I spent some time on the Nintendo stand this afternoon. And after a blissful few minutes playing the new Zelda game, Twilight Princess, I felt like I'd been reacquainted with an old friend.
Despite young Link's rather unnerving resemblance to Elijah "Frodo" Wood, I do like the new look. Let's hope they make something similar to Ocarina this time rather than artificially pad out the length like they did in Wind Waker.
Elsewhere the Nintendo stand was home to the incredibly striking Killer 7 by Capcom - which I plan to get a go on tomorrow - and a DS oddity called Electroplankton (pictured above).
This is a music/game hybrid that lets you create sounds by interacting with various "plankton" with the touch-screen. The results are surprisingly powerful – fans of early Orbital will certainly appreciate the basic, but warm, electronica you can make.
So no sign of the Revolution, then, and far too much evidence that the Gamecube is drifting into child-console obscurity, but Nintendo still throw up the gems that make them hard to ignore.
