1up.com: Wii Zelda is “Genius”
Author: Daniel Brooks
November 17th, 2006
Reviews for the first batch of Wii and PS3 launch games are trickling in, and 1up.com (official website for EGM and one of the biggest game sites on the planet) has given The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Nintendo Wii a perfect 10, their “Genius” rating. Accoring to 1up:
Twilight Princess is something you rarely see: a 60-hour adventure in which every moment is memorable. But then, maybe that’s no surprise — it represents the full resources and effort of the world’s most powerful first-party developer, and thanks to all those delays, it’s even enjoyed an extra year of polish and refinement. The question to ask therefore isn’t “Is it any good?” but rather “Just how good is it?”
The answer? Truly fantastic. It’s not a reinvention of the genre like Ocarina was — but it’s much better, because it takes all its predecessors’ raw ideas, perfects them, and creates an experience that’s at once new and familiar. It’s rare to find a launch game that truly justifies the purchase of a new console, but this is precisely that. If Wii Sports is a game for everyone, Twilight Princess is for everyone who loves games.
Read the complete review here.
Look for KFR’s Wii Launch Special next week!
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7 Responses to “1up.com: Wii Zelda is “Genius””






November 17th, 2006 at 7:46 am
Dude, it’s not just 1UP. GamersEdge, the Rotten Tomatoes for video games, is tracking the reviews at a solid 98% + right now.
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/928519.asp
November 17th, 2006 at 8:03 am
Holy moses!
November 17th, 2006 at 8:07 am
I can’t wait to play this thing!
November 17th, 2006 at 8:31 am
I saw a dude playing Wii Sports Tennis in the temporary Wired Xmas store on Houston yesterday. It looked totally fun!
November 17th, 2006 at 8:51 am
The real question is, will Red Steel be any good? I so want it to be good, cause it looks potentially awesome.
December 17th, 2006 at 3:20 am
Yup I can’t wait to get my hands on Zelda Wii! Red Steel’s idea is pretty cool but I still think the graphics sucks.
December 31st, 2006 at 6:32 pm
My buddy told me that for every 10 wii’s sold, 9 zelda games were sold.