These are some interesting pieces of information. I like how this doesn't reveal too much of the story, but just gives us enough to speculate.
Probably the best thing here is the news around NPC interaction. If it is like it was in Majora's Mask, we'll have some great sidequests to go on, as well as bit and pieces that add to the overall story.
I also like the bit involving the fact that we may be seeing newer items like the Beetle early on in the game, instead of getting, say, the slingshot or Bow first. What Aonuma says about getting the newer items from each game at the later half/end of the game is true; In Twilight Princess for example, all of the items after the first half of the game were new, and they weren't used as much compared to others. We already see in the first dungeon(or maybe before then) that we get an entirely new item, the Beetle. I'd like to see this happen and gives us more time to play with our new items.
And about Link's bird is also interesting. Of course he'll have the super awesome/rare one.
Something I did notice about these birds is that while watching the flying demo with the other riders, I noticed the birds don't seem to have that long, flowly kind of tail. The only ones that do are Link's and Zelda's. Not sure if that indicates a different breed. Or something. I do believe though that because the bird is red that it could possibly be the one depicted on the Hylian Shield.
Also, as far as plot is going, I like it so far. We've gotten a little description of the story's kind of atmosphere, which seems light at the beginning. What really has me interested is this idea of Ganondorf, or at least some sign of his future presence, will be in the game. How will they tie this game with Ocarina of Time? It makes me wonder if we will areas reminiscent of OoT, and maybe even characters like Twinrova(perhaps at a younger age, they were 400
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