I've had a lot of games land on my desk...

[Gwen]

For some reason I don't have a problem with that, as that's realism in play..

I mean, yeah, it's good for the realism bit, but I just don't find it fun when games do that to you. I want things I can rely on, and this is something that killed Oblivion and Fallout 3 for me.

Not to mention I rely heavily on shieldplay whenever I play the 3D Zeldas so I have a double problem with this :c

I love those games :C
I use my shield sparingly and rely on acrobatics and offensive maneuvers to save my ass, so a shield being the piece of wood it is is okay with me.
It's not really fair to call it a "fuck you" from nintendo since all it adds is realism to the game.