Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
I actually think a few of the bosses were recycled from previous games. I think all the throwback references are what hurt the difficulty - we've used these items and beat these bosses before; our minds are ready to solve the puzzles before they're even presented to us.
I do think this is partly true. However, I do think that modern Nintendo games have dialled down the difficulty a lot. It is a lot easier to do this with the advancement of technology.

My girlfriend played through ALBW and really enjoyed it. She died a few times but still managed to finish the whole thing on her own. I then gave her ALTTP to play on my GBA. She really struggled with it and said ALBW was a lot easier to play as it was much more user friendly.