Email: Of course cutting grass is the reason I play Zelda!

You must realize you have no idea how much you are in the minority.  Every person I’ve talked to: when I say “Zelda,”  they say “Cutting Grass.”  Why, everyday I get up in my Zelda pj’s and ask myself “What am I’m going to do in Hyrule today?”  Save the princess? Nope.  Battle fearsome enemies? Nope.  Traverse dangerous dungeons?  Nope.

Cut grass in the first village where it’s safe and no evil monsters might force me to have some actual skill?

YES!!!

You see Mr. Malstrom, you are oh so wrong.  No one thinks of Zelda as sword fighting and traveling dungeons that are treacherous mazes with danger around every corner.  Zelda is a..a..an ‘experience where the developers show you the glory of Hyrule.’  The devs show you a beautiful, top notch narrative made up of things totally not cliche, high school romance, an ambiguously gay villain, and a partner (we know how much you like those) who acts completely different than everyone else.  The gameplay is sophisticated puzzles that go great with a little white wine.  Button pressing?  Fighting monsters?  An actual overworld?  Content?  Actually working?

Bah, you must live in a completely different universe or something.  I hope you will see this and stop slandering me!

Sincerely,

Eiji Aonuma

I’m not surprised since your idea of ‘fun’ in college was making wooden dolls. When I was in college, I had fun with dolls too. But they were flesh and blood.