I love how they are implementing the touchscreen for this game.

I don't like how Link follows the fairy, rather than being directly controlled. That really annoys me. Maybe it will be fun, but I think it will make the game less enjoyable to take that control out of the player's hands.

I'm with Gally on this one. Following the fairy seems stupid to me. It's going to be the first non-Wii item I check out tomorrow, so I'll let you all know what I think.

Twenty bucks says Nintendo adds regular controls before it releases. It matters not to me, I relish the thought of controlling Link entirely with the touch screen. I hope we get some wicked awesome puzzles.

It makes me happy to see that Nintendo isn't completely abandonning the Wind Waker art style. I'm not at all worried about the controls because the game will still be awesome even if the controls are a bit funky. Nintendo always makes stuff work when it comes to Zelda games.

"I don't like how Link follows the fairy, rather than being directly controlled."

I don't either. It seems it would be floaty to me, like you're not really in control. And what possible reason is there to have movement work in such a way other than Nintendo trying to show off the touchscreen? It seems like a design that was used merely because it was available, and not because it was the better idea. In fact the whole game seems like an obvious attempt to demonstrate touchscreen functionality that doesn't really exist. In my mind Nintendo still hasn't demonstrated the touchscreen as anything but a novelty and the rather forced implementation seen here just confirms that.

It'll probably still rule because it's Zelda. This doesn't look unplayable, just kind of awkward like the brutally unnecessary seals in Castlevania.

Hey guys...

http://www.planetgamecube.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=16003

That's me shamelessly plugging my impressions as I said in this thread I would get back to you with what I thought.