curl-6 said:
That's what happens when (A) you bait and switch your audience like Nintendo did with the Wind Waker and Zelda U, and (B) you insist on pushing art styles that do not appeal to mainstream gamers. |
Adding to that, the ever changing nature of the Zelda series has made its fanbase rather split on a multitude of issues (art direction just being a particularly touchy topic, likely for the reasons you mentioned). We see a similar type of in-fighting among Final Fantasy fans, especially between the FF1-6, 7-9, and 10+ camps. It's not really something you can stop if you want to see a series perpetually experiment.
I have to say though, Nintendo's artistic choices for the series have been pretty weird as of late. It's like they find a style that they think will be well received by their general audience, then say "Nah, people seem to like this one too much. Let's just cell-shade everything instead." :p
