Gamesradar said:

Hoe. Lee. Crap. This is one of the most spellbinding things I've seen in ages. If you ever need a justification for the worth of homebrew fan ingenuity, this is it. If you're feeling suicidal and need to see something beautiful enough to give you a reason to go on living, this is it.

A rather spectacular lunatic by the name of Eighteen has taken literally hundreds of screens from the prettiest Wii and Gamecube games around and converted them to 3D.  

Just click here, download the folder, extract the screens, and stick them on your SD. We'll see you in a few days when you've stopped sobbing.

I just did this, took a while to extract the files and dump them in one folder.

Waiting for the file to update on the 3DS as a I type with bated breath. Some nut has uploaded pics of all the best Wii and cube games in 3D to view on 3DS.

Don't know how he got 3D pics of 2D games like Muramasa up. Okay this is taking forever for the 3DS to update the files, it's only 200mb, what the hell is going on? My battery will run out before this is done.

EDIT:

Everyone with a 3DS has to check these out now. NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW

Gaminggeek says: "Everyone with a 3DS has to check these out now. NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW"

You guys who adore Twilight Princess over all other Zelda games really get my goat.

It definitely had great dungeons, really cool bosses, interesting items, a nice atmosphere, and it was lengthy! But...

1.The Wind Waker parts of the art style (namely, the short legs, especially those of bokoblins) looked too odd.

2. The difficulty was too low across the board.

3. Hyrule Field was huge, but barren as hell (it's more fun traversing Hyrule Field in OoT and Termina Field in Majora's Mask).

4. The animal interaction wasn't used enough.

5. The slingshot became 100% useless once you got the bow.

6. There wasn't enough interaction with children. That could have been a huge part of the story.

7. To my knowledge, there was no way to change day to night and night to day, which made looking for those 100 damn Poe souls the most frustrating part of the game. (I logged at least over 60 hours of play time in my primary save file by the time I sold the game, and I still hadn't found one or two Poe souls. At that point, I just gave up. The game world is huge and it would have taken forever, given how long you have to wait for nightfall.)

8. Instrument >>>>>>>>>>>> wolf howling.

9. Since the enemies were so easy to beat, the extra combat techniques were more for show than anything.

Did I love the game? Yes. Did it innovate and improve on many things in the OoT formula? Yes. But it fell short in so many areas it could easily have excelled in. Don't get me wrong -- it is an amazing game. It's just that it disappointed me.

I sold my Wii a while ago. Got the GameCube version of Twilight Princess last fall or so. However... I get a disc read error during the intro, or at least before I can start the game. It's weird. I can't tell if it's the disc or my GameCube. I've also had problems with Rebel Strike. Speculations? I'm thinkin' I'll just need to get another Wii one of these days. I'll need to get Brawl, Metroid Prime 3, and both Super Mario Galaxys (I had all of those except SMG2 before I sold it). I retain Metal Slug Anthology, Zack & Wiki, and RE4 (only the last of which I care much about).

lawl

I wasn't comparing it to Okami at all. For a Zelda game, it didn't meet my expectations. The entire series is the context, not non-Zelda games.

And you can keep your goat.

Angry_Beaver said:

I wasn't comparing it to Okami at all. For a Zelda game, it didn't meet my expectations. The entire series is the context, not non-Zelda games.

Angry_Beaver said:

I'll bite on your Okami criticism, though.

1. Agreed.

2. Those who don't know Shinto mythology don't care.

3. Issun's the worst, by far. Everyone else isn't that bad.

4. They aren't easier than the rest of the game, on average, so it doesn't really matter to me. Unless we compare Okami to Zelda games, there's no reason to be disappointed with the "dungeons". While both are action/adventure games more alike than different, I don't feel the need to compare them.

5. Again, too much unnecessary comparison to Zelda.

6. Complete agreement on the pacing. It's horrible. But if it were to end with the first Orochi battle, the game would need to be lengthened.

7. There are plenty of bonus moves for purchase. Try pissing and shitting on enemies to get demon fangs. Dodging and double jumping can eventually damage enemies. You get two weapons, each of which can be one of three distinct kinds, and each kind has at least two distinct flavors. Battles are fast and furious (especially the optional demon gate... or whatever they're called... ones), and you need to experiment with each enemy type to determine what finishing move will get you demon fangs.

8. I enjoy the fishing. There are tons of different things to catch. If you want to compare it to Zelda (which is, again, unnecessary from my POV), I find it to be more engaging and challenging than fishing in OoT and TP.

9. Boring? Not for me. Used too much? Possibly, though if I remember correctly, not all of them are required. I'll tell you what's really annoying, though: Trying to defeat the final Blockhead. I still haven't done it.

Playing Okami, for me, is like playing an epic, beautiful, folklore-drenched, anime. That's the kind of experience I'm going for when I play it. I play Zelda for entirely different reasons.

You fell for it

Am I the only one who, upon hearing that Cammy will be in Street Fighter X Tekken thinks of:

Dark Souls Japan Box Art:

Not enough apostrophes.

aspro said:

Zelda is popular because it was a one-of-a-kind gameplay at the time right?  And then Nostaligia X10?

I liked Phantom Hourglass enough.

I think that kind of sells it a little short.  It's not just a case of "... at the time" and then letting nostalgia carry it.  The gameplay holds up tremendously well.  Proof of this is the fact that the three games in the franchise which were released this generation (Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks) are, for my money, among the greatest games of all time.

Still unique and one of a kind.