>the shittiest mainline Zelda is the most overrated/best sellingHow did this happen?
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>>749982686Still seething about BotW a decade later.
The best mainstream ZeldaThe shittiest mainline ZeldaIt's because it doesn't even adhere to the right principles of any prior Zelda games. Journos made Nintendo self-conscious when Twilight Princess was meant to address them freestyling the Wind Waker art-style by making their next "Best Game of All Time Masterpiece" and all they were told was that was too much of the same experience as OoT.That led to them looking at what's "wrong" with Zelda and made Skyward Sword, which shook up the usual formula by having the environments act as Level Design rather than an empty "open world" like Hyrule was in TP. But this time they were told "it's too linear" and it became apparent that wasn't the right way to "shake things up".That led to A Link Between Worlds after a lot of rumors that Miyamoto had asked for a ALttP remake. They probably were doing that but the "Pls shake up Zelda, it's too boring" made them turn it into a sequel with a different design. They took ALttP and gutted its entire structure by making you rent the items instead of discovering them as a part of exploring the world, trivializing the game and allowing you to just do anything as you please past its first 3 dungeons, moreso than ALttP did.And Gen X nostalgia fags loved it. It hit them right in their nostalgia so that encouraged Nintendo to take that approach further.And then they looked at Skyrim, Terraria, Minecraft and Far Cry 2 and knew from early in the project that traditional dungeons would not be feasible, so they had to mass produce them (their words, not mine) and this became Breath of the Wild.And that turned heads with people playing those games. Nintendo looked at the non-Nintendo franchises with the widest appeal that had some semblence of Zeldaness to them, and decided to ditch Zelda's DNA to make a mixture of those types of games, and that's BotW.So BotW isn't even a Zelda game.
Same way it happened with movies, books, restaurants, sports, music, pretty much everything. Normalfags have shit taste.
>>749983791Pretty much.After a certain threshold you don't want anything to actually do "mainstream numbers" because it always results in radio pop, where it's slightly appealing to everyone in a wide variety of demographics but nothing appeals strongly to any particular group, and it becomes a small-talk subject among people who don't know the first thing about it on an enthusiast level.It's no different than someone telling you the play "video games" because they play LoL or CS every day and "It's the only game I play".
>>749982686When was anything "best selling" ever anything of quality. Retards just buy into "hype" every time. Quality plays no role in it as long as its "serviceable" and inoffensive.>>749983053>>749982808>Using foid images>shit opinions
>>749982686That's easily one of the best games in the series, and a huge step up from all the shitty imitations of OoT and LttP.
it's not worse than skyward sword
>>749982686The MAGNETIC POWER that open world has over the masses is IMMEASURABLE.
Because it looks cool, works well and the gameplay loop is fun
>>749985281The desert area and the Korok forest are comfy. Places like Lost Woods have unique mechanics which make exploring worthwhile. Seeing the flying dragon for the first time in the distance makes you want to explore the world further. Basically the game is full of soul and the love it gets is well deserved.
>>749985634>horseshit easy combat against hp sponges with breakable weapons you gotta swap ever few hits>100 copy paste korok missions and shitty shrine puzzles>garbage low effort story>runs on 5 fps with shit smeared filters on the console its made forIts alright to enjoy badly designed games, but fags always gotta go overboard.>>>749985281>5 fps shit smeared modern blur filter>soulcompletely braindamaged
Define mainline. As in "people actually talk about it"? I would say Wind Waker's worse than Breath of the Wild. As in "it is canon"? The shittiest and worst-selling are one and the same - Four Swords Adventures. Not because the game itself is bad, but Nintendo's gimmicky bullshit makes it a pain in the ass to play as intended.
>>749984204>shit opinionsYou're on 4chan lol
>>749986285You sound like you have a personal stake in the series. I don't so I can see the game as it objectively is. Yes it has a lot of soul and memorable sections. Do you get mad at, say, Oblivion enjoyers? What makes you so endlessly butt blasted about people enjoying this well crafted, polished and soulfull video game?
>>749985634Nigger out here really prasing the game for its graphics and world
>>749986785Its straight out the ass, just like oblivion for prime goysloppers like you
>>749986823Yes, and totk is nothing but an expansion. botw is the best 'open world' next to red dead. Your seethe won't change the objective truth.
>>749986962>picThat's why you emulate on PC
>>749982686But wind waker flopped!
The series was stagnating, strong marketing.
>>749982686>Concurrent emulation due to CEMU resulting in actual people talking about it and doing Nintendo's marketing for them, followed up by really fast Switch emulation, followed up by emulation of the game on handheld UMPCs like the Steam Deck. Basically a conga-line of "oh hey this game exists and something new happened with it" being pushed to people via algorithm slop.>A pent up surge of frustrated casuals going "OK now where's the new Nintendo, I'm not buying a tablet accessory for my Wii", which sort of explains why there were so many people buying the wrong version of BotW>Easy as shit to review. The game has two gameplay segments that represent everything worth talking about: Plateau and Hyrule castle. Doing any of the 4 story areas is just for review flavor.>>749984541Every open world game comes with a "fell for it again" award. Collect 10 for a free coffee for $4.99.
>>749984541This, everyone's dream game is "X game but open world and you can do everything you want".
>>749986962should have bought Nintendo Switch Online so he'd have save backups in the cloud
