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I just realized something... since I never owned a GameCube and I didn't get a Wii till two years after launch, so this is the first time a console Zelda has been released when I owned the system since Majora's Mask. I was excited then when I was 13, and holy crap am I excited now. Tomorrow!!!! Though I do really wish Nintendo would release games on Saturdays, if they wanted to do this whole weekend release thing, more time to play and EB Games is open earlier!

After taking care of a group of bandits in Mistwatch, I headed north east, and soon came to a pond. Some saber cats attacked me, and I was surprised to find they were no longer difficult for my fire/sword welding nord to defeat. After swimming across the pond, I noticed a giant. In front of the giant was it's mammoth, laying dead in the shallow water. I approached the dead mammoth, took a tusk, and was surprised to find the giant to be non-aggressive. I walked directly up to it, it glanced at me briefly, and went back to mourning it's mammoth. My cold nord heart almost melted.

All this Skyward Sword excitement has almost made me forgot I need to go pick up Skyrim... impressive job Nintendo. Off to the only place that's open early on holidays... WALMART!

A real great video review from IGN (I know it's IGN but there's a handful of editor's I trust there, Rich George being one of them). He's calling it the best Zelda of all time... which is saying a lot because, at least in my opinion, Ocarina of Time is the best game of all time, so if Skyward Sword is better than Ocarina then... yeah! But ignoring the "best Zelda of all time" it really looks like Nintendo has done something special here with the motion controls. It is a little peculiar that the 1UP reviewer gave the game a B+ (8.5?) and stated at the beginning of his article that it is not the best Zelda of all time. It's all subjective of course but it's pretty clear this is going to be a big debate for years to come.

I only ask because it said "finish the game on crushing" not "play through the game". Doesn't matter, too many games coming out this month to replay something!

Ok! So, now that I've unlocked Crushing, do I have to play the game from the beginning in crushing to get the trophy or can I just skip to chapter 22?? I'm assuming I have to start from the beginning, and that sounds pretty time consuming.

This game better have a Deku Tree... or else. That was my one and only problem with Twilight Princess... (and the waggle... and wolf parts... and colour pallet).

Just beat the story mode. I thought it was great. Honestly, if Naughty Dog were to just crank out an Uncharted game every two years, making minor tweaks and improvements like they did with the original to 2 and again to 3, I'd be one happy guy. Fortunately, I won't have to wait two years, as we get another Uncharted in a few months. (albeit, not a Naughty Dog Uncharted, but still). I am now ready to tackle some multiplayer. If anyone wants to play with me, I'm The_Cowboy_Poet. I'm not a huge multiplayer fan but I got really into the beta, so I'm going to give this one a try.

So is the Action/Story/RPG mode going to be in the final version? If so I can't decide whether I want to Story or RPG this. Hmm.

Oh man, I love that game... I love platformers in general, but I am terrible at them. I am still stuck in one of the third level words. Maybe after I get through all the 2011 fall releases I'll give it a second shot.

Finished Batman on Thursday, Infamous: Festival of Blood on Friday, and just finished Ico (HD) just moments ago. I want to platinum Ico but I can't imagine playing that game in 2 hours. I played it, for the first time ever, in five hours, now granted that was with a bunch of exploring/farting around (and a few unsuccessful puzzle solving attempts).

Rumour on the street is Final Fantasy X HD is a full remake using the engine from FFXIII and Versus, which means that Final Fantasy XII HD is probably pretty far away.. grr Next year is the 10th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts, so I'd imagine if they're ever going to do an HD collection, it'll be then.

Wasn't that Other M???

I meant when platforming buildings, he's not as precise as say, Ezio.

Majora's Mask. The game starts with Link searching for Navi. It ends with him saving Termina and leaving his new friends (yeah, spoilers, everything works out... shocking). I know there's games that take place "generations later" but we never found out if Link found Navi. To me, that's always been a little sad But I probably only say this because I'm such a fanboy for the N64 Zeldas.

I started inFamous this weekend. I originally bought it a few months ago.. I must have been in a bad mood or something, because the characters irritated me to the point that I stopped playing after getting to the food drop (about 5 minutes into the game). However, I put it in on Saturday, hoping I could get some quick easy trophies and then found out that I really like the game. It reminds me a lot of Assassin's Creed, except instead of hidden blades you shoot electricity. I have found it a little tedious, and Cole doesn't always go where you want him to, but hopefully that's corrected in the sequel.

You know what would be great? Finding a GBA copy of V or VI for under $40

I heard mixed things about it but I found it for under 5 dollars new... so I couldn't not buy it!

I bought Borderlands and all the DLC for 15 bones tonight. Anyone else play this on PS3?

Yesterday I bought Scott Pilgrim and Pacman DX for only 5 bones each! Then I bought Final Fantasy 3, Secret of Mana, and Donkey Kong Country 3 via the Virtual Console. Oh man do I love Super Nintendo.

I never got into the original Bioshock but that Infinite demo/trailer looked amazing. I am now officially excited!

I purchased Nier for 15 dollars (Canadian!!) the other day. I looked all over for the PS3 version, couldn't find it anywhere and then as soon as I stopped looking, I noticed it randomly sitting on top of a bin of games at EB Games. So far I really like, it has some flaws, but it's a fun game.

My problem with the game was just having part of the screen blocked by these clown hands of mine. They worked great otherwise. Actually on second thought that temple you had to constantly return to and redo was a fucking tedious affair! I also thought the sailing didn't work as well as in Wind Waker. In Wind Waker it was like a traditional Zelda... Instead of exploring Hyrule Field, you're sailing the ocean. But plotting out your route in PH got in the way of that and took out some of the fun.

Am I the only one who doesn't care how many Wii U controllers it can use? I mean any sort of local multiplayer is probably going to be a party game or something like Mario Kart, which works fine with a classic controller. Does anyone who's not a child actually get 4 friends and game in a room together?