Truth be told, I think this game may be a test bed for what we will see in the next Zelda game. There has been much talk about the next Zelda being a huge surprise and doing things different, and if it is like this then that would explain it.
That's an interesting thought. The only part in TP that I actually, wholly, truly loved was the hidden village part with the bow. <3 <3 <3.
My favorite part was Agitha's Castle.
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