The Legend of Skyward Sword or how one game took down a whole company

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akuseru said:

Pavolink said:

Zelda games always took a lot of time and people to develop, nothing new.

As a reply to the bolded part:

Ocarina of Time: Amazing Game - Released 1998

Majora's Mask: Amazing Game - Released 2000

Wind Waker: Amazing Game - Released 2002 (even with Masters Quest)

So that is 3 games, in 4/5 years, on two different systems.

Then you have TP coming in 2006 on two systems... and SS... 2011/2011+

So for me it is drop in quality and rise in development time.

Ocarina of Time took like 5 years to develop. The first time showed was november 1995 to be released in november 1998, three years after announcement. The gap between A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time is like 5 years.

Majora's Mask has almost everything done after Ocarina of Time, so they could go through The Wind Waker, game released unfinished. Also, A Link to the Past is like what? 5 years after Zelda II?

If five years means a great game, I'll wait.