I call myself a fanboy as a joke because I know too much about something or I really enjoy it. I am not someone who will diehard defend something despite it's faults. I can admit when something doesn't live up to expectations.I am not afraid to call it like it is.

I can't stand trying to make any kind of a valid point up against the likes of Nintendo fanboys. Oh gush praise and glory for the holy game series that is The Legend of Zelda. Bow at the altar of Link and hold up the sacred tri-force. Pft... Let me just say that the last Zelda game that I actually enjoyed playing and finished was A Link to the Past if you want to know how over this series I am. This story is just worn out. Find me a princess that gets captured more than Zelda outside of Peach.

The formula is the same in every game. Hell even the game play is practically the same since Ocarina of Time. I blame Nintendo for not adapting. I blame Nintendo for shoving themselves into a mold when they didn't need to. Actually I have this same problem with most of their inhouse games. Mario at least changes things up but the only real reason for that is they shove Mario into practically every title they make. I almost expect to see the Legend of Super Mario or Mario Prime. Why not? We've already got Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Mario Soccer, Mario Kart, Mario Land, Mario World, Sunshine, 3D, and on and on.

And don't even get me started on playing with that crappy excuse for a controller that is the Wii remote. Motion control only works if it correctly registers your movements. Sony has done this one better by making the thing wireless and bluetooth and incorporating a camera. I see Nintendo doing all these things to move hardware in new directions but never anything to make it work well or doing anything to keep their games fresh. Actually, with Mario I wish they would kind of revert back to the original formula. Mario worked well as a 2D side scroller. The only 3D incarnation I've enjoyed was Super Mario Galaxy.

Lots of flash and newness doesn't mean it's a good game. I can't say specifically about the latest Zelda but I also have no intention of playing it. My Wii is basically dead to me, used for nothing more than watching Netflix or playing Lego games. I blame Nintendo for that too for not getting good 3rd party support and not even providing good inhouse support the last couple of years.