About one hour into playing
*****POSSIBLE EARLY SPOILER WARNINGS********
just in case for those that dont want to know how it starts
Some huge bird is being chased by a group of pirates because he took their captain, miss tetra. Well they get one good shot off with a cannoball and the bird drops her near your home. When you go and save her( see if shes ok) , the bird i guess mistakes your sister for miss tetra and takes her away (its an ear thing). Eventually you find out that your sister has been taken to the forbidden fortress. So you go off withthe pirates after some convincing to help you rescue your sister.
Now from the time you are with the pirates the game is a true joy. The sequences when you get to the first 'dungeon', that being the forbidden fortress are just a trip. Having to place barrels over your head to bypass the guards is just so amusing that my wife was laughing from the minute you got catapaulted onto the fortress. The graphics work wonderfully with everything. I think it helps tremendously with the immersion.
This game is good , even from the beginning. It tugs at your emotions; all of them.
Now i find myself caught between wanting to continue this one, and continuing my quest with OOT. I am currently in the forest temple where saria was taken prisoner or something.
Geez, i need more hours in the day.