Twilight Princess has an average of 95, Skyward Sword an average of 93 both a hair's breadth from Breath of the Wild's score of 97, and yet neither is nearly as close to it in achievement or excellence. "Zelda and Mario represent order and chaos, ego and id - and you can't reinvent something which is constantly reinventing itself" Eurogamer However, look at the review scores awarded to the other Zelda titles released during Metacritic's lifetime and you'd be forgiven for thinking no reinvention was necessary. Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a case in point a tremendous game, rightly praised as a much-needed reinvention of the series by virtually every critic. Supposedly objective critiques often seem to start from the assumption that the game in question will be great, the text becoming an exercise in defining the nature and degree of its excellence. But also no coincidence because the games press has a tendency to want to see the best in Nintendo's most famous franchises. No coincidence because Nintendo has displayed both a remarkable degree of resilience to the games industry's many changes, and a remarkable ability to riff on its own ideas - some of which are now four decades old. Is there any IP, in any entertainment medium, as consistently and lavishly praised as Mario? In considering this question, only one other came to mind: Zelda, and the fact that both belong to Nintendo is no coincidence.
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