Good, not great... but good.

User Rating: 7.6 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess WII
Now I've played Zelda since the first one on NES, been an off and on fan of the series since. This latest version of the franchise dosn't have what it takes to consider itself truely "next-gen". On one point you have solid tried and true gameplay that we'd expect from a Zelda/Nintendo game. On the flip side (and dark side) we have very tired gameplay, stuff we saw back on N64. Sure we have magnetic boots, and tons of neat iteams to spice it up, but in the end its just the same old gameplay.

What hurts this game even more is the fact that it has very dated graphics. I like the Wii, but I feel it was a mistake to make it a "Turbo Gamecube". Zelda screams GC all over it, it has nice graphics but compare it to anything on X360 or PS3 and even PC and its just behind the curve. It would have been nice if Nintendo had wated on this one and given it some more development on the Wii.

Now on the upside the controls are great, Wii has realy done great things with controls and things can only get better as they go. Zelda though an old experiance has plenty of gameplay to keep you busy which also helps it. The game starts a bit slow but after you get through the first dungeon it starts to realy pickup, and as always you can go anywhere but your held back by not having a tool to go further.

Expect the same old Zelda, with some new features to spice it up, be it from magnetic boots to running about as a wolf. Zelda is worth the money, but go in understanding its nothing extreamly new.