More than nine years after its initial release, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD returns to console with brighter graphics, a hint of nostalgia, and new challenges.
The visual enhancements of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD are impressive, where present. A lot of textures — particularly those on important character models — have been fully replaced, making Link and the cast he comes in contact with as vibrant as they deserve to be. The more essential change is to the screen itself: Twilight Princess HD‘s UI is pared down — the original’s Wiimote-shaped interface, which took up nearly one-quarter of your TV’s real estate, has been removed.
Twilight Princess HD‘s graphical improvements drive home what’s truly unique about the game’s aesthetic: It isn’t just dark, it’s bizarre. Nearly all of its dungeons are stellar: The aforementioned yeti’s ice-carved mansion is probably the most ingenious location in the whole series. The statue-centric puzzle solving of the Temple of Time forces you to think about the same dungeon in two different, clever ways. Nintendo confirmed that the game will also offer offscreen play on the GamePad.
Also unique to this version of Twilight Princess: Hero Mode, which ups the challenge by doubling all damage and eliminating heart drops. This more difficult option is available upon starting a new game.
Link will also have access to a new item, called the Ghost Lantern, which makes it easier to identify and collect ghastly souls for a certain quest. Link’s wallet has also been expanded to hold more rupees. The game launches on March 4, and all physical copies come with a new Wolf Link and Midna amiibo. Amiibo add extra changes to Twilight Princess, such as access to new areas and, when using the Ganondorf figure, further increased difficulty. Nintendo notes that when using the Ganondorf amiibo in Hero Mode, Link will take quadruple damage. What do you think of this? Will you be picking up this game?
Source News: Polygon
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