1. The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
What's the change? Nintendo are now willing to remake and remaster ageing games to bring them into the HD era. This is a second chance for Twilight Princess to find an audience and be appreciated on what is technically its third console. Nintendo aren't widely known for producing HD versions of games or director's cuts, or even doing much apart from porting games onto handhelds; arguably the last big remake of any series of games on a Nintendo home console was Super Mario All-Stars for the Super Nintendo. If you discount the reissued version on Wii in 2010, then that was twenty-three years ago! Why? We're all still waiting for Zelda Wii U. There have been impressive trailers, lovely gameplay explanations by Eiji Aonuma and promises of delight and glory for Zelda fans. But let's not kid ourselves: Zelda Wii U is a game that has perhaps been in planning and/or production since the release of Skyward Sword in 2011 for a console that has been on the market for four years. For Zelda fans, any wait is filled with anticipation and frustration. Reading critical opinion on Twilight Princess some ten years after its original release, its sometimes like reading a series of battle cries, rallying troops to never forget the games legacy. "THIS. IS. TWILIGHT PRINCESS!" Nintendo gave fans especially American ones what they wanted: a proper post-Ocarina of Time that had adult link, top-notch graphics and an art style to gain the respect of an audience that was fixed on what Zelda should be, feel like and look like. Its still definitely worth a look, it just depends on whether youve played the game through once or twice already or not. How do you view Twilight Princess in the larger canon of Zelda releases? Let us know in the comments!
Bryan Langley’s first console was the Super Nintendo and he hasn’t stopped using his opposable thumbs since. He is based in Bristol, UK and is still searchin' for them glory days he never had.
