See, I feel like LoZ is just as big of a step up from Adventure as ALttP is a step up from LoZ, as far as taking the concept and expanding on it. The overworld/dungeons concept, the non-linear gameplay, the Zelda mythology created from scratch, all that to me is a lot more creative than the later Zeldas.
And then there's Zelda II, which for all its faults is still a huge creative departure from the original.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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