Guys, this is exactly what the series needs. It needs to go back to the first game and re-envision those conventions for modern gaming. Zelda has always been more popular in the west, and a lot of western games take inspiration from the original LoZ. They're returning to their roots. Ocarina of Time is legendary, but I agree that it's time the series moved towards something else since Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword have taken Ocarina's formula and expanded on it in different ways.
He's giving us a massive world this time. It will have the charm and polish of a Zelda game and be open world which seems too good to be true. It will play with the tightness of an eastern game in the style of a western game with the art of an eastern game with the freedom of a western game.
My hype is reaching critical mass. And while Zelda has always had puzzles, the first two games had less "puzzles" and more "secrets" if you k ow what I mean. If he is hinting that this game will focus more on combat I am all for it. Zelda has perfected what it used to be in the early 3D era, and it's time to shake things up. This game could be game of the decade material if done properly, and it could bring Zelda back to the mainstream in a scale that it hasn't been outside of memes for some time now.