In the "good" timeline, we got a direct sequel to this game.

TP was absolute trash, and there was nothing to continue from. Soulless, rushed over-correction attempt, that plagued an entire generation.

SS was a massive upgrade compared to TP's mess.

good timeline
>within the first year of Gamecube we get a disc with Ocarina of Time, Master Quest, Majora's mask, and a new game using the engine but with Gamecube hardware power
>the next new game is Twilight Princess coming out years later
>Wind Waker comes exclusively to Wii on launch day lots of waggle and motion controls + fishing, graphics way better
>Twilight Princess 2 comes to Wii U on launch day

>>714714829
>SS was a massive upgrade compared to TP's mess.

I don't think the general fanbase agrees with that considering how controversial SS was for multiple reasons. It's barren overworld, uncomfortable and inconsistent controls, plot points which shifted around the lore of the franchsie, etc.

>>714714881
In my perfect timeline phantom hourglass and spirit tracks came out as fully 3d games in the wii and wii u and we got twilight princess 2 and 3 on switch and a link's awakening remake and a massively overhauled version of skyward sword on the DS

>>714713878 (OP)
Fuck man such a missed opportunity

I enjoyed SS

>>714713878 (OP)
TP > WW

>>714713878 (OP)
In the "good" timeline, MM would have been the last Zelda game.

The only good timeline is one where OoT didn't ruin the Zelda series.

>>714715459
>I don't think the general fanbase agrees with that considering how controversial SS was for multiple reasons
Incorrect.
The game has some of the best dungeons, characters, OST and writing.

>>714714829
>TP was absolute trash, and there was nothing to continue from. Soulless,
completely and entirely wrong

>>714713878 (OP)
Hacknuma didn't even want to make this game. It's no wonder it ended up mediocre.

>>714719107
This was the best minigame in the series until TOTK had some pretty fun ones.

>>714714829
Skyward Sword is still the worst Zelda game.
This is your only response from me, engagement baiter.

>>714714829

I played SS for the first time a few years ago (lol WiiU) and it was okay. I liked it because I didn't have to use motion controls but I can see why people didn't like it (reusing settings, weird story, the forest level lacked aura, etc)

The vibe and aesthetic of this game is what Zelda should have pushed towards. OOT and MM are still the best Zelda games. I hate the modern Zelda games as they are full of cringey anime weeb bullshit.

>>714714829
TP quite desperately needed a sequel game in the vein of Majora's Mask when it aped Ocarina of Time so hard it even ended with Midna vanishing for basically no reason

The real problem is that they dropped the gimmick/main theme. As long as 3D zelda has a main gimmick like music, masks, wolf link, trains, sailing, sky world, it feels like a unique entry. Open world is not a theme, neither is gmod.

>>714721334
Unfortunately, Zelda is always changing its aesthetic. Also aren't the TP incarnations of Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf still considering the definitive versions that Nintendo still uses?

>>714713878 (OP)
>starts up the game
You picked up a green rupee. That's worth one (1) rupee!
>You picked up a blue rupee. That's worth five (5) rupees!
>You picked up a red rupee. That's worth twenty (20) rupees!
>You picked up a yellow rupee. That's worth ten (10) rupees!
>play game
>turn off game
>start up the game again
>repeat

>>714724164
As far as marketable plushie versions go it seems to have largely settled on
>Link - TP, BOTW (TP moreso despite how "hard" they push the BOTW blue look, the green tunic is still the one they go to for marketing material)
>Zelda - ALTTP/ALBW/EoW design with the circlet
>Ganondorf - OoT and TP somewhat interchangeably, notably Super Smash Bros. chose the OoT design to go back to and TOTK's design resembles Wind Waker's most strongly both in face and clothing

Why did they scrap the magic system in this game? I thought that was a nifty implementation of Link's connection to the three goddesses in the N64 era.

>>714714829
fpbp

>>714713878 (OP)
How would it even be followed up? I thought it ended pretty conclusively and had a good way of tying OoT, MM, and TP together.

>>714724652
Farore's Wind >>>>>>>> (power gap) >>>>>>>>> Oocca

>>714724652
Whose boobies are those?

>>714724740
Squeaquel in which Link is looking for Midna like Link does Navi in MM, and a third game to cap out the trilogy in which he finds Midna.

>>714724652
They probably couldn't figure out how to implement them with the Wii controls

>>714724652
It seems like they scrapped the magic system at the last minute, the item pick-up for the Gale Boomerang still talks about a magic charge for the wind effect that doesn't exist anymore. I'm guessing they just ran out of time and dev resources, and what they had left over (Gale Boomerang, spin attacks, Magic Armor) didn't really warrant a full magic system. For that matter the N64 games struggled to find uses for magic sometimes too, all magic items except Din's Fire and Light Arrows are completely optional (even the Lens of Truth just makes things easier more than it's a hard necessity), while in Majora's Mask goron rolling is gonna be the thing you use magic on in 99% of scenarios

>>714713878 (OP)
Is there a way to play this without the piss filter?
I should replay this on an emulator just to hear Midna moan

>>714713878 (OP)
Don't remind me.

>>714725375
There's mods that remove the bloom

>>714716247
True

Let’s be real here. Most late zillenials and younger (1997-now) see TP as on par with Ocarina. They understand that pound for pound TP is just as if not more well designed for a grand Zelda adventure. This game’s reputation is only going to get better with time.

>>714726008
Born too late to make a living off of stupid captions for video game magazines.

I like British Zelda the most tho.

>>714726908
oioioioioioioioioioi wanker u got a loicense for that mastuh sowahd?

8.8

>>714726908
I couldn't take her seriously at all. She's hard to listen to in both English and Japanese. I liked how she sounded in Italian.

>>714726952
Yes but the frog anon! She gifts frogs. I can't refuse a chick that has frogs.

>>714726008

I thought Gen Z was 95 and younger?

>>714727182
Oh yes she sounds very silly. I can't help but make fun of her for it. "What's wrong with me!" Bitch you're British. Now bring me the frogs.

Twilight Princess is the second worse mainline Zelda game. Breath of the Wild is the best mainline Zelda game. Crying on /v/ will never change that.

>>714727112

It's funny how the internet broke down with that score, but 20 years later it was generous if anything.