Some Zelda Things
22nd October 2025, 9:59 AM
I do like stories in games, but I know not every game has to have a story. Again, going back to Mario Kart, I have no expectation that there will be a story in a game of this genre (even mainline Mario games usually have a story that isn't much more than "save the princess... again"). Diddy Kong Racing sort of had a story, but its story was just... win races so you can save the world from the alien pig. The story was clearly an afterthought, and very little stock should be put into it.
I agree that for most games, the story is an excuse for the gameplay to happen. For Zelda, though, the story is one of the draws of the series, but not every entry leans into the story. The NES installments, for instance, are very light on story. For something like Final Fantasy, the story ranks pretty high in my estimation of each entry; my favorite installments in the series are usually the ones I deem to have the best stories, though gameplay is still a factor even then.
I agree that for most games, the story is an excuse for the gameplay to happen. For Zelda, though, the story is one of the draws of the series, but not every entry leans into the story. The NES installments, for instance, are very light on story. For something like Final Fantasy, the story ranks pretty high in my estimation of each entry; my favorite installments in the series are usually the ones I deem to have the best stories, though gameplay is still a factor even then.