Zelda's reviews impacting ME:A?

Ocarina of Time is not just a story about a guy defeating evil via time travel. It's about what it means to grow up. The second you step into the darkened, depressing Hyrule after the 7-year skip, it's a reflection of what it feels like to grow up and realizing that the world is sometimes a very dark place. Upon defeating the final boss and saving the world your reward is putting the sword that took you forward in time back into the pedestal, reverting to your childhood again (actually leaving fate of the world uncertain) because childhood is precious and our hero would not go without it.

So you have your save-the-world plot and we know it ends happily when Link defeats Ganon and frees Hyrule from his evil clutches, but regardless, Link goes back in time and decides to live it out properly and the plot is resolved by making a pretty bold move. It's no wonder the next game in the series after the Majora's Mask spinoff, starts with a tale of a legendary hero who "didn't return" to save the world, causing the world to be reborn by the gods.

If you can't tell I like Zelda's lore despite knowing it's kind of a cheesy story.