@Ryu_Niiyama: While I normally go to crazy lengths to avoid spoiling Zelda plotlines for myself until I play through the game, I pretty much killed that rule with MM some time ago. The fact that you can't save everyone and help them with their problems within three days' time, plus have to watch them relive their final 72 hours over and over again in the face of impending doom, has always been a big, deliciously dark draw for me. I've probably listened to most of the game's soundtrack at this point, and some of my favorite tunes from the game are also the darkest in the whole series (Oath To Order, Final Hours, and Song of Healing). I fully intend to play it, but only after I get around playing through the Master Quest side of OoT3D and hack through other games in my backlog.

TP definitely could have went a lot farther with a few things, but I'm assuming Nintendo didn't want to cross the line you mentioned and risk netting an M rating. That neck snap scene definitely touches the line, and the first time I saw it, I didn't really know what to make of it. XD As for Midna, I had always attributed her general selfishness in the beginning as her caring little of Hyrule's plight when compared to the suffering of her own kingdom/realm. I like to think that her change in tone as the game progresses reflects in her learning more compassion and growing as a character. It has been some time since I played the game though, so maybe I'll notice something a little different when I play through TP HD.

Returns Internet High Five! Many of my "non-girly" interests had more to do with multimedia anime franchises like Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, etc., but there were plenty of shows that I watched that were geared more towards boys (the original Power Rangers, TMNT, and X-Men, to name a few). There are a few shows I missed out on (we only had antenna until I was in high school), so for the longest time I was stuck with Saturday morning cartoon blocks or PBS. XD I did watch a few live action shows, but most of the shows that I liked watching then and even now are mostly animated.

I'm the oldest of three, with my sister being the youngest and a brother sandwiched between us. They also had handheld game systems at some point. My brother lost all interest in video games some time ago, and while my sister still plays on her DS and on the old family Wii (couldn't get it to move out with me, unfortunately) once in a blue moon, she's a very casual gamer and usually just plays sub-par, ad-ridden freeware games on her tablet these days. I suppose that's better than nothing, but I can't convince her that she can get more high-quality experiences on a dedicated game system. My parents never extensively played video games to my knowledge, though mom did go through the Just Dance craze with the Wii and I did find an obscure Mastering Pac-Man book that was given to my dad ages ago; apparently his extended family had one of those tabletop Pac-Man cabinets and passed it around between their households for awhile. Both of my parents were avid readers, so at least I know where that hobby came from. I attribute my gaming interests to the myriad of older cousins that I had. Two sets of cousins had their own NES, and I remember playing the Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge more than once. The system that really cemented my love of Nintendo and gaming in general, however, was my cousins' SNES that my aunt allowed me to play when she babysat me, but only if I finished my homework. XD I also had a different babysitter at one point who let me play on her son's Sega Genesis; I sucked horribly at those games (and still suck at Paperboy), but at least they were fun!

Edit: Whoops! Sorry for the tl;dr post!