WhatCulture: "To celebrate the release of Skyward Sword, we take a look at why, The Legend of Zelda could be the greatest series in gaming history. From Skyward Sword all the way back to the very beginning!"
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.
A fan of The Legend of Zelda has recreated the iconic Japanese monster Godzilla in Tears of the Kingdom using the game's Zonai devices.
I like it would also be cool if some created Dragon Caesar in the game I would love to watch the two going at it.
Its my favorite series. I played each one at least twice. And I almost never play games twice
It's still a great franchise, but Nintendo needs to cut some of the archaic crap out:
1. We don't need this much hand-holding. For chrissakes. We go through two-hour long tutorial sections, and we still get "partners" pestering us with instructions and directions through nearly the entire game. And why the hell do I have to sit through an explanation of what all this treasure is every time I boot the game up? I'll be honest. I thought that was just a minor glitch in TP, but SS proves that it was just a retarded design choice.
2. For the love of god, can we cut it out with the crappy midi music? The orchestrated portions of SS are absolutely wonderful, so why is 80% of the game still midi-based? It sounds terrible.
3. Whether Link talks or not, there needs to be voice-acting, at least in the cutscenes. It was forgivable up to the Wind Waker, but now it has become a constant annoyance for me to have to try and watch action scenes and read dialog at the same time. It's so strange to me that Zelda purists seem to be so open to the franchise becoming more and more cinematic, yet the second "voice-acting" is mentioned, they all treat it like it's the bane of video gaming.
Well, three dungeons into Skyward I can say, Ocarina still holds the crown for me. Followed by LttP, then Wind Waker, then Twilight Princess and finally Majora. Yeah, I liked TP better than Majora (that whole time manipulation thing irked me) My Problem is that there's too many fetch quests littering this game and the music is hit or miss. I'm not gonna say that Zelda needs a reboot, but it does need some restructuring. This game has yet to deliver a "Wow" moment for me. But everything here is rock solid. Despite the obvious attempt to mix things up, it feels like Nintendo played it a litte too safe. Unless something so epic happens that I can't even take it, I'm hovering around a B+ Oh yeah, I like the fact that Zelda and Link are best friends and that's she's not a helpless little girl in need of saving. (Other M I'm lookin' at you)
Edit:@mostjaded- thanks for taking the time to leave MW3 to post that enlightening statement
Definitely my favorite series. 25 years of amazing. Hoping for another 25 years to come.
A game that you and your kids well enjoy