Despite this game being my favorite Zelda since i was 10, I hadn't actually completed it until this playthrough. So I started it up when the recomp came out, did a 100% run, and... I needed this game. Without going into much personal stuff, I've been going through a low point in my life. So to have a game like this, with its themes of optimism, forgiveness, and companionship in spite of crisis and dread... it was cathartic.
Even beyond that, as a game it's willing to take risky, weird, and unorthodox approaches to its design that all pay off spectacularly. The only things I'd particularly change would adding an ability to skip certain cutscenes you've already watched, maybe the ability to skip to a certain hour to minimize the amount of waiting when trying to do certain sidequests (I have not played the 3DS version yet, but I hear it does do that among its... many divisive changes), and also doggy racing having a quote that actually wins 100% of the time, which I know is small in the grand scheme of things, but I still thought it'd be worth mentioning. There are also some parts like great bay temple that kicked my ass, but I don't know really how I'd address that. Maybe include the ability to switch arrow types on the fly? (Doesn't Wind Waker let you do that? Still need to properly play through that one.) But either way, despite the game being flawed in places, I cannot give it anything less than five stars because of just how great it ended up being in spite of its inherent riskiness, and of course, its year long development cycle.

"The kingdom being ruined and us being left in this state... isn't it petty, little battles like this that have caused it? Believing in your friends and embracing that belief by forgiving failure... These feelings have vanished from our hearts."