| Soundwave said:
People are playing something else ... it's called Playstation and XBox, which overwhelmingly get chosen over Nintendo in large part because most people don't want a platform centered around cartoon franchises. It's unfortunately why you'll have a generation of kids who know what Skyrim is but not Legend of Zelda. If so many people love "cartoon Link" so much maybe they should actually buy the games. Wind Waker sold waaaaaaay less than Ocarina of Time. Skyward Sword was laughably behind Twilight Princess. The new Triforce Heroes is also putting up dissapointing sales, maybe just maybe the audience doesn't want a cartoon boy Link? It's not 1986 anymore. |
And good for them. If they want something dark and realistic, and Nintendo aren't offering it, they should be playing on those platforms. Bravo for them. Zelda is too culturally relevant for it to fall out behind Skyrim, so that'll never happen. It's too iconic.
Again, if Nintendo needs realistic IP to get those guys, they need to make realistic IP, not change unrealistic IP. Each of those examples were purely circumstance. MM sold waaaaaaaaaay behind OoT with a much darker direction and the same art style. TP was marred by the regection of the Wii and motion as a platform by that time. ALBW sold great on the 3DS. People love cartoon boy Link. Had nothing to do with art styles. People who don't shouldn't be playing Zelda. Not in 1986. Not in 2015. Play Dark Souls. Play Bloodborne. Play the Witcher. Play Darksiders. Play something else.
