I’m not going to deny that they are good games, they definitely are. However, there are some design choices made with BOTW and TOTK that really make me separate them from the rest of the series.
The item degradation, the voice acting, the open worldness, all these things aren’t what I want from a Zelda, and because of that, I doubt I’ll ever replay those games again. Again, not bad games at all, and if anyone said they were their favorite games, I’d totally understand that.
But does anyone else wish that we would get a more traditional Zelda game again?
I didn’t even bother to play them. Happy that a new generation loves them though, and the sales figures speak for themselves. We’re probably not getting classic Zelda back for a long time.
Link Between Worlds and the Links Awakening remake count, though. If you haven’t checked those out they are both great.