I prefer a darker Zelda and a darker, more mature Link. TP was great, I hope they don't change the art in the remake. It is one of the best selling Zelda games, saleswise demolishing both WW and SS for a reason. People want this type of Zelda.

Yeah, TP is only hated by a very vocal minority on the internet.

That reason being that it was a launch title for the best selling Nintendo console of all time as well as a swan song for the prior console. Nothing else. If either was released at the same time on the same platforms, they'd acheive the same success.

No, they wouldn't. A TP remake would sell more than a WW remake, no matter when or on what it releases.

I don't like it. That picture says it all ... they have like 50 other cartoony franchises ... why does Link also have to be more "cartoony"?

They have so many other franchises that can fill the same role, heck Kid Icarus should also be a full time IP and could very nicely fill the role of a more light hearted action-adventure franchise for them. 

It's obvious that the market has spoken loudly and they prefer the OoT/Twilight Princess more realistic style for the Zelda series, yet Nintendo has tried to force feed us a more cartoonized Link again and again and yet again with the Wii U Zelda too. 

And that's why they keep failing in reaching high sales once again. As long as they don't want to understand what we ask for.

Because cartoon Link is true to Zelda. Play something else. Zelfa is not the franchise for dark realism, and I can only hope that a remake like this retcons TPs crappy artstyle to one more in line with the franchise. Can't fix everything about that game, but they can at least fix the horrible visuals and art direction.

They want more mature, realistic franchises? Make new ones that are designed to be that from the genesis.

This:

Was never meant to be this:

So retconning it into this:

Is frankly a dream come true. Then after the retcon, they can fucking drop adult Link for good.

Yeah I kinda think Nintendo needs to just accept the following:

Zelda and Metroid should be more dark and realistic/epic. That's simply what the audience wants. If you want to make a cartoony game ... seriously you have like 50 other franchises to do that with. 

It's really mind boggling honestly that after Twilight Princess had such huge sales and Skyward Sword was a relative dud by comparison that they are doubling down on the cartoony style yet again with the Wii U Zelda. Even the portable Zeldas ... what the hell is Triforce Heroes, a game that centers around cartoony Link and ... fashions? Meh. 

Now it would, because more people played the original. If the titles were reversed in when and on what the were originally released for, that absolutely would not be the case at all.

WW got a lot of backlash when it was announced, TP didn't. It got the most epic reception in the franchise. Aonuma wanted to create a sequel to WW, but was told to change the artstyle because a more realistic approach would sell more. And it did.