woo! Happy Zelda Day all!
The mid night launch was erm, how shall I put it.... Crap? Yes, it was rather sad. I got to the mall at about 11:30, to find the font doors locked. A print out on the door had "Zelda launch, EB. Please make your way to the back entrance of mall"
*Sad face*
So I walk round the back, and go in. Rather freaky, all the lights were on, and every shop was lit up, even though they were shut. The escalators were shut off (cheap bastards, make me walk up them!)
I get to the second floor, EB's all lit up, and open! =O, I go!
I hurry over, to find about 20 or so people standing around the shop, playing Sly Racoon on PS2, mulling, talking. They all smiled when I enter, "Yay, another!" one yelled.
I look about. The so called 'pizza and drinks' was just some cold mini- Pizza Hut pizza's that must have been bought from the food court at like, 5:00 PM -_-
The soft drink was hot, too.
I was the only way to dare and eat the pizza =P, hey, it's free!
Soon after, they switched on the GameCube, with... Sonic Adventure 2 in it. We all yelled at the EB guys, they laughed, and switched it to.. The Zelda demo disc -_-
I talked with some guy for a bit, we basically just said over and over we love Zelda, but in different ways. These people were freaky. There was even a little dude there, looked about 10? Eep.
Then we started complaining, it was so close to 12:00 by that time, we wanted Zelda THEN! AT 11:55! FIVE MINUTES WAS TOO LONG FOR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO LOOKED LIKE THEY'D KILL SOMEBODY FOR THE GAME!
Bam, 12:00 rolls around. There's cheering. Then we stand in a big line. OOhhh, exciting.
I get up there, "Happy Zelda day!" I say, some laugh. But most of the people had left, as they ran off as soon as they got their copies.
I almost died when the dude hands me the shiny sexy box, we all cheer. Some go over and get some pizza, and f**k off.
There were no special hand outs, no posters ( ;_; ) no free jet powered skateboards for attending. Bah.
I get a taxi home, and by that time I'm pretty f**cked over. I get home, open the case, excited. Read the instructions, then realize I can't play it till this morning because everybody's asleep. And I need to play it loud, or not at all!
So I wake up this morning, have a shower, get food, and whack in the bonus disc. The movies lame, but hey. Whatever. Played a bit of OoT, smiled at the retro goodness.
Then put in WW...
HOLY S**T.
I got goosebumps upon witnessing that fantastic title screen sequence. THE GAME IS PURE MAGIC. It's like i'm living in a cartoon, fantastic stuff. But yeah, the graphics are a tad blurry. I think they went a bit crazy with the heat effects in the background. But, still. BEST GAME EVER =D
I love how you can knock cups and plates around until the fall and shatter. It's the little touches that get me.
The soundtrack is great too. That wind town (I've already forgotten it's name -_-), the music is a remix from a town in Link to the Past! I couldn't believe it!
It's hilarious when your little dude gets near to death, too. He pants, looks exhausted, and it generally makes everything more funny, somehow.
=D