I think the original post makes it very clear that "sequel" in this sense has NOTHING TO DO WITH NARRATIVE
My vote would be for Wind Waker. I think the leap from N64 to Gamecube was just glorious. The world is massive, seamless, and searching for Islands provided this sense of exploration and discovery I had never felt before in a game and really took those Zelda aspects to a new level.
I've played it through 3 times and will no doubt do so again.
I'm only holding off on replaying the HD version cause I want them to port that to Switch.







