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| Topic | Is there a New Noble 9 for Games? |
| squexa 05/23/20 9:10:40 AM #56: | Keltiq posted... Nintendo has released five 2D Zeldas in the past fifteen years: Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, Link Between Worlds, Triforce Heroes, and Link's Awakening. Admittedly that last one is a remake but it was still a big deal. I think the idea is that while 2D platformers, sidescrollers and metroidvanias are still commonly being released (Hollow Knight, Ori, INSIDE, Celeste, etc) and have taken a life of their own, 2D top down Zeldalikes are not really a thing. Binding of Isaac is the closest successful one that I can think of and that's still pretty distinct from Zelda and you'd have to dig deep into obscure indie games like Oceanhorn to find 2D Zeldalikes. So while ALttP was a big seller back in the SNES days, this particular style of games seems to have lost favor today. ALttP's main issue is that OoT completely overshadowed it in a way that Metroid Prime never did for Super Metroid or Super Mario 64/Galaxy/etc never did for the classic 2D Marios and I'm not really sure why. Despite Prime being considered a masterpiece like OoT, it never really diminished Super's supremacy within Metroid. Meanwhile, the modern Zelda fanbase treats ALttP like it treats the original LoZ: a title everyone respects but few particularly *loves*. Just go on r/zelda and see how far you have to scroll down to find any ALttP content. --- congrats to azuarc, our GotD2 guru! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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