Zelda in no way qualities as a roleplaying game, or a quasi roleplaying game series. With the exception of one particularly early game. Which by the way is my favorite. That hasn't stopped a legion of Nintendo fans who actually want Nintendo to hit all its bases from proclaiming that it is such. The fact that most concede the point now is good, but you can still see the undercurrent in this thread by people who just haven't given up the ghost. Anyway even to this day it seems that the point has to be driven home.
Speaking to the games themselves it is a legitimate gripe in regards to stagnation. They aren't evolving, and they are just barely being tweaked. Nintendo does not evolve its series, and while that may play at the heart strings of purists it is still a formula for slow death. Zelda is fairly antiquated, and only the polish, and name recognition keep it going strong. This is a good game series, but what I don't understand is why people aren't upset that it isn't showing massive improvement with each new outing. Shouldn't weaknesses in the series have been addressed by the point.
