Majora's Cat
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I'll be the first here to bring this up. Skyward Sword might be made out to be more than it is. Hopefully Nintendo will keep things a bit quiet with SS, as exposing it too much will raise fans' expectations too much. That is what caused TP's great downfall. Quite frankly, this will likely happen if Nintendo lets slip too much.
Remember the hype that surrounded Twilight Princess before its release? Insanity. Tears. Joy. Utter eagerness to get their hands on it. Twilight Princess was supposed to dethrone Ocarina of Time - it was supposed to be Nintendo's ultimate swan song to Zelda fans. Nintendo made it out to be so much more than it really was - there was only one thing that made TP fall so hard. This one thing was the ridiculously high expectations. Just about everyone expected TP to be a godsend - a legend - the greatest game of all time. Fans were probably shocked when they sunk their teeth into it. Regardless of the bad feedback from purist fans, TP remains one of the greatest games ever created. But not the greatest. The lack of innovation also contributed to TP's unpopularity, if just a little.
Now do you recall Ocarina of Time? I really don't have much to complain about here, but I had one concern regarding OoT's release. OoT was supposed to be a good game, not really the greatest game of all time. Everyone knew that it was a fresh new start for Zelda. An innovation in gaming, basically. We got what we wanted - we got the ultimate game. But there was something that Nintendo got right - the innovation. Everyone thinks a game can automatically become the greatest thing ever just because it's over-hyped, has really good graphics and has caused up quite a stir before its release. Of course, if a game garners that much attention, it has to be good... right? I don't think I have to say anything else to say when I speak these simple words: Halo: Reach. This honestly made me laugh. Reach had so many fans hot on its heels, trying to find every tidbit of information they could. When the game finally released, I must say many students in my school weren't especially excited. Many call it "okay" and "good". Wasn't Reach supposed to be the greatest thing ever? The king of first-peson shooters? You can ask some of the fans. I speak nothing but the truth when I say that since its release, Reach has not gotten as much attention as I thought it would.
But let's get back to Zelda. OoT was exposed to the public and garnered lots of attention, but it did one thing right: it was amazing beyond words. Great games usually get a lot of hype before being released, but do these games ever live up to the hype? I would you to think about that, because the answer that most likely comes to mind is "no". Modern Warfare 2 - it was mostly criticized by its fans and called "overrated". Same goes for Twilight Princess. TP was immediately called overrated when it was first released. Only OoT had the epicness that made it live up to the hype and become much more than anyone could've ever imagined.
I want you to seriously think about the history of video games and their debuts at E3. Will Skyward Sword, a very talked-about game at the E3 press conference, become a repeat of Twilight Princess? I say that if the game is simply brilliant enough to be able to overshadow the hype, then it is one of the greatest games ever. There is a good chance that SS will become a revolution because of the new gameplay mechanics... but remember. Everything could go the opposite way as well.
That's it for me. Tell me what you think. Will SS become a success worthy of its current hype?
Remember the hype that surrounded Twilight Princess before its release? Insanity. Tears. Joy. Utter eagerness to get their hands on it. Twilight Princess was supposed to dethrone Ocarina of Time - it was supposed to be Nintendo's ultimate swan song to Zelda fans. Nintendo made it out to be so much more than it really was - there was only one thing that made TP fall so hard. This one thing was the ridiculously high expectations. Just about everyone expected TP to be a godsend - a legend - the greatest game of all time. Fans were probably shocked when they sunk their teeth into it. Regardless of the bad feedback from purist fans, TP remains one of the greatest games ever created. But not the greatest. The lack of innovation also contributed to TP's unpopularity, if just a little.
Now do you recall Ocarina of Time? I really don't have much to complain about here, but I had one concern regarding OoT's release. OoT was supposed to be a good game, not really the greatest game of all time. Everyone knew that it was a fresh new start for Zelda. An innovation in gaming, basically. We got what we wanted - we got the ultimate game. But there was something that Nintendo got right - the innovation. Everyone thinks a game can automatically become the greatest thing ever just because it's over-hyped, has really good graphics and has caused up quite a stir before its release. Of course, if a game garners that much attention, it has to be good... right? I don't think I have to say anything else to say when I speak these simple words: Halo: Reach. This honestly made me laugh. Reach had so many fans hot on its heels, trying to find every tidbit of information they could. When the game finally released, I must say many students in my school weren't especially excited. Many call it "okay" and "good". Wasn't Reach supposed to be the greatest thing ever? The king of first-peson shooters? You can ask some of the fans. I speak nothing but the truth when I say that since its release, Reach has not gotten as much attention as I thought it would.
But let's get back to Zelda. OoT was exposed to the public and garnered lots of attention, but it did one thing right: it was amazing beyond words. Great games usually get a lot of hype before being released, but do these games ever live up to the hype? I would you to think about that, because the answer that most likely comes to mind is "no". Modern Warfare 2 - it was mostly criticized by its fans and called "overrated". Same goes for Twilight Princess. TP was immediately called overrated when it was first released. Only OoT had the epicness that made it live up to the hype and become much more than anyone could've ever imagined.
I want you to seriously think about the history of video games and their debuts at E3. Will Skyward Sword, a very talked-about game at the E3 press conference, become a repeat of Twilight Princess? I say that if the game is simply brilliant enough to be able to overshadow the hype, then it is one of the greatest games ever. There is a good chance that SS will become a revolution because of the new gameplay mechanics... but remember. Everything could go the opposite way as well.
That's it for me. Tell me what you think. Will SS become a success worthy of its current hype?