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Old 03-21-03 | 03:54 PM
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Zelda: The Wind Waker reviews are in!

Gamers.com: 10/10
GameSpy.com: 97/100
IGN.com: 9.6/10
GameSpot.com: 9.3/10

Just a few more days until release day!
Old 03-21-03 | 04:01 PM
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Nice scores can't wait!
Old 03-21-03 | 04:35 PM
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I believe EGM gave it a 10/10/9.5
Old 03-21-03 | 05:02 PM
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Man, this is going to be great. My woman will be out of town, so that leaves for several days of uninterrupted playing!
Old 03-21-03 | 05:10 PM
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Man, this is going to be great. My woman will be out of town, so that leaves for several days of uninterrupted wakering!
don't over do it deft too much "wakering" can cause severe hand cramps!
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I don't want to hear it. I'm leaving on Vacation on Monday and will have to do without for a week until I get back. Even worse, my brother has a week head start on me.
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Game Informer gave it a 10 also
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I have been suprised at the great reviews. I expect it to be good, but I keep seeing the graphics and thinking they look just so-so, yet the reviews go nuts for the graphics. I have decided it must look a lot better live than in a still.
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I have decided it must look a lot better live than in a still.
I've told all my friends who are bashing the game that very thing. It plays a million times better than it looks in a still. The demos at Wal-Mart are usually a waste but when they got this demo I was all over it.

Screenshots are nice and all but to see it in action is a whole different thing.
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I've told all my friends who are bashing the game that very thing. It plays a million times better than it looks in a still. The demos at Wal-Mart are usually a waste but when they got this demo I was all over it.

Screenshots are nice and all but to see it in action is a whole different thing.
Agreed, which is why I rented it tonight . Im not going to say anything about the story, all I can tell you is that if you love the Zelda series, you will fall in love with this game. Im enjoying it as much, if not more than I enjoyed Mario Sunshine and Metroid Prime.

Easily a contender for game of the year.
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according to www.gamerankings.com this incarnation of Zelda is the second highest ranked game on their site ever.

Link to Site

(just look at the stats when you click on the game, they should be on the righthand side of the screen)

edit: here is the stats page

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I have been suprised at the great reviews. I expect it to be good, but I keep seeing the graphics and thinking they look just so-so, yet the reviews go nuts for the graphics. I have decided it must look a lot better live than in a still.
I cannot wait for this to come out as I have had it pre-ordered for quite awhile. I have been playing Ocarina of Time, on my Cube, for sometime and I still enjoy it. Today I was at EB and they had a playable demo of the game. I was also very hesitant of the games graphics but once I played the demo I no longer had any worries. The game is absolutely beautiful in motion. It looks like you are playing an interactive cartoon. If you want to compare how Zelda looks to a similar game, at least graphically, then choose Sly Cooper for the PS2. I thought those graphics were so-so but after playing it my mind changed immediately.
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Tonight's the night

Just got a call from the Gamestop where I pre-ordered, and apparently they'll have Zelda available by 6 PM tonight! Life is good.
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Could someone chime in when they receive their pre-order from ebgames.com? I was hoping God would smile upon me and have Zelda in my mailbox today, but no such luck.
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mtucker - I ordered mine from ebgames.com as well. I checked my order and there's a tracking number and says it ships today, but it doesn't show activity yet. Should get it in a couple of days. If you go to the EBgames web page and check your orders, you should see a tracking number down at the bottom of the screen.
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Yes, that makes sense. I just checked. Shipped today, scheduled to arrive tommorrow. Nice.
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Picked up my Zelda a little earlier today at my local funco...

Nope, not watching ANY war coverage tonight!

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2 day FedEx shipping from ebgames.com for me, so I'll have it on Wednesday. At least I have enough other stuff to keep me busy, but I have a SOCOM game scheduled on Wednesday night. DOH!
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My woman will be out of town, so that leaves for several days of uninterrupted playing!
Are you sure you are talking about Zelda?

I can't wait either, from what I played of the demo, the game looks great.
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Just got back from my local Babbages and there sure was a heck of a line forming behind me as I waited for the shipment to arrive from the airport.

I'm all set and ready to try it out. Bought the guide since they had a deal but I'm not even going to open it. I don't want to ruin this experience.
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wow.

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I cannot wait till tomorrow. I pre-ordered from an EB in a local mall so I will get it tomorrow and I have my day all worked out. Be at my EB tomorrow when it opens, with 7 month old daughter in tow, pick up Zelda, go home and put her to sleep so I can have a solid two hours to play, go to work at 4:00 and stay up all night once I get home playing as I have off the following day.
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Just got home with Zelda and I'm off to play.
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Amazing. To think people out there hate the graphics so much that they will miss out on a game like this. They have no idea what a great game they are missing out on.

I just my friends would stop talking to me online. They all want to know how it is and I just want to play!!!!!
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Amazing. To think people out there hate the graphics so much that they will miss out on a game like this. They have no idea what a great game they are missing out on.

I just my friends would stop talking to me online. They all want to know how it is and I just want to play!!!!!
...and yet, you're here talking about it. Go play!


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