The Legend of Zelda series has been a big piece of my life since Link's Awakening on the Gameboy. The story that unfolded in that game, plus the control and gameplay kept me going until I got to play Ocarina of Time, which became one my top games, 16 times beaten and still enjoyable, that's how good Ocarina is. Finally a Zelda game that gets to have the same map idea (mirrored of course on Wii) as that masterpiece version of Hyrule. The graphics, though only GC in quality are still visually stunning, showing that you don't need HD to enjoy the graphics of a game. The water effects are beautiful, the character models are great, and the familiar sights really help with the Ocarina of Time feel. The sound is good, both when using and not using the Wii-mote speaker, though the actual sound quality is a bit better when the Wii-mote speaker is turned off for this one. The controls work well, and really help draw the player in. A great story, with great characters. This game is a wonderful starting point for the Wii console. The tight responsive crontrolls that don't require the movement sensors are the same goodness of OoT, but seriously, how could that be any more perfect? On a side note I would like to make a comment on the fact that Zelda retains it's text style talking. I prefer this, I mean if they got voice actors, chances are the game would end up ruined from crappy voice acting. Remember Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, people are still complaining on the voice acting by some of the actors on that. Do we really want to have those conversations about a Zelda title? I don't, I'd rather have the text, at least then I can imagine the voice of the character, instead of being stuck with some voice actor who either can't pull the weight or tries too hard.
While the game isn't perfect, people need to look at the production history to understand why. This game was a GC title throughout development,, near the launch they decided to make it Wii title as well when the Wii was announced. They didn't have a lot of time to truly make the game use the Wii to the fullest. Even so it's defenately the strongest Wii launch title, and truly worthy of the Zelda legacy, as well as a place in the top 5 Zelda games.
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