Yes, these are the most exciting part of any video game. Seriously, gameplay? Who cares, its so restless, its nice of Nintendo to give us these reminders, it relieves us of the tension, gives us extremely important information, shows us how the pause menu looks like in case we forget(!)
Exactly! Gameplay is far too drastic and far too dangerous for us poor souls! We need - and Link needs - time off during his adventures to savor the floating item in his hands! It's the perfect stress reliver, kind of like a stress ball
Furthermore the notifications are not even annoying, I mean, who can't spare 10 seconds to look at the subscreen! It has glorious effects, it is non-intrusive, and is a GREAT stress reliever for those people getting far too vested into the gameplay. Just sit back and relax man.