8 - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U 2016) - 30 HOURS BEAT - Having played basically all of the 3D Zeldas over the past couple years with the 3DS remasters, Wind Waker HD, and now this (Excluding Skyward Sword), I really do think this is my second favorite by a long shot. Ocarina of Time might always top the list, simply for the nostalgia and its old charm, but TP is just a really good, enjoyable, time that I can see myself going back to. I like that its abit dark and and Midna is such a great companion character (Best one of all, no contest), and some memorable characters for sure. Shop Smart, Shop Malo Mart! *Insert Malo with a chainsaw hand and double barreled shotgun here*
My only real negative that I noticed is that I hate how much of a blank slate Link feels in this game. I thought in Wind Waker, Link was abit more of a character, and Skyward Sword I know he gets more character and actually has interaction with Zelda that was very needed for him. In Twilight Princess, he just always seems to have this vacant stare. I'm hoping since Breath of the Wild feels like they are doing a lot more with the characters, at least with Zelda, that Link is also much better.
TP does fix alot of what I hated about Wind Waker HD, simply by being a world that makes you feel like you are there and accomplishing something. You have to fix the world torn apart with help of Midnas magic, areas have multiple outlets connected to other areas of the game, built around the central Hyrule Castle. There's no big empty sections of the game and all thee individual islands and outposts and the god awful sailing. That stuff made me super bored of Wind Waker. The dungeon designs also didn't do anything for me, but I had fun with the dungeons in TP.
At this point, its hard for me to know where to place Wind Waker. Do I hate the sailing and world as much as I do the time mechanic in Majora's Mask or the bad ideas done in Skyward Sword? I think currently, till Nintendo makes the inevitable Skyward Sword HD (It's guaranteed, there's no reason for them not to since the Joycons are just the nunchuck and wiimote), it's still Skyward Sword at the bottom, Wind Waker above that, Majora's Mask above that because its world and characters are interesting, then Twilight Princess, and of course Ocarina of Time.
Glad I finished the game now, rather than last year. The time is very perfect and I'm super hyped for Breath of the Wild now. Also I might be doing better on the challenge than I thought. Within two months, I've beat 7 games, which isn't bad at all. At this rate, I'm on track for a reasonably close year, especially if I can find a few smaller titles to play.
