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Post #268944

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C3PX
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Video Games - a general discussion thread
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31-Jan-2007, 1:30 PM
Well, after all that discussion about Zelda on the last page, I had to get my fix. I realized that with the number of games out now, I have only played 50% of the total number of Zelda games, less than that if you include the CD-i games. So I have acquired The Minish Cap and have been playing that. I have knocked out the first three dungeons already. It is a little bit too easy. Feels like it was designed for a younger age group. Kind of a shame. However I am enjoying it, it is very reminiscent of A Link to the Past and the good ol' days of SNES RPGs. Also the story of Minish Cap takes far too many Star Wars rips. The opening words to the game are actually "A long, long time ago" (not kidding). Then the whole Vaati and Elzo thing. It was painful hearing Vaati say, "Now I am the master" (again, not kidding). I don't know if the game was designed this way (in the original Japanese), or if the translators were laughing themselves silly the whole time as they added these lame references. It really makes the story feel cheap. Unless it is paying homage too it in a cleaver way like Monkey Island 2 and the whole Empire Strikes Back ending (I don't care what people say, that was the best video game ending EVER!), then it comes off as extreme cliche. Zelda is its own franchise and shouldn't need to steal dialog from other stories to make it stand. Link lives with his uncle, so I am just waiting for the part where it turns out Vaati is actually his father.