So, my buddy got a Wii and Twilight Princess.  And, after a few hours of Wii Sports last night, I got to play the newest Zelda installment for a few minutes.  So, thought I’d lay down a quick impression here.  I could go more indepth with this, but I’m posting on a news page

First off, this thing is gorgeous.  But you all know that, so I won’t go into much graphical detail here.  The Wii controls are, so far, not too shabby.  I didn’t personally get to fish so I can’t speak of that first hand.  It took some getting used to, but my buddy figured it out in due time.  Really the only complaint I have is that the only camera controls are the trigger button thing on the nunchuck.  Pressing it centers the camera behind you.  You can hit the C button and look around in first person…but what this game really needs is the ability to actually move the camera around.  Here’s hoping the GameCube version uses the C stick to its fullest potential.

Beyond that…hey, it’s a Zelda game.  The side quest thing starts up pretty dern quickly, though.  In order to get the Slingshot, we had to find a cradle so we could catch a fish so we could get the cat.  A little convoluted, but it actually is a good way to get you aquainted with the village and general contol scheme.

All-in-all I’m even more excited for this game than I was even a few days ago.  The Sponge wants the Cube version now.

On a fun side note: throwing hawks at things is really fun.