"We wanted to make it a game where it would be fun to get stuck and be lost"
this exact quote is what makes me 10 times more excited about this game. Getting lost in ALttP was 80% of my playtime with that game. there were 10 dungeons in that game, but most of the rare items, upgrades, and whatnot was ALL in the overworld, including heart pieces. With two worlds to explore, the overworld IS the game in an ALttP Hyrule! learning how to reach certain areas in both Light and Dark world is based on knowing where you are in one world, while being in the other. Transfer points are key to the secrets surrounding these two worlds.
My biggest fear with ALBW was the fact that the Developers would tell you way too much about how to reach these points, completely casting aside exactly what made ALttP so fun! I agree with both JJ and Xy! and i think you you two blended your ideas of hand holding, you would have the perfect explanation of what hand holding is! Where i do disagree is JJ's opinion on how he feels the companions were not Hand Holding. Fi's hints ranged from Vague to Useless. so she was help, but not really, however SS was such an easy game that you didnt need her. the game itself HELD YOUR HAND THE WHOLE TIME!
There was a huge Lack of Hints in TWW, but as easy as the game was.... the same applies. The whole game held your hand, but rewarded those who went out of their way to discover things, as most the secrets in that game were Random encounters (unless you were good at judging the phase of the moon), or just good with vague word puzzles that the fish would give you, so in the end i guess im saying that TWW was the Last game to actually not hold your hand!
TP had a few "WTF do i do" sections, but most ended with you feeling ******** cuz you missed something so simple!
Bottom Line: this news is very exciting to me as it seems they are trying to go back to the old ways of Zelda, where you need to find your own hints through trial and error. This game seems to be shaping into the Zelda game i have wanted since playing ALttP!