Have you ever thought that the Zelda series has been just a tad bit too easy lately? If you have, I think you share a common opinion with most core gamers about the Zelda Franchise. ZeldaInformer takes a look into this issue, and offers up the possible solution of a Difficulty Setting.

I wouldn't say the drop in difficulty has been due to the puzzles--going back and playing the older games I find they're really no more difficult in this arena--nor that we can blame the more linear story structure--we've been told, either directly or indirectly, where to go next in basically every game since A Link to the Past. No, the lapse in difficulty is much more fundamental than that. It has everything to do with the amount of damage Link takes, as well as what he can dish out compared to his enemies.

Remember those bosses from the NES and SNES games that took away three or more of your hearts? There hasn't been one since the jump to GameCube, and most enemies we face nowadays chip at mere fractions of your life energy. Remember when obstacles and enemies fired at you nonstop as long as you had the audacity to remain in the same room? Now they fire at a much slower rate, and only when you get particularly close. Remember when large groups of enemies kept you on your toes? With any of the moves in your extensive repertoire, you can now dispatch them all at once with no problem (usually before any of them even raise their clubs).

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