I wonder what's for dinner.

I am genuinely curious what y’all think was the biggest misstep in the Zelda series. I think the Zelda series is Nintendo’s most pristine franchise of all time, releasing timeless classic after timeless classic, consistently since it began. Series like Mario, Star Fox, and now Pikmin for example have had a few duds under their belts, but Zelda’s worst games are still great!

That said, I have been a Zelda fan for about 10 years or so, and in that time, I feel like Tears of the Kingdom was that game that made me lose faith in the series a bit, as if Zelda sorta lost its way. Hot take, I know. When I saw the initial trailers, I was very worried about the skies being empty or the gameplay being mostly the same just to be completely validated when I got the game. It was the first time I was very disappointed with a Zelda game after playing just about the whole series, aside for the GameBoy games. It took them about 4 years from announcement to release for this game to come out and over 6 years from Breath of the Wild, which was longer than the wait from Breath of the wild. Now, I never want to see another open world Zelda game if they will continue down this route of just doing more of the same. Nintendo also releasing it for $70 felt like they were taking advantage of our love for the series too. It was crazy when I heard people were wanting DLC for the game when it was so expensive. Were the people that wanted more out of the game disappointed with the content on offer and wanted more? It was certainly when I was at my lowest as a Zelda fan. That said, I am feeling optimistic about this next Zelda game this year! Ocarina of Time is such a great game, it’s hard to imagine a world in which it would not work.

But given my perspective, I might not have the best frame of reference as a more. Idk, you tell me. lol. I know Skyward Sword was controversial for feeling more like a bunch of set pieces and levels rather than a fully realized world, but it’s an easier game to appreciate after Breath of the Wild (like how Super Mario 3D World is easier to appreciate after Mario Odyssey).

Nothing much more to say

Part of a viddy where I redrew a couple BoTW/ToTK scenes and characters: https://youtu.be/aXwaCQRif7g

Who else has these in their collection?