Nintendo Game Cube Game Recommendations Please :-)

Day wrote:

> Zelda Wind Waker (<--highly recommend this one), Ocarina of Time and
> Majora's Mask, (the former are on a collector's additional available
> on eBay), Pikmin 1 & 2, Harvest Moon Magical Melody (check out the
> reviews and screenshots/videos, this may be more of a girls' game),
> the first Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is fun stay far, far away from 2 & 3
> though. Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion...hmmm...Mario Kart
> Double Dash, Mario Golf, Animal Crossing. I'm a mom who plays these
> games and would recommend them. I have the Wii system and am playing
> Zelda Twilight Princess, it will be released for GameCube the first
> week of December and I would recommend it although it is rated Teen
> so check out the reviews and screen shots. Ocarina of Time and
> Majora's Mask were rated E but by today's standard they may be Teen
> as well. All the other games I mentioned though are great E rated
> games.

Thanks Day for replying :- A few people from another group have recomended
Mario and Zelda too so that's good. I'll buy the a selection of what you
have told me about Thanks fro the stay well away from warning too, just
what was required

I'll pop back in after Christmas and let you know what they thought of them
I'd have a go myself, but I rarely last a minute before I'm killed off,
or crashed etc

Are Zelda Twilight Princess and Majora's mask rated teen because of the
difficulty, the tex reading required or for the usual violence aspect?

Vj
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"Vødkäjéllÿ" <gnu.TakeThisOut@takeoutthisbitgiggle.me.uk> wrote in message
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> Day wrote:
>
>> Zelda Wind Waker (<--highly recommend this one), Ocarina of Time and
>> Majora's Mask, (the former are on a collector's additional available
>> on eBay), Pikmin 1 & 2, Harvest Moon Magical Melody (check out the
>> reviews and screenshots/videos, this may be more of a girls' game),
>> the first Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is fun stay far, far away from 2 & 3
>> though. Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion...hmmm...Mario Kart
>> Double Dash, Mario Golf, Animal Crossing. I'm a mom who plays these
>> games and would recommend them. I have the Wii system and am playing
>> Zelda Twilight Princess, it will be released for GameCube the first
>> week of December and I would recommend it although it is rated Teen
>> so check out the reviews and screen shots. Ocarina of Time and
>> Majora's Mask were rated E but by today's standard they may be Teen
>> as well. All the other games I mentioned though are great E rated
>> games.
>
> Thanks Day for replying :- A few people from another group have
> recomended Mario and Zelda too so that's good. I'll buy the a selection
> of what you have told me about Thanks fro the stay well away from
> warning too, just what was required
>
> I'll pop back in after Christmas and let you know what they thought of
> them I'd have a go myself, but I rarely last a minute before I'm
> killed off, or crashed etc
>
> Are Zelda Twilight Princess and Majora's mask rated teen because of the
> difficulty, the tex reading required or for the usual violence aspect?
>
> Vj
>

Hi Vj, I'm glad to help. Zelda TP, Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time all
are quite dark in mood and you do run around with a sword and other weapons
killing monsters so it's violent. I'm less than half way through Twilight
Princess but as far as I can tell it received a T rating because there is
some blood on some monsters and structures like gates and it can be tricky
is some areas as Zelda games are heavily reliant on puzzle solving, young
players may get frustrated easily. Also, one of the minor characters in
Twilight Princess comes to the hero as a ghost telling him how she was
beheaded so it's quite dark in theme. Majora's Mask is dark as well, you
are trying to save the world from the moon which is about to fall and
obliterate everything. Also, the moon itself is this scary freaky being,
see here for a screenshot:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/frame_lead.php?pid=197770&i...105&sid


Wind Waker is just plain fun, you do kill monsters with your sword and other
weapons but it has a light atmosphere and is cartoonish. The puzzles are
rather easy and you sail around in a boat. Here are the screenshots for
the game:

http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/adventure/legendofzeldathewindwaker/s...enindex

So, I would definitely pick up Wind Waker and if they really like it they
may be interested in the other Zelda games. Wind Waker is so far my
favourite Zelda game of all of them and I've played most of them. For the
GameCube, it's the most kid friendly as well. You never know, you may enjoy
it as well.
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Day wrote:
>
> Hi Vj, I'm glad to help. Zelda TP, Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time
> all are quite dark in mood and you do run around with a sword and other
> weapons killing monsters so it's violent. I'm less than half way through
> Twilight Princess but as far as I can tell it received a T rating because
> there is some blood on some monsters and structures like gates and it can
> be
> tricky is some areas as Zelda games are heavily reliant on puzzle solving,
> young players may get frustrated easily. Also, one of the minor
> characters
> in Twilight Princess comes to the hero as a ghost telling him how she was
> beheaded so it's quite dark in theme. Majora's Mask is dark as well,
> you are trying to save the world from the moon which is about to fall and
> obliterate everything. Also, the moon itself is this scary freaky
> being, see here for a screenshot:
>
> http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/frame_lead.php?pid=197770&i...105&sid
>
>
> Wind Waker is just plain fun, you do kill monsters with your sword
> and other weapons but it has a light atmosphere and is cartoonish. The
> puzzles
> are rather easy and you sail around in a boat. Here are the screenshots
> for the game:
>
> http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/adventure/legendofzeldathewindwaker/s...enindex
>
> So, I would definitely pick up Wind Waker and if they really like it
> they may be interested in the other Zelda games. Wind Waker is so far my
> favourite Zelda game of all of them and I've played most of them. For the
> GameCube, it's the most kid friendly as well. You never know, you
> may enjoy it as well.

A friend of mine is going to be selling her sons games to make way for new
ones soon. If Wind Waker isn't there I'll look out for it second hand,
there's a good Games Swap shop close to us. As for the other three, I'm
sure they'd love the gore But they'll have to ask other people for
those! I'm not sure the youngest would be able to sleep at night!

We'll see, maybe I can ban him from the room and let eldest play...

Thanks again for the input it was really helpful.

I'll let you know after Christmas if I manage to get anywhere having a go
myself

V -doubt it though ho ho ho- j
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"Vødkäjéllÿ" <gnu RemoveThis @takeoutthisbitgiggle.me.uk> wrote in message
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> Day wrote:
>>
>> Hi Vj, I'm glad to help. Zelda TP, Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time
>> all are quite dark in mood and you do run around with a sword and other
>> weapons killing monsters so it's violent. I'm less than half way through
>> Twilight Princess but as far as I can tell it received a T rating because
>> there is some blood on some monsters and structures like gates and it can
>> be
>> tricky is some areas as Zelda games are heavily reliant on puzzle
>> solving,
>> young players may get frustrated easily. Also, one of the minor
>> characters
>> in Twilight Princess comes to the hero as a ghost telling him how she was
>> beheaded so it's quite dark in theme. Majora's Mask is dark as well,
>> you are trying to save the world from the moon which is about to fall and
>> obliterate everything. Also, the moon itself is this scary freaky
>> being, see here for a screenshot:
>>
>> http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/frame_lead.php?pid=197770&i...105&sid
>>
>>
>> Wind Waker is just plain fun, you do kill monsters with your sword
>> and other weapons but it has a light atmosphere and is cartoonish. The
>> puzzles
>> are rather easy and you sail around in a boat. Here are the screenshots
>> for the game:
>>
>> http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/adventure/legendofzeldathewindwaker/s...enindex
>>
>> So, I would definitely pick up Wind Waker and if they really like it
>> they may be interested in the other Zelda games. Wind Waker is so far my
>> favourite Zelda game of all of them and I've played most of them. For the
>> GameCube, it's the most kid friendly as well. You never know, you
>> may enjoy it as well.
>
> A friend of mine is going to be selling her sons games to make way for new
> ones soon. If Wind Waker isn't there I'll look out for it second hand,
> there's a good Games Swap shop close to us. As for the other three, I'm
> sure they'd love the gore But they'll have to ask other people for
> those! I'm not sure the youngest would be able to sleep at night!
>
> We'll see, maybe I can ban him from the room and let eldest play...
>
> Thanks again for the input it was really helpful.
>
> I'll let you know after Christmas if I manage to get anywhere having a go
> myself
>
> V -doubt it though ho ho ho- j

I would love to know how they work out.
>
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Day wrote:
> I would love to know how they work out.

I've put a note in my phone for the 5th of Jan )

I'm getting...

Worms 3D
Mario Kart Double Dash
Super Mario Sunshine
Luigis Mansion
Zelda the Wind Maker
TY The Tasmanian Tiger

oh and Lemmings Not 3d Not New Not Special just plain old original
for Windows XP shhhhhhh pressie for my chap


Vj
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"Vødkäjéllÿ" <gnu.RemoveThis@takeoutthisbitgiggle.me.uk> wrote in message
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> Day wrote:
>> I would love to know how they work out.
>
> I've put a note in my phone for the 5th of Jan )
>
> I'm getting...
>
> Worms 3D
> Mario Kart Double Dash
> Super Mario Sunshine
> Luigis Mansion
> Zelda the Wind Maker
> TY The Tasmanian Tiger
>
> oh and Lemmings Not 3d Not New Not Special just plain old original
> for Windows XP shhhhhhh pressie for my chap
>
>
> Vj
>
>

Cool! I've never heard of Worms 3D, I'll look it up. Good luck finding the
2D games you are lemming.
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