I think adding in time travel, similar to OoT, could be a way to try and rehash a game. It's been done before. However, there should be some sort of link in this game, to another realm, time, or whatever. It will be interesting to see when Link's adventure is over if he will stay in the future...
I have to agree with magnann, "My country lay within a vast desert. When the sun rose into the sky, a burning wind punished my lands, searing the world. And when the moon climbed into the dark of night, a frigid gale pierced our homes. No matter when it came, the wind carried the same thing...