You're contradicting yourself
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... Every now and then there are some really good games that gets praised yet underpurchased, such as Okami. I really don't remember MM getting much praise at launch though.
No he didn't. He said no evidence it's
actually been underrated, then that a lot of people
thought it was underrated. And that is true. Having large numbers of people complain that a game is underrated -- which is what happens with Majora's Mask, or used to anyway -- indicates the exact opposite: If everyone thinks the game isn't highly rated enough, then that means it is rated highly, because
everyone keep whining about it not being so.
There are people who don't like Majora's Mask, but as a whole, it's a hugely well received game.
Anyway, Hanyou's sentiments are kind of how I feel as well: A large number of Zelda games have had controversial releases. Vanessa is right that it seems about 50-50, but honestly I think even that's not true. The majority of people, as far as I can tell, enjoyed Skyward Sword to a greater or lesser degree. Some people think it was alright. Some people loved it but felt it should have been better (I fall under this category), and others think it's perfect. It's just going through the awkward phase every Zelda game seems to, where it's a big emotional issue for
everyone. The Zelda fanbase isn't always... graceful. :bleh:
Maybe Skyward Sword is a bit more polarizing than most Zelda games were (honestly, though, this is impossible to really gauge), and it does have a lot of people who genuinely dislike it. But that's true of Majora's Mask, which as I've said seems to be extremely well-received overall, or even the legendary Ocarina of Time.