At e3, the SS gameplay was completely finished, but the graphics were not yet fully polished. Nintendo wll make this game look great by the time it releases.

Anyhow, I want to wait for final screens of the game before deciding if real vs cell shading graphics work better for this game.  

@ bolded: I think that epic battles with tons of action on screen wouldn't fit the solitary experience of Zelda games. Lord of the Rings universe fits better the beat 'e up genre. About great landscapes, I'm all in for that too.

@ underlined:  Well, Wind Waker feels really okay to me. I'd say the art style is engaging. Link's facial expressions would be weird with realistic graphics.

If there are any epic battles, they should be Link as a one man army, just like the best games of the series.

I like the realistic graphics...

BUT! Remember that Nintendo said on Tri's launch that they would hold back Zelda so that it was the Wii's best looking game if necessaries, so there's no worries

It has crappy train parts and super crappy music parts.

I'm just as worried about SS's final build as you guys, but you are only killing your potential "First Time" by harping on this.

There is still so much about the game that we don't know of. Let's put our stock in the unknown for a while and give it a chance before we claim disappointment.

The art style could create some interesting locations.

i love the cel shaded graphics, i just wish more games would use it. I dont see how cell shading can take away from the epicness. I mean look at Okami that game was all kinds of epic, and it used cell shading.

The only thing disapointing with this game is the use of motion plus. which means i either have to buy one of those dumb new controllers or that stupid peripheral that will never ever get used besides for this game and will just sit there on the shelf collecting dust the rest of the time with all the other stupid peripherals.

they better include a zelda mote bundle or i'm going to get mad.

cell shading makes the game more unique, it also masks the crapiness of the wiis hardware and finally much like wind waker will stand the test of time, unlike twillight princess that today looks like a piece of crap.

Not internet epic More like fighting a giant Ork or something. And afterwards you think "Whoa, did I actually beat that thing? It was so huge!" Having monstrous enemies in the game would definitely make you look for heart pieces, hehe Unfortunately the big enemies in Zelda feel more like a puzzle than an actual bossfight. "Find the weak point and  then smash it." I think a boss battle should never feature the monster lying there and letting you beat it up. Basically once you figured out the weak spot of a boss in a Zelda game you just Z-target it and push the sword button. I'd like the enemies to get angry at you for hitting them so you have to be extra careful after you landed a single attack! That would be awesome and require way more skill. (And I realize when you mention "Lord of the Rings" and "battlles" in one sentence people automatically think of the massive battles with lots of enemies. I should've worded it differently.)

Oh and I liked Wind Waker, too. But with the whole ocean theme it was quite different from traditional Zelda games. They should've made it a new I.P. though, focusing on pirates and sailing and such.

they probably have these cool gamepay elements which didn't suite a more realistic graphics..