A truly amazing game! (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii))

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Product:	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Date:	20.08.07 (100 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Beautiful graphics, great soundtrack, brilliant plot

Disadvantages: None

Zelda fans waited just over two years for this game to be released, since it's original planned release was in November 2005. Over the course of these two years I remember there were a few different release dates that got my hopes up, only to be disappointed when I heard about yet another delay. Now that I've played the game however, I can truthfully say it's been well worth the wait.

Two versions of this game have been released, one for the Gamecube which was the consoles final game, and another for the Wii which was a launch game of this console. I have never played the Gamecube version however the controls will obviously be different and I imagine the graphics aren't as clear. This Wii version was released in Europe on December 8th 2006, but stock shortages meant yet another delay on playing the game for me and many other fans in the UK. (I think the situation was the same elsewhere) I was amazed with just about every aspect of this game:

The graphics are much more realistic than the game's predecessor Wind Waker which used Cel shading. The design of these graphics is more like an advanced version of those used in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask for the N64. When you first switch the game on, you get a beautiful into which shows off the graphics perfectly as you watch the hero of the game, Link, ride his horse Epona over Hyrule Field at sunset. Visually this is a stunningly beautiful game and you see that instantly with this opening. The surroundings are lovely just to look at, in particular the water which appears almost real. Part of the storyline involves the land of Hyrule changing into a twilight realm and this looks both beaufitul and eerie. The game is much bigger than any other Zelda game - what I mean by this is that the actual land of Hyrule is much bigger, I'd estimate it to be more than five times the size of Ocarina of Time. So there's plently of beautiful scenery to explore and challenging dungeons to complete. It's rated 11+ in the UK for violence and although there's nothing gory, some of the monsters and places are scary. The game features some of the most frightening creatures in the Zelda series such as the ReDeads which are zombies and the big Poes which are tall cloaked figures with skull like freaky faces. So the graphics deliver wonderful scenery, a vast selection of characters and also some very scary monsters. To accompany these amazing graphics is another great soundtrack which, like other Zelda soundtracks, has a wide variety of music which varies from classical sounds to sometimes irritating tunes. There's also some music that makes you feel like there's something watching you in the game when you're in a room on your own. The "twilight" music has a weird warped sound to it. This is, in my opinion, one of the most powerful Zelda soundtracks. As far as I know there is a CD available of the music however this is only a limited edition with a few songs. I've been waiting for a complete soundtrack, so if anyone does have any news please let me know, Thanks!

The plot of the game is as follows. You control Link, a young farmboy from the province of Ordon where the children in his village are kidnapped by strange monsters. When he chases the monsters, he gets dragged into the twilight realm of Hyrule which has been taken over by the evil Zant who is a member of the Twili race - a race new to this series. At this point Link becomes a wolf. Link is taken to Hyrule castle where he is locked up in a dungeon. Then you are rescued by a strange creature named Midna, after that you meet Princess Zelda. With Midna's help you go on to explore various dungeons to defeat Zant. There's a lot more involved in the plot of this game making it one of the more complex plots. There's a lot of dungeons and quests to complete as well as characters to save. It does take a while to do and gradually gets more and more challenging as you progress through the game. You use the Wii remote to attack with your sword and also to aim arrows from your bow and fish among other uses. The Num chuck is used to move around by moving its control stick. Overall, the control system is very easy to handle although if you're playing a Zelda game for the first time the system for using different items might take a bit of getting used to. Items are stored on the start menus and to use them you assign them to different buttons on the Wii remote.

In conclusion this game is one of the best Zelda games released in my opinion, and the best Wii game available. I can highly recommend it to Zelda fans who will not be disappointed, and to anyone else who enjoys this type of game. It makes excellent use of the Wii's capacities and the plot is gripping enough to keep you playing everyday. The game retails now at around £29.99 to £39.99, or less if you buy it second hand. It's available at all game shops and electrical shops but don't pay more than £32 for it, any shop that's selling it for £40 really is trying to rip you off when it's easily available for £10 less than that.

Summary: very highly recommended