The Committee is in session. We're taking on various issues in gaming, and our word is final. In this installment, we rank the Zelda games for posterity in honor of the series' 25th anniversary.
BLG writes, "There are many fantastic and iconic weapons in game history, but some are significantly more memorable than others. When we think of iconic game weapons, these are the top 20 that come to mind."
You forgot one and it's a doozy. The weapon is kindness in undertale. :) defeats countless enemies.
Screen Rant, "The return of one controversial character could have an incredible effect on The Legend of Zelda, prompting the introduction of new features."
Honestly I really changed my mind on Fi with the remaster because they didn't make her interrupt your gameplay every 5 seconds, that drastically changed my views on her
Technically she's in ToTK but obviously can't take any other form than the sword she was made into. Also the companion feature has been done plenty of times in Zelda, I don't think it'll add anything new. If anything should be brought back it should be the Minish.
Matt from We Game Daily writes "The Legend of Zelda series has gone in a different direction. One which, try as I have, I just can’t get on board with. Here is why I think Zelda should return to its 3D roots."
Amen! A good, tight, Zelda game with a focus on dungeons and puzzles. Let people have the new style Zelda if you gotta, but let us have the OoT style games too. That's not without precedent either, the handheld 2D Zelda's in the style of A Link to the Past etc have coexisted alongside the 3D Zelda's before
As much as I like BoTW, TotK, I need my traditional Zelda games as well, I could not endlessly play the open world Zelda games, plus it's harder to keep those fresher than the traditional games.
BotW was just as fresh to the franchise as OoT was. TokT was great but the next LoZ would have to move from that formula to be fresh again. There's only so much they can do with the hardware. I think they focused too much on making the world big instead impactful. I felt the world was sort of empty and repetitive in TotK, sure there was a lot to do but no more difference a Ubisoft game..
Wind Waker had a perfect balance of open world and a cool, well hand-crafted design. Maybe try to keep the open world but put in effort to make more memorable story driven quests and locations.
Glad to see WW finally starting to be realized for the superb game it is!
The idea of ranking the Zelda titles is cool, but this article lost me here:
"Zelda did a lot of things right, but I just can’t get past the early NES graphics. I’ve never played it, and, due to the roughness of the graphics, I just don’t see me ever playing it, when I can get my classic Zelda fix with Link to the Past instead."
This was the moment that the article stopped seeming like a something from a professional site and starting sounding like fan blog drivel.
First, attacking a NES game for its graphics on a technical level is ridiculous. Art design, sure. But you can't attack a game for failing to exceed the technical limitations of the hardware. Frankly, this just makes you seem like, well, a child.
Secondly, ranking a game that you never played and using such a flimsy excuse to justify not playing it is just blatantly unprofessional.
There are a lot of legitimate small gaming sites struggling for attention, and its lapses in professionalism like this that damage their reputation.
lies, minish cap is the best zelda game ever...
I love WW but every time I think of replaying it I remember the sneaking around inside the barrels part and quit before I start. Too bad because except for that one part it is one of my favorite happiest games ever.
As much as I love WW I'll still take ALTTP as my absolute favourite Zelda ever.