Undeniable mysticism added to Hyrule land and great storyline
Ok, let's start. For beginers, "The Legend of Zelda" is a never ending story of the awakeining of the chosen one, the one who should fulfill the hero rol, rescue the kingdom, the world and the princess. There are some spin-offs to the franchise but the there are also some returning characters which add to the fan culture around the games.
For this Twilight Princess you become a young farmer who is entitled to deliver a royal present at Hyrule Castle, but suddenly your friends are kidnapped by a horde of savages and you're left for dead. You try to rescue them only to find out that twilight is consuming your world, you get transformed in a wolf and, immediatly after, captured by some very strange creatures.
From this point on you'll uncover a very deep story revolving around a completly revamped Hyrule land, which boasts beautiful environments, tons of foes and thousand tasks and side quests to complete.
Graphics are top notch and include a lot of particle effects, bloom lighting and several nice realistic details, as Link's clothes getting wet when swimming. In general the graphic style adds a lot to the mystic sense of a legendary land, but you also will find some minor clipping issues and washed out textures from time to time. Neverthless, none of this is a real deception as this was originally conceveid as a Gamecube game, and it really stands it place among the best looking games.
Although there are no voice acting and the music is all sinthetized, Legend of Zelda appears to be able to survive and, actually, it kind of require no actual voices to tell the story. In any case, the music is charming and sound effects are goods.
The big novelty for the game are the controls, as the gameplay by itself is similar to other Zelda games. For the gameplay you need to follow simple clues to recover your friends, growing your powers and abilitites as you progress, in order to overcome bigger challenges each time, and solve complexer puzzles.
Motion controls are used to swing your sword mainly and in some minigames. In general these does not disrupts and adds some more fun to combat system, despite the fact that the motion are really basic compared with later games in othere genres for the platform. IR is also used to pinpoint with added accuracy when shooting some weapons, as well as to fly or operate menus. This is actually a great use which also has been greatly adopted for other 3rd person games more vastly.
For long time fans of the series this may be an easier game, perhaps in the level of "Legend of Zelda: the Windwaker", but that is not a bad thing and actually releases some more time to invest in minigames and sidequests.
For newcomers, is the best game to get along with the series and love all that the Hyrule Legend has to offer. In any case, a difficult setting would had been a great plus.
For any one, this is a game you should not miss, and, as a last recommendation, take your time to play, to enjoy this beautiful game.