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Of all time? Highly unlikely. Just looking at it amongst the rest of the Zelda games, its not ever likely to top Ocarina of Time. And I'm not one of those people that just think OoT is the best Zelda game because I don't. But logically, you have to think about the times. OoT was released as the first 3D Zelda, and while that might not mean much anymore, it meant a lot back then. The N64 was a pretty big system. It had a lot of 3rd party support back then and a lot of people had a 64 that they regularly played. This is why everyone, not just Zelda fans, that owned an N64 played Ocarina of Time. It was a great game and it came at the perfect time when its system was widely used amongst gamers. Not only that, but OoT was the first of its kind, which meant that the entire style of gameplay was new. And the fact that this new gameplay was really good made OoT such a big hit.
Now days, you have the Wii, which has sold well, but I guarantee that at least half of the people who own Wii's never play it anymore. I love my Wii, but I never play it. There simply isn't enough really good games out there on the Wii that hasn't already come and gone. Basically, everyone wanted one, they got it, and now they wait for something good to come out on it. While with the 64, people never put the controller down. Its a lot harder to pick up a game on a system you never play than it is to buy one for a system you play all the time.
Since OoT, we have had Wind Waker on the Gamecube, Twilight Princess on the GC and Wii, and now we have the Wii exclusive Skyward Sword. Even though WW and TP threw in some changes here and there, they didn't sell anywhere near as well as OoT. It started out as "I don't want to play WW because it looks like a kids game" that turned most gamers away. Then TP tried to do "realistic" graphics with a game that was basically an upgraded OoT, and it still didn't sell as good, even with added motion controls on the Wii.
Its all because the newness of OoT has long worn off and the fact that 3D gaming is the norm now. Skyward Sword, though it is incorporating Wii Motion Plus and relying on the motion controls more, still comes off as just another 3D Zelda trying to alter the OoT formula a little bit here and there and I don't think its going to be enough. Many people these days don't like the Wii's controls at all, so that group will certainly look over the game, while that same group probably bought OoT back in the day because 3D gaming was such a big thing. I think SS will sell well on the Wii, but I'll go on record saying that I highly doubt it will sell as the best game ever.
Now days, you have the Wii, which has sold well, but I guarantee that at least half of the people who own Wii's never play it anymore. I love my Wii, but I never play it. There simply isn't enough really good games out there on the Wii that hasn't already come and gone. Basically, everyone wanted one, they got it, and now they wait for something good to come out on it. While with the 64, people never put the controller down. Its a lot harder to pick up a game on a system you never play than it is to buy one for a system you play all the time.
Since OoT, we have had Wind Waker on the Gamecube, Twilight Princess on the GC and Wii, and now we have the Wii exclusive Skyward Sword. Even though WW and TP threw in some changes here and there, they didn't sell anywhere near as well as OoT. It started out as "I don't want to play WW because it looks like a kids game" that turned most gamers away. Then TP tried to do "realistic" graphics with a game that was basically an upgraded OoT, and it still didn't sell as good, even with added motion controls on the Wii.
Its all because the newness of OoT has long worn off and the fact that 3D gaming is the norm now. Skyward Sword, though it is incorporating Wii Motion Plus and relying on the motion controls more, still comes off as just another 3D Zelda trying to alter the OoT formula a little bit here and there and I don't think its going to be enough. Many people these days don't like the Wii's controls at all, so that group will certainly look over the game, while that same group probably bought OoT back in the day because 3D gaming was such a big thing. I think SS will sell well on the Wii, but I'll go on record saying that I highly doubt it will sell as the best game ever.