I know everyone has their own opinions and is fully entitled to them but Twilight Princess was, while annoying in its attempts to be 'gritty' which at times made it feel NEARLY generic but it was still a good game (its world with Skyward Sword's graphics, puzzles, and controls would be dreamy)... it just felt hollow given that it was the follow up act to Wind-Waker which had managed to achieve Ocarina level brilliance... but Wind-Waker was also a Gamecube title.

I hope that the new game is borrowing cues from Wind-Waker, it did sooo much right that Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword kinda struggled with.

You're barking up the wrong tree. Curl thinks Wind Waker is garbage. He hasn't been institutionalized yet, but it's only a matter of time.

There were very few things about Wind Waker that I thought it did right; the sailing nearly put me to sleep, the dungeons felt rushed, and the ruppee grinding ultimately made me quit the game as it just wasn't fun.

I think what he means is that investors and stock holders will presure the company into pushing more games into development.

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Operating income: 21.70B yen

Shipments:
WiiU: 1.95M: Now at 5.86M Lifetime as of December 30th
3DS: 7.76M: Now at 42.74M lifetime as of december 30th

Software:

WiiU: 29.37M Lifetime
3DS: 152.29M lifetime

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