Ever since the release of Skyward sword, I’ve been wondering what it is that makes me keep coming back to the series, what is it that makes Zelda such a kick ass game? So I’m going to look back on what made my first Zelda experience so memorable. 

It was the 90s, the days of light up shoes and tamagotchis.. and I was lucky enough to have one of these 

             (and I got through more AA batteries than a twilight fan-girl)

And one lucky Christmas I recieved the greatest present of all. The legend of Zelda: Links Awakening. This game had everything, Swords, dungeons, one hell of a giant egg… and uhh… this bit.. 

The game wasn’t just a genius series of puzzles but it had you questioning the morality of the destruction of your enemies. Each boss battle would come with a stern warning that Link’s actions would have consequence for all that live on the island. Link’s morality is tested, this was also seen in this creepy as f*ck scene from twilight princess. 

This is something I want to see in Nintendo’s next Zelda game, Nothing makes a story stronger than a character over coming their demons. 

After beating Skyward sword I couldn’t help but feel that something was missing and it wasn’t until replaying Majora’s mask that I realised what it was. Skyward sword isn’t scary, not even a little.. unless you count seeing headmaster Gaebora having a bath. So What better way to bring back the dark side of Zelda than in beautiful HD? 

                                          (HEY, LISTEN!) 

YES NAVI I WAS GETTING THERE! Zelda HD needs a good sidekick that we actually care about. This is something else Skyward sword seemed to miss out on. I bloody hate Fi, I calculate that she has an 100% chance of pissing me off. Navi was annoying but at least she wasn’t a robot. What I want from Zelda HD is a character with human emotions like Midna, Linebek or the Ghost of Zelda. 

                                            Yeah bitch. 

The last thing I’m going to touch on is something I’ve noticed in the past few Zelda games. The japaneseness. I think Zelda should return to it’s roots and base it’s games on European and middle eastern mythology. In other words get rid of the snake-like dragons and bring back religious symbolism. 

Nobody finds games like assassin’s creed offensive, and that is bathed in the blood of religious leaders, so the odd cross or Islamic moon won’t offend but give the game a sense of an omnipotence, A higher power beyond the reach of the gamer. 

Zelda is a great game series but what Nintendo need to do to step up the game is pull the strengths of it’s previous games together.   

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