Ronnie

Is it just me or did they make Ganon smaller in this game? I seem to recall him being enormous and towering over you.

We'll agree to disagree on the Warblers then. You didn't like them, I loved them. The Gap store performance was one of the highlights of the season for me. I never said bringing in new characters will fix inconcistency and lack of development. I agree new writers for season 3 will go a long way to fixing the series, they're definitely needed. Look I want to stick with these characters for a few more years, but I accept that storyline wise that's not possible. I think the format of the show allows a cast change once they've achieved their 'objective' and it could be good for the series which is already showing signs of fatigue.

Personally I tend to switch the 3D off 90% of the time anyway. The poorer graphics, lower framerate and annoying ghosting have put me off.

Alternatively, the Warblers were a breath of fresh air to the series and introduced a fun new dynamic to those 6-8 episodes. Hey Soul Sister, Raise your Glass, Candles and in particular the performance of When I get you Alone in the GAP store were fantastic IMO. As for Murphy changing his mind, there's a difference between a minor decision like making Sam gay or not, and a huge cast change that'll affect the entire series. He wants it based on reality, and in reality these characters will graduate and move on. It seems pretty obvious they'll set next season up for ND to win nationals and then end on a high, the perfect opportunity to bring in new kids and freshen things up. They're already struggling to find storylines and character development for these characters. Quinn's character seems inconsistent, Mercedes going diva for an episode scraped the bottom of the barrel and the endless couple swapping amongst the club just seems a bit lazily written.

Why would he change his mind? What's the problem with changing the cast after three seasons? It just makes sense seeing as they're all (or most) likely to graduate and move on. Have them win nationals at the end of season 3, end on a big high, then start fresh for season 4 with plenty of new faces. I'm hoping the writing improves for season 3, as some of the episodes this year were dire and the writing has taken a nosedive. Character writing has been all over the place and inconsistent (Quinn, Mercedes, Santana) Pleased to hear only 1 tribute episode, far less guest stars and about 4 songs per episode episode next season. Four songs in a row in 'Funeral' + all the songs in New York when there was plenty of story they should have been developing, nearly put me so sleep. I also think they need to put more emphasis on adult characters like it used to be at the start of season 1. + more Dalton Warblers please, they were awesome.

I've never really gotten into fishing in Zelda, the endless reeling in bores me to tears

With the game only 4-5-6 months away it's a lot easier to avoid spoilers for this game so I only read the first bullet point...

Looks FANTASTIC! Can't wait to pick it up. Although I hate the new look Solar.

Have to say that all sounds AWESOME. Big fan of musical gameplay in Zelda games. TP was the poorer without it (wolf howling apart). I was pleased with the return to form in Spirit Tracks. Folk instruments remind me of the Wind Waker soundtrack which was fantastic IMO

Just finished the game, wanted to take my time with it. They really went all out on the whole Ganon's Castle segment, looked great! I love the part in the end credits when Navi flies off, Link walks away and the camera pans down onto the master sword with the bells ringing in the background. Awesome. That would have made a good 'The End' screen.

Ahh fair enough. Totally agree then.

You seemed to have trouble on the previous page. You cared enough to suggest there'd be seven years of pain for Hyrule after Link went back to being a child. Events from Twilight Princess (sages banishing Ganondorf to the twilight realm) shows what happened after Link went back to being a child and warning the Zelda and the King.

Ah ok. I must have misread: Fair enough don't pay any attention to it, but there most certainly is one for the more recent games since OOT and it's not that tough to understand.

There are plenty of links between every game from Ocarina of Time onwards, and those links were clearly well planned by Nintendo. The games fit together perfectly, you just refuse to see it.

Wait you don't agree with the split timeline theory? The one that's been confirmed by Nintendo? The only games that are easy to place in the split timeline are OOT, MM, WW, TP, PH and ST. They all fit together very well. Minish Cap can probably come before OOT as well. The earlier games are the problem, back when Nintendo didn't care or plan for a timeline.

Not sure having Link pirouette like a weirdo when a door is about to be unlocked was such a good idea

I'm sure I'm in the minority but I LOVED Stafox Assault for the Gamecube, and I even grew to really like the ground battles. Lovely graphics and a more than decent Starfox title IMO.

I'm a big fan of Falco's Wubba da bubba Great music. I really like the Scramble sequence as well, didn't quite have the same effect in Lylat Wars.

When you leave Link standing there, I could swear having him sneeze wasn't on the N64!?

You didn't see my messages because I was on ignore? That's also dubious. What have I done to piss you off so much in the past? Or did you just add me on ignore, take thes screenshot and then put it up? The sarcasm in your last line seems to suggest it's obvious to all that you're an attention seeker, I won't argue with that. I still don't believe a word you say, and am convinced that you act dumb on purpose (in terms of OOT) to get people talking about you. Sorry for being harsh and/or an idiot and apologies to others for going off on this tangent. It just doesn't add up that's all, but as I said I'll drop it now. Sorry Shorty oh hopefully forgiving administrator

Retro-cool. I love them both as much. The OTT difficulty, simple polygons etc of Starfox/Starwing are part of the appeal for me.

You didn't see three distinct posts directed to you over the last two pages, but happily replied to others? Riiight. I don't believe a word you say, either the above, the fact that you've never played OOT, or about your struggles with the simplest things in the game. It just doesn't add up IMO, and seems a way of getting some attention from others (something that seems important to you). But hey you couldn't care less what I think I'm sure, and rightly so I suppose.

... Fourth time lucky maybe

That's really awesome Ville, nice one. Brings me back *sniff* As an aside, what is the likelihood that Starfox on the SNES is released in the 3DS e-shop? Or is it only for game boy games?

One thing's for sure if they go all cutesy and celshaded it'll make the uproar at Wind Waker's look feel like 10 seconds of whinging, after that tech demo! I'd be very interested to see a return to the more traditional gothic, sombre Hyrule from LOZ and in particular Zelda II. Mind you I'd also be interested to see half a dozen other possibilities..... good luck to them in deciding!