You should definitely play ALBW.

Also, it's something called..........sequel. I personally think the Zelda franchise is just positively growing.

I was thinking the same the other night I have a theory. Maybe Nintendo decided to go "hardcore" this gen, and their hardcore best seller franchise is Zelda, plus the most praised. The GameCube had 3 original Zelda's for example. So they decided to focus on Zelda this gen.

But, this gen is their first HD gen, and as Iwata has already admitted, they weren't ready as they believe. In that sense, and in my opinion, they could be well refering to the Zelda HD/U developement, so in order to finish it as soon as possible they cannot release many original games, thus they have to release remake or similar games to have the fanbase on board meanwhile they keep hard work at Zelda HD/U.

That's why we have Ocarina of Time 3D, The Wind Waker HD and Majora's Mask 3D, Hyrule Warriors as a spin-off and A Link Between Worlds which is very similar to A Link to the Past. And don't forget that Hyrule Warriors is not first party.

Finally, for Zelda HD/U they want to back to its roots, and games like the ones that got the remake treatment are the roots for 3D Zeldas.

Its fine by me...

Skipped out on the N64 Zelda games so now I can play them
Remade TWW, my favourite Zelda game

ALBW is pretty good and Zelda U will be too

I have. That's how I know the world maps are exactly the same.

I am guessing the dungeons were exactly the same too. 

Is it common? Batman AC had a new city. Every other Zelda had a new map. Every AC has a new map. Every 3d mario has a new map. Every GTA has a new world.How often do games reuse entire overworlds? I'm drawing a blank so I'm genuinely asking you what games reuse entire worlds.

Thank goodness they weren't. Then it would have been 4 remakes and 1 new game as opposed to 3 and a half remakes and 1 and a half new games.

I think they just wanted to revisit those amazing games to remind people why they love Zelda. Also this Gen is far from over and usually one has to look at quality over quantity.

You are bumping up last gen's number by calling TP an entirely original game, it was actually a port of the Gamecube game (even though the GC version shipped a couple of weeks later) Development and initial trailers for the game were completely on the Gamecube and was scheduledfor release in 2005.

So in fact we got 1 polarising but original HC Zelda, 2 moderately acclaimed HH Zeldas and a port of the Gamecube's Twilight Princess.

Whether this gen is better rests largely on the quality of Zelda WiiU but I would say it's already pretty close given ALBW and the high quality of the remakes.

ALBW was the best Zelda game in a very long time. So no complaints from me.