So G4 Isn't Exactly Excited for Skyward Sword :P

[Areym]

padib said:

Areym said:
That was kind of a dick move but I agree with the evolution of Zelda. To a person who has never, ever played a zelda, It has never appealed to me since SNES because I find it to be the same thing over and over. To me, Zelda has not moved passed a link to the past, the only zelda game I played...for about an hour. Of course, I'm probably wrong and my post is ignorant to Zelda fans but it just has not changed in my eyes. It's still a link to the past, it still bores me.

Areym, you know I love you. But as a Zelda fan, I'm kind of... I don't know you played 1 hour of LttP?

The thing about Zelda you need to keep in mind is that it is a very traditional game. By definition, this kind of game needs to stay faithful to the prior entries in the series, it's just like Dragon Quest in that regard. It doesn't make the subsequent Dragon Quests less interesting to a DQ fan, but may turn off non-fans. There are qualities to a game being traditional, in that you come to expect certain elements in it.

Within that traditional scope, Zelda has also strived to redefine itself within a specific scope of gameplay. That comes in the form of RPG elements and alternate perspective (Zelda II), alternate realities and darker world (Majora's Mask), alternate visual style (Wind Waker), alternate controls and darker more serious theme (Twilight Princess Wii), and richness of landscape, vibrant colors, interactivity with in-world objects and environment, and glorious music (Skyward Sword). As these games release, you look forward to a Zelda experience that resembles the last one, but also outperforms it in one aspect or another.

As a Zelda fan I can tell you, they are all different and have each a very unique charm. Add to that the humor and character design in most of these games (Beetle, Ingo, Tingle, Darunia, etc. etc.) and you get a unique game that's fun to enjoy.

I feel the love man, I feel the love and I see your point. If I'm in the same page as what you just told me, Zelda resembles pokemon a bit. Pokemon has remained true to the elements that made it famous and a universally successful franchise, like Zelda of course. Granted, I love pokemon. I've played every generation, not a single pokemon has dissapointed me. So, in a way, their a bit similar, although as you put it, pokemon evolution's has been pretty a bit less than Zelda, other than different little features, like Night and Day timing, double/triple battles, etc.

As far as playing lttp for an hour, it was a looooooooooong time ago, back when I was, like 8 or 9. I think zelda is a great franchise and it will continue to be, Zelda fans seem very loyal, given all the Zelda/Link avatars in this site.