Music and Sounds:
Let me get my Artie Lange voice out for those who are being babies about the voices (or lack of). Whaaa!! The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess doesn’t have full voice support.. WHAAAAA! Link still does not talk. Whaaa!
Oh please, come on people. How many times was it stated before in past Miyamoto reviews that he does not want Link to have a voice (please discard all those crappy Zelda CD-I games where he DID have a voice). Link has always had a mystique about him from not speaking back to characters. Changing that would be like giving Mario a German accent in Super Mario Galaxy. Personally I dont care if Link has full voice or not. I went to school so I can read and as I just said, the past Zelda games did not have voice. So please stop with the complaint about Link not having a voice and the charachers themselves not having voices.
Link still has his grunts and his mumbles, but this time around he does not sound like a child, but more like a man. The towns people and enemies have their own screeches and grunts as well. I love the sound of the wolf Link. During some parts of the game you have to use the analog stick to match your wolf call and it sounds surreal and magical. You can tell that there was a ton of love and devotion put into this whole game, including the wonderful sounds.
The music is also amazing. While it is not a full Orchestra belting out the music, it still sounds amazing and is in Dolby Pro-Logic II. Fans of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will recognize many of the tunes. Remember when you first start out in the Nintendo 64 game and Link woke up in his tree house? You now… those tunes that stayed in your head for days. Those kick-ass tunes have returned in full force for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess! Classic tunes as well as new tunes fill this epic game. The music in the Darkness levels sound a bit like something out of Silent Hill. It is eerie and dark and fits the mood perfectly. Bottom line, the music is stunning and keeps up with the Zelda tradition of greatness.
The Bottom Line:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is amazing. We have all waited years for this monster to finally be unleashes and it was well worth the wait. While you can still see that it is a GameCube game (which will be out in a couple of weeks FOR the GameCube) with a little bit of shine and cool controls, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manages to be without a doubt the best Zelda title ever. If you are one of the lucky ones to scoer a Nintendo Wii, you MUST get this game. This is the MUST-HAVE title of 2006! And what better way to break in your Nintendo Wii then a beautiful adventure like The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess! Bravo Nintendo, Bravo Eiji Aonuma and Bravo Master Miyamoto! The Nintendo Gods have done it again!
[Review by NLGSean (Sean Foster)]