And we're back! Sorry I've been away for so long. My brain is full of too many stories and I can't keep up with all of them at once. Anyway, let's return to Hyrule and compare two stories to each other.
The supporting cast in any game is crucial to how the plot progresses. After all, you have to know the people you're saving in order to care about saving the world. The supporting cast is crucial in the Zelda series.
Twilight Princess's cast is quite large, though you'll easily pick out familiar faces as the game progresses. Among these are the crew from Ordon village. You spend much of the game tracking all of them down, and then restoring Ilia's memory (which I have to admit didn't make all that much sense to me. Sorry, I don't like Ilia). But once you've rescued them all, they sort of drop out of the plot. The next main group would be the Resistance group that meets in Telma's Bar. The group members help you along your way after you retrieve the Master Sword, warning you about the dangers the next area will possess. They also show up to give Link a hand in Hyrule Castle. And I loved the fact that they showed up. It proved that these guys really meant what they said about trying to save Hyrule from a force that they didn't fully understand. I wish there were more guys like them showing up in the final battle.
Skyward Sword's cast is much smaller, which gives you a more intimate feel with everyone. One of the main side-quests to gather gratitude crystals is based on you knowing everyone in town. The main secondary character you'll encounter is Groose, who is in it for himself and for Zelda. But once he gets it through his skull that he's not the Hero chosen by the Goddess, he stops feeling sorry and starts becoming industrious, hinting at the future society that the people of Skyloft will one day build below. There's also Fledge, a shy boy who eventually works his way out of his shell (thanks to you and your hard earned rupees. I dont' like Fledge either...).
So which cast is better? Personally, I liked the big grand scope of Twilight Princess, but also the small intimate feeling of Skyward Sword as well. Once you returned to Skyloft for the first time after being below the clouds, you realize how small your world actually is compared to Hyrule below.
And the cast of Skyward Sword was a bit more helpful than Twilight Princess. Ilia is the biggest offender to why I don't like the Twilight Princess cast as much as I do Skyward Sword. She steals your horse, makes you feel bad for her for most of the game until you restore her memory, and I really don't like her at all. Fledge is the offender for Skyward Sword. He mooches off you and your rupees to get Stamina potions so he can do more push-ups. Yet he then ends up running a mini-game where he pays you fifty rupees usually. Where's THAT money coming from, eh, Fledge?
Anyways, Skyward Sword's supporting cast is a lot more helpful. Everyone knows who you are after a while, and they all want to help you on you quest to save Zelda. Everyone cheers you on in one way or another, while in Twilight Princess, some characters are unaware of what's going on throughout the whole game. Twilight Princess is a bigger game, so it's harder to know so many people, but there comes a point where you have to say, "I can't help you if you're being so stupid to not see that something is seriously wrong with Hyrule!"
So my vote for best supporting cast goes to Skyward Sword. Twilight Princess will be making a comeback soon. I can feel it.
Skyward Sword: 3
Twilight Princess: 1
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