Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD - OT

As someone who never played TP on Wii — because, at the time, I adamantly disliked the console — I am excited to play this HD version on Wii U. I never played a Zelda game I didn't like.

^I've never played the Wii version of TP either as I already had it on the NGC couldn't be bothered to double dip but in hindsight it would probably be better for me to play the Wii version now rather the Wii U ones as it's more of a different experience.

@Haru17:

You see Zant do half of those things. But you are right, you do see Ganondorf do some bad things in the past. What I meant is that unlike in WW or Ocarina of Time, you don't see him steadily making the world worse. You only find out about him after most of the problem is solved.

He's kidnapping girls in Wind Waker too.

In Wind Waker he was a bit wiser, and calmer (at least until the end when he just loses it).

All of the Mirror of Twilight stuff is most closely connected to him, because it's dark magic isn't twili in nature.

Also, you're overlooking that this is Ganondorf: we know who he is, we know what he does. All he has to do is show up in a few cutscenes and be nefarious, which he did in spades.

Yes, you know it but there are people that never played a Zelda game before. For them the introduction of Ganondorf in TP at the very end is just needless.

I played Twilight Princess before Ocarina of Time, so I didn't really get that feeling of "oh I remember him, he sucks"

@Tsurii: I guess what I'm thinking of is that you actually visit the world and see what Ganon has done in those games.

You do this in TP for the first 3 dungeons, but then the world is free of Twilight, and the only think you are doing is collecting maguffins to find Zant. Yes, the Mirror had a negative impact on the Yetis and the Oocca, but it was made to seem a bit like an accident IMO.

How did you manage such a thing? Did Twilight Princess come out when you were a kid or something?

The game is old enough to be the "baby's first Zelda" of many many gamers.

Some people just skipped the n64 though.

Twilight Princess was my first introduction into the series, namely because the first home console my family owned was a Wii. Before that, I had handhelds, but wasn't really interested in Zelda as a kid.

So why Twilight Princess? The story looked different and interesting enough to warrant a try, plus I'm a huge fan of wolves.

@Dezzy: I basically had no idea which games were good back when I the N64 was my main system. But I was a little kid, who can blame me?

Old enough. But maybe too scary! Depends which ads the parents see I imagine.

I mean, it's not like it's easy to miss. Even I, growing up in the 2000s, played the Collector's Edition disc.

Playing Ocarina of Time alongside Super Mario Sunshine as my first real games probably influenced my eschewing of graphics snobbery, come to think of it.

Twilight Princess on a launch Wii, though, was something else entirely. Game was crazy huge the first time through.

The digital preload is live for NA.

@Haru17: well, not everyone had one of those special edition discs.

I'm not entirely sure how I got mine. We certainly didn't buy it.

@Morpheel: Free gift with the Mario Kart Double Dash GC bundle.

Nope, we never had Mario kart. (Also, the one I have is the disc with master quest).

I think my brother just tricked a friend into giving him the disc. And wind waker.

Since it's now Zelda's 30th birthday (in Japan), I made this based on the TP:HD-style Zelda: