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| Topic | my 5 best and worst picks in contest history |
| Paratroopa1 03/05/20 11:46:33 PM #135: | AxemRedRanger posted... Between Halo and general FPS popularity, GTA, wind waker art style complaints, Pokemon hitting its low point, and people complaining about Raiden and tidus, I think there was a real hunger in gaming culture in the early 2000s for more cool, edgy, adult seeming works that put Nintendo in particular in a bad spot, and while the GameCube struggled in general and Mario would be the natural target of voters annoyed at Nintendo, Mario sunshine put a target on him. Samus and Metroid Prime fit fairly well into what people wanted though and the tp trailer got people hyped for Zelda again.I think this analysis is pretty spot on although it doesn't QUITE explain Ganondorf since he's always been kinda cool and edgy, I just think that Wind Waker caused a brief backlash to the series that it obviously rebounded from after like, a year It's weird to think that there was ever a backlash against Wind Waker, but there was! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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