RolStoppable said:
Majora's Mask doesn't qualify for what I said, neither in its original form or as a remake.
A Link Between Worlds does qualify and the game feels indeed like a product of two philosophies. There's the obvious influence from a classic Zelda game (A Link to the Past's overworld), but the dungeon design diverts from the classic as enemy numbers are rather sparse and a good portion of the time is spent solving some simple puzzles. Despite such shortcomings, the game is easily the best of the last four Zelda titles (Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, Skyward Sward are the other three).
You know, the trend isn't positive. The Zelda series still received a lot of goodwill a decade ago, but when many of the recent games were less than stellar, then the reputation starts to crumble. At that point it isn't that easy anymore to get 8m people to buy a new game. There is a reason why Aonuma brings up the classics and not his own games when talking about a new Zelda.
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Aonuma spent as much time talking about Wind Waker as he did the original Zelda as a point of comparison for the new game.
I'd like to hear more about Aonuma "talking about the classic Zelda games to hype people up" for PH, ST, and SS. That doesn't sound familiar to me. I recall this being a more recent trend, specifically beginning around the time Link Between Worlds was revealed, for obvious reasons. You yourself said of the game, "This is a Zelda game that cuts most of the nonsense that has infested the series and moves the formula back to what it originally was," which is why I linked to your thread. It sounds like you felt the game delivered on its promise of a classic Zelda experience -- the recycled overworld from ALTTP was actually one of your complaints, so it's not the positive influence from a classic you now make it out to be. Now you call the final product "wishy-washy" and say "there isn't any reason to believe that he will deliver what he promised this time either," as though LBW didn't even come close to living up to your expectations.
