Zelda: TP - Gamecube vs. the Wii
This will be the last installmetn of the Wii-bashing... err... I mean, the Gamecube vs Wii series. (Probably - we make no guarantees, the evil mocking joke sprites may come and make us write more... maybe...)
Just a quick reminder before we start Wii players: Wii-bies | GameCube players: Cubies
We start today with the first "mini-game" of the game, though I don't suppose it is technically a "mini-game" at all. We'll call it a... skilled task then. This, of course, is the first instance of fishing. We set our Cubie and our Wiib-ie to work at this charming little game (if by charming you mean annoying and boring and way too much like real fishing.) Our Cubie has, of course, fished in Ocarina of Time and is somewhat familiar with the general principle. It takes him a minute and a half to complete the task - but only because he has to wait for a stupid fish to bite. And our Wii-bie... well... that's another story.
Wii-bie : Coach
Round 3: Fishing
"This is going to be easy, right?" The Wii-bie looks at the coach pleadingly.
"Of course. It's very-"
"Natural, I know." *weary sigh* lets just get the humiliation over with, shall we?"
"The first thing you need to do is cast out the line, just like you would a real rod."
Grumbling under his breath, "The first thing I need to do is figure out how to get the stupid rod out of my items screen."
The coach gives him a flat look and then has to swallow a laugh as the poor Wii-bie struggles to navigate the circular item screen with the Wii-mote.
"Clokcwise... no, counterclockwise... darn it - how do I make it stop!" The items keep circling one way and then the other without quite stopping on the fishing rod. Finally the coach reaches out to stop the Wii-bie's arm mid-motion and the fishing rod is selected. "Why couldn't you have done that earlier?"
"You'll never learn if you don't do it yourself."
"You're evil."
The coach ignores this insult to his person. "Alright, so now that you have the rod you need to cast the line out. Good, now you kind of jerk the line a little to get the attention of the fish..."
The Wii-bie pulls up on the control and the bobber flies out of the water forcing him to cast again. This happens several times.
"You're jerking too hard!"
The Wii-bie grits his teeth and barely moves the remote. The fish swim by carelessly.
"Not hard enough now!"
The Wii-bie actually growls and works at an in-between motion.
"You're really bad at this, you know that?"
"Stuff it."
"Just keep going."