Ladies, gentlemen, start your emulators! It is time for yet another episode of retrOS, the show where we give you your recommended dose of nostalgia by reviewing games from your childhood. This episode is the famous (or infamous) Halloween special. Last year, we tackled The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
This year, we take a look at another Nintendo Zelda classic, which is the follow-up to this classic.
Let's find out!
Out of all of the ongoing franchises Nintendo has in its portfolio, there are a select few that truly stood the test of time. The widget of Zelda series is one of them. The franchise kick-started the action RPG subgenre, and is still going strong. For example, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is about to get the remaster treatment on the Switch 2, released on November 5. The 1st entry of the series was released in 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom in Japan.
Over time, the series has evolved. For example, the series went through the transition of 2D, to 3D West the legend of Zelda ocarina of Time. It is a game that is hailed as the best game ever made. Fast forward to 2006, with Twilight Princess. This game was released in the same year that Nintendo's behemoth, motion-sensor console, the Wii was released.
The game is the second game in the child timeline, where the hero of time defeats Ganondorf 100 years after the events of Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask.
You play as Link, a young ranch hand from Ordon Village. An evil sorcerer and King of Twilight, Zant, king of darkness and servant of Ganondorf, is gathering an army of monsters to attack Hyrule directly.
Unfortunately, he succeeds as the kingdom falls once again, plunging Hyrule into a merger with the Twilight Realm. It is up to you to traverse the kingdom, gather the ancient artefacts to restore light to the kingdom, then put a stop to the Twilight Realm's sinister plan to purge the entire kingdom in total darkness. The access ability scores are as follows –
Visibility – 10
Although there is no colourblind mode available in this game, there is very little need for one. There are no elements of this game that can cause an issue for a colourblind player.
Audibility- 10
As par for the course for entries in the Zelda series, there is no spoken dialogue present in this game. All dialogue in this game is text-based. So, with all entries of the series, imagination has to fill in the blanks.
Mobility 10.5
In the GameCube version, which was used to test it, there are handy shortcut buttons, which are mapped to the GameCube's d-pad, allowing you quick access to the item screen and to open your map. With the Dusk Light recompilation, you have access to all the creature comforts you would expect from a recompilation. These include support for modern controllers, such as the Xbox One pad. As a bonus, these controls can be fully customised to suit your impairments.
Also, in the item select screen, you can set certain items to the X and Y buttons. This somewhat mimics a customisable control layout; it's better than nothing, I guess!
Gameplay 11
In short, this game takes what's good about a standard 3-D Legend of Zelda game, for example, Ocarina of Time and cranks it up tenfold. The creepy undertone of the game in the Twilight Kingdom is what makes this game feel unique. In the Twilight sections of the game, Link is transformed into a spirit Wolf. The game is turned upside down; for example, when in combat, you do not have a sword to defend yourself, so you are reliant on Wolf link's ability to pounce on his targets, then repeatedly attack them.
Graphically, the game looked absolutely beautiful, even for GameCube standards. The DuskLight recompilation has a fair few graphical enhancements, but with the graphics in the original GameCube version looking so good, having the enhancements enabled would seem pretty pointless.
So, if you are a Legend of Zelda fan and are looking for a unique experience and are simply tired of the open-world style of modern games, such as Sonic Frontiers or BotW, this game is a good choice.
OVERALL SCORE- 103.5%
See you guys in the next review!
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