Not really in Zelda, I found the gamepad usefull in WWHD, I also found it usefull in XCX, it didn't feel like it was disrupting anything because I dont look at it in the middle of a combat or anything like that, so it does not really breaks anything.
The reason why they are not using the gamepad on this new Zelda is probably because they dont want the WiiU version to have any advantage to the NX one.







