misskitten
Hello Sweetie!
Hard to say. But I do think that if it had been done with a different style it still would have required a bright colour palette to work in terms of theme and execution. As someone who wasn't impressed by the style at first, I'm very happy they went the way they did, because the look really works with the game. It's colourful, the movements are over the top (tiny Link jumping over the heads of enemies 2-3 times larger than him) and the toony style of it supports that, while it would look off in a more "realistic" style.