A reader argues that Zelda : Twilight Princess is the best entry in the series and unfairly criticised for being unoriginal. It’s probably going to be at least five years till we get another mainline Zelda game. There’ll obviously be other games in the meantime, like remakes, remasters, and spin-offs, but the next game is going take ages, especially as it doesn’t use the same map as Breath Of The Wild .
I’m really looking forward to this year’s Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom , as it seems a very imaginative spin on the usual gameplay, but it’s going to be very different to the regular games. Since it’s going to be such a long wait until the next ‘proper’ Zelda I feel we’re going to see a lot of best of lists and the like ranking the current ones, especially if they start remaking some of the older ones (I am all for redoing Ocarina Of Time and Oracle Of Seasons/Ages). What always annoys me is that my favourite Zelda is almost always near the bottom of the list, especially once you discount the portable and other weirder games.
But Twilight Princess is absolutely my favourite Zelda. I think there’s an argument to be made that you can’t really compare the classic and newer formulas, but especially if you’re only looking at the classic ones, I’d say that Twilight Princess does it better than any, including Ocarina Of Time and The Wind Waker. The main complaint against Twilight Princess, that I have heard, is that it’s too similar to Ocarina Of Time.
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