Jesus GG are there any pictures you haven't found on the game?

Right I played till the end of the Deku tree.

Visually it looks great. Without 3D you get better aliasing which means smoother edges, but the 3D effect is so good I can't see anyone choosing this option.

The motion controlled first person aiming works perfectly, I know it looks gimmicky but its actually awesome and quite immersive too.

The touch screen is great and gives you a little insight into how the Wii U controller might make gameplay more enjoyable. It has easy touch screen icons to use the menus and equip weapons, it even has a couple of assignable buttons, sort of like SF4 3DS which had 4 touchscreen buttons.

The game hasn't really aged, I know what famitsu meant when they said that it feels like a new game. Nintendo games from the SNES era, for their top tier titles, they are such classics that you can go back and still see what was great about them. The deku tree dungeon as small and simple as it is pisses all over any dungeon in Okami.

Grezzo have done a really good job on the visuals, they are someone inbetween an N64 and GC in quality but the 3D adds a lot, making it seem like a little fantasy world exists inside the screen. There is an occasion and very slight ghosting of navi though, you might not even notice it unless you look real hard. Grezzo seem to have touched up, if not remade, everything in the game. It's less of a port and more of a remake in graphical terms. Everything, the characters, every room, every item seems to be polished and looking brighter, crisper, more detailed and just more vibrant than before.

When I heard that they were just going with age old N64 midi music I was miffed, upon hearing the music in the game again I am kinda happy they kept the old tunes and jingles. It's part of what makes the game a nostalgic joy.

The game itself is the same, same layout, items etc. So it's not a new experience by any means - if you are getting this game you are getting it for two things, improved visuals and 3D. It's sufficienlty graphically overhauled to be worth it though and I hear that you get a free Zelda orchestra invite if you buy the game and if you register the game at the nintendo website I hear you get a free music CD.

The only complaint I have is with the 3DS analogue slider, it feels good but now is the first time it has had a game that it could be tested with. It doesn't feel quite right but that maybe because grezzo stuck to the same controls and animations and speed of the N64 link. I will have to check and let you know. Link seems to go from walk to sprint too fast.

Also:

"Some items, like the slingshot and bow, even benefit from the addition of motion controls. Whipping out one of these weapons snaps the camera into a first-person view. All you have to do is angle your 3DS to set up your aim and fire. These controls are not only quicker than the circle pad (you can turn motion controls off in the options menu), but they are also a lot more fun. Plugging a target from across the room with an arrow is more satisfying when you physically aim the 3DS, and looking around your environment (a crucial skill in Ocarina of Time 3D) is much quicker and easier. The only caveat is that this kind of aiming can cause the 3D effect to go out of whack, but this is easily solved* by moving your head in sync with your arms or just flicking the 3D slider to off."

• From the earliest of announcements for the system itself, I questioned how motion-controls and keeping the 3D in its sweet-spot was going to work. Time and again, my doubts have been justified.
• I did pre-order it. Why not? Not likes there's much else to play. Maybe this time I'll actually finish it? I am somewhat excited to see the game re-imagined in 3D, but am perplexed by curious game design decisions.

*Yah, that's practical. If you're going to go to all that trouble, why not just use the circle pad and button? Defeats the purpose of having it on the 3DS, doesn't it?*

Awesome pics here but you may not want the little detail spoilers

I am at Hyrule field, OMG at sun flare into the 3D.

Damn music is still the same. Its such a damn tease, I have always hated this damn song. It starts off just like the theme, Da da dadaDA and then it goes into something else!!! GRRRAAAHAGH! It still pisses me off to this day.

I saw the Robin's 'Epic Beard' Williams commercial again. Here in Holland we have two commercials and they are both 10 times  more awesome then the one you get in the US.

Been playing Twilight Princess again to scratch my Zelda itch. Have finished it again, will try now to collect everything. Even found secrets that I never found before. The game is full with secrets, did you guys find the grave of the cursed swordman that teaches you the special moves?

Also the dungeons are epic. Snowpeak Ruins, City in the Sky. Some of the best dungeons ever. Also they are all good. In Oot you start with jumping through a web, in TP you have to save motherfucking monkeys in a dungeons that is fully made out of trees.

Twilight Princess gets way too much hate. It does not deserve it. Okami however....

Ok I just broke out the whole Zelda collection on Gamecube the two special Collectors discs with all the past Zeldas on them and WW, and TP plus my Wavebird and a GC controller I'm gonna hook up and play on my Wii I'm sick of all the games I have so its time to Zelda out.

LOL. That is the fastest turnaround I have seen,

Ravenprose said:

_Bear said:

And after 5 minutes looking at those butt ugly textures and Low RES I had to put everyt6hing away again, I can't play 480 GC games on my 1080P TV I just can't, it looks so bad it makes my eyes hurt...

HD snob!

I guess it's true you can never go back at least I have Falling Skies  to watch tonight!

bugsonglass said:

Dvader said:

Preaching to the quire.

This has got to be the weirdest misspelling of a word I have ever seen.

It's better than the real spelling.