| Maneco said: Zelda is entertaining and a like it, but the path the series has taken in the second half of the decade (Twilight Princess is just FAIL, and Phantom Hourglass had really to be longer. I'll buy Spirit Tracks next month, so I can't talk about it yet) makes me think why I should be a religious fan of the series. My first Zelda was Wind Waker, and is considered the best for me today (Ocarina of Time seems so primitive that I actually disliked the game overall, while Majora's Mask was an innovative masterpiece), as no game seemed to follow its basis, I'm not sure what to expect from the next Zelda. Besides, something that has made me quite disappointed with the franchise is how the use of the Wii Remote on Twilight Princess and in the artwork of the next one screwed with my vision of the series. I am proud to be left-handed, just as Link in almost every game (even though he was originally right-handed), but seeing that, to just "fit" the game better, the development team turned him right-handed. This makes me furious and seems that they don't care a thing about consistency in the franchise. Overall, I see the Zelda franchise as a good one, but not excellent. It hasn't innovated for a long time and its success, as we can see here, is due only to a few faithful followers of the series, concentrated on a small group (take a look at the total sales today, they don't pass the 60 million, behind franchises like Madden NFL and TETRIS -_-), and hardly gets newcomers among the newest games. YET, it's a good franchise, but it's far from being an universally acclaimed one, I mean, recognized not only by Nintendo fans, but by Nintendo "haters" as well (for instance, God of War is also inserted in this category). |
"Its success. as far as we can see here, is due only to a few faithful followers of the series" Wrong. Thats incredibly biased. You don't see anything. Who's to say the franchise has made a wrong turn anyway? You think just because they like the direction its turned, it has to be because its just Zelda, and they'd praise it even if it sucked? I don't f*cking think so. and it IS universally acclaimed, whether you agree with it or not. ONLY 59 million? Its beyond anything that isn't sports, mario, pokemon or final fantasy. Its the 10th best selling franchise of all time. 59 million isn't ONLY. You expect Zelda to be in the 100 millions when Metroid hasn't even reached 15 million yet? Its one of the best non-easily-accessible series of all time, sales-wise.
and don't even get me started on your left-handed argument. The only reason Link is right-handed is because they had to flip the entire game around due to some technicalities, not because they thought it'd fit better. Thats just some excuse they made to give a more accepted reasoning behind it. All of a sudden the franchise fails and is inconsistant because Link doesn't stay left handed? Wtf?
You can have your opinion, but don't speak for anyone besides yourself.
