The Official Legend of Zelda Thread: BotW Sells 31.85M Units & TotK Sells 20.61M Units

[Runa216]

I bounced off Tears of the Kingdom when it first came out; played the great sky island and made it to the surface, but I just wasn't READY for it. I had Final Fantasy on the horizon and was still periodically breeding in Pokemon, so I was content not getting too fussed about it. Plus the building system and other mechanics really did feel overwhelming at first.

So I watched like 40 episodes of Game Grumps, and it grew on me through that. Picked the game back up again and it clicked. Clicked HARD.

Honestly, not sure how anyone can complain about the overworld map being the same as a problem. IT's similar enough that it's familiar, but it's changed enough that even places you know feel fresh. You have enough knowledge and understanding that you have an internal compass, but the shrines are different, there's plenty of topographical changes, loads more features to work with the game's new mechanics...it feels fresh while still being familiar and I think they balanced it all VERY well.

On top of that, the entire depths area is slowly opening up and the sky islands really does give a sense of adventure no game has ever given me outside of Breath of the Wild and maybe Elden Ring.

It's games like this that remind me why the medium really is at its peak right now. IT's so easy to dismiss games as a whole due to some greedy or shitty publishers/developers, but that completely ignores the VAST amount of great shit. like, if you don't want games with season passes or collector's editions or pre-order bonuses or microtransactions/loot boxes....like, Zelda exists. Mario exists. Ignore the yearly sports titles and call of duty and shit from EA/Activision and there's still tonnes of shit out there. Baldur's Gate III exists. come on, people.

Anyway, I'm still very early in my run but I'm loving it. I think I've done like 28 shrines and barely explored beyond the Hyrule field and Great Plateau area. The more comfortable I am with the building mechanics the more I love this game. It is going to be SO hard to go back to relatively linear or constrained Zelda after this utter triumph.