Where and why modern Zelda fails or "Zelda. WTH happened?"

[LordTheNightKnight]

Khuutra said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

Khuutra said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

No, I was going by the context of the comments I replied to.

You sure weren't!

"It's stupid to expect Zelda to have the growth and sales of Super Mario Bros anyway given that Zelda is a game for the core gamer (and so it should be and stay) and Super Mario Bros appeals to both the core gamer and expanded audience. Super Mario Bros will always have greater appeal. DWI."

That mentions difficulty in exactly no way, and it's syntactically and conceptually removed from the segment of his post that referred to gamers who were both skilled and/or heavy players.

Where did I mention difficulty?

You didn't have to; "heavy gamers" would be those who invest time and/or skill in their endeavours.

Regardless

Your original postulation, that the original Zelda g ames appealed to "the expanded audience"? It's untrue.

You already pointed out it can't apply anyway, so it's moot, not untrue.

But I'm calling on the insistance that the game wouldn't appeal to the Mario crowd, but I don't see any proof of that, and it can be a positive proof, by showing things that would limit their appeal to the Mario crowd. So far no one has shown that.