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i just spent half an hour searching for all my gamecube crap -- console, memory cards, controller, power brick, component cable, audio cable, copy of waverace that kept eluding me -- and now i've lost my will to start playing zelda. sigh. maybe after a couple episodes of venture bros.
Since there's no general purpose Wii thread: I love my Wiinis and I love Zelda. It took me like a week to get comfortable with the controls, and some of the launch games are, well, poor implementations of the possibilities of the controller, but I think upcoming games that learn from the mistakes of the launch titles can be solid GOLD.
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
Just finished the fourth dungeon... game is still amazing (though I do have some quibbles about the "mini-games"). I just wish the bosses offered more resistance. They make WW look challenging.
mortal draw + secret finishing stance=awesomeness
I just finished the fifth dungeon and I don't really know what to think. The concept was kinda fresh and I loved the item in it and the boss (
I love how her character design resembles a babushka, and then in her first form you have to remove the ice layer by layer, like a babushka doll
Cerebral Palsy
Banned
Finished the 7th dungeon last night. Awesome sauce.
Unfortunately I didn't get to play any today
Unfortunately I didn't get to play any today
I kinda feel bad about not LOVING the fifth dungeon.
sixth and seventh dungeon spoilers
sixth and seventh dungeon spoilers
I just thought that wandering into the sixth, Aonuma knowing FULL WELL WHAT HE WAS DOING with it simply reading "Temple of Time" with the OoT music striking up was ****ing brilliant. There wasn't any elaborate cutscene that made you read about the history of it. You were just THERE. In the ****ing TEMPLE OF TIME. HOLY SHIT. AND THE DESIGN WAS BRILLIANT.
And then the SEVENTH dungeon escalated to areas I never knew Nintendo could go to. The seventh dungeon was a ****ing adventure in and of itself. ****. You could take the ending, the seventh dungeon, and the opening scene at Ordon, and you'd have a good ****ing 6-8 hour game (which most games tend to be these days). I just LOVE dungeons that will take you all the way around them, only to wind up back in the central room. I loved the design of the city itself. God, I can't wait to go back. Nintendo really outdid themselves. Fighting a ****ING DRAGON with the THUNDER AND THE LIGHTING IN THE RAIN, flying from area to area was just above and beyond the call of duty. GOD DAMN.
And then the SEVENTH dungeon escalated to areas I never knew Nintendo could go to. The seventh dungeon was a ****ing adventure in and of itself. ****. You could take the ending, the seventh dungeon, and the opening scene at Ordon, and you'd have a good ****ing 6-8 hour game (which most games tend to be these days). I just LOVE dungeons that will take you all the way around them, only to wind up back in the central room. I loved the design of the city itself. God, I can't wait to go back. Nintendo really outdid themselves. Fighting a ****ING DRAGON with the THUNDER AND THE LIGHTING IN THE RAIN, flying from area to area was just above and beyond the call of duty. GOD DAMN.
So, on the Wii version of the game, if you turn on aiming with the analog stick, you get this big fat cursor on screen, right? How come this has been taken out completely on the GCN version? I have no trouble aiming without it and probably prefer it over having that cursor, but it's still wierd.
Anyway, the
is starting to do my head in. On the
Midna tells me to
Anyway, the
howling
Lake Hylia bug/tears fetch quest
howl at some flowers so I can fly on the bird-thing again. But how do I find out what bloody song I have to play?
You have to match where the green marks are at the right time and do it twice (I think).Lumine said:So, on the Wii version of the game, if you turn on aiming with the analog stick, you get this big fat cursor on screen, right? How come this has been taken out completely on the GCN version? I have no trouble aiming without it and probably prefer it over having that cursor, but it's still wierd.
Anyway, theis starting to do my head in. On thehowlingMidna tells me toLake Hylia bug/tears fetch questhowl at some flowers so I can fly on the bird-thing again. But how do I find out what bloody song I have to play?
MasterMFauli
Banned
About the secret skills-guy:
I got the last technique, and...well, i dont know. Is it a bad translation (German), when he ends his talk with "mein Sohn" (="my son"). Or is it just a stylistic phrase, like when you talk to a priest and call him "father" ?
the_zombie_luke
Member
I really like this game, but most of the bosses haven't given me much trouble at all. I'm at the
right now, do the bosses get any harder from this point on? I really wanted this game to be at least Ocarina of Time difficulty. I didn't want to have to do this, but I guess the next time I replay it, I just won't pick up any heart containers. I guess that's pretty much the equivalent of a hard mode. The combat system is just amazing though. Wind Waker kind of hinted at what they could do, and TP blew it through the roof.
I missed some of the cinema that played when you beat the
City in the Sky
Also, I really liked the shootout at the hidden village. It was just like a western. :lol
Gerudo dungeon, the sages were trying to kill Ganondorf, and they couldn't, so they sent him to the Twilight Realm?
MasterMFauli
Banned
Striek said:
But if so...the sceret-skill guy was TP-Link´s dad? Anyways, that´s what could have made TP even better: Clearing up all unanswered questions.
the_zombie_luke
Member
^^^^
He did say something like, "we in this bloodline" or something similar during one of the training sessions, so they are related somehow. They did miss an opportunity to give him a really cool backstory though.
the_zombie_luke said:^^^^He did say something like, "we in this bloodline" or something similar during one of the training sessions, so they are related somehow. They did miss an opportunity to give him a really cool backstory though.
Well, at first I thought he may be a sword master in the vein of Minish Cap ones, but probably it's a precedent Hero, possibly young link that grew up and then died at the end of his life. It's true that OoT stuff didn't happen in this timeline, but young link still went to fight in the other timeline, isn't it?
From wikipedia: There have been several different "Links" in the history of Hyrule, the land where the Zelda series takes place. The existence of multiple Links is made obvious on many occasions in the games; for example, the introduction sequences of The Wind Waker and The Minish Cap refer to an ancient, legendary champion who is identical in appearance to Link, and The Wind Waker directly mentions the "Hero of Time" (a title given to Link in Ocarina of Time) as a historical entity. So I really think it's the The Hero of Time (Ocarina Link) which would make it x1000 more cool.
the_zombie_luke
Member
maxmars said:
I think it's a Link too, because if it isn't it wouldn't make sense to just have a random dead warrior when they could have had Rusl or a living person teach the TP Link moves. I think your theory could work, but I really wish Nintendo would clarify some stuff. They could even do it in a future game, I don't care.
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2006/346/920769_20061213_screen064.jpg (post dungeon 1 spoiler)
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Pioustheliche.JPG
FIGHT
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FIGHT
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
it's a shame pious augustus switched to that freakin' stupid staff after he turned into a bad ass skeleton monster. i liked his gladius much better, and a skeleton warrior swinging around a sword is pretty awesome.
HOLY SHIT! Quick thoughts on the end game whilst I'm still feeling the afterglow.. any spoilers in this post are end game ones, so don't look if you haven't made it yet.
1 _ HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY BE UNDERWHELMED/DISAPPOINTED WITH THE ENDING? Seriously??! Post dungeon 5 I really wasn't feeling the 'quest', there just didn't seem to be that much left at stake. But from the battle with
onwards it completely validated the story for me.
2 _ Sword waggle.. for the most part I could take it or leave it, but when (end game spoiler)
shit, I jumped up in my seat, started sweating my arse off & was swinging my arm like I meant it.. This is a mechanic we've seen in every Zelda since OoT and it has never felt that intense to me before... That to me sold the true potential of using gestures for sword control, and it's a damn shame that there weren't more moments like that in the game.
3 _ The lack of VO didn't bother me at all until the
. What the **** were Nintendo thinking with that part? Surely they could have managed some Midna style babble for her at least in that one scene?
Just right now I'm convinced that this was by far my favourite Zelda. There were elements of previous Zelda's I preferred over TP, but none of them amazed me with the frequency that Twilight Princess did. GOTMFY bitches.
1 _ HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY BE UNDERWHELMED/DISAPPOINTED WITH THE ENDING? Seriously??! Post dungeon 5 I really wasn't feeling the 'quest', there just didn't seem to be that much left at stake. But from the battle with
Zant
2 _ Sword waggle.. for the most part I could take it or leave it, but when (end game spoiler)
you're firing back those energy balls at Puppet-Zelda..
3 _ The lack of VO didn't bother me at all until the
mid-credit conversation between Midna and Zelda
Just right now I'm convinced that this was by far my favourite Zelda. There were elements of previous Zelda's I preferred over TP, but none of them amazed me with the frequency that Twilight Princess did. GOTMFY bitches.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
hint taken. we're now the best of wii friends.
i've been pretty lax lately about keeping up with adding folks.
i've been pretty lax lately about keeping up with adding folks.
TheIkariWarrior
Member
I am in constant awe of what Nintendo has been able to create in terms of artistic masterpiece on the humble GameCube. if EAD had 4 years to work with the current state of the art CPU/GPU, say AMD or Intel Quad Core plus Nvidia G80 or ATI R600, it boggles the mind what they could do, and they would put 98% of other Japanese and Western developers to shame.
Just beat the 7th dungeon and man was I impressed. That has to be the best Zelda dungeon of all time, so epic in its size and with some absolutely beautiful artistic design. Loved the whole
before you enter. And the boss fight... easy but still, holy shit!
2 more dungeons to go... probably be finished with it by next weekend.
walking cannon animation
2 more dungeons to go... probably be finished with it by next weekend.
I honestly didn't think the seventh dungeon was all that great. Atmosphere was rather boring and it was relatively simple (including the boss battle).
My favorites at this point are the fifth and sixth dungeon. The
was just awesome and incredibly original (Though, it probably was the easiest dungeon in the game besides the first).
Except for that one really obscure switch after you get Big Key. Took me awhile to find it.
My favorites at this point are the fifth and sixth dungeon. The
Snowpeak Ruins
MiamiWesker
Member
I am in the middle of my second playthrough. To be honets I have never been able to finsh a second playthrough of Zelda right after I beat it, but thats not the case with this game. I am loving it as much as playing it the first time. Best game ever.
Avalon said:
Yeah, this got me as well. In fact, that's where I turned it off last night.
I wondered why hanging from that switch with the clawshot didn't activate something like every switch before it. I looked around outside for probably a good 30 minutes before saving and quitting out. Then, as soon as I was on the main title screen, I realized, "Shit, I should have tried the boots." So now I have to make my way back to that switch later tonight. Wee!