I agree. I figured I'd post them all because this is the logo reference thread, and while I've looked at some of them before for ideas, this is the first time I actually studied them up close. It's surprising how mediocre most of them are. All sorts of bizarre lighting, rendering, placement, combinations of styles, everything really. It's hard for me to judge their quality since I have a lot of nostalgia for the games but I think Skyward Sword is definitely the worst one. For pure design I'd go with the two DS ones, and all the rest are just average. The sword and banners on the Minish cap logo are particularly awful.
The two DS logos are the most cohesive of the post-OoT set, and certainly suit the graphic styles of the games, but could be tighter, and don't need all that rendering on "Zelda".
(I just noticed the logos oscillating between ™ and ®... wonder what that's about.)
This thread has made me realize I didn't really look at game logos much before.
Did you ever settle on a logo for Archer? I notice your site is gone so I can't look for it.
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