Age of Imprisonment is the Zelda story Nintendo needed

Yeah, slick action combos are cool, and cutting down hundreds of bokoblins in a single move is sick, but the best part of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment isn’t any of that. It’s that Zelda takes center stage at last. I’m not just talking about letting Zelda star in her own game. Echoes of Wisdom does that (and throws her under the bus at the end), and she plays a central role in Age of Calamity, albeit a stereotypical and predictable one. I’m talking about Nintendo finally letting Zelda be something other than a magical princess.