[PrimalPower]

I love Twilight Princess because of this dichotomy. Yes it has all the flaws you have mentioned, but it also suggests at what a Zelda game could look like in an era where people thought that the Zelda series was Nintendo's competitor to games like Shadow of Colossus, ICO, Drakengard, Legend of Kain of the era.

Ultimately, Nintendo realized that that's not the way they want to take the IP. They wanted game-play to feel timeless and take a priority, and the narrative to take a backseat.

It's was definitely the right choice and revived the IP, but despite it's technical excellence and dynamic game-play I can not get into the latest entries.

It's a shame you did not like Spirit Tracks. I found the puzzles to actually be interesting and the boss battles to be the most exhilarating in the series - with a good soundtrack to boot.