Can TP be as successful as OoT?

Honestly I don't think any Zelda from now can be be as successful as OoT. Going from ALTTP to OoT is huge, just think about it, could people back then even imagine a 3D Zelda? I think TP will do very well, but can't beat OoT.

First of all, I dont think OoT was THE best Zelda game, I simply just love aLttP since childbirth .

And I think TP will be better than OoT... by far. if they would have came at the same time since OoT was winning alot on beeing so revolutionary.

But even now, I think TP will be much more fun than OoT since it got so much more gameplay, a much bigger world, more use for horseriding, fishing almost everywere, alot of miniquests, animals in a much greater way, fantastic grafics, the abbility to work together in a special way with Midna, beeing "old" all the time(this doesnt have to be a good thing), and I could go on all day!

Yes, it can be as good. Out of all the 2D Zelda games, which one is usually considered the best? A Link to the Past. Even though it was the second 2D game (excluding AoL). A game's success doesn't depend on the time of its coming (though that helps).

Yea same here OoT is my third favoite, I like WW and The Adventure of link better. There is no doubt in my mind that TP will be a better game, what i meant to say was that i dont think that TP will do quite as good as OoT because a total of 8.6 million copies were sold worldwide.
I honestly think TP will do almost as good, and will be a good thing for nintendo (probably selling a lot of Game Cubes).

I think it can be as good, and even beat it. Nintendo says it's gonna be three times bigger than OoT, at least a hundred hours. The horseback fighting is something we've been dreaming of (or at least me), and we'll have it. And Besides, i think the transformation into a wolf is quite cool, but for that we'll have to wait, people.

OoT was indeed the mst epic LoZ of its time. However TP will surpass that value that OoT had then, but I don't think TP will overshadow the great essence of OoT as a game itself. OoT had a great story plot and it was very anticipating to see what happened next as you played it. TP may outdo OoT here as well. But what were looking at is basically an extremely advanced improvement on the OoT era of gameplay and adding some new stuff with it. OoT will always be the great base game that started off the rest of the 3D LoZ's age.

I know exactly what you mean, TP will of course be a great game but I have doubts as well if I will get the same feeling from Oot. It's only normal back then, you went from 2D to 3D and we were all amazed by this because it' ssomething completely new. Now however we're used to a 3D world so we don't get that same feeling as back then when we first played it. However, if TP will give us enough new gameplay elements and a good story, than it should be better than OoT.

tp might not be as sucessful as ocarina of time because of all this new "revolutionary" consoles coming out.like forgetreality said oot was great then bcause of the jump from 2D to 3D something totally new that was introduced.

if you are talking about the quality of the game then yes tp will be more successful than oot. i mean that game is definitely overrated. still its the best 3d zelda so its the current benchmark. i dont think it will sell as many units though. first of all the n64 wa more popular than the gamecube so there were more people to purchase oot. also oot was released at the n64's prime. the people who will buy tp are the zelda fans, hardcore gamers, and people who have been waiting for the game since e3 two years ago. i dont think it will enjoy nearly as many casual players as oot did.

Originally Posted by shaun79

i dont think it will sell as many units though. first of all the n64 wa more popular than the gamecube so there were more people to purchase oot. also oot was released at the n64's prime. the people who will buy tp are the zelda fans, hardcore gamers, and people who have been waiting for the game since e3 two years ago. i dont think it will enjoy nearly as many casual players as oot did.

Yes i though of that but Nintendo is probably going to bundle TP with the gamecube for real cheap, but i still agree taht it won't do as good.

All I know is that the game definatley won't do bad.

If it's better than OoT it's better. If it's not as good then it's not as good.

We gotta play it through first.

Ocarina of Time is the most successful Zelda game there is, voted by the general public, no one can say if Twilight princess is going to be as succsessful or not, not until thousands of gamers world wide have had their chance to play through the game. There is a chance it may be more successful than Ocarine of Time, seeing as how Nintendo keep pulling it back to work harder on it. Nintendo are trying their hardest on this one, so there is a chance.

I do think that it can be more sucessful, because it will have a great storyline, and general gamers now just care about graphics, so they will see how beautiful the game looks and buy it.

As far as being sucessful in the eyes of Zelda freaks like me,Tp will surpass OoT in every aspect.OoT was a great game,and now Tp is going to make the good things of OoT better,and the places where OoT was faulted it'll fix.In overall sales and the business perspective,OoT will take the prize.The fact is that despite the anticipation for Twilight Princess,not many casual gamers have even a clue its being made.When i tell my friends how awesome its gonna be,only a select few know what im talking about.

It better be the best freaking game I've ever played, seeing as how Nintendo has forced us to sit through numerous, pointless delays. I'm sure the developers have had FAR more than enough time to perfect the game.

Aonuma better not disappoint me, or he'll be getting teh nasty letters!!

The way this game is going so far, then surely it will be better than OoT. Never before has a game been this anticipated, never before has a games company worked this hard on a game. TP WILL be the best game EVAR.

P.S: Yes I do realize that I have spelt 'ever' wrong, the spelling mistake was deliberate.

Twilight Princess will not even be close to as successful that Ocarina of Time was. First of all, GameCube is a dead console and is doing the worst. Nintendo 64 was in its prime and was beating PSone when they released Ocarina of Time. Plus, with the lack of advertising and hype for Twilight Princess... I doubt it will even sell as well at Majora's Mask.

No it won't be as successful as OoT. It was already mentioned that OoT was the first 3D Zelda which blew people away. And the game came out in the middle of N64's lifespan, not at the dead end like TP will. The look of the next generation games will steal alot of TP's thunder.

This doesn't mean it can't be a better game though and thats all a good little Zelda fan should care about.

i think itll be very hard for any game to be better than oot because it has a great story line and when u play even for the 20th time it still gets u hooked. it has an immersive quality about and thats very hard to do but in the means of gameplay, graphics all that tp will be miles better. then for the sales point of view, it depends completely on when they release it. if they release at the time of the revolution release its sales will be better ( i believe ) because since its a new console people will be more willing to buy it if they dont have a gamecube because the gamecube is basically out dated and no matter how much i love gamecube all my mates think its crap with all your x box 360s now

Hm... Well, what type of success are we measuring? If we're talking about stuff like gameplay and graphics I would say Twilight Princess already outdoes OoT. They have spent a long time perfecting this game (with all those delays... *sigh*) so it's only natural to assume it might be more successful than the first 3D Zelda. The graphics are much better and the gameplay certainly looks amazing (I haven't played the E3 demo so I'm assuming the controls are like WW with different graphics, and there'll deffinately be more sidequests with such a big world) so unless they seriously mess up somewhere it's guaranteed to attract more people, including those who've never heard of the series. This game is one of (if not THE) most anticipated game this year so people who don't know anything about it will be drawn to it because they want to see what the hype is all about. I'm not criticising OoT - heck, it's my favourite game with TWW! - but it's just my opinion about those things.

Now, if by success you mean all that business stuff (how many were sold an all that) the I would also say that TP will still probably outdo OoT. Back in the good old Nintendo64 days, gaming was quite popular. However it's nothing like these days, where practically every teenager (or just household in general) has a gaming console. More people play games nowadays, and even if the Gamecube is not the most popular console the number of Gamecube owners is still larger than those who owned an N64 back then. Most of those owners will probably buy TP. Maybe some strange people will buy a Gamecube just for TP (actually I can understand this - the game seems is worth it).

And of course, as Mr.Man already stated above, it's important to remember that even if the Gamecube isn't the most popular console, Nintendo Revolution will be backwards compatible and a lot of people will get that console. This means more people will buy the game because they'll be able to play it on the Revolution. Thus, sales for this game increase. This sure reeks of success to me.

And even if it doesn't surpass OoT in success, more than likely every member of this forums will go out and buy the game regardless of how good it is statistically. We waited too long, and it's proving to be worth every cent. More than that, it's the fact that it's Zelda. The devoted Zelda fan will buy the game no matter what, right? I'm marching to the stores when they release it, and I'm sure it'll fulfill my expectations.

That's all I have to say n___n