gamefreak has done tons of spinoffs, and relatively big budget ones at that, before; I really don't think alienation is much of a concern. See Pokemon Snap, Sta

gamefreak has done tons of spinoffs, and relatively big budget ones at that, before; I really don't think alienation is much of a concern. See Pokemon Snap, Stadium, Colliseum, Hey You!, Ranger, Mystery Dungeon. And those are just the ones that aren't pokemon-themed skins over arcade games like pinball. Zelda is a quite different as they've done a lot less with other mediums than the core series (they still tried ofc, but it hasn't been nearly as effective or impactful). Also BotW is closest we're going to get to WindWaker, the greatest of the Zeldas