Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask?

[CFFJR]

This is what has come to be called the Zelda cycle. Every single Zelda since Majora's Mask I remember getting a lot of intense backlash upon release, and each time as they get older a cult fanbase seems to pop up around it and it starts getting a lot of love. It's happened with both MM and WW, it's sorta starting to happen with Twilight Princess. I almost guarantee that by the time Wii U Zelda is out, TP will be considered this amazing gem, and by the time the Zelda after that comes out, everyone will be all over how amazing Skyward Sword was.

See, maybe I'm being petty, but this annoys me. I hate to sound like a "hipster", but I loved MM, WW, and TP since the days they each came out (haven't played SS yet). In each case I did multiple playthroughs back to back.

Hell, the only complaints I have among all three of those games are that the WW triforce hunt and early wolf sections in TP drag on and get a bit boring.

[AppleQueso]

This is what has come to be called the Zelda cycle. Every single Zelda since Majora's Mask I remember getting a lot of intense backlash upon release, and each time as they get older a cult fanbase seems to pop up around it and it starts getting a lot of love. It's happened with both MM and WW, it's sorta starting to happen with Twilight Princess. I almost guarantee that by the time Wii U Zelda is out, TP will be considered this amazing gem, and by the time the Zelda after that comes out, everyone will be all over how amazing Skyward Sword was.

See, maybe I'm being petty, but this annoys me. I hate to sound like a "hipster", but I loved MM, WW, and TP since the days they each came out (haven't played SS yet). In each case I did multiple playthroughs back to back.

Hell, the only complaints I have among all three of those games are that the WW triforce hunt and early wolf sections in TP drag on and get a bit boring.

Nah, I get you. I liked all those games when they came out as well (and still do), and on the flip-side there are plenty of people who disliked those games then and still dislike them now.

It's just a general trend I've noticed.

[BoringSupreez]

Not every main-series Zelda game becomes a gem in hindsight. Zelda II is still disliked by a majority of Zelda fans.

[AppleQueso]

Not every main-series Zelda game becomes a gem in hindsight. Zelda II is still disliked by a majority of Zelda fans.

Well I did specify "since Majora's Mask"

Zelda II is great and those fans are wrong anyway.

[8bit]

Ocarina of Time seems to be appropriately priced for a game store but $25 for Majoras Mask is a bit much. I am sure you could score a copy here on Racketboy this year for $15-20 shipped. Also the expansion pack could be had for $5-10 instead of $20.

Prices have been going up on MM. He might still be able to find it here for $20 shipped, but that would be a steal.

I didn't know that. Everything zelda has been raising in value recently it seems. Wind Waker went from $20 to nearly $40 the last half of 2012 on ebay...

[AppleQueso]

Ocarina of Time seems to be appropriately priced for a game store but $25 for Majoras Mask is a bit much. I am sure you could score a copy here on Racketboy this year for $15-20 shipped. Also the expansion pack could be had for $5-10 instead of $20.

Prices have been going up on MM. He might still be able to find it here for $20 shipped, but that would be a steal.

I didn't know that. Everything zelda has been raising in value recently it seems. Wind Waker went from $20 to nearly $40 the last half of 2012 on ebay...

More like everything Nintendo, period.

[BoringSupreez]

Searching for "the Zelda cycle" brought up these two images.


Both ring true. Right now, MM is the "God" Zelda game, while OoT is the "outdated classic."

[AppleQueso]

Those images are oddly specific and I don't know how "true" they are, but I think you get the idea.

[o.pwuaioc]

I think the problem is defining who is saying what. I for one stand by my original contention: Link to the Past is simply greatest, and 2D Zelda > 3D Zelda.

[AppleQueso]

I think the problem is defining who is saying what. I for one stand by my original contention: Link to the Past is simply greatest, and 2D Zelda > 3D Zelda.

Like I kept saying, we're talking about every game since Majora's Mask.

I'm just observing that most of these games got a lot of flack when released and are well loved now.