Eiji Aonuma wants the next Zelda to provide “a unique experience that is beyond your expectations”

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A good game takes a long time, and the Zelda team really isn't that big compared to typical AAA productions.

I'm not saying a game closely resembling OoT wouldn't sell. Just that the people that aren't "in the know" wouldn't care how close it was to that particular game anyway, and the ones who are would be put off by the lack of originality.

One thing the sales charts continuously prove is that lack of originality is the LAST thing to stop games selling.

yearly Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed.

every Pokemon exactly the same structure

People sub to WoW for 10 years