ghost_of_fazz on 30 January 2015
Maybe you weren't paying enough attention, the love has always been there, it's just been getting more mentions thanks to the remake.
For example: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=9992&page=10
That thread is from 2007, 8 years ago, and Ocarina of Time was eliminated before Majora's Mask.
