the wii part 3

well, 14 hours in the freezing cold, and three days recovery has led me to a world of wonder, and enjoyment. i may have spread it a wee bit thick but let me continue to my opinion of the the wii, and zelda: twighlight princess, as well as my opinion of wii sports.

people have been saying that the wii might be an overclocked gamecube with some better graphics, and although this could be true, i think anyone who wants the wii is probably thinking, they would rather not hear that, i know i dont.

the forecast channel and the news channel still isnt up yet, the shop channel has some ok games on it, the photo channel will probably remain unused for quite some time, and the mii channel leads something to be desired. there i said it, it hurts me to say it, no matter how much a nintendo fan i am, i cant be a serious reviewer if i dont say what is the truth. when the shop channel gets some games going, maybe i'll be a little more inthusiastic. when the news and forecast channel are released, perhaps i'll use them to their advantage. when they update the miis so you can roam around and talk to other people, ill be impressed, but for now, theres nothing to be excited about.

on to sports.

to start, is tennis. the movement of the wiimote, is not to intricate, so the racket doesnt follow your movement exactly. but it does a good job of recognising just when you've swung and in what direction. i thought it was a bit too focused on timing, you hit left and right by when you hit the ball, not how. but its fun and easy to get into.

the golf is relaxing, but the club is not too responsive to my swing my arm will in full reach ready to strike, and the club on screen will still be level with a pill bug behind me. but it was still fun, easy to get into, and overall is fun when playing with someone, expescially since you dont need a second controller.

baseball was pretty good. theyve simplified it to the point where its only swinging a bat and pitching a ball, but it still makes for excitement and an overall good time. again it focuses on when you swing your bat, not how. but it does focus on how a little more on tennis. you can swing the bat at the perfect timing, and still miss, which i like, but it coud've been better. bowling is a lot of fun if youre playing with someone as, again you dont require another remote, but there is a problem which i just cant justify. whenever i throw the ball it leans to the right, which means i have to take this into account everytime, either im doing something wrong or theres something wrong with the game, its just not right.

the most fun i gotta say was with boxing. this would be so much fun, but it not only require two remotes, it requires two nunchucks aswell, that kinda bites, but theres no way around it. the gloves are very reponsive to the nunchuck and remote and recognises almost everything. although sometimes it doesnt recognise a right arch when it sees it, its about as good as its going to get.


as for zelda. my favorite zelda game still stands. majora's mask. i liked the interaction with the people, the intricate puzzles in the dungeos, (im talking about majora so i can compare) and most of all the connection between zelda and the homey town you spend most of your time in. i dont know, when i play that game i become so familiar with the town and become to feel so at home. i miss that feeling in this new zelda, you spend most of your time traveling to the next task, either that or just accomplishing something. theres not a lot of stop and talk, its just move on the next thing. overall i find this new zelda game wayyy too straight forward. refer to bottom to see what i mean but you have been warned. the graphics are ok. things seem very blurry to me, sometimes i cant even tell whats going on.

as far as the puzzles are concerned, i have stopped to think once in a while, its challenging but its again straight forward. thats not to say it isnt a lot of fun. ill play a zelda game, but they arent my favorite, i perfer something a little more cartoony, and if not im going to play something on the polar opposite, thats why im not keen on zelda games. they have the feel of a platformer, and they.... seem to be serious and kind of creepy, but in the end they're still a cartoon at heart, and thats why i loved wind waker, which was seriously underated.


the style is neat, especially in the twighlight zone, but the story.... blech! im so tired of this whole evil versus good, and lets go to the forest temple! i know thats what zelda is and they dont want to change the formula and all, but find a new storyline for chist sake, this one is soooo stale!

stick to your ganondolf and your imps with the cursed mask, they simple but at least when they destroy the world, they dont use "the forces of evil"


plech, but overall i give zelda a 8/10 its pretty damn good, or at least its good clean fun, which is what were looking for in the end, but just dont expect to find anything too inovative. save that for mario galaxies!




*spoiler alert*


the gernal outline of what you actually have to do, is enter the "twighlight zone" become a wolf, and go searching for little lightning bugs, then when you collect these "tears of lihgt" everything goes back to normal and your a person again. then you go to the temple and fight the boss.