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Description

Twilight Princess is the first Legend of Zelda game for the Wii and also the last for GameCube. At first Link is a simple farm boy, whose tasks consist of herding goats to watching children in Ordon village, Link's home town. One day, Link is asked by the mayor to run an errand in Castle Town, but things sudden go wrong…

The land becomes dark, and strange creatures appear from another world called the Twilight Realm, which turns most into ghosts. Link, however, becomes a wolf. After becoming a wolf, Link is aided by Midna, a resident of the Twilight Realm. Midna helps Link find a way to turn human again along with other tasks.

The wolf cannot use a sword or other items. Instead, Link must use his senses to solve puzzles and get past obstacles. The beast can also dig holes to find hearts and rupees and to get in places. He can push blocks with his head to climb higher or reveal hidden passageways. Additionally, he can attack enemies by biting or pouncing on them.

As a human, Link can move around quickly, aim his bow, swing his sword, and even fish. Link also collects many different items, which allow him to perform varied attacks and reach places he couldn't before. Link performs many attacks with his sword and can even learn other sword moves.

The art is similar to the naturalistic style of Ocarina of Time, rather than the cel-shaded look of The Wind Waker. Chronologically, the game takes place between the two aforementioned titles and quite a few locations from Ocarina of Time can be visited. The main adventure takes place in several provinces with dungeons and temples. With the help of Midna, you can easily travel around quickly later in the game.

Alternate Titles

  • "ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス" -- Japanese spelling
  • "Zelda TP" -- Common Abbreviation
  • "Zelda no Densetsu: Twilight Princess" -- Japanese title
  • "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2" -- Development title
  • "젤다의 전설 황혼의 공주" -- Korean spelling

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User Reviews

The biggest Zelda to date but also one of the less creative ones. Rensch (193) 4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars
Ah, sweet obsession. Bolley Bollington (228) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Amazingly entertaining Emmanuel Henne (26) 4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars4.86 Stars
A good Zelda game, but with some weird problems Pixelspeech (678) 4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars
Nothing new enough to warrant a purchase AxelStone (34) 2.43 Stars2.43 Stars2.43 Stars2.43 Stars2.43 Stars
One of the best games in the series. J.D. Majors (17) 4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars
A Beginner's Adventure Game Sean Johanson (16) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars

The Press Says

Gamerz-Edge Nov 15, 2006 10 out of 10 100
MaXoE Games Feb 19, 2007 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
VicioJuegos.com Dec 06, 2006 95 out of 100 95
Atomic Gamer Nov 30, 2006 93 out of 100 93
IGN UK Dec 07, 2006 9.1 out of 10 91
Le Geek Feb, 2011 4.5 out of 5 90
Stuff Magazine Nov 17, 2006 9 out of 10 90
NZGamer Feb 20, 2007 9 out of 10 90
Netjak Jan 07, 2007 8.7 out of 10 87
Common Sense Media 2006 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80

Forums

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Mirrored? 3 beetle120 (2321)
Nov 25, 2007

Trivia

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is the first Zelda game not to feature the rock-spitting Octoroks as enemies. They are replaced with Toadpolis, which coincidentally resemble the pre-Ocarina of Time Zoras.

Other enemies that were cut include the Armos Titan and the armoured Moblin.


This entry was contributed by Kabushi (88430) and Keeper Garrett (970)
 

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