In my first playthough, I died about 160 times. I played long time ago, after Wind Waker, Minish Cap and Ocarina. I left the game because I was stuck in the Ganon's Tower, and I returned about 3 years after. Of that 160 deads, only about 2-3 were after the gap. With the experience, all Zeldas became easier, not only re-playing games. After playing a lot of them (MM,FS,FSA,OOA,OOS,TLOZ-2Q missing), I found the new ones very easy, so it's because you are more familiarizated with the games.