Originally Posted by humulos

^indeed it is, and I can think of only 2 times that a Zelda games direct sequel was exactly like the previous game. Those two would be the Oracle games and the Four Sword games (not MC) Just look at how different MM, LA, PH are.

Also, thanks to Zelda 2, we now have a lot of things in the Zelda Universe that we would not before, such as Magic Meters, three pieces of the Triforce, various enemies, great swordplay and more.