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

[LordTheNightKnight]

theRepublic said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

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.

Why would Zelda appeal to the Mario crowd?  The games are nothing alike.  It would be very easy to like one and not the other.

Okay, I phrased that poorly. Even if it doesn't, that doesn't therefore mean it's limited to the "core" crowd. That's still generalizing an entire segment of gamers.