I have played a lot of video games on all 4 consoles. This could easily be one of the best. All aspects of the game combined for 25 hours of bliss. Graphics: hard to tell where the cut scenes stopped and the gameplay started. Menus: easy to use and manipulate. Story: Nice to see some "old friends" show up. Boss fights: challenging but not impossible. Sound: 2 or 3 hours into the game I started playing with headphones on so I didn't wake up the kids. I quickly realized that you could hear so much more by isolating the sound in headphones. I am looking forward to spending more time with the game and all the extras after you beat it the first game. This game is good enough to justify the cost of a Gamecube if you don't already own one. Go out and get it today!