True enough, but not many people are actually discussing the topic. It's wound up turning into a cell shaded vs "realistic" discussion as usual. I was just giving my two cents on that side of the discussion.

If the remake proved that WW was the most loved Zelda game ever then it would have sold the most copies... ever. How old were you when WW launched? I was 23, not a child and believe me, the internet did NOT love it. Kids loved it, but the gaming community didn't. It only sold 4 million copies (OOT nearly 8 million) and the remake barely sold a 1 million.

The revisionist history on the WW is laughable imo. 

I never said that the remake proved that it was the most loved. One out of every 7 owners owning a copy of a remake isn't laughable. It's a testament. The fact is that your talking about old news. The gaming community loves WW now, and actively criticizes the past for it's reaction to the game. The proof is in the media.

Not really, since sales are also affected by userbase, marketing and price. Among other things.

Not saying it is the most loved zelda. Just pointing no one can really say if it is or not.
That said, i feel that people love wind waker very much nowdays too. Both the press and users of forum/sites/blogs/youtubers.

This is because that early demo was a tech demo and not a formally announced Zelda game. Realistic visuals tend to be the preferred method for showing off tech demos.

Hang on a moment. Am I seeing something wrong or something?

The bottom one is blurred and textured, whereas the top one is crisp and full of detail. The top one looks like an entire generation ahead of the bottom one. I'm not the only one seeing that right?

This time...........it looks amazing anyway!

I think the demo things are them testing ground, before they decided on what style.

Also, the blur he is referring to is partly due to it being an off-screen pic of the demo.  Nintendo never released actual footage of this demo to my knowledge, and likely for this *exact* reason.  The official Nintendo tech demo on their public channels was the one with the cherry tree and the fish and bird. 

One was a tech demo produced to show off the potential capabilities of their new system (the Zelda theming just helps people relate to it more). The other is an actual game in development for the same system which is looking like the finest (and most boundary pushing) 3D Zelda since Ocarina of Time.

Well, technically, the whole term "cel shading" is a reference to the "cels" used in animations like Disney's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_animation#Cels