I think it's always best to go into situations with low expectations, because then it's harder to be disappointed.

Twilight Princess wasn't a mind blowing game for me (one who has never played Zelda on a console), but it was darn good. It was good enough for me to not even touch my 360 or PS2--with Gears of War and FF12 respectively freshly purchased for each--until I finished it.

Folks who are into no-gameplay-all-story RPGs, I can understand them not liking something like Zelda or Mario. They can't enjoy a game unless there is some sweeping, epic story with emotional character development and such, something Mario and Zelda aren't so popular for.

Link could still beat the crap out of Cloud anyway.