Again, fair point. I would look silly to say "Nintendo never does it except this 1 game...I mean 2...3..4...no 5 games" all day lol. So I think I need to reframe my take on this.
While I realize this is getting a bit subjective and flaky, I did mention games "made from the old mold" -not saying WW is a bad game AT ALL but it kicked off the age of "later Zeldas" along with SS, TP and BOTW in that it has merit but cannot even begin to approach the design sensibilities Nintendo had before this tipping point circa the GC era. I want THOSE games. There's a reason OOT is the highest rated game of all time and Gamecube, with WW leading the pack, faceplanted. It's a fine game but a badly conceived product, and its art style is very easy to upscale for an upgrade.
What I'm trying to say is, WW to me is just another game. I'm excited for authentic remakes/remasters of the titles that either put Nintendo on the map (Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, StarFox) or were inspired by their blueprints/cast from the same mold before things got flaky (Prime). When REmake came out, and Link was in Soul Calibur, I had dreams of a new Zelda or OOT improved remake that added new content and dungeons (kinda how Capcom did it). In 2023 the best we have is a remake of the easiest to upscale Zelda and a Link's Awakening that no longer requires your imagination -now you know the world is made of plastic.
The theme usually seems to be, you have to pick whether you want the right look, or the right controls. WW managed to lock in both for 1 game which is a huge win, but it's kinda like having Lion King 2 in HD while the first is still trapped on VHS