Maybe he thinks the main character is named Zelda and is wondering who this Link guy is we're all talking about.
So which "not Link" is this? What if he had waffles instead of pancakes for breakfast? Is it waffle-timeline not-Link or pancake-timeline not-Link?
Seriously though, this is the Zelda series. What is Aonuma doing try to create intrigue in the story and characters? We know it's going to end up like something a five year old hopped up on sugar would come up with and will need a chart drawn across three blackboards to connect to the rest of the series.