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HyrulianScrolls on 16 May 2018
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spemanig said:
jardesonbarbosa said:
While other series like Zelda and God of War are evolving and changing gaming, Pokémon keeps doing the same shit literally every year and getting free passes. Now it's even worse, they went back to 1998 because what's better than nostalgia pandering? It's a shame because they have a franchise that has a huge potential to innovate and do something different, but the developers are really incompetent. I feel bad because I was hyped for a console Pokémon game, but this is high level BS. Combining that with that leaked screenshot, it's lazy, it's gross.

Are you seriously trying to imply that BotW wasn't nostalgia pandering to Zelda 1?

Because it was.

What the hell? That might be the silliest BOTW related comment I've ever read. The original LoZ is a horribly dated game that doesn't hold up AT ALL, and I say that as a huge Zelda fan. BOTW is a masterpiece that is likely to follow in OoT's footsteps in terms of aging incredibly. Sure BOTW removed the linearity of Zelda games in the biggest way since the original, but that's about where the similarities end. Honestly, I can't even begin to attempt to understand how someone could view BOTW as just nostalgia pandering to the original. The games are as different as any two games could be. 

Now, if you want to talk about genuine nostalgia pandering in the Zelda franchises, you would have an actual case with Twilight Princess to OoT. That's why TP has always been and likely always will be my least favorite 3D Zelda. It's just a remake of OoT and blatant nostalgia pandering.