Poignant is probably the wrong word, but 'important' doesn't cut it either so i'll explain.
Zelda stories link, there is a timeline, they fit together in their own way but sometimes there are installments that do very little or nothing at all to move the story along. Mainly i'm thinking Both Phantom Hourglass and Link's Awakening. PH was a rescue Tetra/Zelda affair and that was really it, there was no shadow invasion or the resurrection of Ganondorf etc etc, if this game never happened the timeline wouldn't be affected, and Link's Awakening where it was all a dream... also means nothing to the timeline overall.
As Zelda followers do we care at all that an installment of a Zelda game like PH and LA do little or nothing to push the story forward or are we just thankful for a new Zelda experience each time? Do stories like LA that have no real relevance to the timeline feel like pointless filler in a franchise with three/four very open ended timelines?
Zelda stories link, there is a timeline, they fit together in their own way but sometimes there are installments that do very little or nothing at all to move the story along. Mainly i'm thinking Both Phantom Hourglass and Link's Awakening. PH was a rescue Tetra/Zelda affair and that was really it, there was no shadow invasion or the resurrection of Ganondorf etc etc, if this game never happened the timeline wouldn't be affected, and Link's Awakening where it was all a dream... also means nothing to the timeline overall.
As Zelda followers do we care at all that an installment of a Zelda game like PH and LA do little or nothing to push the story forward or are we just thankful for a new Zelda experience each time? Do stories like LA that have no real relevance to the timeline feel like pointless filler in a franchise with three/four very open ended timelines?