AVclub: Beyond the clever dungeons and toxic lethargy, Twilight Princess has subtle flecks of unfulfilled potential. It approaches some of the series’ foundational elements—combat, scope, world building—in more sophisticated ways, expanding on them with ideas that would become trendy in the years to come thanks to games that carried the torch of its primordial ancestors. It never fully commits to any of its renovations, instead meekly falling back on the template set by Ocarina Of Time. This re-release only serves as a reminder of how tired and outdated that template is, and by doing so, puts even more pressure on Nintendo’s mysterious upcoming Zelda game to reinvent the series. Luckily, Twilight Princess’ half-measures provide a few intriguing directions for that reconstruction.
A new Animal Crossing or a Kid Icarus: Uprising remaster would be perfect on the Switch 2.
Nintendo is a weird company. It has the most illustrious legacy of any single company in the medium and seldom chooses to take advantage of that fact. Countless classics are confined to their original platforms or only available through outdated retail models or a cheeky bit of emulation.
This holiday would've been great and it would've calmed my hunger for tears of the kingdom. It supposedly exists but why has it taken this long I wonder. Here's hoping it still releases before totk, maybe a trailer at the game awards and a shadow drop.
I wouldn't hope too hard. The Metroid Prime Trilogy or even just Prime 1 remaster supposedly exists and has been complete for several years now. Either Nintendo are evil bastards, or everyone claiming it's existence is full of shit. Frankly, I believe both scenarios to be true.
Wii U was such a great to play every 3D Zelda game and various 2D ones as well
It'd be nice if Switch caught up to that wealth of legacy content
Booted up WW HD through emulation on Deck. Forgot how much I like that game, it's so charming with how expressive Link is. Ninty has taken too long.
Nintendo wants the focus on tears of the kingdom. Though with these year Zelda old rumors I question if the collection ever existed for the Switch. Much like the Prime Trilogy that evolved into a remake or remaster of just Prime 1 in recent months.
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I am a huge Zelda fan and love them all, but for me Ocarina Of Time is the greatest and my second all time favourite game after Final Fantasy VII.
You sir, have good taste in games :)
I also love all of the Zelda games but I adore Windwaker (Specifically the HD version on WiiU) most of all. It is a close run thing with Breath of the Wild though.
Special mention to Cadence of Hyrule too, what an awesome spin off title that was!
Cheers Spuds, yep i love Windwaker too, beautiful artstyle, and i loved sailing and finding all the secrets out there.
Agreed. For me top 3 of all time is.
1. ocarina of time
2. Final fantasy Vll
3. MGS1
Oh gee can't imagine what Number 1 is
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A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker etc is better than Breath of the Wild.
I think it really depends on what you're looking for. If you want a traditional Zelda game then OoT or WW would be better to you. But if you want a Zelda game that really leans into adventure and exploration, and if you want intelligent systems/logic, BotW would be the better game.
I enjoy both. I understand why some people aren't fond of it but for me it was a breath of fresh air that I really needed. I'd become so burnt out on unimaginative games and BotW sort of made me appreciate games again, as weird as that may sound.
Right...so let's pretend ocarina of time didnt have exploration, secret dungeons and other secrets. Complex boss mechanics and exploration rewards. At least a traditional Zelda has dungeons.
What point are you attempting to make? At no point did I say that OoT didn't have any of that. However, the level of exploration and sense of adventure are vastly different between OoT and BotW.
Majora's Mask still holds as my favorite to this day, despite being the black sheep of the series.
I love them all, but Wind Walker, Link to the Past and Minish Cap are my favorites
The few things? Wow.
Great Article but I can not read that much :/
Zelda was a great series and I specially enjoyed the title The Legend of Zelda. Oh the great old days.
The next Zelda game (IMO) should have definitely built upon Skyward Swords Motion Plus mechanic. Screw the naysayers - many of which I'd wager didn't play the bloody thing - it was as much a shot in the arm akin to Resi Evil 4 for that particular franchise.
@Ark_
About to say the same thing exactly. Contradicting views much> LOL.
Empty Over world
Useless Items outside of that 1 boss's weakness
Hawk Soaring
Long tutorial, like fishing for a cat and carrying a baby
Sumo Wrestling
Dowsing
Animal Transformation only useful during said events
Bland Citizens
No side Quest aside from Bug Catching
....How about no. TP was pretty bad. Midna & the OoT callback were the only good thing about that game.