It's currently 1:45 AM eastern time, and I'm here in Philly with Joystiq's Vlad Cole (currently asleep) and Chris Grant and Nintendo Wii Fanboy's David Hinkle, blazing through The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess as quick as our tired little hands will let us. We'll have fuller impressions when we're done, but for now we thought we'd share some of the random quotes and ideas that have been flying around the room as we play. We'll do our best to explain the context behind each entry, but for some of these, you probably just had to be there...
*WARNING: Some minor plot spoilers ahead*
11:45PM: While herding goats into a barn with Epona, the incredibly Engrish message "Goat In!" appears on screen. This is currently tied with Mario Sunshine's "Shine Get" for weirdest translation in a recent Nintendo-produced game.
12:00AM: Chris' inability to catch fish draws derisive taunts from Vlad. "You're obviously not a fisherman," he jibes.
12:15AM: Add another contender to the Nintendo Engrish contest -- when Chris finally hooks a fish, the game triumphantly tells him "Fish On!" (Update 1: Apparently "Fish On!" is a common fishing term and I am a total idiot. Please ignore this note)
12:30AM: Were we dreaming, or did repeatedly hitting a chicken with the wooden sword let us control the chicken for a few seconds? Maybe we should get some sleep...
12:45AM: Upon being freed from a cage with a shrieking monkey, a child is thankful that they both weren't eaten by roving monsters. Personally, we think she should be thankful that the monkey didn't eat her.
12:55AM: Kyle: *After Dave gives away the wooden sword to a local child* "I bet that's the only sword you'll get for the whole game. You now have to go through the game swordless!"
Dave: "That's OK, I'll just have to punch my way to victory!"
1:25AM: Dave: *After falling off a bridge for the third straight time in a battle with some bats* "I'm a master at that."
