Zelda: Twilight Princess Discussion

[King Jericho]

I know it's like maaaaaad early and the release date isn't for some time, but I'm so excited about the prospect of the new game that I'm marking out like when Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Wind Waker came out. Marked out esp. for Ocarina :love:
But anyways, lets discuss the stuff we've read, possible rumours, new aspects etc, whatever you want. *For those who don't want to know anything some story and game, spoiler warning to you*

I was reading an article on Nintendovip with Shigsy, Eiji Aonuma and Koji Kondo (The Music Guy) and they said a few things that I hadn't seen before and thought I would start the discussion with:

So if Link goes into Twilight Hyrule, he becomes a wolf?
Aonuma: Twilight is fuelled by magic power and Link can't exist in his human form in that area. We can't go into details, but it is part of his destiny to become that wolf.

At the beginning of the trailer we see black and white visuals of a castle; is that Hyrule Castle? And if so, what's going on there?
Aonuma: Yep, at the beginning of the trailer you saw Link sucked into this black miasma we call the Twilight… and yes, that is Hyrule Castle, transformed by the Twilight.

So what's with the robe? (Talking about Princess Zelda) Does she have some connection to what’s going on, and to Link's transformation into a wolf?
Aonuma: The robe is based on a Japanese funeral robe. Zelda can't stop Twilight from taking over Hyrule, and her inability to halt Twilight at this point has a definite connection with Link's transformation, but we can't tell you more yet.

Who or what is this character Riding Link in Wolf form?
Aonuma: She is Midna, a resident of the Twilight realm. She has her own motivations and thinks that wolf-Link can help her, so they begin a co-operative relationship.

Other points include:

Link's attacks as a wolf are effected by Midna riding on his back (Which personally I think has something to do with the Red flag/cloth that comes from her head/back.

Koji Kondo talked about that the game will feature Orchestrated music along the way in the game, but only at specific and major parts or where they think the orchestra feel will add to the feel and dynamics of the game.

Zelda :love:

Discuss...

[Scarface]

Out before the end of this year. Gonna be awesome. Love how they've added a new gameplay mechanic that doesnt change the game totally.

Can't wait.

[Vietnamese Crippler]

:drool:

[Vietnamese Crippler]

Plus from watching the E3 trailers and the 30 minute demo, Link's new attacks/riding the horse and fighting LOOK AWESOME :y:

[road doggy dogg]

This game may actually get me off WoW for a couple weeks

[Tornado]

This game is going to be awesome, but I doubt it'll be better that OoT, which was pretty much perfection.

[King Jericho]

Yeah I'm also doubting whether it will be better or as good as Ocarina. Though the thing about that is, the whole timing of Ocarina, it was the first 3D Zelda game as well as it didn't come out that long (around 2 years I think) into the N64's life, so at the time it was cutting edge stuff, along with the graphics, awesome gameplay and storyline.

It could also be an age thing, where when Ocarina come out, you were (like me) at the age when you were into games a hell of a lot (I'm not saying that people still don't at any age, as I'm more into games now than I've ever been) but I've got to that age and skill where I complete every game I buy, and when I look back to old school NES days, I probably never completed a game lol (No matter how hard I tried I just couldn't fucking beat the Turtles game for the NES and probably never will complete it likewise for the original Zelda on NES). To me when playing Ocarina and looking back on it, I think that it's one of the first games I truly involved myself into enough to keep at it and complete it, as well as the timing of the games release, the technology at the time, my age and love for the Zelda games.

Though Twilight Princess will probably better Ocarina in a lot of ways, I'm not seeing it surpass Ocarina in terms of fan favouritism. And although I love Wind Waker and seem to play it more than Ocarina, Ocarina still has that something about it that makes the game and some of the things that happen in game my favourite and most memorable gaming moment of all time.

[Tornado]

I think I was 15 or so when OoT came out so I was still at school, and I did'nt have a job, so I had a hell of a lot more spare time to get into the game.
I was talking to someone else at work the other night, and somehow Zelda came up, and he ws raving aabout how good OoT was, and this guy is not a huge gamer. I went home an started a new file, just beat King Dodongo...:cool:

[Y2Ant]

Can't f'n wait for this, Zelda > everything.

I didn't beat TMNT on the NES (cleanly :shifty: ) either, for some reason I find NES games really solid to beat now :(

Also I wouldn't say OoT was perfection, it was the best Zelda game, but i'd just like it to be like twice or three times as long, like a Final Fantasy or Secret of Mana game usually is :mad:

Although I guess with no levelling up and shit, you can't really have that in a Zelda game :(

[King Jericho]

Yeah I find a lot of older games, specifically NES games mad hard to beat.

Games inparticular are Solar Jetman, which pissed me off to no end and the Turtles game. I do remember coming right to the end of Zelda on the NES, but I lent it out to a mate who deleted my file. Bastard. :mad:

[Y2Ant]

Zelda 1 is f'n easy

Zelda 2 is one of the only ones (actually the only one, besides minish cap) that I haven't beaten.

[King Jericho]

Yeah I didn't even wanna play through Zelda 2 it was that bad. Minish Cap is pretty awesome though.

[Scarface]

mmmm Zelda.

*watches Trailers again*

[Cool King]

I've never got into the 3D Zeldas really,I'm not sure why.My Fav Zelda is still Link To The Past.I might take a look at the 30 minute demo of the new one though.

[Cool King]

I'm kinda bored so I just thought I would post this.:-\

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[Kapoutman]

OoT is the best Zelda ever. I lost my cartridge, which suck.

I'd kill for a OoT port to DS. I loved Super Mario 64 DS, and the graphics were eevn better than on the 64. OoT DS would be awesome.

[Kane Knight]

Can't f'n wait for this, Zelda > everything.

I didn't beat TMNT on the NES (cleanly :shifty: ) either, for some reason I find NES games really solid to beat now :(

Also I wouldn't say OoT was perfection, it was the best Zelda game, but i'd just like it to be like twice or three times as long, like a Final Fantasy or Secret of Mana game usually is :mad:

Although I guess with no levelling up and shit, you can't really have that in a Zelda game :(
Most Zelda games feature their own form of levelling. increased hearts, stronger weapos, better shields...

[Marcyo]

OoT is the best Zelda ever.

[King Jericho]

Twilight Princess update:

<b>Zelda Delayed to Next Year
Twilight Princess development team requests extra time to make it a better game.</B>

August 16, 2005 - Nintendo announced this morning that its anticipated new adventure game, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, has been delayed. The title, formerly scheduled to debut this November around the world, has since been postponed to 2006 so that the developer can continue to make the game better.


"After much discussion, the Zelda development team has requested extra time to add new levels, more depth and even higher quality to Zelda: Twilight Princess," said Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs, Perrin Kaplan. "Consequently, we're announcing a new global launch in 2006, after the conclusion of this fiscal year (March 31). We'll provide a specific date at a later point in time. While this may come as a disappointment to many eager fans, it will absolutely enrich the game and make it a multi-million seller."

The whole article can be read here:
http://cube.ign.com/articles/642/642238p1.html


It's pretty crap that it's been moved back to next year as I was soooo looking forward to playing it a lot over Christmas in the holidays, but if it's all for the good of the final game, it worth the wait. Though it's worth the wait anyway.

[Kapoutman]

Come on. Ocarian of Time was delayed almost a year and look how it turned out. My hopes are still up.

[loopydate]

I actually wish more game developers would do that. *coughSVRcough* Make sure the game is 100% as good as you can make it instead of cutting corners to meet an arbitrary deadline. Zelda fans (like me!) will wait as long as it takes to play the next step forward in the series as long as it delivers great gameplay and story.

I haven't been disappointed yet.

[TheNamelessOne]

I wish more developers did what Nintendo did and explained why they are delaying it, and then providing more feedback like they did here with screenshots.

Gets rid of those highly annoying people that start bitching about it constantly.

Luckily, no one has done that in this topic yet. Much respect :y:

[King Jericho]

This is because of the awesomeness that is Zelda, as Loppydate said.

Again, if it's all for the good of the game, then there's no complaints here.

[Funky Fly]

I'm not complaining. I'll have have Hulk, Spider-Man, Geist (although reviews aren't promising) and DoR 2 to tide me over.

[Drakul]

Sorry for bumping this thread but I'm suddenly wanting this game and I was going to make a "hype me up for the new Zelda" thread but thought I'd use this thread (so there is no waste of space).

I read that the release date is May 2006 for the UK. Not sure on the US release but Gamefaqs says Quarter 1 2006 UK and Quarter 2 2006 US.

Anyone got any new information or videos or a solid date of release?

again,sorry for bumpng this.

[Tornado]

Gameplay.com say 25th March for the UK release, and they're usually pretty accurate.

[UmbrellaCorporation]

So far, if I'm not mistaken, the pending release date is April 1, 2006, I believe.

It'll be hot, but if that's really the date, I don't mind waiting. Seems like all of the good RPGs are getting delayed for extra work (Zelda, Kingdom Hearts 2, etc.).

[Drakul]

Anyone got any stuff (preferable details on cool features or a video) to hype me up?

[UmbrellaCorporation]

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/243453.asp


Not exactly a video, but it might provide a bit of info. RARELY have I seen EB Games be wrong on a date. It even says that it's not confirmed, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised if that was right, as EB usually is.

The Gamestop stores I've been to on the other hand...Nothing but inaccurate facts. I got so many wrong release dates from GS (Resident Evil Outbreak, RE Outbreak File #2, RE 4, The Matrix: Path of Neo, just to name a few). I'm not sure if it'll affect anything since EB and Gamestop merged, but EBGames has said April 1 - 3 for quite some time now.

[Drakul]

Tons of stuff on www.video.google.com when you type in zelda. Even the announcement of the game at E3 (and everyone cheering and one guy screaming his lungs off like he was at a wrestlemania main event. :lol: )http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7455809458458512412&q=zelda

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9041306647483859071&q=zelda
:drool:

[Loose Cannon]

Fuck yes

[Drakul]

How big will Hyrule be exactly? It looks like it will be bloody huge!

[Sephiroth]

Yeah, this game is so going to own.

Can't wait! :drool:

[Destor]

This game will be fantastic; I'm sure of it. Link to the Past is my favorite and I'm hoping this can surpass it. Twleve games in and with the exception of no.2 there really hasn't been a bad Zelda game. Majora's Mask was spectacular, and of course OoT has to be mentioned. Twilight Princess will blow everyone away, just like Zelda always has.

[Funky Fly]

April 3rd? Sweet. Righ around my birthday, so I know I'll have some cash lying around for it.

[Drakul]

Gonna knock this thread up a notch....

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...BAM! [/Elzar]

[Funky Fly]

*insert masturbation smiley*

[Drakul]

There is 12 pages of pics on IGN and 10 pages of video interviews and ingame footage.

This video looks cool. (http://media.cube.ign.com/media/572/572738/vid_1130920.html?mu=http%3A%2F%2Fxfersf07.ign.com%2F%5E2092684429%2Fmovies%2Fstreamingmovies.ign.com %2Fdocroot%2Fcube%2Farticle%2F616%2F616921%2Fzeldatwilightdirect_051805_9_wmvlow.wmv%3Fposition%3Dfr ont)

[Cool King]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2789/thelegendofzeldagcn20050516026.jpg
The Boogeyman makes a special guest appearance in the latest Zelda game.

http://img433.imageshack.us/img433/9135/zilda200503100917499187do.jpg
Nobody liked the secret character in Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater.

[Requiem]

Seriously tempted to go buy a used GC just for this game. I'm still waiting for my copy of OoT in the mail that a friend is sending me. I no longer have my old copy of it.

[mitchables]

I have a voucher for EB Games that I got for Christmas with this game's fucking name on it. :love:

[mitchables]

Not literally, of course, since it would be weird that a voucher would be made out TO a game, but you understand the gist.

[Destor]

I've had this reserved for at least three months now.

[Drakul]

In an interview for the January 2006 edition of Maxim, Shiageru Miyamoto said this Zelda would be "Hardcore".
I don't have the Magazine and I'm not going to buy it for one interview, so if anyone here buys it regularly, could you let us know what he says? I looked around google for the full interview but couldn't find it.

Oh and I doubt hardcore means topless elfs, Zelda snorting crack and nude scenes. Probably either gore or really tough dungeons etc.

[Drakul]

OK, I stumbled upon this site which has a few paragraphs about Twilight Princess.It contains what could be massive spoilers so click here (http://www.thehylia.com/twilight_requiem.shtml) at your own risk of enjoying the game. It may be true, it may not be. I don't know.
Anything involving the could-be-spoilers should be posted in black incase people dont want to read them.

Random Zelda/Myspace humour: :heart: (http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/hyspace/)<--Click

[Vietnamese Crippler]

I'm gonna dismiss that "conspiracy theory"-esque thinking.

I'll just wait 3 months and find out for myself :D

[Drakul]

Although the guy kinda makes sense :(

[King Jericho]

My thread :love:

Anyways, not gonna read into any possible spoiler material, I did the same with the Wind Waker, so anything storyline was I didn't really know about.

Though it was obviously Ganondorf but sssshhhhh.

Not long till the release now! TEH PWN.!>!.1.1!!!!11``¬

[road doggy dogg]

I skipped most of the thread, when is the release date?


This actually works out very well, because I wass planning on getting my own 'Cube (my sister took hers to her place when her and the bf moved out) for my room to get the Mega Man X collection, so LoZ will just be icing on the cake (or in this case, jiz)

[Drakul]

I read there is no concrete release date but most people are saying around about April/May.

[King Jericho]

Yeah early April release date I hear. And Jizz indeed.

[Drakul]

Made a music video, using clips of the new game. It's my first video so its simple and not exactly a masterpeice lol but practice makes perfect.
Click here. Pause it until its fuly loaded or else it freezes for a sec. (http://youtube.com/w/Zelda%3A-Twilight-Princess.-Nightwish-Music-Video?v=xjkWDQqvc94)
Enjoy :y: and any comments or suggestions (about the video) are welcome.

[Pinnacle Charisma]

Zelda>your mum

Yeah Im a massive zelda mark and I cant wait untill it comes out. The only reason I brought a game cube was so I could play ww and even to this day I still havnt brought or played another gc game since.


This game though is giving me goosebumps. It looks fucking immense.
I dont think in my mind it will be better that Oot. I was 13 I think when It came out and at the height of video gaming enjoyment.

[Drakul]

Well I know most people would say the exact opposite but I enjoy Wind Waker marginally better than OoT.
Like I said before, I could never quite get into OoT, although I was about 10 at the time and maybe at some point I'll give it another run on the speacial edition disc I got with WW and I'm not just jumping on the bandwagon but this Zelda could be the best so far.

[road doggy dogg]

I enjoyed WW as well, but seriously OoT is one of the best console games ever released on any system. I strongly recommend giving it another shot.

[King Jericho]

Yeh, Wind Waker ruled, a part of me will miss the Cel-Shading.

[Pinnacle Charisma]

Wind Waker was good but I enjoyed Oot and MM more. Prob because I waited years for ww to come out and when it did I expected a massive epic like Oot.

[Kapoutman]

I absolutely adore Wind Waker, but OoT is the most fun I've had playing a video game. However, I had troubles getting into MM. Am I the only one?

[Destor]

I absolutely adore Wind Waker, but OoT is the most fun I've had playing a video game. However, I had troubles getting into MM. Am I the only one?
Too hard for you or what?

[Kapoutman]

Not too hard. I started one game, got to the second dungeon pretty quickly, but the three days thing lost my interest or something. I guess it's not enough "Zelda-esque" or something. That and the Bomber's notebook sidequest. I'm not sure. I might continue my game right now to try and get through it at least once before Twilight Princess comes out.

[Destor]

It's worth it.

[Drakul]

I enjoyed WW as well, but seriously OoT is one of the best console games ever released on any system. I strongly recommend giving it another shot.

I gave it another shot but I still cannot get into it. Wind Waker just grabs me by the ankles and drags me back in :'(

What do i do with the Ghost Ship in Wind Waker to get the Triforce Chart?

[King Jericho]

You need to get to the Ghost ship at a certain time in a certain part of the sea, so that it doesn't vanish when you get near it, there's a sea chart telling you where you need to go at a certain point, can't right now remember where you get it, though the Fish Map guy will inform you.

[King Jericho]

Kapoutman isn't the only person I've heard say that they didn't like Majora's Mask because of the time line aspect. Though really, it doesnt do anything, apart from make you lose you're bombs and arrows, and money if you don't deposit it at the bank. Except from make the temple area's go back to there Majora'd state (i.e poisionous swamp etc) But you can simply step into the temple and fight the boss by standing on the little floor tile thing, so that you can ultimatly 'cure' the temple again.

[Drakul]

yeah I figured out the ship thing. Finished the game :cool: no clue what that space to the right of my Iron Boots was for though :wtf:

[Drakul]

Like I said, I finished Wind Waker but am I the only one that thinks...*(highlight spoilers) Wind Waker is the last in the series, story wise? I know that there is Twilight Princess soon and I'm sure many more over the coming years but I mean in a "time-line" sense. OoT is set before TP and TP is set before WW and I have a feeling all the others will be set before WW to. in the ending Link smashed the Master Sword through Ganons head and incased him in stone. Then Hyrule was drowned forever. Thats why I think its the end in a time-line sense. Unless, in a Zelda based after WW we see a new bad guy stumble across the Master sword in a stone-Ganons head in a drowned Hyrule. He pulls it out,bringing Ganon to life again and Ganon says he owes his life to the new bad guy and the new bad guy raises Hyrule up from the water using some weird "The Master Sword has secret power" thing. Ganon then becomes the new bad guys underling through the game, until the new bad guy manages to finally turn Hyrule into the big evil place like Ganon always wanted. Then They could have a twist towards the end where Ganon gets fed up of the new bad guy and reveales he just used him to get where they are now then have some big three way Boss fight. Ganon vs Link vs New Bad guy.In the end though, I doubt it and I have a feeling Wind Waker is the end of the story in a Time-line sense.Agree with me about anything I've said?

BTW: Flash (http://pwp.netcabo.pt/DarK-SuN/lolzelda.swf)

[Vietnamese Crippler]

^^ I'll just say that with any videogame story, the developers can go in any direction they damn well please :p

[Drakul]

I know. :p and I know there will be a ton more Zelda games in the future but judging by the ending in WW its the ending to the Zelda story but not the games. TP is based before WW and so is every other Zelda.

On a random note, how come everytime I read any interview with Shiageru Miyamoto he is always whining about how some game or other he made isn't what it should be? He also seems to like bad mouthing westrern gamers by saying we only like games that look pretty and are violent and said that DK country on the SNES sucked because it was all graphics and little else (although the levels where more varied than Mario World IMO and I think he was just jealous because Rare did more with DK on the SNES than he could do with Mario as far as Platformers go).

Did you know they took two dungeons out of WW and rushed the end of the game because of "Time issues"?

[Vietnamese Crippler]

*** SPOILERS (kinda) ***




Twilight Princess: Ganon's Return
We're preparing more than you could possibly ever, ever, expect, says Nintendo.
by Matt Casamassina

January 24, 2006 - A relatively important morsel of information about the hotly anticipated GameCube adventure The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess appeared in the latest issue of Nintendo Power. The magazine interviewed Nintendo's own Yoshiyuki Oyama, currently working on the new Zelda title, about the project, and while he was overall mum on specifics, he did confirm that long-time nemesis Ganon would be back in full force. More intriguing still, though, was the promise he made about the character.


"No discussion of Twilight Princess' enemies can end without mentioning Ganon," Yoshiyuki said. "I know that everyone's wondering what's going on with Link's old nemesis. All I can say now is, we're preparing more than you could possibly ever, ever, expect."
On a related subject, Yoshiyuki told the publication that he feels previous Zelda outings served up a cast of enemies that were too easily defeated. In contrast, he said that the enemies and bosses in Twilight Princess will be much more challenging, which should be music to the ears of some seasoned gamers.

- cube.ign.com

[Kapoutman]

By the way Drakul, in the "timeline" of the Zelda series, the only confirmed games to take place before Wind Waker are OoT, MM, Minish Cap and Four Swords for GBA. The other ones could very well take place centuries later in the "new" Hyrule Zelda and Link will find.

[Drakul]

I suppose.

Random question: Would anyone here ever dress as Link at a costume party of convention (if you are into that kinda thing) or whatever?

[Vietnamese Crippler]

I sure as hell would for a costume party. I don't do those conventions though :o

[Drakul]

I sure as hell would for a costume party. I don't do those conventions though :o
Custom Made Link suit (http://cgi.ebay.com/Link-Legend-of-Zelda-Costume-Tunic-belt-hat-boots_W0QQitemZ5657476340QQcategoryZ80913QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Nothing in the UK though :(

Sheilds and swords are easy to come by though.

[Cool King]

I wouldn't wear that even if you paid me £1,000000000000.

[Drakul]

Zelda related article from Nintendo Power which may contain spoilers:
(Scans are so big you need to click them to read them because I'm not going to risk a backlash for stretching the page and causing a longer load for some people)

Page 1 (http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1736/npvol20117bm.jpg)

Page 2 (http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/2025/npvol20124ow.jpg)

Page 3 (http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/5962/npvol20135ox.jpg)

Credit: www.zhq2.com

[Kapoutman]

I didn't receive my March NP yet. I'll read it when it comes.

[Drakul]

New Twilight Princess Video (minor spoiler?):
How Link gets his sword. (http://rapidshare.de/files/11993956/link_sword.wmv.html)
If you can't watch it but want to know whats on the clip, highlight to read:

Link gets his first sword by "stealing" it from the village swordsman.

You can now use your sword as you run.

There seems to be more possible combos with your sword.

Cuccos (chickens) are both brown and white now and can swim like ducks.

[Drakul]

5 new Vids.

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?fs=1&id=2631

lol and one more thing. A funny little story about what happened when people where trying one of the puzzles in the game:
After you take out this last surge, you come to a chained door. Now, this is hilarious - people tried everything to break it open. Slashing the chains. Targeting the chains with the Gale Boomerang. Shooting arrows through a hole. Ramming it. Even the Nintendo Staff lady didn't know what to do. The answer? Run up to the door and press A. Go Zelda!

[King Jericho]

I'm actually glad they held out with this game for just Gamecube and have it coming to Wii with Wiimote controls added. Just makes me even more excited about the Wii and even mooooore excited about Zelda.

Long live Nintendo. :love:

[Destor]

This was well due for a bump.

[Dorkchop]

I've only played it for 17 minutes, but every single review has given it a great score. The lowest was Gamespot with an 8.8, and nerds shit their pants and threatened the reviewer. I hate nerds. 8.8 is still really good.

I only really played the SNES one, so I can't say I'm a Zelda fan. I don't know, I always just skipped out on them. I didn't play Ocarina because all I played on my 64 were the awesome THQ/AKI wrestling games.

I'm actually looking forward to getting into this game. Perhaps tomorrow I shall play.

[Kapoutman]

Played it for about 2 hours according to my console. It's either huge or I suck as a gamer, because I'm not even into the first dungeon yet. :o

[Dorkchop]

Played it for about 2 hours according to my console. It's either huge or I suck as a gamer, because I'm not even into the first dungeon yet. :o

The game is huge. I heard it's 70 hours long. My friend and her boyfriend got it yesterday. He played it for 4 hours and only just got to the first dungeon.

[Destor]

40 hours long.

[Dorkchop]

I just read IGN and they said 50. I heard that with side quests and all that jazz it could be about 70.

[Dorkchop]

The first thing you do in the damn game is herd cattle and I can't do it.

[Vietnamese Crippler]

*spoilers* (???)








Just keep running after them and whoop every now and then

[Destor]

The first thing you do in the damn game is herd cattle and I can't do it.You've prob. already beat it but if you want the heart piece you'll have to do it again anyway, but pet each of the cattle before you do it and it will make it much easier. :y:

[Dorkchop]

You've prob. already beat it but if you want the heart piece you'll have to do it again anyway, but pet each of the cattle before you do it and it will make it much easier. :y:

Thanks. I realised that I'm retarded and had to talk to the guy while on my horse to get them in the barn.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

I didn't play Ocarina because all I played on my 64 were the awesome THQ/AKI wrestling games.

PLAY IT

[Dorkchop]

I watched quite a bit of Ocarina.

Also, did anyone else try to put the puppy in the fire?

[King Jericho]

Still gotta wait 12 days 5 hours and 20 mins for my Wii with Twilight Princess. :(

[Kris P Lettus]

THis game rules.. I just beat Death Mountain.. Been taking my time because I am also playing like 5 other games ATM..

Great game..

[G]

god i loved this game.


then got to the part where you escort that bitch in the horse an buggy through the fields, and can never pass the part where you have those things flying around you and the guys on horses keep attacking and you have to keep switching weapons and the bitch just keeps going in circles. OMG SO FRUSTRATING. i haven't touched this game in 2 months because of this. :(!

[Kris P Lettus]

I bought the nicer, $20 walkthrough, just incase that happens to me..

[Silent]

I got the game about 2 weeks ago finally, it's pretty cool, but I've been busy and haven't been able to play it much. I am really impressed with the graphics. It looks really great for the Gamecube, especially with the component cables.

[ClockShot]

Loved this game. I actually got a little teary at the end when I beat this game. I'll be starting up again pretty soon.

Only pain in the ass part for me was going after the Loach.

[Kris P Lettus]

I'll do my usual, beat it all the way through on my own, prolly missing alot of shit, then go back and beat it using the walkthrough..

[Drakul]

So I beat the game a few days ago after roughly 40 hours of playtime spread over 3 weeks. Now I'm just picking up heart pieces etc but one thing thats bugging me is, if you watch the trailers there is a scene where Link is running from a giant spider. Is that a secret dungeon or was it taken out of the game?

[G]

there are plenty of giant spiders in the dungeons.

[ClockShot]

There's the giant spider boss in the Temple of Time. Other than that, there's your Skulltulas. That's roughly about it.

[Kapoutman]

I finished it in 48 hours. Everywhere I check, people are bragging about finishing it in 35 hours or so. I'm starting to think that I suck. :(

[Linkbowler]

Took me 47...we're in it together, my ever-so-slightly-slower friend.

[Kris P Lettus]

I've been too busy to play..

Still haven't done shit..

:(

[ClockShot]

60 Hours. But I was looking for everything. Gold bugs, heart pieces, dig holes, etc.

[Kapoutman]

60 Hours. But I was looking for everything. Gold bugs, heart pieces, dig holes, etc.

Yeah, I had 14 bugs, a couple of hearts missing, didn't do much of rollgoal, barely fished, etc. I need to finish the sidequests, but Super Paper Mario and F-Zero (!) are getting much playtime right now.

[Drakul]

I was talking about this spider in the pic:
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2295/linkruncd4.png
You can see it in motion in this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViTiPDZGLBc

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Started this at the weekend, just beat Death Mountain dungeon yesterday :love: I actually found the first temple way harder :o That bastard on the giant boar in the main field was fucking ridiculous though :mad:

Loving the little musical throwbacks to the previous games, nice touch.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

OH, and the boomerang is sexy :love:

[Imagi-Nation]

i STILL havent beaten this game. I'm up to the Twilight realm, which Im told is right near the very end. But i havent touched it since february due to other crap. Without spoiling it for me, does the game have a good ending?

[Linkbowler]

Yes. The ending leaves sequel opportunities wide-the-fuck open.

[Vietnamese Crippler]

^^ It's pretty much every other LoZ ending :p

[Requiem]

Since I couldn't play this, I decided to plug in my 64 and play OoT again.

I just became Adult Link already. Woo! I have two guides so I am getting everything on my way through. I might have missed a couple things, but I can go back and get them later. I want to get 100% of everything. :D

[Savio]

just got this and got to the water temple.....does the water temple in this suck like the last one?

[Kris P Lettus]

I liked the water temple.. This one room is two layers with doors up and down with a set of stairs that runs from one door upstairs to one door downstairs.. You have to hit a series of switches to get the staircase to spin to beat that whole area.. It's kinda like the three water levels in the water temple in OoT.. So if you hated that one, you'll prolly hate this one, but personally I liked it..

[Purgatory]

This is a pretty sweet game. Currently, I'm stuck in the battle with Gannondorf. I mean, I'm not stuck as in the 'WTMF!! I can't beat the guy' type of stuck..well, not yet anyways...I just haven't devoted a whole lot of time to doing it yet.

And yes, the Water Temple is huge suckage. I got through it after quite a bit of cunfusion/frustration eventually..

[Kapoutman]

I finished the Water Temple rather easily when compared to the time it took me in Ocarina of Time. It was still difficult though, but less frustrating.

[Kris P Lettus]

I dunno why but the Snow Peak dungen was the hardest part of the game to me..

I am also on Ganondorf but am going back through and doing all the shit I skipped.. Poes, bugs, magic armor, etc..

[The Mackem]

Got the Wii for my girlfriend and she wanted an adventure game with a story so I suggested Zelda. After giving her a few pointers at the beginning she seems well into it. Was a bit confused when she was a wolf but nevermind haha. I only ever played Zelda on the NES.

[The Genius]

weird this thread came up again, was gonna pick it up for gamecube this week.

[Destor]

Buy a Wii Genius.

[The Genius]

been considering that too. might be a good complement to the 360.

[OssMan]

I loved this, but I have a few things to complain about.

- I hate how you'll get an item that is useful for one dungeon and then not useful again. Like I know that's what Zelda does, but honestly the slingshot is absolutely useless after the forest temple, you rarely need the gale boomerang, and you use the Spinny Thing like one time after arbiter's grounds. Not to mention the attack on the Spinny Thing, I honestly never had a use for it aside for the only boss fight you need it for.

- Hyrule Castle was bullshit. After not being able to extinguish one torch with the gale boomerang throughout the entire game, how the fuck are we supposed to expect to extinguish some random one with it? There are torches RIGHT OUTSIDE the room you have to do it in that can't be extinguished. Why on earth would anybody expect to be able to do that. I was honestly stuck at this part for 2 days and kept going back through the castle trying to climb on chandeliers and shit because of this. The Link to the Past music was awesome though.

- People seem to be having trouble with the last boss fight, I thought it was pretty easy. The back attack secret technique thing was pretty helpful on Ganondorf so try to use that I guess

I think I had more to say but I don't remember.

[Destor]

The boom-a-rang can put out plenty of tourches. Hell I've put out touches I've needed lit to open doors using it to fight baddies.

[OssMan]

Noh it is ridiculous. Like every dungeon we went in we tried to put out torches to open door. Never worked. So I gave up on that.

[LuigiD]

I hate the Dungeons for Zelda. They are ZzzZz
The open space battles and rides are a ton of fun though.
I got stuck with this game all the time. I recently had to run to gamefaqs.com.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Man I didn't even think about using the boomerang at the end, I just ran around for ages trying to do it manually :o

I found the dungeons in this one pretty straightforward actually. Well, except the Water Temple (SURPRISE)

[OssMan]

I hate using strategy guides, especially for Zelda games. This was really annoying because these 2 other kids kept wanting to look shit up and I was like don't fucking tell me you pieces of shit. Then they told me about the boomerang thing at the end.

[OssMan]

What is the point of the magic armor

[Vietnamese Crippler]

You lose rupees instead of hearts when taking damage.

[OssMan]

Right but it drains at like 10 rupee/second when you're just walking around. So you have no time to wear it. I mean I guess it's helpful if you have it for a bunch of dungeons and you can't open any chests cause they all have purple rupees in them and you have to put them back so you can just drain the rupees but I dunno.

[Vietnamese Crippler]

It's probably most useful against Gannondorf in the end when losing rupees doesn't mean anything. Then again, the final fight is a cake walk.

[Dorkchop]

I stopped playing this right before I got to the water temple. I've been meaning to start it again, but I'm never in the mood. It's a pretty sweet game.

I did the same with Phantom Hourglass. I started it again last week and am actually going to finish it this time.

[Destor]

It's probably most useful against Gannondorf in the end when losing rupees doesn't mean anything. Then again, the final fight is a cake walk.nah the fight with the 4 darknauts in that bottemless pit thing

[OssMan]

Anyone play Rollgoal

Worst shit

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Never finished this either, I think it's the controls.

Might grab the Cube version and finish that one.

[OssMan]

Dunno, Wii controls were great for this

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I don't think I like using the nunchuck for any length of time. Like I usually finish a Mario game within 2 days of getting it, but Galaxy took me about 7 months.

[OssMan]

Does anyone with the Gamecube version know if Rollgoal is even in the game

[OssMan]

By the way the last heart piece that I spent forever trying to find which the stupid fortune telling bitch wouldn't tell me where it was cause it was "too far in my future" was at the fishing hole, and I guess I had never set foot in there. WTF is that

[ClockShot]

Did you catch the Hylian Loach at the fishing hole?

[OssMan]

NOH, but I got the sinking lure. Keep going back there during the summer and blindly casting into the part with the lily pads. Dunno if that works.

[ClockShot]

That's where it is.

[G]

tried picking back up 3 years after i stopped playing it. yeah that didn't work out too well.

[muffalufagus]

I just beat it about a week ago. Surprisingly I didn't have to use a guide, although it took me a good 2 months of playing to beat it.

[Dorkchop]

It's dropping to 20 Canadian style dollars on Sunday so I'm going to rebuy it and beat it this time.

[OssMan]

Good. F****cking incredible game, love this game

[Purgatory]

I rebought it at a yard Sale last summer for $5, Gamecube version. Is indeed an incredible game.