Email: the real reason why there will be no zelda’s collector’s pack

I believe the real why we aren’t getting a zelda collection this anniversary is because Nintendo doesn’t want to call attention to its blatant denial of reality.

By the time Super Mario All Stars released for the Wii, the two new Mario games had already been out for sometime.  It was easier for Nintendo to sweep the sales of All Stars under the rug (they even did a reprint very quietly).  If All Stars sold more than Galaxy 2, that would be tremendously embarrassing especially when SMB5 sold more than Galaxy 2.

If Nintendo released a Zelda Collection this year, there would be direct sales data that would potentially be disastrous.  Remember we are getting two Zeldas this year:

-The first betrayal of Zelda in order to celebrate the glory of 3D is being rebuilt again so that people can experience the glory of 3D even more (which, in case you hadn’t heard, is the reason us consumers play games at all)

-An operatic tale of young love between Link and Zelda and all the puzzl-er, struggles a couple must go through to be with each other complete with the added bonus of the player raising the controller straight up into the air to enact some kind of perverted She-Ra fantasy

These two games represent Nintendo’s new direction.  If 10 million people bought Zelda 1,2,3 on a disc while only 1 million people bought this new direction 3d crap, people might start asking questions.  It is vital that investors do not question that Nintendo’s new direction is the way to the promised land of prosperity and wealth.

Nintendo knows games with old school values sell through the roof.  They cannot release a game with old school values that could threaten the decision to purchase a game with their coveted new school values.  They want to rewrite history and say the new direction is what Zelda was always supposed to be.
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Nintendo doesn’t believe in ‘Old School’. To them, old games are just old. People only play old games for nostalgia.

Super Mario Galaxy was referred to as ‘the successor to Super Mario World’ internally at Nintendo. At 2006, Nintendo did not differentiate between 3d Mario and 2d Mario. Sales of NSMB DS told them something was up. Miyamoto: “The reason why NSMB DS sold so well is because of how accessible a single plane is. Let me add such elements to my Galaxy games, and we will watch them sell big.” Nope.  So when Mario 5 sold really big, Miyamoto thought, “Something went missing in 3d Mario from the transition to 2d Mario.” So now we have Super Mario 3DS where the game is based more on 2d Mario gameplay. When that won’t work, I wonder what excuse Miyamoto will come up with next. It is funny to me to watch.

With something like Zelda, Nintendo actually thinks Four Swords Adventures is a classic Nintendo game and the true sequel to Link to the Past. I tell them, “WTF?” There is no overworld to explore. No emphasis on swordplay in Four Swords. It is just a bunch of puzzles. Playing LTTP and Four Swords side by side and you really tell how LTTP, the puzzles are just a supplement, while in Four Swords they are the main course.

Speaking of 3d Mario sales, I think Donkey Kong Country Returns has sold at the same level as the Galaxy games. This either shows the strength of 2d platforming or the weakness of 3d Mario or both.