I'm on a small quest to beat the whole series. I only finished A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening and Ocarina of Time so far, but all three of them share the same issue: extremely basic plot and characters. It's more like an excuse for the game to happen rather than an actual "story" really.
I don't know if the other installments actually have engaging plot and actual characters rather than cardboard boxes in human form, but if they don't, then that's something that needs to be changed URGENTLY. I wanna care about the world and people I'm saving.
All these three games also follow the same formula. "Get these magical items and then you can beat the final boss". Again, I don't know if the following games also do this, but if they do, then the series needs to get less formulaic as well.
