You didn't like Wind Waker?

Shame, considering Wind Waker is the only Zelda worth playing in the last 10 years...

I've heard that Wind Waker has developed a reputation for being something of a timeless classic. I think the cel-shaded graphics will age the best among all the art styles The Legend of Zelda has employed over the years, and the HD screenshots look jaw-droppingly gorgeous.

I haven't been a fan of Nintendo, or Legend of Zelda, in over 10 years. I understand the idea of reinventing your franchise, but it feels like when the Nintendo 64 took over some 15 years ago, Nintendo changed their entire process of games.

It's kind of like Linkin Park. Yeah, the old stuff is timeless and will forever be amazing, and the new stuff has its own appeal ... but it's not what I grew up with, it's not the Zelda (or Linkin Park) that I remember and enjoyed, and because of that, I just don't find myself enjoying it.

Look at the Final Fantasy franchise ...

I? Classic retro.
II? New twist but same overall style.
III? The best of I and II
IV? Totally reinvented story-telling and gameplay
V? Totally reinvented gameplay with the "job" system
VI? Took what made IV awesome and expanded on it.
VII? Simply epic. A sci-fi version of IV and VI.
VIII? Take VII and reinvent the gameplay again with junctions. Awesome.
IX? Now take what you've done in VII and VIII and make it retro-feeling. Awesome.
X? Totally reinvented gameplay and story. Began to lose steam though.
XI? Online, doesn't count.
XII? Uh ... first game to NOT feel like Final Fantasy at all.
XIII? Took the same thing from XII and made it more sci-fi, also not feeling Final Fantasy at all.

I just ... the games of today hold nothing to the games of yesterday. It's all about "show" now, and in my opinion, that ruined a majority of all the great classic games from growing up. Take me back in time where all I can play on my SNES is: Final Fantasy II (IV), Final Fantasy III (VI), Chrono Trigger, Lufia & the Fortress of Doom, Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, Romance of the Three Kingdoms II and III, and some Mario Kart for good measure.

I think he's referring more to the fact that even for a game made 10 years ago it looked dated. I appreciate what Nintendo is doing, but seriously this is some major filler shit going on here. Wind Waker was a great, fun, different, entry in the franchise but an HD version of that wouldn't be nearly enough to convince me to waste my money on WiiU. Just to to tide me over for another couple of years until an actual new Zelda game comes out. 3 months before the WiiU is the most useless console on the market and Nintendo is already planning it's successor.

To be fair, Final Fantasy hasn't really held up since 8, some arguing that 7 doesn't hold up as well as it used to (I can't comment, since I don't have the time or interest to play 7 again), but everything after 10 was crap.

Anyway, as for Nintendo, it seems like you're asking for the very thing Nintendo has been trying to distance itself from (Outside of the New Super Mario Bros. series, that is). It's why there hasn't been a new Star Fox, or a new F-Zero (*Sigh*), because they don't want to just release the same game with a graphical update every year.

I'll probably get it, but it is going to be a long time before I buy a Wii U. First I need a new Metroid Prime, Donkey Kong Country, and Zelda out before I buy one. Oh yeah, and more games that are original to the Wii U but are not mini game 5 year old crap. You know, REAL VIDEO GAMES!!!

IX was the perfect swan song to Final Fantasy. It took all of the concepts from the original games, gave it the gameplay of the newer games, and came out with one of the best stories in the genre's history (and an ending that did not feel like a cop-out). I've come to the decision that IX was the true final fantasy and everything that came after is not real.

My top 5 favorites go VI, IX, IV, VII, and V.

The thing I've learned about Final Fantasy is that it stopped feeling like Final Fastasy around the time the creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi, left Square (during XII). Hironobu Sakaguchi founded Mistwalker Corporation after leaving Square. While I've only been able to play one of Mistwalker's games, The Last Story, it felt more like a Final Fantasy then FF has felt like in over a decade. The Last Story plays nothing like a FF, but the setting, characters, and storytelling all feel like a classic FF game.

Basically, I'm saying that the Final Fantasy we know and love left Square with it's creator.


PS IX is a glorious game and I hate myself for not getting to it until 5 years ago.

I'll concede that 9 was pretty decent.
I won't say the same for 8 and 10, however.