Twilight Princess on the GameCube was the first game I ever pre-ordered and I even ended up cancelling that pre-order because another store had it for sale a few days earlier than the official release date.
At first I found the aesthetic, dark themes and story a little depressing coming so close to the holidays. But later on as I went further it felt to be one the best Zelda games I played with great combat, bosses, puzzles, scale and character. I remember thinking this is better than Wind Waker, but I hope it has more of a challenge with enemies and puzzles. But it ended up feeling a lot easier than Wind Waker to me, which was disappointing. I think I only got stuck once and hardly died, which I remember doing a lot more in earlier 3D Zelda games. Overall a great game and swansong to the CUBE.
