The problem of Zelda in Japan

[Khuutra]

Resident_Hazard said:

Khuutra said:

Resident_Hazard said:

Maybe it's lowering sales have something to do with the fact that the series is repetitive and predictable and reuses the same basic plot in nearly every single game.

You are quickly turning into the very reason I always put guidelines up in most of my topics. Stop it.

Anyway, regardless, no, not unless that's something that only affects the Japanese (it's not).

Wrong to have an opinion based on analysis, is it?  Zelda games aren't perfect, man. Not in a long time.  Nearly all of them have the same copy-and-paste plot, same style puzzles, same length, same set-up and even the same predictable plot twists.  The bad guy is almost always Ganon, the mysterious girl is always Zelda.  The only thing that changes is one gimmick (the Wind Waker or the Skyward Sword, etc) and the graphics.  Everything else is the same.

That's why I hold Majora's Mask and Link's Awakening in such high regard.  Dare to be different.

Not everyone thinks Nintendo is invincibly infallible.  Some of us still love the company and know how to criticize through that.

The idea of these qualities you describe beinig related to flagging sales in Japan is conjecture, not analysis, ergo your premise for validity is in itself not valid.

Don't try to build some strawman about me thinking Nintendo is infallible. I'm not the one.