You think everyone even likes hyper-realism? I can't stand it, I think it makes the games hard to enjoy. Voice acting is over-rated. I think if they added it to Zelda games, they would lose their appeal. It wouldn't feel as mysterious anymore.
Look at Sonic, they have been throwing half assed characters with bad voices out like crazy. The last Sonic game I liked was for the Sega Genesis, where Sonic was completely mute. Vocals in game music just sounds wrong to me... They ruin the mood.
I suppose you don't watch japanese anime or play rpg's much but 99% of the stuff that's imported over here and dubbed in english is just awful.
I suppose you spend your gaming time staring at the screen, I spend mine playing the games. Games are better with cartoony graphics. Take a look at Prison Architect, an indie game being made for the PC, they admitted that realistic graphics ruined RTS games and are making their game in glorious 2D cartoon style.







