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

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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

Well, Zelda is accused of being a stale rehash nomatter how much it changes, so the critics will say the same as you're saying about those other series. But even though A Link Between Worlds is panned for looking just like Link to the Past, reviewers treasure it for changing things up a little. Such positive buzz WILL generate sales.

I don't think reviews or the opinions of the hardcore affect game sales at all really.

Then what's the incentive to make a good game? They might not affect the sales of that game in particular, but they do affect the franchises image for future releases. 

Who says what reviewers and the core like = good game? They're a vanihingly tiny population compared to everyone that buys CoD or GTA.

Zelda isn't mainstream enough to appeal to casuals. This is mostly speculative, but I think most gamers who play Zelda are 'core gamers' or have some concept of what qualifies as a good game that aligns with 'core gamers'.