Twilight Princess is a game about love. Make no mistake about it– it is not strictly romantic love: it’s love between a father and son, between childhood friends, between citizens and the world they live in, between soldiers and the world they protect. It’s love between ancient races and their traditions, and even the love a researcher has for knowledge.
It is the kind of love that causes a knight to fight for his country, or a princess to give up a life of luxury to save her people, or even a madman to stop at nothing for power; it’s the kind of love that never dies no matter how dire the circumstances. However, in a game so centered on this all-encompassing concept of love, how is it that our hero never finds it?
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