That's a shame. What made Super Mario World and Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past so memorable was that they had about two games' worth of content. Super Mario 64 and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time were excellent translations of the gameplay into 3D. The magic was still there. By the GameCube, it was already fading. The New Super Mario Bros series (in my opinion) is a bit of a personification of Nintendo's coasting mentality.Have you seen Mario Strikers Battle League? Nintendo is no better these days.
The days when Nintendo used to put effort into it are a bit behind now.
My mind was blown, when Breath of the Wild was announced as open world. I envisioned more freedom and terrain than Ocarina of Time. Unfortunately, people say dungeons aren't a thing anymore. One thing I do know is that there are a ton of puzzle/battle rooms. Tears of the Kingdom sounds like more of that. So, Nintendo likes to take one step forward and one step sideways.
Also, Link running around with an iPad?
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Sorry for the double post, but thanks for the rundown. I kind of understood the whole Nintendo/Game Freak/Creatures thing. I'm still not clear on the "who owns what" portion of the whole deal, but at least that helps explain why a big Nintendo property is having so much trouble with quality control.Nintendo doesn't own Game Freak. They are partners together with Creatures in keeping the Pokémon brand. Think that you opened a restaurant chain with two other friends, and one of them doesn't keep the units they are responsible of to the same standards as you, and rise the bar by it being Japan where people have problems to express their opinions, rise the bar again because the people responsible were born in the 50s~70s, it will end up in 仕方がない until stuff gets to corruption uncovered level, its always like this.