Kai_Mao on 14 October 2016
| Nuvendil said: Well the funny thing is, it did influence RPGs quite a bit, even though it is not an RPG. I mean, the Souls series is very derivative of it at its core, just hardcored up a notch or twelve with more RPG elements in. But no, Zelda is not an RPG. |
The Souls twitter account did acknowledge how much Zelda and Nintendo set a high standard. Even Miyazaki said he feels the series is unworthy of being compared to Zelda because 1) they're different in general despite similarities and 2) Zelda was monumental and continues to provide consistently great games for 30+ years. In many ways, a variety of games from various genres have found influence from older series or games that created new standards.
