[Ginkasa]

It was a pretty awesome time to be a Zelda fan back then. Coming pretty soon off of the one-two punch of OoT and MM... the series was the undisputed king and anything was possible. Unfortunately, I think the series as a whole fell prey to the ultimate overhype. After OoT the Zelda games couldn't just be great games - they had the to the Best Games of All Time.

Unfortunately, no Zelda game has been able to legitimately claim that title since OoT (even if you feel a more recent Zelda game is better than OoT, I don't think you can argue it was as revolutionary or as far ahead of its contemporaries as OoT was for its time). Mixed with Nintendo's constant missteps in the minds of "hardcore" gamers, this has caused the Zelda series to kind of fall out of grace... For as many people claiming Skyward Sword is the best game ever just because its Zelda, there's the same amount trashing it because its from Nintendo, or it has motion controls, or it hasn't changed "the formula" enough, or they just didn't enjoy themselves while playing it.

Ah well.