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oh ocarina, why does everyone think you're awesome? you're good, don't get me wrong, but you're not half as good as people keep insisting you are.

It's always fun to see people complain about newer Zeldas like skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, or even Wind Waker, but the truth is that all of those games are objectively better by a long shot, and I'm not talking about graphics (though that's also true.) No, all of these games had better design and gameplay. Ocarina was good, I do need to reiterate that point, but it's not the epitome of greatness, there were too many flaws in the game to come anywhere close to 'best ever'; hell, it's been beaten by like 4 iterations of its own series! Link to the Past did everything first (and better, in many ways), Wind Waker had a much better story, controls, and combat, Twilight PRincess had everything Ocarina did but did it much better, smoother, and with much more variety (not to mention the midna/wolf link scenes were pretty cool). I haven't gotten around to playing Skyward Sword yet, as my wii is not here at the moment, but from what I understand the only thing that's even remotely contentious is its control scheme.

Ocarina of Time is mediocre, guys, your nostalgia is blinding you.



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