woohoo! Got my Zelda WW today!

[NE146]

Gamestop called me up and said it was ready for pickup. So now I got it! I can't play it till after the gym though (about 9:00).. dammit!

But I got it!! WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!1 Fuck yeah this is gonna be a good week

[Six Switch]

Yea,I am getting it tomorrow!

[Raedon]

I used 2 personal days from work and have tomorrow and Wendesday off just to finish Zelda:WW..

[Charlie]

I don't normally throw around terms like "Best game ever" but... holy shit... Best. Game. Ever.

And the Gamecube is looking pretty damn good in the grand scheme of things. Anyone who dares call this machine a disaster should step back and look at all the games that are bonafide ***** games. Mario Sunshine. Metroid Prime. Zelda: Wind Waker. Animal Crossing. Smash Bros. Melee. It's an amazing system and it's only going to get better.

The thing I can't get over is the water effects... pretty amazing.

[Raedon]

Don't forget monkey ball and the upcomming F-zero. I just hope 1080:avalanche is up there with the original.. And soul Caliber 2.. with zelda.. man..

[Cafeman]

Tomorrow .. it is mine.

[Anonymous]

I got mine about a week ago, but I haven't even touched it yet. In fact, I gave it to a friend to play since I hate to see good games sit there unplayed.

[Nature Boy]

I knew I'd read one of these posts before I could actually get my copy. Sons of bitches!!!

EB told me they should have it today when I asked last week, but the Microplay told a customer yesterday that they'd come in Wednesday. I hope that was for non pre-order people only

@Charlie: Don't forget Eternal Darkness - I haven't played many survival horror games but this one kicks serious ass.

I was thinking this past week, as I played, while on vacation, all of Metroid Fusion. It's too bad Samus is too 'futuristic' for a game like Soul Calibur. As much as I'll enjoy seeing Link in there (and I'm definitely picking up the Cube version over the others) he just doesn't seem to fit as well as Samus might.

EDIT: No go at EB for yours truly. The street date is officially tomorrow and they're forced to stick to it. Curses!

[Raedon]

Checklist:

Zelda:WW purchased? Check (the disc is painted metallic Gold btw)
Cheap Prima Circuit City explusive $4.99 Guide and art book.. check
Two days off... Check
4 Bottles of Diet soda? Check Check Check Check

Why am I typing this?? *RUNS TO TV*

[Raedon]

This game looks much better then I thought it would. I'm off the main island and i haven't had any slowdown are bottlenecking of the graphics processor.. Very impressive.

[nesman85]

i preordered mine online but its not here yet. *waits for ups truck to pull up*...

[Charlie]

OK, the Gamecube's case for being the best modern system...

Metroid Prime. *****
Super Mario Sunshine. *****
Legend of Zelda: Pending, but looks *****
Smash Bros. Melee. *****
Eternal Darkness. ****1/2
Pikmin. ****
Super Monkey Ball (1&2). *****
Star Fox Adventures: ****1/2
Animal Crossing: *****

Wow, that's a lot of five star games... seven by my count. Now when I rate games, I make sure not just any game earns the honor. But seven (!) five star games in about a year's time? That is unheard of. Now I rated each Dreamcast game and I believe I gave out four 5-Star ratings. To Soul Caliber, Chu Chu Rocket, Skies of Arcadia, and NFL 2K (the original one). Don't get me wrong, a lot of games for it were borderline five-star titles, but weren't quite there.

The Gamecube, on the other hand, hasn't even really 'shot their wad' yet. Look at all the games left that should come close to five stars. F-Zero, Pikmin 2, Wario World, Soul Caliber 2, Mario Golf... plus a lot of good stuff that will be annouced at E-3.

[Six Switch]

Just got mine! Also got the Prima guide really cheap and it came with a free cd,has three songs on it and OoT guide on it.Time to play!

[Raedon]

I'm in the second Dungeon.. This Zelda might be the best yet!

Came across two bugs though. One is I started the game with 10 hours of play?? Not sure what that is about. second there is an invisable wall on the exit ledge at the Deku Tree area, not bad but noticeable. The first dungeon was mind blowingly cool, not extremely hard (it was the first dungeon) but there were a couple of secrets that took me a bit.

Where is everyone else?

Oh!! Not a spoiler but for all you who just got the game home.. BAIT! Get BAIT.

[WiseSalesman]

I love the graphics, but gameplay and music wise, it's not living up to the hype for me so far. But, I'll grant you that I'm only in the first dungeon and I expect it to get better.

[Raedon]

The music is ok.. It's OOT music.. Sun comes up.. OOT theme comes up with some added rifts..

The gameplay is the exact same as OOT, the only real innovation here is the graphics engine. Is that so bad? OOT is one of my favorite games ever.

:/ maybe

After finishing the 3rd dungeon I can tell that sailing the ocean is going to be a lot like watching Waterworld. I don't understand why they put random crap into the ocean.. like slalom courses that get you 1 Rupie.. If your going to make it an ocean make it empty and the islands big.. It's almost like Banjo Kazooie if they had moved the platform zones faaaar apart and dumped the jump button. I've put all day into the game and haven't even seen what the new Ganon looks like.. it's like there is no evil force pulling the story. In OOT You knew right away who the bad guy was as he rode off with Zelda on a Horse and gave you a "i got your woman" look as he rode by.. In Wind Waker you don't get any of that.. it's your sister (no "love" drama there) AND your first "zone" is right out of Sly Cooper.

[WiseSalesman]

I'm only just out of the forsaken fortress for the first time, so you can read ahead if you're further than me, but, for hyper-sensitive people...

*SPOILER WARNING - wherein I will reveal things from the games intro*










What the FUCK is up with the storyline for this game? Is this kid supposed to be different from the "Link" in all the other games? They act like the events of Ocarina of Time took place several centuries ago, and WW Link doesn't even recognize Ganon (I did, right from the beard). What the HELL is GOING ON IN LoZ STORYLINE?! I mean, it was messed up before (continuity conflicts between Link to the Past and Ocarina), but now...damn.....it hurts to think about it.

[Raedon]

Oh and so far, no Zelda.. Why call it Zelda? why not call it "The Legend of Aryll: that blond kids sister"

I understand it's in the same universe but there apparently is over 1000 years in between this and OOT but the back story leaves everything out. They need to start calling it, "The legend of Hyrule."

[Raedon]

OMG..


I AM a fanboy...

[WiseSalesman]

*SPOILER ALERT*






@Raedon: But they say that "no one knows what became of that kingdom [hyrule]", so we can't even really call it "Legend of Hyrule", can we?