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[Pie and Beans]

Nintendo need to create some sort of "Are you a child?" question at the start of Zelda games. The insufferable starting pace of this game is driving me insane. Slow moving text boxes, and then out pops Fi to break it all down for me again in easy to digest coloured text and Issun style.

I just want to get to the fun game everyones been wildly rating 10/10 (not seeing it yet).

 

[cajunator]

Don't you mean fringe?

CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL

 

[klier]

To get, or not to get...?

To get, or not to get...?

To get, or not to get...?

I don't know what to do! I am a big Zelda/Nintendo fan, but my Wii has been unplugged since Galaxy 2, and I don't know if I want to fie it up again.....
Though of course, better to play Zelda with crap visuals then to play Skyrim with great visuals...

 

[Metroid Killer]

Don't you mean fringe?

NBT (The official Neogaf Terminology Board) had a meeting a few months ago and determined that we are to use the word bangs when any discourse of the damsel in distress' wig is taking place in any given Zelda thread.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

To get, or not to get...?

To get, or not to get...?

To get, or not to get...?

I don't know what to do! I am a big Zelda/Nintendo fan, but my Wii has been unplugged since Galaxy 2, and I don't know if I want to fie it up again.....
Though of course, better to play Zelda with crap visuals then to play Skyrim with great visuals...

Buy the stupid game, jesus man.

 

[Yoshichan]

5 MORE HOURRRRRRRSSSSSSSS

 

[ASIS]

Nintendo need to create some sort of "Are you a child?" question at the start of Zelda games. The insufferable starting pace of this game is driving me insane. Slow moving text boxes, and then out pops Fi to break it all down for me again in easy to digest coloured text and Issun style.

I just want to get to the fun game everyones been wildly rating 10/10 (not seeing it yet).

How far are you in the game?

 

[The Technomancer]

To get, or not to get...?

To get, or not to get...?

To get, or not to get...?

I don't know what to do! I am a big Zelda/Nintendo fan, but my Wii has been unplugged since Galaxy 2, and I don't know if I want to fie it up again.....
Though of course, better to play Zelda with crap visuals then to play Skyrim with great visuals...

....you're on the edge because you're not sure if you want to take five minutes to plug your Wii in?

 

[RPGCrazied]

Unless its deep in his attic or basement though.

 

[Metroid Killer]

Perhaps the journey to find and plug in his wii is a grander adventure than what you get in Skyward Sword?

 

[klier]

Buy the stupid game, jesus man.

The thing is, I clearly would if I were swimming in money right now.
But I have a lot of bills to pay, and I wouldn't buy anything if Zelda wasn't here....damn

LOL guys, the problem isn't plugging in my (component YAY) cables. It's time and money.
But then again, there's nothing I want from the HD twins I don't already have, and Zelda is freaking Zelda.

I'm going to buy! Yes. I will call a childhood friend, and will will play Zelda like we did 15 years ago!

 

[MicH]

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but Bergsala (Nintendo distributor in Scandinavia) covered the front and back of the newspaper Metro (MetroXpress in Denmark) in Scandinavia. Pretty cool to see on your way to work.

Some pictures:

Frontpage:

Backpage:

 

[Deleted member 30609]

. wrong thread

 

[Storm Prelude]

YES! YES! I came buckets, Zelda is out today in Europe.
Got my limited edition at GameStop but damn, this afternoon I have to go to my girlfriend's place.
SOON...

 

[Scum]

My Limited Edition just turned up, along with Super Mario 3DL! Fuck yeah...
...now I have to get ready to go to work! Fuck no! :<

 

[FunkyMunkey]

(cross post from review thread)
Just wanted to say I was able to pick up the game a few days ago and it's brilliant.

The controls take a few minutes to get used to, but are extremely precise once you do. The trick is to only tilt the wiimote from the same spot while aiming/etc, not both move and tilt(which habitually you want to do). And to use the down dpad quick reset-center often whenever you need to.

The cinematics are wonderful! So classy and lively. The music overlays it perfectly and sets the mood in each scene. I'm loving the characters and the vibrant environments as well. And the graphics are amazingly crisp and clean.

This is one of the best zeldas I've played and I've beaten them all. I need to get further than the 2nd dungeon though lol.

9.5-10/10 from me so far!

 

[cajunator]

The way people are describing this it will probably become my favorite Zelda.
SO excited.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

(cross post from review thread)
Just wanted to say I was able to pick up the game a few days ago and it's brilliant.

The controls take a few minutes to get used to, but are extremely precise once you do. The trick is to only tilt the wiimote from the same spot while aiming/etc, not both move and tilt(which habitually you want to do). And to use the down dpad quick reset-center often whenever you need to.

The cinematics are wonderful! So classy and lively. The music overlays it perfectly and sets the mood in each scene. I'm loving the characters and the vibrant environments as well. And the graphics are amazingly crisp and clean.

This is one of the best zeldas I've played and I've beaten them all. I need to get further than the 2nd dungeon though lol.

9.5-10/10 from me so far!

Sounds great man, thanks for the impressions. I can't wait for Sunday!

 

[Metroid Killer]

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but Bergsala (Nintendo distributor in Scandinavia) covered the front and back of the newspaper Metro (MetroXpress in Denmark) in Scandinavia. Pretty cool to see on your way to work.

Some pictures:

Frontpage:
http://i.imgur.com/Bt3R7l.jpg[IMG]

Backpage:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CLZ2Rl.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]Oh nice, every MetroXpress stand I've run into today have been empty so I haven't seen it myself though.

 

[Bisnic]

I envy you europeans who will be able to play the game all weekend while us poor north americans will only have sunday.

At least i can comfort myself into playing more of Skyrim, so its not that bad.

 

[Xane]

I like Beedle in this one.

I've liked him since TWW because of his "HIIIIII" "THANK YOU!"

But now he has added sass, and that bastard dropped me out of a trap door!

That was awesome.

This game actually makes me want to find Rupees...which is great.

Hehe, and the wallets you can get in this game are INSANE!

 

[Metroid Killer]

I envy you europeans who will be able to play the game all weekend while us poor north americans will only have sunday.

At least i can comfort myself into playing more of Skyrim, so its not that bad.

Yeah I've never understood this concept. Getting a game on a Sunday? worst joke ever.

 

[butter_stick]

You guys had an extra 5 days or so of Mario 3D, so it evens out.

 

[MicH]

Oh nice, every MetroXpress stand I've run into today have been empty so I haven't seen it myself though.

I must have looked very surprised when I got to the train station and Zelda was everywhere. So I had to grab a paper myself Very cool, Bergsala often choose to advertise Super Mario instead of Zelda.

 

[cajunator]

Yeah I've never understood this concept. Getting a game on a Sunday? worst joke ever.

It works if you have a 7/7 work shift.
7 days off to enjoy it.
Feelsgoodman.

 

[Bisnic]

You guys had an extra 5 days or so of Mario 3D, so it evens out.

No it doesnt, we havent played a console Zelda since 2006. There has been plenty of Marios since then!

 

[Relix]

Played some more! Fire Dungeon is definitely an upgrade to the first dungeon but even then... short as hell. Boss fight was sweet though. Managed to see a few of the quirky stuff in the overworld and its similar to Wind Waker in many things but.. its just bare. FFS I saw a floating rock with a chest in it and that was it. After some playing around I finally got to the third area of the game and was immediately presented to some very nice design ideas that I feel I will see through the whole third area. So if I were to rank it... third area definitely is an upgrade. I didn't get to the dungeon though I got a very nice update to an item.

Getting used to the motion controls, but the truth is still stabbing and upward motions barely register. Sometimes it goes haywire. Oh and the finishing move many times fails. Otherwise the motion controls (when well centered) work amazingly well for some of the items. Will try and play some more today but I am just leeching off a bud XD!

 

[Xane]

Damn, just read the last 8 pages and I gotta say I'm really happy that I enjoyed the game as it is.
I had no expectations when I started the game, maybe this helped alot, but I devoured everything in this game and just now started to do the sidequests and I'm continuing to enjoy the game.
There's alot more than I previously thought, you just have to look for them - and maybe that's the problem some people have with the sidequests in this game.
The Gratitude Crystals makes you really wanna hunt for those sidequests, you never know what you'll get as a reward!
I'm currently at

Spoiler

56

Crystals and I fuckin' got

Spoiler

a huge wallet (5000 Rupees!)

! I'm curious what's next!
You really need to explore Skyloft alot more, at both day and night.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Just played the first hour and it was a pretty good intro. MUCH better than the shite intro of TP.

I can tell I'm already going to love the combat. Huge addition.

This game has wonderful art but it's a shame it has to run on Wii hardware because it's really quite ugly. Horrible IQ, aliasing, etc etc. There are times I can look past it but when you're running around Skyloft etc it just looks so bad. Real shame.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Got my copy yesterday. Only had enough time to boot it up and get to the title screen. Impressions so far; packaging: I was expecting the CD to be in a sleeve on the manual side, instead the box had a second disc slot where it is placed*. Game itself: I prefer the older Zelda style of the text and images opening to the Riding Epona around Hyrule Field style of more recent so I enjoyed the opening. I suppose Wind Waker got the best balance though (as the title screen bit wasn't so short with the panning round outlet island).
*-I'd say it was like the 2-disc Gamecube games are, expcept US gamecube packaging did that differently to European.

As for the US release. Do other companies do Sunday launches? (which sucks if you're in parts of America that close the stores that day) I'm wondering if the only reason Nintendo does is for the Nintendo World store launch party (it would be uppealing to attend on a Monday, say).

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but Bergsala (Nintendo distributor in Scandinavia) covered the front and back of the newspaper Metro (MetroXpress in Denmark) in Scandinavia. Pretty cool to see on your way to work.

Some pictures:

Frontpage:
http://i.imgur.com/Bt3R7l.jpg
Backpage:
http://i.imgur.com/CLZ2Rl.jpg

Neat. Makes me wonder if Professor Layton will be taking over any newspapers again as has occured in the past (happed for the Lost Future, might have been US only)

But if anything it just adds confusion to the special edition/limited edition. I thought all first print runs were limited editions (as the front of the package says limited edition) but the remote bundle was the sepcial edition. Good to know Nintendo themselves (or their marketers) don't know either.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

So...it's pretty good. The pacing is SO much better than Twilight Princess and if I were twelve years old, I'd fucking love this game.

My daughter who is six also adores this game. It's like reading a book at bedtime for her. I read everything. She makes the conversational decisions and I play relatively dumb with the puzzles and combat and let her figure everything out.

In this respect, it's a great game.

I can flat out say however that I am entirely over the Zelda series. I've just moved past it and the entire experience on the Wii.

As an opportunity to play with, read with and experience an adventure with my daughter however, this is great.

 

[jonno394]

Guys just running round SKyloft at the moment before plunging through the clouds for the first time.

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Beedles shop

is flying round, can I stop it yet, if so how? I've tried throwing a pot but I can't reach the bell and i've tried the light attack with the blade.

ANy advice??

 

[protonion]

2:30 hours in. I still haven't entered the first dungeon!

I don't mind the slow start. Like every Zelda it is a very polished game and even at it's lows, it's an enjoyable experience.

The controls work fine and I hate motion controls. I wouldn't miss them but they are fun. Fi sucks.

Fans will like it but it is not the Mario Galaxy of the series. The 10s are wrong.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Guys just running round SKyloft at the moment before plunging through the clouds for the first time.

Spoiler

Beedles shop

is flying round, can I stop it yet, if so how? I've tried throwing a pot but I can't reach the bell and i've tried the light attack with the blade.

ANy advice??

You need a projectile item to ring the bell I think

 

[jonno394]

You need a projectile item to ring the bell I think

SO i can't stop him because i don't have any projectile weapons like a sling shot yet, gotcha!

 

[Ragus]

YES FINALLY SKYWARD SWORD IS IN MY HOUSE

But I have a problem: My wii is softmoded. If I choose to do Wii System Update through the DVD, can something wrong happen?

 

[The perfect Dark]

Just played the first hour and it was a pretty good intro. MUCH better than the shite intro of TP.

I can tell I'm already going to love the combat. Huge addition.

This game has wonderful art but it's a shame it has to run on Wii hardware because it's really quite ugly. Horrible IQ, aliasing, etc etc. There are times I can look past it but when you're running around Skyloft etc it just looks so bad. Real shame.

SCART or component cable?

I think that all nintendo games look really good on HDTV with component cables.

 

[radioheadrule83]

2:30 hours in. I still haven't entered the first dungeon!

I don't mind the slow start. Like every Zelda it is a very polished game and even at it's lows, it's an enjoyable experience.

The controls work fine and I hate motion controls. I wouldn't miss them but they are fun. Fi sucks.

Fans will like it but it is not the Mario Galaxy of the series. The 10s are wrong.

Just felt like highlighting how premature your conclusion is.

 

[Frillen]

I have it! Bye GAF!

 

[Yoshichan]

I have it! Bye GAF!

Enjoooooooy

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

SCART or component cable?

I think that all nintendo games look really good on HDTV with component cables.

Component.

It doesn't matter what cable you use, though, as the Wii simply doesn't have the raw power. Imagine this art in HD with no aliasing and better IQ etc. It would be INCREDIBLE.

 

[radioheadrule83]

YES FINALLY SKYWARD SWORD IS IN MY HOUSE

But I have a problem: My wii is softmoded. If I choose to do Wii System Update through the DVD, can something wrong happen?

It will probably remove homebrew channels and any modified IOS' yes. If you want to ensure you retain full softmod functionality, look into installing and patching the IOS' yourself... I know there is a package floating around somewhere for that. Failing that, use a loader like CFG loader but choose the boot from disc option.

 

[Metroid Killer]

2:30 hours in. I still haven't entered the first dungeon!

I don't mind the slow start. Like every Zelda it is a very polished game and even at it's lows, it's an enjoyable experience.

The controls work fine and I hate motion controls. I wouldn't miss them but they are fun. Fi sucks.

Fans will like it but it is not the Mario Galaxy of the series. The 10s are wrong.

reviewing games, how does it work?

 

[Ragus]

It will probably remove homebrew channels and any modified IOS' yes. If you want to ensure you retain full softmod functionality, look into installing and patching the IOS' yourself... I know there is a package floating around somewhere for that. Failing that, use a loader like CFG loader but choose the boot from disc option.

I don't mind loosing HBC. I only want my wii not to be bricked.

 

[pringles]

Listening to the Anniversary soundtrack CD. So good.

Waiting for my sister to come over so I can start up the game, she insisted that I NOT start playing without her.

New Zelda. Gold controller. Feels like christmas 98, almost.

 

[Jocchan]

2:30 hours in. I still haven't entered the first dungeon!

I don't mind the slow start. Like every Zelda it is a very polished game and even at it's lows, it's an enjoyable experience.

The controls work fine and I hate motion controls. I wouldn't miss them but they are fun. Fi sucks.

Fans will like it but it is not the Mario Galaxy of the series. The 10s are wrong.

Judging the game before getting to the first dungeon is kinda premature, you know.

 

[radioheadrule83]

I don't mind loosing HBC. I only want my wii not to be bricked.

It won't brick it, but it might put it into a situation where you can't softmod it again. If you're not sure, see if you can boot it from a loader like wiiflow or cfgloader, or use priiloader or something to block disc updates.

 

[Phenomic]

Hopefully with any luck the mom and pop in my town will get their shipment today as they believed it would show up.

Finished up Assassins already in anticipation of this baby! Can't wait for it.

P.S. Is there a patch or a mandatory install or anything on the disc? Haven't heard of one, but figured I'd make sure before I did something stupid and bricked my Wii.

 

[Salih]

got my copy today!

what am i doing here?! i will start playing now!

 

[jarosh]

hey guys, i played 3 hours, here's my score: 4/10

hey guys, i just beat the second dungeon: 10/10

hey guys, i'm now 7 hours in: 9/10

hey guys, i just killed the princess and unlocked sub-zero: 5/10

hey guys, i got bored and quit after 16 hours, my final score: 10/10