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Our friends over at ZeldaInformer.com lay out a strong case for Twilight Princess being the greatest Zelda game ever. What do you think?

Twilight Princess is one of the most critically acclaimed Zelda games in history, but is also the one that possibly created one of the most disappointed fan bases in recent memory. Everyone pretty much felt before Twilight Princess came out that this was exactly what we wanted. Unfortunately, for a great many, they were wrong. Apparently, it’s true that none of us ever know what we truly want until we get it. However, I cannot deny as I stand before you today, that Twilight Princess was indeed the best Zelda game ever. Before you decide to gather the masses and burn me at the stake for witchcraft, hear me out.

Let us first throw out all the numbers, and by numbers I am referring to sales. If one was to base this purely off that, Ocarina of Time is still the best game, with Twilight Princess coming in right behind it (it may possibly surpass OoT in sales eventually). Naturally, sales is not a good barometer for what is and is not a great game, considering plenty of games never sold well and were purely amazing.

Of course, lets assume you really want some numbers, because that is just the sort of person you are. Lets ignore, for a moment, the 30 or so awards Twilight Princess won in 2006, including, but not limited to, best graphics, best musical score, and best story. Let’s throw those aside for a moment. What about the Review scores? MobyGames, a site that averages out review scores from all the major media outlets, has Twilight Princess tied at 96/100 for the number two game of all time, the highest ranking Zelda title in terms of review scores. As I stated just a little bit ago though, numbers are not the way to measure things out. Heck, if it was, the fact that is the best selling game of all time in the PAL region (which is most the world except the United States and Japan) would be enough of an argument. However, as I said, numbers mean little. Lets get to why this game really is the best Zelda ever.

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Read another great article from ZeldaInformer, Spirit of the Hero

Thanks for the tip, Nathanial!

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