@c0rd, I do agree with you. Playing SOTC and even ICO, makes me also believe that still alot of great things can be done with Zelda. My only gripe was how mute he seemed as a character and somewhat stoic, but Majora's Mask did a wonderful job at adding more of a few layers of personality to Link. TP was also able to capture well a character that in the past I had seen as expresionless (Ocarina of Time did an ok job at that but not outstanding, yet it is somehow perhaps my favorite in the whole series....explain that one to me hehe).

Arg...I hope this isn't just another bad omen that they're trying to use Ocarina of Time as a model and trying to 'surpass' it. What made Ocarina good is they created a totally unique experience from the ground up. That's what they're claiming they're doing for this game...yet they keep coming back and saying they're looking back at Ocarina and Twilight as a model, as if they're trying to do what they couldn't do on Twilight.

The fact is, Twilight wasn't as good as past Zeldas because they focused too much on trying to make a 'vast and realistic world'. We want to explore a vast world, but not spend 30 hours (half the game) running from one end of the world to the next doing pointless fetch quests or crossing endless deserts and mountains. There's got to be a limit somewhere. As well as a limit on all the NPC dialogue and interaction so we can actually play the game.

In short, I hope Zelda Wii isn't like Twilight at all. More actual gameplay and intuitive exploration and less 'vast realism' and endless 'realistic' character dialogue.

Gigiddy gigiddy!!!

Damn you Nintendo. I am slowly losing all interest in this game series, and I did love it so much once upon a time. Hell, Link's Awakening hooked me on Nintendo forever. I really hope I am wrong though. I just haven't liked their direction since Phantom Hourglass.