ZD writes: When it was first released many people considered Twilight Princess to be a fresh, new Zelda game with a darker feel that introduced motion controls and other new gameplay elements. In many ways, this was true. Twilight Princess was a new Zelda game after all. But it also felt very unoriginal in many ways. I have heard many Zelda fans refer to it as a mere “Ocarina of Time upgrade.” And I must say, for the most part, I agree. Ocarina of Time was huge when it first came out. I felt like Twilight Princess was trying to do the same thing. Rather than just being its own game, it tried too hard to repeat the success of Ocarina of Time, and while it was a good game, it just didn’t have the same effect.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
TheGamer Writes "In my experience, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess’ once-warm reception has chilled somewhat over the years. Praised at launch as a beautiful return to form after the “childish” art style of its direct predecessor, the world eagerly embraced a game that more closely followed Ocarina of Time’s famous structure and plot cues. Perhaps most alluringly of all, the grandeur and sheer scope of this reimagined Hyrule Field wowed millions of us."
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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 thing when comparing Twilight Princess to OoT is
Oot made a big impact because it was 3d compared to A Link to the Past which was 2d. That's not saying that Oot wasn't an incredible game, it was, but the impact it made was even bigger at the time because of that fact.
It's much harder to make an impact when technology improves, but I think Twilight Princess did enough on its own to take the game to a new level. In the same way that Skyward Sword and The Wind Waker did. You will always have people with their favourites, but I love them all the same. (Pretty much anyway)
I'm lucky enough to have lived through all the times that each LOZ was released and can appreciate all of them for different reasons, but I think Twilight Princess did enough on its own merit to be considered a great addition to the LOZ franchise.
For the record A Link to the Past is my favourite, but I've loved them all.
Twilight Princess was phenomenal, loved every minute of it. My favourite Zelda remains Wind Waker.
I played nearly every Zelda to try to like the series. I don't like any of them and never finished any of them (including Ocarina of Time on 3DS). With the exception of Twilight. This one I liked and it's the only one that I finished.
This is hands down my favorite Zelda game of all time and I'm a HUGE Zelda fan(my favorite series)I've played and defeated every single Zelda game multiple times..I love me some Ocarina but the story,pacing,graphics and fantastic music keep bringing me back to TP..come on Ninty please release a direct sequel to TP!!!
-One of the Best decisions I ever made was buying this on Gamecube as opposed to the Wii! :)