Nintendo Power

Today I saw either last months or this months issue of Nintendo Power. It had a list of best Zelda games, idem, and such. As I looked through it was horrible. I'd say most of the fanbase would agree MM deserver better than 11th on a list of 13 games and that LA deserved more then like 8.
Which also brings the question, (probably very easy to answer) does nintendo actually listen it's fanbase at all?

'course not. Well, not too much, anyway.
Still, this was an article about what NP thought about the Zelda series, not what the fans thought, right?

Originally Posted by Tsukuyomi

'course not. Well, not too much, anyway.
Still, this was an article about what NP thought about the Zelda series, not what the fans thought, right?

Probably. It's not like they had a poll or anything. Makes me miss the forums Nintendo used to have. Fans made more of an impact on the magazine then.

While I don't think MM should have been so low on the list, I can kind of understand how older people (the NP staff) would vote it lower. Many of today's MM fans are young and didn't really experience the older titles, so they're a bit biased. The staff at Nintendo Power are more likely to give a less-biased (won't go so far as to say 'unbiased') opinion on game rankings. Still, I think MM deserved a higher slot.

When I read that article and saw MM at number 11, I nearly threw the magazine away in anger.
Besides MM though, everything else was placed pretty well, in my opinion. The original would have been placed further back though, and WW and TP would have been moved up a spot or two.

The NP staff is the most biased group of writers I've seen... Zelda and Mario always get top 10
while excellent third party games aren't as 'innovative' as the next Zelda or Mario which barely
changes a successful formula...

Originally Posted by Cukeman

The NP staff is the most biased group of writers I've seen... Zelda and Mario always get top 10
while excellent third party games aren't as 'innovative' as the next Zelda or Mario which barely
changes a successful formula...

Of course they are. How much sense would it make for them to say that other people make better games than themselves?

Originally Posted by Burn BlueFire

Which also brings the question, (probably very easy to answer) does nintendo actually listen it's fanbase at all?

Nintendo listens TOO much, that's why we got Twilight Princess.

Wow, number 11? Nintendo Power doesn't know how much they're retarded. It should be in the top 5.

Come on people.... Everyone has their own specific list of the top Zelda games. I myself don't agree at all with the article. But remember that its an article written by some random person who works at the Nintendo Power company. The only thing i found interesting was the best items, weapons, moments, etc.
Anyways, just don't be bothered by it. Nintendo Power is getting really boring these days. No more posters, specials, sweepstakes, etc. I might not renew my subscription for this year probably.

Originally Posted by silver-hero

Come on people.... Everyone has their own specific list of the top Zelda games. I myself don't agree at all with the article. But remember that its an article written by some random person who works at the Nintendo Power company. The only thing i found interesting was the best items, weapons, moments, etc.
Anyways, just don't be bothered by it. Nintendo Power is getting really boring these days. No more posters, specials, sweepstakes, etc. I might not renew my subscription for this year probably.

I agree that NP has gotten very boring. But I blame that on the lack of good games being released, not on the NP crew themselves. Most of the articles they have are about games I couldn't care less about, but thats only because I couldn't care less about most wii games in general being released these days. Can't wait until NSMB wii comes out, first wii game I'll be buying in months!

Originally Posted by GoronWarrior25

I agree that NP has gotten very boring. But I blame that on the lack of good games being released, not on the NP crew themselves. Most of the articles they have are about games I couldn't care less about, but thats only because I couldn't care less about most wii games in general being released these days. Can't wait until NSMB wii comes out, first wii game I'll be buying in months!

Yeah, most games that are being released are bad. Thats a big part to why Nintendo Power got a little boring. But there were also some other things that also made it bad. They had a good preview for NSMB Wii. Hopefully its a great game since its supposed to be extremely hard and joyful. Can't wait for the Spirit Tracks blowout coming up in the next issue.

Can someone list them. i dont have that issue.

Ask and you shall recieve my friend. *just so happened to have the issue right next to me*

13: The Adventure of Link
12: Four Swords Adventures
11: Majora's Mask (...buh?)
10/9: Oracle of Ages/Seasons
8: The Minish Cap
7: Phantom Hourglass
6: Wind Waker
5: Links Awakening/DX (DX?)
4: Twilight Princess
3: The Legend of Zelda
2: A Link to the Past
1: Ocarina of Time

Want the tiny tidbit rankings too? I have those right here.

Ocarina of Time at number 1. Big ****ing surprise, there. This list is about eighty kinds of wrong.

(DX was the Gameboy Color edition, by the way. Stone tablets and missing chunks turned to stone owls and beaks, a photo album with Gameboy Printer functionality, an optional dungeon, and the removal of the Select Glitch.)

I agree with OoT being number one. WW, TP, MM are all too low.

P.S. Thanks TwilitProphet!

No problem.

Originally Posted by Mandrag

(DX was the Gameboy Color edition, by the way. Stone tablets and missing chunks turned to stone owls and beaks, a photo album with Gameboy Printer functionality, an optional dungeon, and the removal of the Select Glitch.)

Ah. Alright then. Thank you.

Originally Posted by TwilitProphet

Ask and you shall recieve my friend. *just so happened to have the issue right next to me*

13: The Adventure of Link
12: Four Swords Adventures
11: Majora's Mask (...buh?)
10/9: Oracle of Ages/Seasons
8: The Minish Cap
7: Phantom Hourglass
6: Wind Waker
5: Links Awakening/DX (DX?)
4: Twilight Princess
3: The Legend of Zelda
2: A Link to the Past
1: Ocarina of Time



Want the tiny tidbit rankings too? I have those right here.

Swap Tp and windwaker and Loz with MM
ive just made it worse havnt i ?

Oh, I liked that article! Although I highly disagree with MM (no I haven't played it, but it looks amazing!) and WW being so far back on the list , Argorok being called the best boss (I hated that boss. It was way too dumb and easy. Even if it was quite dramatic.), and MC being considered to have the best overworld (WW's was better). Plus, although the Overworld Theme from LoZ, the theme from the whole series, is quite classic and well done, I don't consider it the best tune. I think the Staff Roll tune from WW is the best tune. And Midna's Lament from TP.

I agree with the article.

Majora's Mask was a great game. It may have been better then a lot of the games on there, but as a Zelda game Majora's Masked failed to intrigue me with dungeons and instead intrigued me with a crazy amount of task inducing side quests with some being rewarding. The plot was simple and nice, but so short without digging into the beef of the game.

Don't get me wrong Majora's Mask was an extremely great game. Anywhere else, it would earn a higher ranking for me. On a list of Zelda games though. I think Nintendo Power was very right with its placement taking into account classics and whatnot.

EzloSpirit, Wind Waker's would have been better in my opinion if sailing wasn't a pain. I think that was NP reasoning as well.

I'd also like to point out that Nintendo Power knew they were going to upset us and asked them not to get angry and kill them. They listen and know more then we think.

Nintendo Power isn't run by Nintendo anymore. It's run by Future US.

Anyway, Majora's Mask should have been #1, with Ocarina of Time 3rd. Everything else seems alright.