I think the reason why is I ALWAYS hated Link in Super Smash Bros., and also we were not the most affluent family, so we never really had that many games, so I never played Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask. We didn't get a Gamecube, we never had a NES or SNES, and by the time the Wii came out I was completely done with it all. Hated that thing. Never got the WiiU either.
But then I got a 3DS, started playing Pokemon again, and then the Switch was announced and I just thought it was awesome. It feels like a renaissance, a move back to more classic Nintendo, after Wii/WiiU which I just thought was soulless and sucked. It was video games for two year olds and lonely mums. So got the Switch, picked up Breath of the Wild, and it's the best thing I've ever played. Played about 100 hours (the Hero's Path featured added in the first DLC is fucking amazing) and finally beaten the fourth Divine Beast. I adore everything about it: it looks astonishing, the music/ambiance is amazing, it doesn't hold your hand so you learn everything organically, and it has a sense of freedom that nothing else I've ever played has. Bumps Mario 64, Paper Mario, Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, Kart 64, and probably even Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal.
Picking up Metroid: Samus Returns for the 3DS tomorrow (a remake of Metroid II), and will eventually get the remakes of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask too, once I've finished BotW, although I'm tempted to hunt for the original 64 cartridges as I still have my system.