It amazes me that all Nintendo has to do is show a teaser image of the new Zelda game and speculation will begin and of course, with this comes basially everyone's reasoning as to what could happen to make it suck and the more I listen to whiny Nintendo fans complain about what's wrong with each new Mario, Zelda, Pokemon installment the more I realize why Nintendo left the hardcores behind for the less whiny casual crowd. Let me explain.

First there are the fans who refuse the acknowledge any Zelda game after A Link to the Past.

People hated Majora's Mask because it featured a young Link and did follow the standard format.

People hated Wind Waker because it was "cartoony" and had sailing.

People THEN turned around and hated Twilight Princess becuase it was too much like Ocarina.

People hated Phantom Hourglass because it had sailing again and the Ocean King Temple was a pain (ok I agree with the later).

People already hate on Spirit Tracks because WHAAAA! Link's on a train. And of course there are those already condemming it if it doesn't have Ganondorf (never mind that he's stuck at the bottom of the sea with a sword stuck in his forehead).

And finally there are those condemming the new Wii Zelda because it's going to use motion controls and possibly the new demo mode. And I'm sure as more is revealed, we'll find something else to hate and discuss as to why no Zelda game will ever be greater than Ocarina of Time.

Honestly at times I get why Nintendo is tired of appeasing the hardcore because as Yahtzee pointed out "fans are clingy, complaining dipsh--s who will never EVER be greatful no matter how many concessons you make. The minute you shut our their shrill tremulous cries, the better off you are." Fan complained about how SSBB was either too similar/too different from Melee. People complained about Mario flying through space. We hated when Fox jumped out of his plane and adventured on foot with a magic staff. We hated when Metroidevolved into an FPS but now we hate how Other M is allowing Samus to talk and have a backstory.

I know I'm rambling but the point of many of my blogs is to show a mirror back at the game community and how we're like a bunch of spoiled children who are never satisfied. We want our favorite franchises to grow and change but then hate when it's too different. We want new ways to play but shun new control schemes. We wanted our parents to accept our gaming but now hate that they're buying "shovelware."

Really if any of you have some idea of what a great Zelda game SHOULD be, I'd greatly like to hear it because I'm sure I'd hear several conflicting ideas (have Link talk. Link shouldnt talk, etc.) But what if say, they really changed up the series. Used the wolf form from Twilight Princess, but kept him in wolf form the entire game. Not being able to use his sword, Link would have to use magic spells. Maybe set it in a different location based on old world Japan, but then you wouldn't have Zelda....you'd have Okami! Which you didn't buy!! (note: if you did buy Okami, please disreguard the last line.)

In short the new Wii Zelda is going to suck because it's not Ocarina of Time.