There will probably be just as much exploring as there ever was Maxi. But something has seriously got to change. I love realistic style, but I like when there is a cartoony ness to the characters, much like TP had, but still something is missing all together. I thought most of the invironments were kinda lame, except for the sky temple. Most everything just looked fairly boring. Don't get me wrong I loved what I went through, I just didn't like to look at much of it. Now Hyrul field on the other hand I loved, and thought it looked great.
Actually now that I think about it, I really liked that Sandy temple, Hyrul castle(liked the way it looked not what was in there to be done, lame!) and going down the river shooting the vases was very magical to me, and that part had the only memorable music in the game.
I can't really think what they will do to make it fresh and unique. Mario is zany enough that they can take him into space and do all these wierd things, and it worked perfectly, I think most would agree on that. But zelda, seems like its stuck in an ancient time period and there is only so much you can do. But you know what, since its fantasy they can go nuts, and I can't wait to see what they come up with.
Anyone else want a way to fly? Like a dragon or owl to ride over the land scape? Its not ground breaking but I think i would be a welcome addition to the zelda universa. But how could you make Epona not obsolete?