up to your imagination like a book, and it's better that way!
Better than OOT. Better even than Link to the Past. If you don't have a Wii or Gamecube, this game alone is worth the cost of getting a new console. It's the only game I've ever beaten and been so enthralled by that I immediately played through it again. GO BUY THIS GAME!
Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link rules all other LOZ's combined. Not really. I still like A Link to the Past a lot. Wind Waker was good, but really easy, with the sailing killing a lot of time. My Favorite is a tie now, between OOT and TP. TP edging it out because I'm still playing it. I could never get into Majora's Mask. I may try it again after I finish TP. Unless Metroid is out by then. If you don't have them but your tv is capable, get the Component video cable. 480p is great. You see more Jaggies but it is crystal clear with no blurred edges. The colors are also much richer. Got mine for 24.99.
This game is ULTRA LONG!
Love this game! Who could not like the controls of the game and the new items, they ROCK. The game is the best for the Wii.
Best game ever. It has a great storyline, the graphics are amazing and Link is hotter than ever! Fighting on horseback is one of my favorite qualities about the game. The dungeons are hard, and the bosses are fun to fight, though I think they could have been more of a challenge! All in all, I'd have to say this is my favourite of all the Legend of Zelda games. If you haven't bought it yet, I suggest you run off to your nearest game store and get your hands on this masterpiece.
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