Reddit reviews The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

This man has a point. Where's your Gamecube Twilight Princess copy?

Not that expensive as far as collector's items go.

Instead of opining on which version of TP is best, how about I give you what I feel are the strengths of the GCN and the Wii versions and from this information you can make an educated choice as to which better suits you?

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GAMECUBE VERSION:

• There's a Web site called GameRankings, which averages review scores and is respected as an authority by Guinness World Records. On this site, the GCN edition is more highly rated than the Wii edition; the former has a rating of 96 while the latter has a rating of 94.58. The critical hivemind thus considers GCN TP to be slightly better than Wii TP.
  
  
• The sword controls are more solid and less gimmicky. I had more fun with swordplay in the GCN TP than I did in any other Zelda game. On the Wii, to swing the sword you swing the Wiimote. In my view this did not feel intuitive but shoehorned, and it sometimes did not work when executing the Hidden Skills.
  
  
• Hyrule is properly oriented. To make Link right-handed, the Wii version flips the whole world of Hyrule on the x axis. I disagree with this for two reasons. First, the locations of Hyrulean places are inconsistent with their locations in other Zelda games. Second, this introduces a number of unresolved curiosities, such as the one where the sun rises in the west and sets in the east (?!).
  
  
• The game can be completed more quickly by speedrunners. This probably doesn't matter unless you are a speedrunner or intend to speedrun the game sometime in the future.
  
  
• There's modware called Action Replay (AR), which changes game offsets and is marketed as a cheat device. As the GCN AR has been around the longest, the AR community has discovered more codes for the GCN TP.
  
  
• The GCN TP does not have the Shad glitch. Essentially, if you save and quit in a specific area of the Wii TP, a character named Shad disappears. Because talking to Shad is necessary to advance the plot, it becomes impossible to advance your file without special external fixes.
  
  
• The player has more control over the camera. This can be a blessing if you're big on exploration, a quality for which the Zelda series is known.
  
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  WII VERSION:
  
  
• The Wii TP can render in the 16:9 aspect ratio. This makes for a better picture on a standard HDTV.
  
  
• You have two additional item buttons. On the GCN edition, items are assigned to the bean-shaped X and Y buttons and the sword is mapped to B. On the Wii edition, items are assigned to three of the four cardinal directions on the directional pad. The Wii TP maps the sword to the motions of the Wiimote, which further frees up B. With more item buttons you can do more actions in less time.
  
  
• There are items and parts of the game which require you to aim. Not only are the controls for these parts better on the Wii version, but for some of them you can move while aiming. This isn't possible on GCN.
  
  
• The Wii TP is cheaper. On Amazon, the GCN TP sells at a price over 3× that of the Wii TP.
  
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  In addition to this, there are minor differences that are neither good nor bad. For example, the Wii version features a fairy that functions as a targeting reticule. I won't bother to comprehensively list these.
  
  Hopefully you'll find this list to be of use.

Here. Took me a while 8 seconds to find that.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Legend-Zelda-Twilight-game-cube/dp/B0009UBR3A

Haha I have one too that I haven't played in forever

used WW on amazon, $28 http://www.amazon.com/The-Legend-Zelda-Wind-Waker-GameCube/dp/B000084318

used TP on amazon, $45 http://www.amazon.com/The-Legend-Zelda-Twilight-game-cube/dp/B0009UBR3A

Yep, it was developed for GameCube. The Wii version was basically just a port that added motion controls (and mirrored the visuals/controls from left to right, since Link was originally left-handed; there are more right-handed people in the world, so swinging the sword using the new motion control system would be awkward if Link wasn't also right-handed. I wish it was a setting you could change though, as I am left-handed)...

Anyways, the GameCube version was generally considered the 'definitive' version (until the HD remake), as the game was originally not meant to have motion controls; they feel a bit shoehorned into the Wii version, so playing with a GameCube controller is more natural. It was also a pretty rare game compared to the Wii version, though, so a used copy often goes for around $40 (USD).

Twilight Princess goes for a shitton of money, for example. There are probably others.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Legend-Zelda-Twilight-game-cube/dp/B0009UBR3A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375890712&sr=8-1&keywords=twilight+princess+gc

I know you were talking about the VC when you said you want to support Nintendo but in the next sentence you talked about buying used GC games and I just wanted to pop in and say that those aren't necessarily good deals.

I see them everywhere. The slackers had 4 used copies. This amazon seller has 15 apparently, new and used. I bought my copy just a few years ago for $26. Just seems really weird to me.

According to Amazon...upwards $100. Same for eBay prices.

I got lucky with a game store near where I live. Managed to get it for $45.

You can try Amazon, You just have to be very couscous. Most people don't except refunds.
Here I'll start you off. .

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0009UBR3A/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_olp?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1417665774&sr=1-1&keywords=zelda+twilight+princess+gamecube