Grrr. I am so jealous. I want it just to play Zelda on. So weird that you would post this - I was actually just sitting here this minute thinking about going and getting a used Game Cube to play it on. I'd already be halfway to the store but my son borrowed my jeep to drive to school (it snowed this morning) so I'm vehicleless right at the moment.

(It's amazing, isn't it BtGoG?)

ico - I played some zelda on the Gamecube - it's still good, and the graphics look great compared to some other Gamecube games.

One weird thing, though, is that they "flipped" the whole game for the Wii release. On the Gamecube, Link is left handed, so to make Link right-handed for the Wii (so it's easier for right-handers to play, I guess), they flipped the whole map! Everything! Weird, huh? It's disorienting to go between the two.

Are you sure you'll have time from your non-stop shagging to play with it?

*jealous*

Yay! I guess this means you're feeling well enough to play. ;)

iconomy: I'm playing through the Gamecube version of Zelda in the evenings (I've logged about 23 hours), and it's awesome. It's the best one since Ocarina of Time.

I haven't played it with the Wii controls (having not even laid eyes on a Wii that wasn't a display model in a glass case), but it controls really well on the Gamecube, and I suspect that Wii controls might feel tacked on. Plus isn't it the case that you can't control the camera with the Wii version, whereas the Gamecube version lets you handle it with the C-stick? There are at least two puzzles so far that I'd've been at a loss to solve without a good camera.

OMG I want to go get a Game Cube right now....!

How much are used Gamecubes--$50? If you got a used GC, and Zelda and Metroid Prime ($20) and Resident Evil 4 ($20), then the excellence of those three games alone would justify the $50 outlay. And by the time you finished those the Wii would (I hope) be widely available.

Do it. Do it for Princess Zelda.

The Zelda Wind Waker game on Gamecube took up weeks of my free time. The BF will tell you it took that long because I visited every island and cut down all the grass for rupees. But that's just his opinion...

If you're a Zelda fan, and you don't have a GameCube, forget about Metroid and Resident Evil 4--get Ocarina of Time Master Quest and Wind Waker.

I couldn't get through Wind Waker on the GameCube but am loving Twilight Princess on the Wii. Although that might be partially just because I'm relieved to have a Wii game that I can play without jumping around the room.

You know they're releasing the N64 Ocarina of Time on the Virtual Console? Magic.