Atticus

Does anyone play HW as religiously as I do?

I ask because I always play Network Link squares daily in Adventure Mode for the 50,000 rupees it pays out and always play friend squares which in turn pays them 50,000. The problem is no friends on my list return the favor or just don't play the game. If you've played real deep into HW Adventure Mode you know rupees become super important to level up weaker characters.

Does anyone else here play a fair amount at least and makes it a point to go after friend squares because if you do...

...to be on my friend's list.

You think they'ii make the Link amiibo compatible with MM via the *New* 3DS?

They are sexy...

YES! I can't get enough of this game!

Got for $19.99. Hoping it's decent but figured can't go wrong for the price.

My thoughts so far: Right off the bat I was impressed with the control in terms of the added precision of the sword swiping. Even just Link holding the sword the same way/angle you're holding the Wii-mote was novel and neat. To me, being able to run and step jump up walls gives a ever slightly more freeing experience than previous 3D Zeldas w/o going overboard. I remember playing TP a month ago and was underwhelmed with the control (though just at the beginning). I was pretty surprised with how fairly story heavy the beginning was. It was a nice change having a completely different opening relationship with Zelda. Thankfully the art style saves it from looking terribly dated as well.

But since leaving Skyloft... meh. (Not a fan of the Kikiwis).

Saved and quit for now just outside the first temple. Will pick up again soon.

Oh yes indeed!

Thanks, that was thorough!

Update (*SPOILERS BELOW*)

So I believe I’m not too far from the end. It's not my favorite Zelda game but I really appreciate that it did a lot of things differently. Mainly the story: How you actually grew up with Zelda and who she becomes. Even though it wasn't that hard to see coming it was fun to roll along with and the whole scene where she revealed who she remembered she actually was, Goddess sacrifice, etc. was captivating. The story from the beginning has been pretty engaging for me and I'm looking forward to the conclusion.

Motion controls... I fully believe Nintendo pushed Wiimote motion control capability to its limit for the game and at the beginning I was really surprised at the precision and novelty of the sword swiping vs. Twilight Princess. It was as good as it could possibly get. But throughout the game I think it was more so an annoyance more times than it was fun. Sometimes it just wouldn't swing the way I wanted it to on multiple tries and made some fights/tasks needlessly difficult. Honestly though for the most part it could have been my fault as most of the time I probably wasn't sitting with the ideal Wiimote swiping posture (slouching on the couch) but If Nintendo never uses this Wiimote motion control style of game play for Zelda again I won't be disappointed.

"WTF! No Boomerang?? No compasses??" I'm sure the game being different probably irked a lot of people with a few minor things and less locales (sorta) but it doesn't feel like THAT short a game to me really. I guess it was with all the running around back and forth between the same locations (but with new areas). Personally, I like my Master Swords pulled out of the ground Excalibur style rather than having your sword evolve into it... Like I said though I appreciate that it was different.

Overall though I think I liked Twilight Princess better. I just remember being so much more impressed with the boss battles, content and the game overall.

Hoping to finish this soon so I can crack open HW. My goal was to catch up on and finish a couple of major Zelda titles before playing it.

LAST UPDATE:

Just finished the game with 50+ hours and story-wise everything from what I thought was close to the end leading up to and the final battle/ending itself was magnificent. I dare say this was the most rewarding 3D Zelda game I've ever played.

I thought I liked Twilight Princess more but I don't know now. SS was just so unique and different but just as epic as any other Zelda title (but maybe the best at story telling imo).

This was NOT a short game and I'll finally crack open Hyrule Warriors now but I'm going to miss SS (running and diving into sky and landing on your Loftwing's back mid-flight never got old).

Just arrived!

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I want that scarf.

So kind of a follow up topic to my playing through Twilight Princess for the first time topic. As I reported I really liked the game and now will get references for TP characters in Hyrule Warriors.

Now my next adventure: it was difficult to find Skyward Sword anywhere so I finally bought it new w/ 25th anniversary soundtrack off a credible seller from eBay and should have it middle of next week. Board thoughts on Skyward Sword (w/o spoilers)? I'm going to try to finish it before release of HW on the 26th.

Thanks folks.