Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

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Zelda is so very, very ugly. And the dialogue bleeping really pisses me off for some reason :(

But Tennis is ace. And boxing is possibly the best thing EVAR! :D Maggie Thatcher vs Jesus in boxing is superb. I thought I could hold out buying an additional nunchuk. Now I know how foolish this was - no two player boxing unless we go round to a mates place, and nobody has additional chuks :(

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You think thats bad?
I got a spare nunchuck but not another controller :(
(and i reserved WiiPlay to get one)
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Bubba wrote:Zelda is so very, very ugly.
Windwaker was definitely much prettier. At first glance, it looks like Link has his arse hanging out, but actually it's a couple of flaps on his tunic. Some of the effects (like the water) are brilliant, but some of the textures are rather meh. They could have spruced them up a bit for the Wii version :roll:
Still, it plays great and after a couple of minutes i'm too absorbed in the game to care.
Bubba wrote:And the dialogue bleeping really pisses me off for some reason :(
Turn the sound down :wink:
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Darkflame wrote:You think thats bad?
I got a spare nunchuck but not another controller :(
(and i reserved WiiPlay to get one)
Same here, got three chuks and only two remotes so far (PlayAsia having run way way out of stock on Wiimotes and component cables).
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Bubba wrote:Maggie Thatcher vs Jesus in boxing is superb.
Hahahaha :)
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Darkflame wrote: Big Button = Serve is about the limit to the indstructions needed :D
Don't even need that - all they need to do is 'throw' and 'hit' the ball with the Wiimote.
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Bubba wrote:Zelda is so very, very ugly. And the dialogue bleeping really pisses me off for some reason :(
Aside from the fact it really does look poor in places, it's also been the most disappointing game too.

Compared with everything else which feels so fresh, even with the new controls Zelda feels a bit "meh, seen it all before". Not a bad game and I'll stick with it but slightly underwhelmed so far.
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fog wrote:
Bubba wrote:Zelda is so very, very ugly. And the dialogue bleeping really pisses me off for some reason :(
Aside from the fact it really does look poor in places, it's also been the most disappointing game too.

Compared with everything else which feels so fresh, even with the new controls Zelda feels a bit "meh, seen it all before". Not a bad game and I'll stick with it but slightly underwhelmed so far.
See - this is why I love the internet. Such diversity! My wife and I were both wowed at every turn by Zelda, bot play and graphics. We were constantly distracted in play by the beauty of the game and would pause to look around for a while saying to eachother "This is so amazing."

Definately a YMMV thing. Maybe it's because we haven't played Gears of War yet?
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The thing is, the graphics aren't that bad for a gamecube game. Had I played it a year ago I certainly wouldn't have noticed. It's just the texture res and the "brown-ness" that lets it down. It looks generic, and feels so much like Shadow of the Colossus in places (like the entire intro :D) that comparisons will be obvious. Oh, and shadow of the colossus looked miles better (even if it did have a poor framerate!). In comparison to the cube, it's an ok game (although certainly not as good looking as Resi4 was). The jump from xbox to 360 seemed gradual at the time, but seeing a game like Zelda really punches home how far the other two platforms have come along graphically.

Gameplay wise, it's been pretty good so far - but that should be of no suprise :D Being able to "point" at things with the fairy and talk rather than having to face them would have been good though...

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Bubba wrote:The thing is, the graphics aren't that bad for a gamecube game. Had I played it a year ago I certainly wouldn't have noticed. It's just the texture res and the "brown-ness" that lets it down. It looks generic, and feels so much like Shadow of the Colossus in places (like the entire intro :D) that comparisons will be obvious. Oh, and shadow of the colossus looked miles better (even if it did have a poor framerate!). In comparison to the cube, it's an ok game (although certainly not as good looking as Resi4 was). The jump from xbox to 360 seemed gradual at the time, but seeing a game like Zelda really punches home how far the other two platforms have come along graphically.
Back to the graphics again?

Bubba wrote:Being able to "point" at things with the fairy and talk rather than having to face them would have been good though...
Tried it have you?
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Bubba wrote:The jump from xbox to 360 seemed gradual at the time, but seeing a game like Zelda really punches home how far the other two platforms have come along graphically.
I just despair sometimes.
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disciple wrote:Back to the graphics again?
Yeah :). I've already said that I expect it to be an awesome game, and was just saying that graphically it looks vastly inferior to Wind Waker IMHO :). Or am I not allowed to talk about graphics in this thread?

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Bubba wrote:Being able to "point" at things with the fairy and talk rather than having to face them would have been good though...
Tried it have you?
Err, yes? You *need* to be facing a character to interact with them, or am I missing something? :) You can point the fairy at a character, but unless you are facing them you never get the contextual speak function mapped to the A button.

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GeeZa wrote:
Bubba wrote:The jump from xbox to 360 seemed gradual at the time, but seeing a game like Zelda really punches home how far the other two platforms have come along graphically.
I just despair sometimes.
Whatever :) Can we both just agree to disagree on this one? Might be easier in the long run...

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Bubba wrote:
GeeZa wrote:
Bubba wrote:The jump from xbox to 360 seemed gradual at the time, but seeing a game like Zelda really punches home how far the other two platforms have come along graphically.
I just despair sometimes.
Whatever :) Can we both just agree to disagree on this one? Might be easier in the long run...
Whatever? I think I've lost the will to post anything anymore anyway.
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I think we might need a Zelda thread of its own or two - spoilered and not and surely most Ninty fans arent graphic whores...
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