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| Cain Highwind 306th Post
 
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|  "My Zelda: Collector's Edition impressions"
, posted Sat 22 Nov 12:53:
Getting a Cube for 99$ and a disk with four full games on it is just to good to pass up, so I ordered it, and it just got delivered the other night. I haven't gotten a memory card to make any saves to thuroughly review it. And so here are my initial impressions.
General: Nice remix of the Zelda tune is played on the Main Menu that lets you select the game. Plus it has the original NES covers with Nice art pieces for the N64 games with nice little effects added. Zelda I's cover has the original fairy sprites from the original flying around the cover, but they added a little embossing and "glow" effect to make them look fresh (even added Pixie dust) Zelda II has the sword (on the cover) with a nice animated lens flare; gorgeous!) You can get a nice description on the games (with Navi saying something like "Hey" or "Listen" everytime) with summary and original release year. It then gives you the controls as if you were playing a demo disc.
Zelda I: Crisp and sharp, one review I read a couple weeks ago (don't have the link anymore sorry) said the Resolution was even sharper than the Animal Crossing Version. I wouldn't know, first time with a Cube ^^. Also has a nice Pause Option (instead of making a sound and freezing like the original, which I hated, they added a Pause sign) also has a "menu" that lets you reset or quit the game. Otherwise, it looks beautiful, even better than on the real thing or even an emulator! (Oh and they fixed the Ganon typo).
Zelda II: I barely had ANY time with this game, I rented it a long time ago, but I think the cartridge was corrupt. It would hardly load, would freeze on an instant, and just ran as if it were some kind of bad bootleg. Other than that, from what I can tell, roughly the same as the first game, amazingly sharp resolution, "Emulator Menu", etc. Oh and it's kind of a pain to hear some of those old, high pitched beeps and boops used as "cursor" sounds at the "Registration screen" Other than that the sound on both games are also quite sharp and I have an old Mono TV.
Zelda Ocarina of Time: Again, I haven't played the original "Master Quest" version, but, again, from a review I had read, they mentioned it was better than the previous version: Faster (console perfect) load times, and sharp graphics and textures(oh and the Master Quest version saves aren't compatible with this version I'm afraid) It's by no means a BIG difference (with the N64 version I mean) but the edges look a bit smoother as do the textures (though I could be wrong being as I haven't played OoT for a good couple of years now). The only real difference I noticed was with the save screen, when you switch between the Save files and the Options (getting it to rotate) it moves quite fast and smooth. They also edited the script and game mechanics slightly to accustom you to the GC controller (the Sword symbol for the B Button is now Red to match the GC controller as opposed to the N64's Blue B button). "Z-Targeting" is now "L-Targeting" (and so on). My only MINOR gripe, is that unlike the NES games, it seems there's no way to quit the game and go back to menu screen. Also, I can't seem to skim through normal dialog like I THOUGHT you could do in the original version.
Majora's Mask: One of the reasons I bought this collection was so that I could finally sit through and play Majora's Mask. Like OoT no big differences here, there's just a weird Sound Gliitch they warn you about both in the manual and when you're loading the game. Fear not though, it's just when you switch screens (menu to field for example or changing rooms/areas) you'll hear a slight "pop" in the sound. It's "noticable" but hardly troublesome or distracting to the gameplay. It sorta reminds me of FFIV, FFI, and FFII for the PSX which had something very similar. I have heard from some people there are "slowdowns" but I have not really noticeablly encountered this as of yet.
"The Retrospective Look Back on the series": Boring and pointless IMHO. Another remix of the Zelda theme plays while simply showing the logo of a game (and the year) with some footage from that game, and then moving on to the next title chronologically. It DOES cover all the games (including the GB/GBC/GBA ones, and I like how in the end it flashes all of Link's designs, from the very first game to the latetst Wind Waker. But that's...it. Not even some corny "preview" voiceover like you see in the Coming soon segment on Disney Home Videos. I was expecting some kind of documentary, production footage, and Miyamoto interviews, but alas nothing like that here. Somewhat of a letdown here.
The Windwaker video is just a trailer, nothing special. Playing the Windwaker demo is awesome, and I want to get the full game now eventually. Sure it looks easy and childish, but I for one think the Cel-shaded look works for little Link and I really like some of his sneaking animations, it's just so fluid that and the water was awesome. Sailing around the ocean like that has gotta be one of the coolest things to put into a Zelda game IMHO.
Well that's about it, hope to get a memory card so I can play through these games to get a final opinion.
[this message was edited by Cain Highwind on Sat 22 Nov 13:19] |
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