Zelda isn't the kind of series to attract that sort of crowd regardless; it's too mechanically focused instead of being art-focused. Skyward Sword is the most art-focused Zelda ever made, and it ended up doing only slightly better than Majora's Mask.
Some of this can be laid at the feet of hardware requirements (not everyone can buy the WM+, they didn't produce enough of the Special Edition, etc.), some of it can be laid at the feet that the Wii was a dying system when Skyward Sword came out, on and on
Ultimately, though, Zelda is not an art series or a prestige series. It's a series you play first and experience second.