AMN’s Lucas DeWoody has a two page article up on the seeming demise of the Zelda series. It’s no secret that sales of Zelda games have been dropping over the years, despite the quality of the games remaining arguably at the high level they’ve always been at. DeWoody first looks at how Nintendo’s handling of Twilight Princess seems to have done more damage to the franchise than good, before going on to talk about the similarities between Zelda’s current state and the already-seen demises of such franchises like Kirby, F-Zero, and Star Fox.

What’s disturbing is that all of those franchises were huge in their days, but a simple loss of faith from Shigeru Miyamoto signaled the turning point for all of them. The Zelda received this comment from Shiggy following the poor sales of Twilight Princess, despite his acknowledging of the game’s quality. Will we have to turn our heads away as the Zelda series dies a slow and embarrassing death? Or can something be done to revive and save it?

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