I'm not reblogging from op because I don't want to start shit.
I hate it when fans use the above to shit on twilight princess, or argue it's very conception was mired in an unhealthy relationship with toxic fans. It's a black and white mindset that fails to understand anything about how the creative process works.
Nintendo / the Zelda team needs a kick up the ass once in a while to make them remember that long running series can't be a one trick pony. It's sad wind waker got hate, but if it didn't then today we would be getting wind waker-like #15 and you know it.
to cap off "they were just appealing to angry OOT fanboys" is a weak argument because they only injected oot DNA in its surface level aesthetics to meet their standard, and even then those parts presented in its marketing barely scratch the surface of the world. Its story and themes are completely different.
Also they did make wind waker sequels, two of them. Then they reused toon link for some more ds entries and the cel shading style for botw. Meaningless nothingburger argument.
anyway, I think this sports team attitude over art styles is all a smokescreen distracting us from nintendo's monstrous business practises. just getting a little sick and tired of fans trying to create moral reasons to hate on tp.
