Zelda's problem is Nintendo thinks a Adventure Games are RPGs

[Soma]

I have 2 problems with Zelda and one of them The_vagabond7 nailed it perfectly. If you already know what the game will be about, there's no surprise nor interest in playing it. I love Zelda but Nintendo needs to change things a bit, different story, items, weapons, I don't know! Wind Waker and Twilight Princess had new elements, but still you get the feeling "been there done that".

Now my second problem with Zelda was with the change to 3d. For me Zelda has always been about adventure and exploration, I loved in Link to the Past to explore every corner, lift every rock, cut grass, crash with every tree, to discover new things. Literally you could travel through all the map in a matter of minutes.

Because of the nature of the 3d, this is very difficult to do, it can take you several minutes to move from one place to another, and if you want to explore every corner it may take you hours! Ocarina of Time was perfectly balanced because the world was not that huge, but in recent games the world is so big that is frustrating, boring, tiring to do it.

I find myself exploring less because of this and at the end it feels a very linear experience.