alright a few things I'm seeing that I want to clarify
yall are conflating two completely different things when it comes to the master sword and it comes across as a bad-faith argument
chevy never said anything about the purpose of the master sword, which is static- the master sword is the sword of evil's bane and thus its purpose is ALWAYS to kill the bearer of the hate curse, which is usually ganondorf.
What chevy was talking about was the catalyst for acquiring the master sword, which is highly dynamic in the zelda series, as chevy already pointed out. So falchion coming in and saying, "well yeah but in the end the master sword has the same purpose" is arguing in bad faith and is like saying "well yeah but in the end you always eat a cookie, it doesn't matter where you got it from"
secondly, "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is an adage that applies to lots of things. In zelda's case, it can still apply to lots of things, but designers still have a responsibility to explore new ideas and gameplay. The thing is, these two ideas aren't mutually exclusive. Zelda historically has showcased lots of experimentation, and a lot of it has gone badly. Now, you can argue this is due to hardware flops and that's true. But it still shows the devs are willing to experiment and push the envelope of zelda. What hasn't changed is the "Zelda formula", a paradigm that establishes general gameplay patterns, worldbuilding, and approach to storytelling. At least, it hadn't changed until breath of the wild, which radically challenges the paradigm of zelda and for my tastes goes too far. But zelda fans come in all varieties, and so it's no surprise that some of you appreciate the apparent disregard for establishment that botw has. That doesn't make it intrinsically better, because it still isn't experimenting- it's rewriting the rules, rules that didn't need to be broken, and didn't need to be fixed.
And yes, I like every single zelda story except for twilight princess and botw
and I always will
I mean, you can complain about "it's the same thing over and over again!" but that's literally what superhero movies are and those are great
so sorry that your palate is more refined, I prefer fun