Exactly.  The only reason the Twilight Princess unveiling was so epic was because of the amazing trailer, and more importantly, they way it was introduced.

This time Nintendo was just like "ok so here's Zelda" and started playing.  It was a shock that they approached it so cadidly, but it wasn't very effective for building up hype.

From what we actually saw of the game, however, it looks better than any Zelda we've seen yet!

i disagree

And yet Twilight Princess sold well, but not so well in Japan (and Nintendo is not going to just ignore that despite the total sales), not to mention Nintendo is about release quality, not hype. That's why they care more about legs for their games than opening weeks.

I don't have an answer for that. I'm not a game designer. Most of the time I don't know what I like till I play it lol.

But I'll tell you this. Doing the same thing over and over is getting old to me. I have played Zelda 1 like 5 times now. Change it up or let it die.

So everything they showed in the demo world-wise won't be in the final game?

Odd, but a good way to avoid spoilage.

Many times what Nintendo doesn't show us is even more important than what they do show us.

They let us use the controls for the sword, shield, whip, beetle, bomb tossing, bomb bowling, bow, and slingshot.  I think that was it, but maybe I'm forgetting something.  All those controls were solid and awesome.  It was like they combined all the best parts of Wii Sports Resort.  I almost wanted to throw a flaming frisbee at an enemy, and then kayak into enemy territory and play basketball against some Octoroks.  It was great.

But I think the plot and world are going to be the parts that are crazy different changes for the genre, and that's why they only let us explore a boring demo area.

Hopefully this will help people get a bit more excited for the game... 

Edit: Video is down for some reason O_o

isnt it jumping the gun a bit to be calling this game "the same thing"? have you played it yet? from what i hear, the controls are all completely new i.e. 1:1 motion. as well, what was seen at E3 was a demo built specifically for E3 so it really isnt any of the game besides controls and artstlye. saying this game is going to be the same as the past few games is no more than a guess.

now dont get me wrong, id love to see nintendo shake the series up a bit in terms of how the game plays out. however, im not looking for anything so drastic that its hard to recognize the core elements of the zelda game, a mideval fantasy, dungeon crawling, adventure.

Gametrailers said.. being disappointing doesn't mean it's bad.