SteelAttack said:

Just picked up the U-Draw tablet for my daughter. Pretty cheap.

You're a terrible father.

Let's play a game!

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Can anyone identify what's really STUPIDLY wrong with this picture?

I really hope this is a joke...

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SteelAttack said:

Batman is from DC

WTH? Batman is from Gotham, ya silly goose!

Some quotes from Edge

Edge said:

On swordplay - 'In action, it is nothing short of revelatory...the victories are ours in a way they could never be with a standard controller.'

On Skyloft and the overworld - 'Imagine a halfway house between MM's Clock Town and WW's ocean; a community of oddballs scattered across a sky archipelago. Considerably smaller than the sea, it makes up for it in density of character.'

On the puzzles - 'How's this for a statement of intent: not a single torch-lighting number, and only one push-the-box-on-the-button incident...Where TP's gizmos gathered dust after glorious debut dungeons, SS keeps its kitbag tight and in constant circulation, with ingenious multitasking and surprise upgrades along the way.'

On the upgrade system - 'Such avenues jar with an adventure balanced for the base items. Odds don't need swinging in Link's favour...that said, the idea gains traction once the end credits have rolled.' (NG+?)

'No two hours are the same...its 35 hours - that's ignoring a wealth of trinkets - fly by in a heroic blur.'

Post Script stuff, basically looking at how Nintendo have overhauled the structure and world to make it feel denser and more lived in:

'Exploring Hyrules of old, you can wonder what exactly Link is fighting for. On the surface these are games obsessed with their lands...stepping out on to the cherished soil paints a different picture. This is virgin territory, untouched and unloved...far from a living breathing ecosystem, Hyrule is a sealed adventure playground...For such topographical waste to exist in the same universe as Nintendo's dungeons is mystifying. And if Skyward Sword is anything to go by, Nintendo feels the same way'.

Field areas now teem with life...off-duty shop staff reveal the comically tragic lives behind their forced grins. Characters have a place and purpose in this world; can you say the same of Ocarina's perpetually giggling brothers?'

'Where previous Zelda's felt overly prepared, with everything positioned just so for the adventure to begin, dowsing let's Nintendo adjust on the fly. Come the end of the game, players will be surprised by how much they missed on previous passes.'

''Aonuma highlights the ability to go back to a dungeon you have already explored, with a new mission. This, he explains, brings you the newfound possibility of using your memory and your experience of the dungeon to help you in the challenge. Indeed, entering once-liberated grounds to clash with a new batch of squatters is one of the game's richest pleasures.'

'A few developments pull off the coup of altering playstyles entirely..the desire to cram play styles into a limited space owes a bigger debt to Mario than any previous Zelda. The plumber's 2D jaunts make an artform of transformative spaces, where a simple costume change reveals unseen expanses and a trail of red coins carves challenging dares around familiar platforms. There it feeds into Mario's guileless pursuit of joy, here it conjures something more. Only when you know a place inside out does it truly become worth fighting for.'

Iga_Bobovic said:

Xenoblade motherfucker. You forgot Xenoblade.

Blame Reggie not us. Its like  that game doesn't exist over here.

Dvader said:

LEO! Hey. So what do you think of crazy review day. I have so much to read. I bet the forums are on fire.

You should know me better by now!

Of course I am happy Uncharted and Zelda are reviewing well, but I expected them to!

I am eagerly awaiting reviews for games like Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Rayman Origins and King of Fighters XIII. It's when games like THAT review well, that gets my "sleeper" senses going!

UH OH...

From an ONM editor answering questions on a forum about Zelda:

- no limit to amount of one item you can carry

- no Tingle

- you can hit down on the D-pad to re-centre the cursor

- you can finish the game without upgrading a single item or potion.

- all of the NPCs are named characters

- most of them have their own house on the island

- many NPC sidequests reward you with gratitude points, which are then used on another, larger side-quest

- reviewer says it's easier than Ocarina Of Time and Twilight Princess

- hints at other returning characters

- main theme is used in some creative, goosebump-inducing ways too

- Wind Waker's Great Sea is larger than the Sky overworld

- visit the Silent Realm a number of times

EASIER than TP, how is that even possible.I am getting fed up with this baby can play Zelda games mentality Nintendo has. Add difficulty levels if you are so damn scared to make it hard.