I wonder if he would consider MM "That radically different", if not, then there is some hope. Maybe he just means same general time period and game structure (do something, temple, something else, temple, repeat). I hope he means more structure than gameplay. MM had generally the same structure, but a new gameplay element (timer) opened up a whole bunch of new possibilities with story and character interactions. I guess that might be considered a moderate change that led to a bunch of other smaller changes that made the game amazing. However, I don't want OOT is to TP as MM is to New Zelda in that MM and the New Zelda have similar storylines, but I would like it to be just as strange.

Maybe the new gameplay element is the sword girl fairy thing, but so far im seeing her more as a story element, even if she does transform into the sword. This should be interesting.

Also, if there is not 1:1 or something really close (dozens of set animations determined by angle, speed, and depth of the controller) I will be disappointed.