Cool post, I almost completely agree with you. I've been with the series before OoT too. I thought the Oracle games were as good as the original LoZ. But yea, it was missing something.........some mystery. I chalk it up as the limitations on the original NES games. We kinda had to figure our own way out in that one. No more roaming the land to find Dungeon 3. Now, you can't go anywhere else until the item from Dungeon 2 is obtained. etc

Even after playing WW 3 or so times; I'm still not that much a fan of it. Maybe it's the graphics, or the lackluster Triforce quest.

But FSA, and PH are on par for a 2D game. Don't pretend you didn't lose any sleep playing against friends.

And TP, ah, where to start. It's a turn in the right direction for the series. The simple bosses are my only complaint. I especially admire that the dungeons were actually creative. I mean TP's going to be the new standard for adventure games. Sure they were still 'elemental', but at least it was in a new way.

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