The "I GOT WIND WAKER!!!" thread

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Originally posted by big guy
the emotions aren't solely in the eyes, but you said that the big eyes showed off emotion ,so that'what i focused on in my rebuttal, but i don't see why OOT's style wouldn't allow expressive animations.

no, i do watch anime, and i enjoy it. OoT had an anime look, and i was able to take it seriously. it's just the links model in this game turns me off to the point that several emotional moments have been totally ruined by his presense. you're welcome to disagree with that, but it doesn't change the fact that that is what happened.

also, i'm not trying to restart the arguement about the game's look. i'm merely attempting to comment on my opinions about the game, and while so far i have focused much on the graphics, it's only because i'm not terribly far into the game, and have little to comment on aside form the graphics. and i'm also trying to make it a point that the "wait until you play it, then you'll see how cool it is" argument has completely, totally, not worked on me. i would say that the problem lies in me, though i don't see it as a problem, only an opinion...so in my opinion i think this look is pretty shite for the game, and having played it, i feel that way more than ever.

Hey I can understand if you don't like Link's look. Many people don't, and I didn't for a while. But after I saw the game in motion it started to grow on me, and after playing WW and seeing how much character Link has I prefer this look over any of the previous ones. He's just so likeable now, which is something that Link never was for me since he was always void of any emotions.

You know, when Wind Waker was first unveiled over a year and a half ago I didn't hate it like so many people did. I did long for the more realistic SW2000 look, but I knew that it would only be pointless to resist this new style since there was no going back. I also knew that Shigeru Miyamoto is the greatest game designer who ever lived and that he has yet to dissapoint me, so I kept an open mind. Then I read interviews by Miyamoto and Aounuma explaining their reasons for the new look and started to understand what they were aiming for, and so I eventually came to love it and finally prefer it over the SW2000 style. I know that many of you hated it from the beginning and never warmed up to it, and I feel sorry for you guys. I really do. You won't be able to enjoy this masterpiece as much as I currently am.