[Wii] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Discussion Thread

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Posted by Lukage
Boss Fights

They mentioned making things more difficult. Do you think they'll just "have more HP" or require difficult attack combos or what? I'm intrigued to know what they're doing to make these more of a challenge.

In my ideal world, the game makers sat down and played Shadow of the Colossus, and said to themselves "Hey, we should do something like this."

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Posted by David Deluxe
Do you understand what I mean? The game isn't even out yet, it's stupid to draw conclusions right now. Wow, Miyamoto says that this game will be perfect, so what? Bungie also promised that Halo 2 will be the best gaming experience ever, but that's certainly not the case. Although Halo 2 isn't as bad as many say, it's still a good game despite the hype.

"Perfect" is hyperbole, of course, but the difference here is that Miyamoto has credibility, whereas most of the hype surrounding Halo 2 was, I strongly suspect, largely the work of professional plants. Miyamoto has demonstrated that he hasn't yet forgotten how good games work with Pikmin, so when the guy who created Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros, and most of the previous Zelda games says Twilight Princess is going to be good, I'm inclined to believe him.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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Posted by Rock
The game would have been perfect for me if they had released it like, a year ago.

I've seen many times over what happens when a game is released too soon. You would not be happy with the results. If they say they need more time to perfect Twilight Princess, give it too them. Otherwise it ends up like Whiplash.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

There is no way Nintendo is devoting the time necessary to port Twilight Princess to the Wii. It's redundant for one, since Wii is backwards compatible with the Gamecube. If they're making it a full-on next gen title, then they'd essentially have to remake the game from scratch both to accomodate entirely new hardware, a Wii-only control scheme, and updated graphics. That's development of two games at once, and I doubt Nintendo has that kind of manpower to spare.

It's a given that Ninty isn't going to scrap TP this late in the game just to remake it on the Wii, and dual-production is out of the question, so all this talk is just idle speculation and/or misunderstandings of the added functionality being added for the Wii.

Damn, I wish they'd called their new console something different. It feels silly even to type that. >_<

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Production screenshots always look kinda crappy. Anti-aliasing and various other prettying filters are generally the last things to go in.

I'm going to wind up getting a Wii for certain, but unless I get the option of swapping back and forth between control schemes, I think I'm going to settle with the Gamecube. Nintendo is going to drag me kicking and screaming into using their doofy little wand. Plus, I don't have widescreen. Console manufacturers are overestimating how many people actually own hi-def televisions, I think.

"How Silly Will I Look Playing This" indeed.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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Nintendo's shown without doubt that the control setup enhances many of the actions performed in Link's world, but thankfully also exercised restraint and didn't overthrow everything we've become accustomed to over the years just for the sake of showing off the controller.

Thank you, Jesus. I'm not ever going to be happy about having to relearn how to use this controller, but at least they didn't queer up the controls for the sake of making a tech demo. That's what Mario Galaxy is for. And I'll admit that aiming with the wand sounds a hell of a lot easier than trying to center a cursor with an analog stick.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Haha, Miyamoto's noticed the standard/inverted analog control debate too. My brother and I have a lot of arguments about that, because he keeps messing with the mouse controls when I let him use my computer. I dare say a Wii controller would have made Shadow of the Colossus a hell of a lot easier, too.

Link has an earring. That's new.

FELIPE NO

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Posted by Rock
These are screenshots from the Wii version, right?

Functionally, I would not be expecting the two versions to look very different. The main purpose of the Wii version is to show off the potential of the new control scheme as something other than gimmicky. The graphics aren't the point anyway (although, as long as the art team has nothing better to do, they're certainly welcome to keep tweaking the visuals).

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by speculative

Wow, this was the game of 2006 and the most recent post is from 3 months ago?

Probably because this thread went to a very, very wierd place, and nobody wanted to follow that.

The other reason is likely because Nintendo is still having trouble getting Wiis out to everyone. A lot of people are holding back buying any new consoles until the dust clears a little, Wii included. Just not a lot of people have actually played the game yet.

Besides which, my only commentary is how this game has the creepiest assortment of NPCs ever. Everywhere you turn, another freak is there to cheerfully greet you. I really expect Link to develop a nervous tic everytime the mail is mentioned. And let's not even start with Agitha.

I KNOW you have bugs...

Jam it back in, in the dark.