The newest chapter in the 30 - year -
old franchise changed everything we know about Zelda, Link, Hyrule and how a Zelda game should be played.
Not exact matches
Instead of treading the same
old ground, Phantom Hourglass incorporates many radical gameplay
changes that should keep the
franchise fresh for Zelda veterans, and accessible for new Zelda converts.
Because it is more than 100 years
old,
change doesn't always come easy to the
franchised auto - dealership system, says Jared Hamilton, head of DrivingSales.com.
He's the one who started ignoring the
old fans, and forcing upon unwanted gimmicks and
changes to already great
franchises.
When the Fallout
franchise was snapped up by Bethesda as a shooting / RPG hybrid, many of the fans of the
old series were upset at the
change.
Reinvigorating interest in what was presumed to be a dead
franchise, 2K Marin scrabbled to appease fans, both new and
old, by once again
changing the mechanics to allow for greater tactical control by putting the player in charge of a small team and reintroducing the strategic elements it had previously eschewed.
That
franchise is one of the few that can still make
old - school shooters fun and that shouldn't
change any time soon.
I'm in the camp of
old - school fans of the
franchise and loved Awakening for bringing in new fans and making subtle
changes to put a bigger emphasis on pairing up units.
Adding a son to the mix and an
older Kratos will certainly
change some aspects that we're familiar with in the God of War
franchise.
The fact is that most of Nintendo's
franchises haven't
changed much from their first version to make the jump from 2D to 3D (the
old school 2D / 3D switch, not the current one), and I'm kind of tired of buying a marginally improved version of the same game over and over.
We dive into how the
changes to this latest entry in the 20 year -
old franchise affect the Pokémon formula, as well as pick our favorite newcomers to the Pokédex and discuss the competition circuit.
Irwin's Mario is not a simple retelling of a 25 - year -
old story, but instead an examination of the game with fresh eyes: both as a product of its time and as a welcome
change from the larger Super Mario
franchise.