While I do agree it's a missed opportunity, I don't really think it's good design to do something just to check off a box. That being said, BOTW2 having a reinvigorated castle town does make sense in the context of the game and would love to see it become a sort of hub to resupply before...
if you had to force me to criticize wind waker (and I can't believe you've done this) I would say the rushed development cycle shows in the second half of the game. Wind Waker did nothing wrong, exactly, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have been so much more. Mark Rosewater says "If people...