It's not that it sounds bad, I just don't think it would fit a Zelda game; Mellophones are literally the brain child of a French horn and a Saxophone, they can sound really good if played right.
Yeah, I play mellophone, as well as Marching French Horn in F and Bb. That was kind of the joke as it's rarely used outside of Marching Band except for maybe Jazz where it can substitute for Saxophones. When I said Hyrule Regiment and Hylian Cavaliers it was a pun on the two popular Drum and...