^So you're NOT counting the critic scores, okay.
Well in that case I was talking about fan reception. In terms of critical reception, Skyward Sword is still on the lower end of the 3D titles, but the difference isn't as bad.
You know what's funny, DarkestLink? Skyward Sword won pretty much every GOTY poll, including G4's Death Match, ScrewAttack's Top 10, and IGN's People's Choice. What's even better is that it beat out Skyrim on all of these, a game that sold twice as many copies and that was much more highly anticipated.
Whoop dee doo. Problem is, you are comparing apples to oranges. You can't compare a Zelda game's success to another series like Mario...or worse, a non-Nintendo series like Elder Scrolls.
Game of the year? Cool...it and just about every other Zelda.
aLttP: Edge, IGN, GameRankings and Moby Games,
LA: GameRankings
OoT: Edge, Game Informer, Games magazine, IGN, GameRankings, GameSpot, Metacritic, Moby Games, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, CESA Awards, GameFAQs and VSDA Awards
MM: GameFAQs and IGN
Wind Waker: Games magazine, GamesTM, GameFAQs, GameRankings, GamesRadar, GameSpot, IGN, Metacritic, and E3
TP: Game Informer, GameFAQs, GameRankings, GamesRadar, GameSpy, GameTrailers, IGN, Metacritic, Moby Games, X-Play, and E3
Phantom Hourglass: E3
Skyward Sword: Edge, IGN, MMGN, Screw Attack, G4, and The Washington Examiner
Not that significant, especially when compared to the other 3D titles. In fact, if it means anything to you, if you count the Game of the Year awards these titles have received, it ranks 2nd to last when compared with it's 3D predecessors.