The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess is simply the finest and most enjoyable game I have ever played. I just completed the first dungeon, and I am not quite sure how I pulled myself away from the TV, but here I am. Beautifully crafted music, a wonderful battle system fully utilizing the amazing numchuk style Wii controller, and already hundreds of things that just make me smile when I see them, I could go on and on about how amazing the new Zelda is, but I need to get back. Except for a rocky start with a poorly explained fishing system that is required for progress to your sword (it took me around 2 hours to figure out how to get a damn fish for that stupid cat), it is flawless. I give this game a 72/73 on the scale o' excellence. My normal ratings are somewhere between 9/73 and 13/73.
P.S. if you're having trouble with the fishing, wait till the bobber goes off the bottom of the screen, and yank up hard on the controller. Don't just slightly lift it as the diagram shows.
Zelda alone has made me extremely happy I bought a Wii on Sunday, and I have no regrets about not picking up a PS3, even being the Sony fanboy I am. The Wii's controller brings it beyond "just another new console with better graphics" into a new realm of joy and ******. At least to me, it seems like PS3 is really just a PS2+1. Wii is a revolution. Oh, and Trauma Center: Second Opinion is an awesome surgery game, I recommend that and Marvel Alliance for Wii also if you have more than 50$ for just Zelda.
So as the holidays approach, I suggest a Wii. For yourself, your family, and your friends. 500$ for that weird HD DVD player and a boring game system, hmm, no thanks Sony.
Edited, Nov 22nd 2006 12:31am by sonicmonkeys