What makes Zelda Twilight Princess for Gamecube so good to receive 10 out of 10?

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I loved TP and for me it's definitely the best in the series.  Not a lot of people agree with me on that but I played Ocarina late and I think it's too hard as well.  For me, I really got into TP as soon as I got Epona (the start is slow) and I really loved the extra details in the temples, the new abilities and generally attention to detail throughout the whole art direction.  For me it's the best because I played it at launch, on a new console for days straight over Christmas.  I was totally in that zone and finsihed everything wheras on Ocarina I came to it years later so it looked tired, seemed hard and I didn't get that wow factor from seeing a 3D Zelda for the first time.  I played it before Wind Waker but on the GC collection after Wind Waker was already a year old or so.

Skyward Sword looks interesting but the novelty of the controls has more than faded and I don't like the bright visual style so much.  Having said that, I'm still hyped for it and will seriously be booking a few days of work to play through and digest it.

Yes, the Wii version was mirrored but for good reason.  Most people are right handed and got confused by seeing a sword in the left hand and controlling it with the right.  I played through the Wii version and loved it, I don't think it makes any difference if it was mirrored, it actually always annoyed me that Link was left handed - why should he be?  It's odd when you think about it because for a long time across most of asia leftys were ostracised for reasons I won't go into.

In terms of the GC version, the plus points are being able to play without moving your arms, but I like the arrow effects of the remote speaker, the cleaner GUI and the quicker aiming etc.  That's just me, but I wouldn't place extra worth on one version over the other just to play it through (the GCN version is obviously rarer and worth more).

Oh, someone mentioned above but yes the Wii version was deliberately released first (a few weeks or so) to spur on early adopters for the Wii.  It worked