Over the course of 130 years, Nintendo has proven itself to be a near-peerlessly pioneering company. From playing cards, to the Game Boy, to the Switch, the Japanese giant has regularly torn up the rule book when it comes to home entertainment. That's what makes The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess a relatively rare Big N creation: it's a game that leans deeply into overtly comfortable, well-worn nostalgia.
This isn't a game that tried to chart the bold series redirection Wind Waker set sail for. Instead, this Wii launch title was more concerned with copying Ocarina Of Time's homework in the hopes of mimicking the magic of the Nintendo 64 masterpiece. Twilight Princess is the ultimate act of giving Zelda fans what they thought they craved. Despite Wind Waker being a stone-cold 10/10 critical classic, those wonderful cel-shaded visuals turned many western consumers cold. With the gift of hindsight, those incredibly demanding Nintendo fans should have been a little more understanding.
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