I need to see more on Hyrule Warriors. Hack & Slash games can be good or can be complete garbage. I hope there's some quality-control by Nintendo themselves. So far I didn't think it looked very good graphically, but I realize it'll probably get better closer to release.
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I finished A Link Between Worlds. So here's a small final-thought.
It's kind of short, even with it's abundance of dungeons... Took me 30 hours and all I missed were three heart-pieces. 100% it otherwise. Still, it's twice as long as Minish Cap, which was inexcusably short (and easy) but still. It takes me about 40 hours to finish Ocarina of Time and do most, so not all, of the stuff (up to half the Skulltula's, the other half's pointless to get, the side-quests and most heart-pieces) and it took me 73 hours to finish and 100% Skyward Sword.
Anyway, it's a good game sure, but I stand by my earlier impression that the reviews were once again exaggerating. Most dungeons were fun, but they were all a couple floors to small and none were mind-boggling. Bosses weren't very special either. Both aspects didn't really outdo their A Link to the Past predecessors.
I did love the wall-merging mechanic. It brings a lot of new puzzles and a lot of new ways to hide secrets. I think it's the best of those 'hooks' in a Zelda game since a long time. I liked the fluent, intuitive controls. The game also shines in the sound department, the rearrangements of classic music is very well done. ALttP-era music has never sounded so good before!
Naturally it was definitely worth my money and it was one of the best games I played this year, but it won't stand with what I think are the greats. It's better than the DS Zelda games for sure, and I'm someone who didn't despise Spirit Tracks, so that's something at least.
Oh yeah... What was that 'cheap puzzle' that one review was talking about?
