You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.
Before anything can be said about The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess there are a few points that we need to be discuss. First and foremost, the game is a port of the GameCube version so set your expectations at that level. Second, the game exists on the Wii solely to push product. Nintendo needed a name that guaranteed people were going to overlook the uncertainties of the Wii’s philosophy and that name was Zelda. Unfortunately, as an introduction to Wii gaming, The Twilight Princess is a failure.…
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26 - Jason "Njiska" Westhaver
Hello Jonathan, Blame the spelling and grammer on my editor, it's his job to catch it.
As for it being a port of the GC version, do a little research. It was Indevelopment on the GC for years, many years before the Wii's Hardware was finished. That fact alone means the Wii version is the port. Also If you pay attention the GC version has the proper layout for Hyrule, the Wii version is mirror.
You're welcome to critique and debate my review as much as you like, but try to have a point you can back up. Stating the Wii version was released first as a basis for it being the base and not the port does nothing to help your case.
27 - Will
Wow, I've just checked this post out over a year since I crammed it full of great rants. There are a couple of replies to my post. Excellent.
And I do wish Jonathan hadn't undermined the point I was making about the way in which the reviews criticise this game in a manner they wouldn't have done should it have been released only for Gamecube with Wii controls an optional extra on the disc. Nobody's disputing that it is a GC port, I for one, however, am disputing how that merits a lower score. The game is as good if not better than Ocarina of Time in most respects and as such deserves 5 stars.
I can't believe I've bothered typing this. If anybody does actually read this can you post a comment because I'd be interested to know!