I'm with you on the brightness, though I don't think it's enough to ruin the game. Link isn't the only character model that was changed though. Just about all of them were improved from the original N64 models and textures.
Take Sheik for instance:
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LttP: Ocarina Of Time 3D
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I'm with you on the brightness, though I don't think it's enough to ruin the game. Link isn't the only character model that was changed though. Just about all of them were improved from the original N64 models and textures.
Take Sheik for instance:
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Ocarina of Time 3D seems cheap again at $44.99 new, unlike a month or so ago. It was at $99 because I think they quit printing copies but now it seems to be at a better price.
If you look at the original art you can see that OoT3D is actually a lot closer to the intended art style (which was very colorful and almost Disney-like). Miyamoto described the N64 hardware as incredibly limiting and they struggled just to get the wire frame models working. Young Link's hideous original model is all the evidence you need that the game was severely held back by technical limitations... I wouldn't judge the N64 version as a real indication of what the devs wanted the game to look like.
There are times when the fog and drab palette actually served the game well, like the forest temple. It's a little too clear on 3DS, which makes it seem emptier. I agree that the Ganon battle is another example of OoT3D dropping the ball.
But you have to consider just how much of the content looks better- stupifyingly better. It wouldn't make sense to play through 99% of the game with worse visuals just to get slightly better visuals the other 1% of the time. Also, every model in the game was updated, not just Link. Link's is just one of the few that was dramatically different.
I do wish they had adhered to the concept art with the same dedication for Majora's Mask. They kind of phoned it in and reused the same assets and style from OoT3D, even though the art for MM was dramatically darker and more heavily shadowed. I would have loved to have seen these guys actually look like this:
The original field being boring is understandable, the real problem is that they didn't fix it at all in OoT3D. They added in a few little flowers here and there, otherwise it's the same old empty shit. They could have added in more enemies like the wolves for rupee farming, or at least added in some more vegetation and tree types to diversify it more.
Majora's Mask avoided this problem by making Termina field a lot fuller and more dynamic. I'm not ever nearly as bored traveling around it, not to mention the Goron rolling and bunny hood help a lot.
No way! The game had a magical, charming and engrossing feel to it - far more so than any game I'd played previously. Personally I preferred the jovial, warm and sunny feel of young link's environment more than older Link's.