>>712798628
>by making a real Zelda game.

BotW has more in common with the original NES Zelda game than OoT has.

The prior game, Skyward Sword was so far removed from the original concept of Zelda its barely recognizable as being the same series.

After years of gameplay stagnation, dwindling sales, player apathy
BotW was inevitable - a back-to-basics approach which Nintendo would have landed on at some point.