Daisho Con

sks wrote: I had to go with Minish Cap. The handheld Zelda's just don't get enough love. There are a bunch of new items (the mole mitts being one of my favorite). Shrinking down changes your menuverability it has nothing to do with Ganon and it also provides a fair amount of challenges. (While I love Twilight Princess it was WAY too easy).

Crap! I forgot! You were gonna show me the ending on the car ride back from ACEN! Gah! I can't friggin' beat Vaati!

Neko Toast wrote:

Aminar wrote:Twilight Princess is honestly my favorite, even over Ocarina. Couple reasons.

A:Art Style. The atmosphere of the game was beautiful. No Zelda game matches it(even counting in the graphics of the time that game came out)

B: Dual Hook Shots.(The game has been out for several years, screw spoilers at this point.)

C: Navi is annoying as an emo kid crying he can't get his hair right.

D: Characters, This game had more involved characters.

E: The cool sword moves were a good innovation.

F: Midna. She stil ranks as one of my favorite characters ever.

G: The game had the same atmospheric feel/darkness level as The chronicles of pridain(The black Cauldron etc.), which is perfect.

H: Wii controls allow for more fluid dungeons like the sky temple.

I 100% agree with the ones I bolded, excluding Zelda and Ganondorf in D.

A: I personally preferred the graphics of Wind Waker, but that's my personal opinion.

As for E, though they were pretty cool, I think Minish Cap utilized it first. It wasn't completely original. Not that this matters.

Letter G: They did get the dark feel down with the visuals. Not so much with the music, depending on the scene.

Letter H: We didn't own a Wii when it came out, so I was stuck with the Gamecube version. That, and I don't think I'll ever like that dungeon, aside from its boss.

That dungeon on the cube would be bloody impossible. And dark music wouldn't work well in Zelda. Dark music works for a Victorian feel lik Castlevania, but Zelda spends too much time outside/underwater/in caves, which need more atmospheric noises. That said, I listen to my own music while playing most games and this song is TP for me.

Warning,contains Opera, Metal, and EPIC AWESOME in huge amounts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVNtnOFdP4Y

Note, this song comes in my mind as Dark green with a goldenrod lining on a black background. Which is roughly the same color scheme TP has in my mind, to explain my association.(Yay synthestesis. )

Lastly, Windwaker had far too much empty space for me aesthetically. Empty space is boring, I got so sick of boating by the time i gave up on that game. IT HAS PIRATES, and I still gave up. I'm not just referring to the requirement of boating but the fact that travelling had 0 interesting scenery most of the time. TP on the other hand had such a massive scope. If you have ever stood on the edge of a cliff staring over miles and miles of land you'll understand what I felt playing TP. My jaw dropped at times, in much the same way it did at Arches National Park, Isle Royale, and Carlsbad Caverns. That kind of beauty is what i am referring too. In all honesty I have yet to see it matched in any game. Not to say it hasn't, but not in a game I have played.

hey Toast, how can you not beat Vaati? He was rather easy in the end

Monkeybotz wrote:hey Toast, how can you not beat Vaati? He was rather easy in the end

... No he isn't. >>

I haven't played Minish Cap in years, honestly. Yet, I still remember where I get stuck. It's always the part of the fight where you take out his giant arms, then go for his head. I take out the arms well enough. But by this point in the battle, I'm basically out of fairies, so I always end up dying.

hmm.... well, I think that you kinda have to be quick of finger on that part and have your lanturn at the ready